
Deborah Kerr
Known for Acting · 82 credits
- Born
- 1921-09-30
- Died
- 2007-10-16
- Place of birth
- Helensburgh, Scotland, UK
- Also known as
- 데보라 커 · Дебора Керр · دبورا کار
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
TV Shows (17)

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self

Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Host / Presenter

What's My Line?
1950
as Self

The Dick Cavett Show
1968
as Self - Guest

The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self

Playhouse
1974
as Carlotta Gray

The Oscars
1953
as Self

Dinah!
1974
as Self

The Steve Allen Show
1956
as Self - Recipient

Cinépanorama
1956
as Self

Entertainment Tonight
1981
as Self
V.I.P. Schaukel
1971
as Self

A Woman of Substance
1985
as Older Emma Harte

Talking Pictures
2013
as Self (archive footage)

Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Miss Plimsoll
Small World
1958
as Self

Hold the Dream
1987
as Emma Harte
Movies (65)

Casino Royale
1967
as Agent Mimi / Lady Fiona McTarry

Julius Caesar
1953
as Portia

The Innocents
1961
as Miss Giddens

Quo Vadis
1951
as Lygia

From Here to Eternity
1953
as Karen Holmes

The King and I
1956
as Anna Leonowens

An Affair to Remember
1957
as Terry McKay

Rat Pack
2022
as Self (archive footage)

Bonjour Tristesse
1958
as Anne Larson

Black Narcissus
1947
as Sister Clodagh

Young Bess
1953
as Catherine Parr

The Hucksters
1947
as Kay Dorrance

The Night of the Iguana
1964
as Hannah Jelkes

John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
1988
as Self (archive footage)

The Arrangement
1969
as Florence Anderson

Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast
2019
as Self - Actress (archive footage)

Prudence and the Pill
1968
as Prudence Hardcastle

Night of 100 Stars
1982
as Self

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
1943
as Edith Hunter / Barbara Wynne / Angela "Johnny" Cannon

Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
2010
as Sister Clodagh (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Journey
1959
as Diana Ashmore

Witness for the Prosecution
1982
as Nurse Plimsoll

King Solomon's Mines
1950
as Elizabeth Curtis

Tea and Sympathy
1956
as Laura Reynolds

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
1991
as Self

Beloved Infidel
1959
as Sheilah Graham

Separate Tables
1958
as Sibyl Railton-Bell

The Gypsy Moths
1969
as Elizabeth Brandon

Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison
1957
as Sister Angela

The Grass Is Greener
1960
as Hilary Rhyall

Eye of the Devil
1966
as Catherine de Montfaucon

The Sundowners
1960
as Ida Carmody

The Prisoner of Zenda
1952
as Princess Flavia

Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
1991
as Self

The End of the Affair
1955
as Sarah Miles

Major Barbara
1941
as Jenny Hill

Edward, My Son
1949
as Evelyn Boult

Count Your Blessings
1959
as Grace Allingham

The Naked Edge
1961
as Martha Radcliffe

The Proud and Profane
1956
as Lee Ashley

Dream Wife
1953
as Effie

Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger
2024
as (archive footage)

Thunder in the East
1952
as Joan Willoughby

The Chalk Garden
1964
as Miss Madrigal

Marriage on the Rocks
1965
as Valerie Edwards

Perfect Strangers
1945
as Catherine Wilson

Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
1988
as Self

Please Believe Me
1950
as Alison Kirbe

The Assam Garden
1985
as Helen

Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
2000
as Self (archive footage)

If Winter Comes
1947
as Nona Tybar

The Day Will Dawn
1942
as Kari Alstad

On the Trail of the Iguana
1964
as Self

Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was King
1995
as Self (archive footage)

Uncertain Verification
1965
as (archive footage)

Ann and Debbie
1986
as Ann

Love on the Dole
1941
as Sally

I See a Dark Stranger
1946
as Bridie Quilty

Penn of Pennsylvania
1942
as Gulielma Maria Springett

The Sky Divers
1969
as Self

Reunion at Fairborough
1985
as Sally Wells Grant

A Song At Twilight
1982
as Carlotta Gray

Hatter's Castle
1942
as Mary Brodie

Jungle Safari
1950
as Herself (archival footage)

Rome, the Eternal City
1951
as Self
About Deborah Kerr
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 Affai… With 82 credits spanning from 1941 to 2024, Deborah Kerr has appeared in 65 films and 17 TV shows.
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Most Popular Deborah Kerr Movies
- Casino Royale (1967) — as Agent Mimi / Lady Fiona McTarry
- Julius Caesar (1953) — as Portia
- The Innocents (1961) — as Miss Giddens
- Quo Vadis (1951) — as Lygia
- From Here to Eternity (1953) — as Karen Holmes
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