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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
September 30, 1921
Died
October 16, 2007
Place of Birth
Helensburgh, Scotland, UK
Also Known As
- 데보라 커
- Дебора Керр
- دبورا کار
Deborah Kerr
1.9 Popularity
Biography
Deborah Jane Trimmer CBE (30 September 1921 – 16 October 2007), known professionally as Deborah Kerr, was a British actress. She was nominated six times for the Academy Award for Best Actress. 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). Her other major and best known films and performances are The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943), Black Narcissus (1947), Quo Vadis (1951), From Here to Eternity (1953), Tea and Sympathy (1956), An Affair to Remember (1957), Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison (1957), Bonjour Tristesse (1958), Separate Tables (1958), The Sundowners (1960), The Innocents (1961), The Grass Is Greener (1960), and The Night of the Iguana (1964). 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".
Known For
7.6
(archive footage)
Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger
2024
9.0
Self (archive footage)
Rat Pack
2022
4.6
Self - Actress (archive footage)
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast
2019
5.8
Self (archive footage)
Talking Pictures
2013
6.6
Sister Clodagh (archive footage) (uncredited)
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
2010
0.0
Self (archive footage)
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
2000
8.5
Self (archive footage)
Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was King
1995
7.7
Self
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
1991
7.5
Self
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
1991
5.9
Self (archive footage)
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
1988
Credits
Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger
as (archive footage)
2024
7.6
Rat Pack
as Self (archive footage)
2022
9.0
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast
as Self - Actress (archive footage)
2019
4.6
Talking Pictures
as Self (archive footage)
2013
5.8
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
as Sister Clodagh (archive footage) (uncredited)
2010
6.6
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
as Self (archive footage)
2000
0.0
Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was King
as Self (archive footage)
1995
8.5
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
as Self
1991
7.7
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
as Self
1991
7.5
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
as Self (archive footage)
1988
5.9
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
as Self
1988
7.0
Hold the Dream
as Emma Harte
1986
2.5
Ann and Debbie
as Ann
1986
2.0
The Assam Garden
as Helen
1985
6.5
Reunion at Fairborough
as Sally Wells Grant
1985
4.8
A Woman of Substance
as Emma Harte
1985
7.1
Witness for the Prosecution
as Nurse Plimsoll
1982
6.3
A Song At Twilight
as Carlotta Gray
1982
7.0
Night of 100 Stars
as Self
1982
6.7
Entertainment Tonight
as Self
1981
4.1
Dinah!
as Self
1974
6.7
Playhouse
as Carlotta Gray
1974
7.0
🎬
V.I.P. Schaukel
as Self
1971
7.5
The Arrangement
as Florence Anderson
1969
6.5
The Gypsy Moths
as Elizabeth Brandon
1969
6.0
The Sky Divers
as Self
1969
0.0
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest
1968
6.8
Prudence and the Pill
as Prudence Hardcastle
1968
5.4
Casino Royale
as Agent Mimi / Lady Fiona McTarry
1967
5.3
Eye of the Devil
as Catherine de Montfaucon
1966
6.2
Marriage on the Rocks
as Valerie Edwards
1965
5.6
Uncertain Verification
as (archive footage)
1965
6.6
The Night of the Iguana
as Hannah Jelkes
1964
7.2
On the Trail of the Iguana
as Self
1964
6.0
The Chalk Garden
as Miss Madrigal
1964
7.1
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
7.5
The Innocents
as Miss Giddens
1961
7.5
The Naked Edge
as Martha Radcliffe
1961
6.2
The Grass Is Greener
as Hilary Rhyall
1960
6.3
The Sundowners
as Ida Carmody
1960
6.7
Beloved Infidel
as Sheilah Graham
1959
5.9
Count Your Blessings
as Grace Allingham
1959
4.2
The Journey
as Diana Ashmore
1959
6.2
Separate Tables
as Sibyl Railton-Bell
1958
7.0
🎬
Small World
as Self
1958
7.3
Bonjour Tristesse
as Anne Larson
1958
6.6
An Affair to Remember
as Terry McKay
1957
7.4
Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison
as Sister Angela
1957
7.0
Tea and Sympathy
as Laura Reynolds
1956
6.9
The King and I
as Anna Leonowens
1956
7.1
The Steve Allen Show
as Self - Recipient
1956
5.6
The Proud and Profane
as Lee Ashley
1956
6.2
Tony Awards
as Self - Host / Presenter
1956
5.9
Cinépanorama
as Self
1956
8.0
The End of the Affair
as Sarah Miles
1955
5.7
From Here to Eternity
as Karen Holmes
1953
7.3
Dream Wife
as Effie
1953
5.3
Julius Caesar
as Portia
1953
7.1
Young Bess
as Catherine Parr
1953
5.7
The Oscars
as Self
1953
7.0
Thunder in the East
as Joan Willoughby
1952
5.4
The Prisoner of Zenda
as Princess Flavia
1952
6.8
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Miss Plimsoll
1951
8.6
Quo Vadis
as Lygia
1951
7.1
Rome, the Eternal City
as Self
1951
0.0
Jungle Safari
as Herself (archival footage)
1950
4.0
King Solomon's Mines
as Elizabeth Curtis
1950
6.5
Please Believe Me
as Alison Kirbe
1950
4.8
What's My Line?
as Self
1950
6.9
Edward, My Son
as Evelyn Boult
1949
6.4
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948
6.8
If Winter Comes
as Nona Tybar
1947
6.6
The Hucksters
as Kay Dorrance
1947
6.9
Black Narcissus
as Sister Clodagh
1947
7.5
I See a Dark Stranger
as Bridie Quilty
1946
6.4
Perfect Strangers
as Catherine Wilson
1945
6.6
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
as Edith Hunter / Barbara Wynne / Angela "Johnny" Cannon
1943
7.5
The Day Will Dawn
as Kari Alstad
1942
5.6
Hatter's Castle
as Mary Brodie
1942
5.5
Penn of Pennsylvania
as Gulielma Maria Springett
1942
5.3
Love on the Dole
as Sally
1941
5.6
Major Barbara
as Jenny Hill
1941
6.7