Deborah Kerr, one of the great ladies of mid-20th century cinema, who epitomized grace and intelligence on screen, has died. Kerr played three women in Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943). Died: 24 July, 2016 in New York City, aged 86. State superintendent candidate Deborah Kerr solicited clients and organized branding for her private consulting business through her public school district email address, including several times during work hours, prior to her retirement as Brown Deer School District superintendent last year. At the age of sixteen she attended her aunt Phyllis Smales Hicks-Smale Drama School in Bristol. Casino Royale was a hit as was another movie she made with Niven, Prudence and the Pill (1968). Please check your email and click on the link to activate your account. She first appeared on stage as Harlequin in 1937 for 'Harlequin And Columbine'. She was a widow in love with William Holden in The Proud and Profane (1956), directed by George Seaton. There are no volunteers for this cemetery. Her second marriage was to author Peter Viertel on 23 July 1960. Kerr became known playing the lead role in the film of Love on the Dole (1941). cemeteries found in Alfold, Waverley Borough, Surrey, England will be saved to your photo volunteer list. Please complete the captcha to let us know you are a real person. She made The Arrangement (1969) with Elia Kazan, her director from the stage production of Tea and Sympathy. offered her a fee comparable to that paid to the rest of the cast combined, but she turned it down in favour of appearing in an aborted stage version of Flowers for Algernon. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate, or jump to a slide with the slide dots. She was also honoured in Hollywood, where she received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1709 Vine Street for her contributions to the motion picture industry. Nationality. They had two daughters, Melanie Jane (born 27 December 1947) and Francesca Ann (born 18 December 1951, who married to the actor John Shrapnel). 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. Resend Activation Email. Kerr trained as a dancer in her aunts drama school in Bristol, England. They were the genteel girl and the brassy babe vying for Clark Gable's attention. She performed in France, Belgium and Holland with ENSA (Entertainments National Service Association, or Every Night Something Awful) - The British Army entertainment service. Kerr announced her retirement in 1969, though she continued to make occasional appearances onstage and in feature and TV movies. After changing careers, she soon found success as an actress. Biography: Kerr received a bachelor's degree from Valparaiso University, a master's degree in education from the University of Alaska-Fairbanks, and a doctorate in educational leadership from National-Louis University. Her parents first met in Lydney early in 1914 and in due course became engaged, but were parted by the First World War. Soon, she switched careers and entered the world of acting. She was the first performer to win the New York Film Critics Circle Award for "Best Actress" three times (1947, 1957 and 1960). She received six Academy Award nominations for best actress and was awarded an honorary lifetime achievement Oscar in 1993. Failed to report flower. She joined Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra in a love triangle for a romantic comedy, Marriage on the Rocks (1965). [25], Within three weeks of her death, her husband Peter Viertel died of cancer on 4 November. Deborah Jane Trimmer was born on 30 September 1921 in Hillhead, Glasgow, the only daughter of Kathleen Rose (ne Smale) and Capt. Deborah Kerr died age of 86 in Suffolk, England, on October 16, 2007, due to complications arising out of Parkinsons disease. She was the first performer to win the New York Film Critics Circle Award for "Best Actress" three times (1947, 1957 and 1960). [1][13] She played the repressed wife in The End of the Affair (1955), shot in England with Van Johnson. It was very popular as was An Affair to Remember (1957) opposite Cary Grant. ", Until recently it was thought that she never came back to Helensburgh, although she once said in an interview for the Helensburgh Advertiser: How kind of them to remember me after all this time.. 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 made her TV screen debut for CBS with Witness for the Prosecution in 1982. Her role as a troubled nun in the Powell and Pressburger production of Black Narcissus (1947) brought her to the attention of Hollywood producers. They write new content and verify and edit content received from contributors. After changing careers, she soon found success as an actress. [36], On 30 September 2021, on what would have been Kerr's one hundredth birthday, the Lord Provost of Glasgow, Philip Braat, unveiled a memorial plaque in Ruskin Terrace, on the site of the nursing home where Kerr was born.[37]. Deborah Kerr was born Deborah Jane Kerr-Trimmer in Helensburgh, Scotland, on September 30, 1921. She developed her acting skills enough to be hired as a leading lady and portrayed the major role of Sister Clodagh in Black Narcissus (1947), for which she won her first New York Film Critics Circle Award (her subsequent awards were for Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison [1957] and The Sundowners [1960]). 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. Other TV roles included Ann and Debbie (1986) and Hold the Dream (1986), the latter a sequel to A Woman of Substance. Your new password must contain one or more uppercase and lowercase letters, and one or more numbers or special characters. He died, aged 78, in a road rage incident in 2004. She was 86. 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. cemeteries found within kilometers of your location will be saved to your photo volunteer list. Born: 22 February, 1930, in Altadena, California. In 1955, Kerr won the Sarah Siddons Award for her performance in Chicago during a national tour of the play. The Scottish-born actress will forever be associated with her roles in. Please enter your email and password to sign in. Edit a memorial you manage or suggest changes to the memorial manager. Which memorial do you think is a duplicate of Deborah Kerr (22285687)? Kerr experienced a career resurgence on television in the early 1980s when she played the role of the nurse (played by Elsa Lanchester in the 1957 film of the same name) in Witness for the Prosecution, with Sir Ralph Richardson. TRIBUTES have been paid to legendary actress Deborah Kerr, who has died at her home in north Suffolk at the age of 86. Countless newspaper, magazine and website articles say that the Scottish girl who became the archetypal movie perfect English rose was born in the burgh. Kerr originally trained as a ballet dancer, first appearing on stage at Sadler's Wells in 1938. Kerr rejoined old screen partner Mitchum in Reunion at Fairborough (1985). 0. 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. So too was the spy comedy drama I See a Dark Stranger (1946), in which she gave a breezy, amusing performance that dominated the action and overshadowed her co-star Trevor Howard. "My mother used to talk about her a lot and said she was a lovely person. She returned to the cinema one more time in 1985's The Assam Garden. She won a nomination for the BAFTA Award for the film Tea and Sympathy in 1956. Deborah Kerr movies: with Burt Lancaster in From Here to Eternity. Fred Zinnemann's Academy Award-winning . 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. [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. [33] She was also honoured in Hollywood, where she received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1709 Vine Street for her contributions to the motion picture industry. The story goes that on the set of Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison (1957) - starring the actress as a nun and Robert Mitchum as a lusty soldier stranded on an island - Mitchum worried that he might offend Her Primness. There is 1 volunteer for this cemetery. 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, who died at home in Suffolk of Parkinson's disease, was born in Helensburgh, near Glasgow, an engineer's daughter. Save to an Ancestry Tree, a virtual cemetery, your clipboard for pasting or Print. According to Powell, his affair with Kerr ended when she made it clear to him that she would accept an offer to go to Hollywood if one were made. In 1955 she got a nomination for the BAFTA Award for The End of the Affair. Deborah Kerr. Kerr was educated at the independent Northumberland House School, Henleaze in Bristol, and at Rossholme School, Weston-super-Mare. 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Corrections? "She has the rare gift", wrote critic Beverley Baxter, "of thinking her lines, not merely remembering them. In "Bohemian Rhapsody," Rami Malek starred as Freddie Mercury, but his singing voice was an "amalgamation of a few voices." In September and October 2010, Josephine Botting of the British Film Institute curated the "Deborah Kerr Season", which included around twenty of her feature films and an exhibition of posters, memorabilia and personal items loaned by her family. Age (2022) Update Soon. Deborah Kerr, the sophisticated, Scottish-born actress who was nominated for six Oscars, died Tuesday in Suffolk, England, after many years of failing health. 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. She played a Norwegian resistance fighter in The Day Will Dawn (1942). Deborah Jane Trimmer. She re-enacted the same role on the stage in 1956 and acted in the film version of Rodgers and Hammersteins film version of The King and I in the same year. Share this memorial using social media sites or email. [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. 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". Today Deborah Kerr would be 100 years old. Deborah Kerr died on 16 October 2007 in Botesdale, a village in Suffolk, England, from the effects of Parkinson's disease. Also Known As Deborah Jane Kerr-Trimmer Birth Place Helensburgh, Scotland Born September 30, 1921 Died October 16, 2007 Cause of Death Parkinson's Disease Biography Read More Known as "The English Rose," lovely, red-haired Deborah Kerr - "It Rhymes with Star!" Deborah Jane Kerr-Trimmer, daughter of a Scottish naval officer who served in World War I, was born in Helensburgh, Scotland, in 1921. Deborah Kerr was 24 but looked 18; Robert Donat was 40 but looked 50. 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. She had the lead in a comedy Please Believe Me (1950). A system error has occurred. She subsequently performed with the Oxford Repertory Company 1939-40. Actress. Flowers added to the memorial appear on the bottom of the memorial or here on the Flowers tab. A machine gun expert, he returned to action in France, but was shot through the right kneecap at the Battle of the Somme. She replaced Kim Novak in Eye of the Devil (1966) with Niven, and was reteamed with Niven in the comedy Casino Royale (1967), achieving the distinction of being, at 45, the oldest "Bond Girl" in any James Bond film, until Monica Bellucci, at the age of 50, in Spectre (2015). Oct. 18, 2007 Deborah Kerr, a versatile actress who long projected the quintessential image of the proper, tea-sipping Englishwoman but who was also indelible in one of the most sexually. 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. "It was impossible to stop because the camera was shooting on Mr Culver and I couldn't break the scene. Mar 30, 2021. Deborah was barely three. Though a much beloved stage and film actress for many years, younger generations will recognize her from "An Affair To Remember" (1957) with Cary Grant, which has been referenced to in several modern films such as "Sleepless In Seattle" (1993). She eventually caught the eye of MGM's Louis B. Mayer and in late 1946 joined the studio. On 30 September 2021, on what would have been Kerr's one hundredth birthday, the Lord Provost of Glasgow, Philip Braat, unveiled a memorial plaque in Ruskin Terrace, on the site of the nursing home where Kerr was born. She then played Princess Flavia in a remake of The Prisoner of Zenda (1952) with Granger and Mason. This memorial has been copied to your clipboard. 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. Horoscope and astrology data of Deborah Kerr born on 30 September 1921 Helensburgh, Scotland, with biography. Contribute Robert Mitchum and Deborah Kerr - Dating, Gossip, News, Photos list. There is no independent corroboration of either actor's claims. Scottish film and television actress (1921-2007) - Deborah Kerr was born in Helensburgh (town in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK) on September 30th, 1921 and died in Suffolk (county of England) on October 16th, 2007 at the age of 86. In 1968 she co-starred with David Niven in the film Prudence and the Pill and also acted in the films The Arrangement and The Gypsy Moths. This page was last edited on 7 January 2023, at 05:21. 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. There is a problem with your email/password. 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. "Finally the scene was over and I leapt to my feet and screamed I found I had been sitting on an ants nest! 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. Omissions? Although she long resided in Klosters, Switzerland and Marbella, Spain, Kerr moved back to Britain to be closer to her own children as her health began to deteriorate. She first performed at the Open Air Theatre in Regent's Park, London. 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. She was 86 and had suffered from Parkinson's disease. Kerr made her British TV debut in "Three Roads to Rome" (1963). As manager of this memorial you can add or update the memorial using the Edit button below. 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 took on the role of the older Emma Harte, a tycoon, in the adaptation of Barbara Taylor Bradford's A Woman of Substance (1984). Funeral arrangements are incomplete. Kerr originally trained as a ballet dancer, first appearing on stage at Sadler's Wells in 1938. But Deborah . After moving south with her parents when she was just a few years old, Kerr was educated in Bristol and. In 1955 she acted in the film version of Graham Greenes The End of the Affair. Though she never won, in 1994 she was awarded an honorary Academy Award for her lifetime achievement in films. Deborah Jane Kerr-Trimmer, daughter of a Scottish naval officer who served in World War I, was born in Helensburgh, Scotland, in 1921. At the time of Viertel's death, director Michael Scheingraber was filming the documentary Peter Viertel: Between the Lines, which Scheingraber says will include reminiscences about events concerning Kerr and the American Academy Awards. This is a carousel with slides. In between Paramount borrowed her to appear in Thunder in the East (1951) with Alan Ladd. What nationality was Deborah Kerr? Learn more about managing a memorial . 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. See a Kerr filmography and more photos via http://go.philly.com/kerr EndText, California residents do not sell my data request. For many she will be remembered best for her kiss with Burt. h aged 4 and of her parents are from the Smale family collection, the main picture is an agency shot of Deborah arriving at an awards dinner in London in the early 1970s, and the picture of Nithsdale is by Donald Fullarton. They divorced in 1959. Updates? She starred in The Day after The Fair on the London stage in 1972 and toured the United States with it in 1973. The following year they moved south to Alford. . Deborah Kerr made her stage debut in Harlequin and Columbine in 1937. An Affair to Remember is a 1957 American romance film directed by Leo McCarey and starring Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr. Young Deborah spent the first three years of her life in the west coast town of Helensburgh, where her parents lived with Deborah's grandparents in a house on West King Street. Previously sponsored memorials or famous memorials will not have this option. Alexander Korda cast her opposite Robert Donat in Perfect Strangers (1945). By Adam Bernstein, Washington Post | October 19, 2007. Kerr was reunited with Mitchum in The Sundowners (1960) shot in Australia, then The Grass Is Greener (1960), co-starring Cary Grant. 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. excellence and international renown in their chosen professional fields, She made two films at MGM: The Journey (1959) reunited her with Brynner; Count Your Blessings (1959), was a comedy. In 45 films, in as many years, she seldom, if . Deborah Kerr Photo: 20th Century Fox However varied her Hollywood roles, she delivered performances of greater nuance and depth in the European-made films The End of the Affair (1955) - again, as a conscience-stricken adulteress - and Bonjour, Tristesse (1958), as a fashion designer provoked by her lover's daughter. The theatre would become her first love, despite her enormous movie success, and she returned to it time and again. In An Affair to Remember, an improbably effective romance that is the basis for Sleepless in Seattle, she convinced the world that the Empire State Building was the closest place New York had to heaven. Less than three weeks . Deborah Kerr has died at the age of 86 after a seven-year battle with Parkinson's disease. 1945-1959 . Are you sure that you want to report this flower to administrators as offensive or abusive? 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". "Deborah Kerr/Rhymes With Star" was the promotion given to the demure actress appearing opposite brazen Ava Gardner in The Hucksters (1947). Alternate titles: Deborah Jane Kerr-Trimmer. In marrying Viertel, she acquired a stepdaughter, Christine Viertel. Articles from Britannica Encyclopedias for elementary and high school students. She also performed with the Oxford Repertory Company. Thereafter, Kerr's career choices would make her known in Hollywood for her versatility as an actress. The following year she married author Peter Viertel, whose novel White Hunter, Black Heart was a thinly veiled portrait of Huston. She received the first of her Oscar nominations for Edward, My Son (1949), a drama set and filmed in England co-starring Spencer Tracy. Some of Kerr's leading men have stated in their autobiographies that they had an affair or romantic fling with her. 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 . To add a flower, click the Leave a Flower button. The plan was that Jack, Col and little Deborah should follow after Jack had worked out his contract with Sir William Arrol, and in 1923 they moved to Ardencaple Quadrant, where homes had been built for those wounded in the war. Her zodiac sign is Libra. 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. It is considered among the most romantic films of all time according to the American Film Institute. Not even the promise of another coin when they got home could stem the tears. Use the links under See more to quickly search for other people with the same last name in the same cemetery, city, county, etc. She acted in television movies A Song at Twilight in 1973. But the flame-haired English rose (actually born in Helensburgh, in 1921) was already a star in Britain, as well as an actress of proven substance. 'Bing's Lucky Number: Pa Crosby Dons 4th B.O. Kerr made her British TV debut in "Three Roads to Rome" (1963). After changing careers, she soon found success as an actress. 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. Through her aunt's connections, she got work with the Oxford Repertory Company and made her film debut, supporting Wendy Hiller, in Major Barbara (1941). 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. Kerr's first film for MGM in Hollywood was a mature satire of the burgeoning advertising industry, The Hucksters (1947) with Clark Gable and Ava Gardner. She acted in the Oxford Repertory Company from 1939 to 1940. Born Deborah Jane Kerr-Trimmer on September 30, 1921, in Helensburgh, Scotland, she trained in ballet before moving . She appeared in Separate Tables in 1958. 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 had suffered from Parkinson's disease for several years. qualities of achievement and commitment, the BritishHeritage.org serves to recognize the British Heritage contribution to the betterment of mankind. 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 . In between Paramount borrowed her to appear in Thunder in the East (1951) with Alan Ladd. 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). Deborah Jane Trimmer CBE (30 September 1921 16 October 2007), known professionally as Deborah Kerr, was a British actress. [20] When asked about this revelation, Kerr's response was, "What a gallant man he is! In a contentious race that has drummed up millions of dollars for campaigning and attack ads, Deborah Kerr and Jill Underly will face off April 6 for the top position overseeing K-12 . She had two daughters from this marriage - Melanie and Francesca. In 1944 she was in the Clyde area on location, filming 'Perfect Strangers' with actor Roland Culver. 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). [15] She relocated to Hollywood and was under contract to MGM. She was a widow in love with William Holden in The Proud and Profane (1956), directed by George Seaton. Try again later. Her father, Arthur, was a naval architect. Her second marriage was to author Peter Viertel on 23 July 1960. Deborah Kerr /debr kr/ (Helensburgh, Scotland, September 30, 1921-Botesdale, Suffolk, October 16, 2007) was a British actress, one of the best-known faces of cinema of Hollywood in the fifties. In 1941 she made her British film debut in a supporting role as a Salvation Army volunteer in the film adaptation of George Bernard Shaws Major Barbara. Deborah Kerr, who shared one of Hollywood's most famous kisses while portraying an Army officer's unhappy wife in From Here to Eternity and danced with the Siamese monarch in The King and I has . Yet, despite . Kerr's first film for MGM in Hollywood was a mature satire of the burgeoning advertising industry, The Hucksters (1947) with Clark Gable and Ava Gardner. Her first steps on the stage were as a ballet dancer, training with. To view a photo in more detail or edit captions for photos you added, click the photo to open the photo viewer. After her first London success in 1943, she toured England and Scotland in Heartbreak House. She married a war hero Anthony Bartley in 1945 but divorced him in 1959. Deborah Kerr's full name is Deborah Jane Trimmer and her nickname is Deborah Kerr. [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. Kerr had a younger brother, Edmund ("Teddy"), who became a journalist. Part 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 appeared on September 16, 17, 18, 19 and 22 respectively. [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. Kerr originally trained as a ballet dancer, first appearing on stage at Sadler's Wells in 1938. 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