Deborah was barely three. Indeed, Leo McCarey 's CinemaScope and DeLuxe remake of his own 1939 best picture nominee was voted the fifth most romantic screen love story by the American Film Institute. She performed in France, Belgium and Holland with ENSA (Entertainments National Service Association, or Every Night Something Awful) - The British Army entertainment service. In 1955 she acted in the film version of Graham Greenes The End of the Affair. Her first acting teacher was her aunt, Phyllis Smale, who worked at a drama school in Bristol run by Lally Cuthbert Hicks. She acted in The Innocents and also in the BBC production Three Roads to Rome in 1961. There is no independent corroboration of either actor's claims. To avoid confusion over pronunciation, Louis B. Mayer, head of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer billed her as "Kerr rhymes with Star! She married a war hero Anthony Bartley in 1945 but divorced him in 1959. Today, Deborah Kerr lives in . Sorry! Thanks for your help! Kerr's first marriage was to Squadron Leader Anthony Bartley RAF on 29 November 1945. After her Broadway dbut in 1953, she toured the United States with Tea and Sympathy. Kerr had suffered from Parkinson's disease for several years. Kerr trained as a dancer in her aunt's drama school in Bristol, England. Deborah Kerr came into this world on September 30, 1921, in Glasgow Scotland as Deborah Jane Trimmer. Pages in category "Deborah Kerr" This category contains only the following page. "[21], Kerr died aged 86 on 16 October 2007 at Botesdale, a village in the county of Suffolk, England, from the effects of Parkinson's disease. They write new content and verify and edit content received from contributors. [12], Powell hoped to reunite Kerr and lead actor Roger Livesey in his next film, A Canterbury Tale (1944), but her agent had sold her contract to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. She acted in the Oxford Repertory Company from 1939 to 1940. In 1955, Kerr won the Sarah Siddons Award for her performance in Chicago during a national tour of the play. Weve updated the security on the site. [8] After her first London success in 1943, she toured England and Scotland in Heartbreak House. His father Arthur worked with Sir William Arrols bridge building firm, and Jack took up a post with them as well. We will review the memorials and decide if they should be merged. She was the superintendent for Brown . [8], Near the end of the Second World War, she also toured Holland, France, and Belgium for ENSA as Mrs Manningham in Gaslight (retitled Angel Street), and Britain (with Stewart Granger).[14]. She was 86. Her ability to project the contradictory aspects of character helped her to create a new screen archetype, the very proper adulteress. She returned to the cinema one more time in 1985's The Assam Garden. After her Broadway dbut in 1953, she toured the United States with Tea and Sympathy. Countless newspaper, magazine and website articles say that the Scottish girl who became the archetypal movie perfect English rose was born in the burgh. You may not upload any more photos to this memorial, This photo was not uploaded because this memorial already has 20 photos, This photo was not uploaded because you have already uploaded 5 photos to this memorial, This photo was not uploaded because this memorial already has 30 photos, This photo was not uploaded because you have already uploaded 15 photos to this memorial. Helensburgh man David Bruce, chairman of the Glasgow Film Theatre and a former director of the Scottish Film Council, who was one of the awards organisers, said: I asked her if she would like me to arrange a trip to Helensburgh, and she said yes, but time did not permit.. Kerr appeared in two huge hits for MGM in a row. She also performed with the Oxford Repertory Company. Kerr made clear that her surname should be pronounced the same as "car". Although nominated six times as Best Actress, Kerr never won a competitive Oscar. Deborah Jane Kerr-Trimmer, daughter of a Scottish naval officer who served in World War I, was born in Helensburgh, Scotland, in 1921. [2], Deborah Jane Trimmer[1] was born on 30 September 1921 in Hillhead, Glasgow,[3] the only daughter of Kathleen Rose (ne Smale) and Capt. The theatre, despite her success in films, was always to remain Kerr's first love, even though going on stage filled her with trepidation: I do it because it's exactly like dressing up for the grown ups. After divorcing Anthony she married a writer, Peter Viertel. She was nominated six times for the Academy Award for Best Actress, and holds the record for most Best Actress Oscar nominations without a win. It was very popular as was An Affair to Remember (1957) opposite Cary Grant. In 1953, Kerr "showed her theatrical mettle" as Portia in Joseph Mankiewicz's Julius Caesar. She played a nun in Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison (1957) opposite her long-time friend Robert Mitchum, directed by John Huston. There is 1 volunteer for this cemetery. She and Walter Pidgeon were cast in If Winter Comes (1947). She was another governess in The Chalk Garden (1964) and worked with John Huston again in The Night of the Iguana (1964). After various walk-on parts in Shakespeare productions at the Open Air Theatre in Regent's Park, London, she joined the Oxford Playhouse repertory company in 1940, playing, inter alia, "Margaret" in Dear Brutus and "Patty Moss" in The Two Bouquets.[8]. If you have questions, please contact [emailprotected]. Pressure of competition from younger, upcoming actresses made her agree to appear nude in John Frankenheimer's The Gypsy Moths (1969), the only nude scene in her career. Neither film was much of a hit. Deborah Jane Trimmer, mer knd som Deborah Kerr, fdd 30 september 1921 i Glasgow i Skottland, [1] [2] dd 16 oktober 2007 i Botesdale i Suffolk, var en brittisk skdespelare.Bland Kerrs filmer mrks Det brjade i Berlin (1943), Svart narcissus (1947), Kung Salomos skatt (1950), Quo Vadis (1951), Hrifrn till evigheten (1953), Kungen och jag (1956), Allt om krlek (1957), Vem vet, Mr . Kerr, nevertheless, used any opportunity to discard her cool exterior. She was born in Hillhead on 1921-09-30. Please complete the captcha to let us know you are a real person. This account has been disabled. Her flutelike voice was also unique. Durdham Lodge was owned by Kerr's aunt Phyllis Smale, who ran it as a dance academy in the 1930s . She played a nun in Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison (1957) opposite her long-time friend Robert Mitchum, directed by John Huston. 1. The Famous People. This film was a production of the team of Frank Launder and Sidney Gilliat. Let us know if you have suggestions to improve this article (requires login). she is one of famous film and television actress (1921-2007) with the age years old group. A victim of Parkinsons disease, Deborah Kerr CBE died peacefully at Botesdale, Suffolk, on Tuesday October 16 2007, a couple of weeks after her 86th birthday. In marrying Viertel, she became stepmother to Viertel's daughter, Christine Viertel. Deborah displayed a penchant for dramatics at a very early age when she would stage presentations for her family. It's an unbelievable terror, a kind of masochistic madness. Deborah was barely three. "[13] Although the British Army refused to co-operate with the producersand Winston Churchill thought the film would ruin wartime moraleColonel Blimp confounded critics when it proved to be an artistic and commercial success. What nationality was Deborah Kerr? Deborah wrote: "We were sitting on top of a hill overlooking the Clyde, filming a scene. Within three weeks after her death, her husband Peter Viertel died of cancer on 4 November. She starred in The Day after The Fair on the London stage in 1972 and toured the United States with it in 1973. She appeared in Gary Cooper's last film The Naked Edge (1961) and starred in The Innocents (1961) where she plays a governess tormented by apparitions. Born: 22 February, 1930, in Altadena, California. [19] Although he was married to Elspeth March, he states that he and Kerr went on to have an affair. [26] At the time of Viertel's death, director Michael Scheingraber was filming the documentary Peter Viertel: Between the Lines, which includes reminiscences concerning Kerr and the Academy Awards.[27]. When he was well enough to be repatriated he had to endure further surgery on his upper leg to halt gangrene infection, but eventually he left Roehampton Military Hospital in south-west London, was discharged from the Army, and travelled to the Smale home at Lydney. She then played Princess Flavia in a remake of The Prisoner of Zenda (1952) with Granger and Mason. The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943), https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/deborah-kerr-7573.php, British Female Film & Theater Personalities, 20th Century Film & Theater Personalities, 20th Century British Film & Theater Personalities. She was a widow in love with William Holden in The Proud and Profane (1956), directed by George Seaton. Her training there may account for her dancer's way of sailing through space. Less than three weeks . cemeteries found in Alfold, Waverley Borough, Surrey, England will be saved to your photo volunteer list. Though the alabaster-skinned redhead was honored that evening for her "impeccable grace and beauty," the secret of Miss Kerr's singular appeal was her devil-may-care peccability. Jack returned to the Roehampton hospital to learn to walk with an artificial leg, while Col stayed in a nearby hotel and was always on hand to help and encourage. In 1994, having already received honorary awards from the Cannes Film Festival and BAFTA, Kerr received an Academy Honorary Award with a citation recognizing her as "an artist of impeccable grace and beauty, a dedicated actress whose motion picture career has always stood for perfection, discipline and elegance". Kerr was reunited with Mitchum in The Sundowners (1960) shot in Australia, then The Grass Is Greener (1960), co-starring Cary Grant. Her last visit to Glasgow was in 1990, when she was a member of the international jury at the European Film Awards. Although she never won a BAFTA or Cannes Film Festival award in a competitive category, both organisations gave Kerr honorary awards: a Cannes Film Festival Tribute in 1984[35] and a BAFTA Special Award in 1991.[8]. She acted in the film Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison opposite Robert Mitchum in 1957. [8][9] She adopted the name Deborah Kerr on becoming a film actress ("Kerr" was a family name going back to the maternal grandmother of her grandfather Arthur Kerr Trimmer). British director Michael Powell gave her a role in film The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp in 1943 in which she appeared thrice. Kerr made her British TV debut in "Three Roads to Rome" (1963). Also in 1953 Kerr made an acclaimed debut on Broadway in Tea and Sympathy with her sensitive portrayal of a schoolteachers wife who has an affair with a young student insecure about his sexuality. Deborah Kerr died age of 86 in Suffolk, England, on October 16, 2007, due to complications arising out of Parkinsons disease. The theatre would become her first love, despite her enormous movie success, and she returned to it time and again. In Hollywood, Kerr's British accent and manner led to a succession of roles portraying refined, reserved, and "proper" English ladies. She made two films at MGM: The Journey (1959) reunited her with Brynner; Count Your Blessings (1959), was a comedy. However Kerr then played Anna Leonowens in the film version of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The King and I (1956); with Yul Brynner in the lead, it was a huge hit. Deborah Kerr made her stage debut in Harlequin and Columbine in 1937. In the 1980's she was well received on the television screen in, among other films, "A Woman Of Substance" (1983) and "Reunion at Fairborough" (1985) which reunited her with longtime friend and costar of several films, Robert Mitchum. Deborah Kerr was born Deborah Jane Kerr Trimmer on September 30, 1921 in Helensburgh, Scotland to Arthur Charles ("Jack") Trimmer, a civil engineer and his wife Colleen. cemeteries found within miles of your location will be saved to your photo volunteer list. For many years she had battled Parkinson's disease with the dignified grace and quiet wit she brought to her many roles. Film, TV, Theatre - Actors and Originators, Sir John Gielgud - "the best Hamlet of our time", Jason Statham - Fast and Furious For Sure, Peter Ustinov - "He could make anyone laugh. Family members linked to this person will appear here. But despite her illustrious future, her childhood was not a walk in the park. Her death, in Suffolk, England, was announced on Thursday by her. Deborah Kerr died aged 86 on 16 October 2007 at Botesdale, a village in the county of Suffolk, England, from the effects of Parkinson's disease. Deborah Kerr - as she came to be known - spent her early life in Helensburgh before moving with her parents to Gloucestershire. Deborah Kerr (19212007) was a British actress who holds the record - six - for most Best Actress Oscar nominations without a win. It was only after replacing Joan Crawford as the sex-starved army wife in From Here to Eternity that Miss Kerr made an American film equal to her British work. Her husband, however, continued to live in Marbella. [8], She was the female lead in Penn of Pennsylvania (1941) which was little seen; however Hatter's Castle (1942), in which she starred with Robert Newton and James Mason, was very successful. [25], Within three weeks of her death, her husband Peter Viertel died of cancer on 4 November. She eventually caught the eye of MGM's Louis B. Mayer and in late 1946 joined the studio. Deborah Jane Trimmer, better known by her stage name Deborah Kerr (30 September 1921-16 October 2007), was a British actress who appeared in movies, plays, and television. Trimmer and Smale married, both aged 28, on 21 August 1919 in Smale's hometown of Lydney, Gloucestershire. Kerr was educated at the independent Northumberland House School, Henleaze in Bristol, and at Rossholme School, Weston-super-Mare. The BritishHeritage.org seeks to recognize individuals who have attained She was an immediate hit with the public: An American film trade paper reported in 1942 that she was the most popular British actress with Americans. In 1978 she toured the US with the play The Last of Mrs. Cheney. She appeared in the films Julius Caesar and From Here to Eternity in 1953. Full Real Name. Likewise Burt Lancaster claimed that he was romantically involved with her during the filming of From Here to Eternity (1953). Learn about how to make the most of a memorial. Your Scrapbook is currently empty. Are you sure that you want to delete this photo? In 1944 she was in the Clyde area on location, filming 'Perfect Strangers' with actor Roland Culver. As an unhappily married woman having a torrid affair with an army officer shortly before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Deborah Kerr is equally powerful in one of her best-remembered movies, From Here to Eternity (1953), stealing the romantic melodrama from her male co-stars. GREAT NEWS! Remove advertising from a memorial by sponsoring it for just $5. Concern about the parts being offered to her, as well as the increasing amount of nudity included in films, led her to abandon the medium at the end of the 1960s, with one exception in 1985, in favour of television and theatre work. 1 September 2021 - Weston Town Council with Weston-super-Mare Civic Society put up a blue plaque dedicated to actress Deborah Kerr CBE at 47 Elmsleigh Road, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, UK. In 1938 she danced with a ballet group in Prometheus produced by the Sadlers Wells Theater School. Deborah Kerr was one of the most famous English actresses of her time. She first performed at the Open Air Theatre in Regent's Park, London. She played a Norwegian resistance fighter in The Day Will Dawn (1942). Learn more about managing a memorial . and whose actions, in addition to their achievements, embody the Deborah Kerr, original name Deborah Jane Kerr-Trimmer, (born September 30, 1921, Helensburgh, Dunbartonshire, Scotlanddied October 16, 2007, Suffolk, England), British film and stage actress known for the poise and serenity she exhibited in portraying complex characters. Both flopped, as did Beloved Infidel (1959) with Gregory Peck. In 1998 she was awarded the CBE, but speaking from her home in Switzerland said that she felt too frail to travel to London to receive it personally. Kerr won a Golden Globe Award for "Best Actress Motion Picture Musical or Comedy" for The King and I in 1957 and a Henrietta Award for "World Film Favorite Female". They divorced in 1959. Please try again later. Kerr, Deborah. [16] This was immediately followed by her appearance in the religious epic Quo Vadis (1951), shot at Cinecitt in Rome, in which she played the indomitable Lygia, a first-century Christian. She acted in a film adaption of Bernard Shaws work titled Major Barbara and then in the lead role in Love on the Dole in 1940. Marni Nixon dubbed Kerr's singing voice. Arthur Charles Kerr Trimmer, a World War I veteran and pilot who lost a leg at the Battle of the Somme and later became a naval architect and civil engineer. The older you get, the easier it should be but it isn't.[8]. She acted opposite Robert Mitchum in the film The Sundowners in 1960. Her parents were Kathleen ne Small and Arthur Kerr-Trimmer. Kerr was reunited with Mitchum in The Sundowners (1960) shot in Australia, then The Grass Is Greener (1960), co-starring Cary Grant. Kerr was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1998, but was unable to accept the honour in person because of ill health. Her zodiac sign is Libra. Nationality. They were the genteel girl and the brassy babe vying for Clark Gable's attention. Stewart Granger claimed in his autobiography that in 1945 she had approached him romantically in the back of his chauffeur-driven car at the time he was making Caesar and Cleopatra. "She has the rare gift", wrote critic Beverley Baxter, "of thinking her lines, not merely remembering them. Underly raised more than $1.14 million and spent $818,063 between Feb. 2 and March 22, according to her campaign report. Casino Royal was a hit as was another movie she made with Niven, Prudence and the Pill (1968). During her career, she won a Golden Globe for her performance as Anna Leonowens in the motion picture The King and I (1956) and the Sarah Siddons Award for her performance as Laura Reynolds in the . For this performance, Kerr was nominated for an Emmy Award. During her international film career, Kerr won a Golden Globe Award for her performance as Anna Leonowens in the musical film The King and I (1956). cemeteries found within kilometers of your location will be saved to your photo volunteer list. The film was a hit in the US, as well as the UK, and Kerr won the New York Film Critics Award as Actress of the Year. When Deborah was two, Arthur decided to retire from civil engineering at the age of 57 and go into business for himself. In 1964 she acted in Tennessee Williams The Night of The Iguana and also starred in The Chalk Garden. Her parents first met in Lydney early in 1914 and in due course became engaged, but were parted by the First World War. Kerr, who suffered from Parkinson's disease, died Tuesday in Suffolk in eastern England, her agent, Anne Hutton, said Thursday. Search above to list available cemeteries. [citation needed]. The following year they moved south to Alford. Born on 16 October 2007 in United Kingdom, Deborah Kerr started her career as film and television actress (1921-2007) . Corrections? Having established herself as a film actress in the meantime, she made her Broadway debut in 1953, appearing in Robert Anderson's Tea and Sympathy, for which she received a Tony Award nomination. She returned to the cinema one more time in 1985's The Assam Garden. Yet despite family in Sweden and two decades in Los Angeles, she settled in New York City, becoming as famous a New Yorker as she was a movie star. Kerr's first film role was in the British production Contraband (US: Blackout, 1940), aged 18 or 19, but her scenes were cut. It was very popular as was An Affair to Remember (1957) opposite Cary Grant. Deborah Kerr, one of the great ladies of mid-20th century cinema, who epitomized grace and intelligence on screen, has died. She first appeared on stage as Harlequin in 1937 for 'Harlequin And Columbine'. Kerr originally trained as a ballet dancer, first appearing on stage at Sadler's Wells in 1938. Quickly see who the memorial is for and when they lived and died and where they are buried. Her father was an army engineer named Captain Arthur Kerr-Trimmer and her mother was Kathleen Rose. Deborah Kerr won the New York Film Critics Award in 1947 for Black Narcissus and was voted one of the top earning English stars by Motion Picture Herald poll. Save to an Ancestry Tree, a virtual cemetery, your clipboard for pasting or Print. "She has the rare gift", wrote critic Beverley Baxter, "of thinking her lines, not merely remembering them. Kerr, nevertheless, used any opportunity to discard her cool exterior. Although she long resided in Klosters, Switzerland and Marbella, Spain, she moved back to Britain to be closer to her own children as her health began to deteriorate. Doctors decided that his leg had to be amputated, and he was so ill that his mother and his fiance Col were sent for. Kerr starred in two films with David Niven: Bonjour Tristesse (1958), directed by Otto Preminger, and Separate Tables (1958), directed by Delbert Mann; the latter movie was particularly well received. She won a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960. Powell hoped to reunite Kerr and lead actor Roger Livesey in his next film, A Canterbury Tale (1944), but her agent had sold her contract to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. In between Paramount borrowed her to appear in Thunder in the East (1951) with Alan Ladd. Trained as a ballet dancer, she began acting on stage as a teenager and performed in stage productions at the Open Air Theatre in London and the Cambridge Theatre. character of the British people through commitment to British values, the British community and/or to Great Britain. Deborah Kerr died age of 86 in Suffolk, England, on October 16, 2007, due to complications arising out of Parkinson's disease. The organisation ranked it 20th in its list of the 100 most romantic films of all time. She then played Princess Flavia in a remake of The Prisoner of Zenda (1952) with Granger and Mason. See a Kerr filmography and more photos via http://go.philly.com/kerr EndText, California residents do not sell my data request. Deborah Kerr, who lived at her grandparents' house at Elmsleigh Road in Weston as a child, first stepped onto the stage at the resort's Knightstone Pavilion in 1937. She won the Sarah Siddons Award for her Chicago performance as Laura Reynolds in Tea and Sympathy, a role which she originated on Broadway, a Golden Globe Award for the motion picture The King and I, and was a three-time winner of the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress. She is also one of the female myths of the seventh art. [11], Kerr played three women in Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943). Her professional experience included working in education and as a superintendent. While every effort has been made to follow citation style rules, there may be some discrepancies. Director Fred Zinnemann at Columbia, in a risk-taking gesture, cast Kerr (on loan from MGM) against type in the role of a lusty, adulterous army wife in From Here to Eternity (1953), hoping that Kerrs ladylike poise would provide an interesting contrast to her characters seamy past. She was 86 and had suffered from Parkinson's disease. She also did A Song at Twilight (1982). Trained as a ballet dancer, she began acting on stage as a teenager and performed in stage productions at the Open Air Theatre in London and the Cambridge Theatre. Kerr, who suffered from Parkinson's disease, died in Suffolk, eastern England, according to her agent, Anne Hutton. Marni Nixon sang for Deborah Kerr in "The King and I," Audrey Hepburn in "My Fair Lady," and Natalie Wood in "West Side Story." Drew Seeley did the singing for Zac Efron's character in the first "High School Musical" movie. During the filming, according to Powell's autobiography, Powell and she became lovers: "I realised that Deborah was both the ideal and the flesh-and-blood woman whom I had been searching for". Black Narcissus became an international hit and led to an MGM contract and the opportunity to play opposite Clark Gable in The Hucksters later that year. Marthas School in Surrey and then at the Northumberland House Boarding School in Clifton, Bristol. Thereafter, Kerr's career choices would make her known in Hollywood for her versatility as an actress. Deborah Kerr is British by birth. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/22285687/deborah-kerr. This was her grandparents house, her family moved to Elmsleigh Road in 1937 where she became a pupil at Rossholme School. Our editors will review what youve submitted and determine whether to revise the article. She took on the role of the older Emma Harte, a tycoon, in the adaptation of Barbara Taylor Bradford's A Woman of Substance (1984). Her father, known to all as Jack, and mother, known as Col or Colleen, moved to Helensburgh because of Jacks peacetime work as a civil engineer, and lived for three years with Jacks parents, Arthur Kerr Trimmer and his wife Mary Jane, at Nithsdale in West King Street.

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