In 1943, aged 21, Kerr made her West End dbut as Ellie Dunn in a revival of Heartbreak House at the Cambridge Theatre, stealing attention from stalwarts such as Edith Evans and Isabel Jeans. [20] When asked about this revelation, Kerr's response was, "What a gallant man he is! An Affair to Remember is a 1957 American romance film directed by Leo McCarey and starring Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr. Kerr won a third New York Film Critics Award and a sixth Academy Award nomination in 1960 and a BAFTA Award nomination in 1961 for the film Sundowners. Her husband, however, continued to live in Marbella. This memorial has been copied to your clipboard. "Deborah Kerr/Rhymes With Star" was the promotion given to the demure actress appearing opposite brazen Ava Gardner in The Hucksters (1947). Kerr performed the same role in Vincente Minnelli's film adaptation released in 1956; her stage partner John Kerr (no relation) also appeared. 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. The Famous People. She is tied with Thelma Ritter and Amy Adams as the actresses with the second most nominations without winning, surpassed only by Glenn Close, who has been nominated eight times without winning. 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. The film is as yet (2010) unreleased. St James Terrace, in W2, has since been renamed Ruskin Terrace. 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. Deborah Jane Kerr-Trimmer, better known as Deborah Kerr (born 30 September 1921 in Glasgow - dead 16 October 2007 in Botesdale, Suffolk), was a British film, stage and TV actress from Scotland. Kerr's father had served in the British Army during the First World War and lost a leg at the Battle of the Somme in 1916. Her husband, however, continued to live in Marbella. Full Real Name. 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. She acted in The Innocents and also in the BBC production Three Roads to Rome in 1961. WASHINGTON - Deborah Kerr, 86, a Scottish-born actress who set the standard for white-gloved elegance in such 1950s films as "The King and I . Age (2022) Update Soon. It is considered among the most romantic films of all time according to the American Film Institute. Continuing with this request will add an alert to the cemetery page and any new volunteers will have the opportunity to fulfill your request. Found more than one record for entered Email, You need to confirm this account before you can sign in. 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 was another governess in The Chalk Garden (1964) and worked with John Huston again in The Night of the Iguana (1964). In The King and I she whistled a happy tune, and the world whistled along. According to her biographer, Eric Braun, Deborahs first and only memory of her time in the burgh is of being with her grandmother in a horse-drawn cab at the age of two or three, clutching a bright, shiny penny she had been given. [citation needed]. Although nominated six times as Best Actress, Kerr never won a competitive Oscar. After her Broadway dbut in 1953, she toured the United States with Tea and Sympathy. 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. Kerr originally trained as a ballet dancer, first appearing on stage at Sadler's Wells in 1938. There is no independent corroboration of either actor's claims. She played a Norwegian resistance fighter in The Day Will Dawn (1942). She was nominated six times for the Academy Award for Best Actress. Whether it was as the nun struggling to repress her desire in Black Narcissus (1947), the married woman who relished an adulterous roll in the surf with Burt Lancaster in From Here to Eternity (1953), the teacher's wife who beds a student who may be homosexual in Tea and Sympathy (1956), or the kept woman drawn to kept man Cary Grant in An Affair to Remember (1957), Miss Kerr projected propriety and sexuality. 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. Both flopped, as did Beloved Infidel (1959) with Gregory Peck. Sorry! In 1938 she danced with a ballet group in Prometheus produced by the Sadlers Wells Theater School. Marni Nixon dubbed Kerr's singing voice. Although the British Army refused to co-operate with the producers and Winston Churchill thought the film would ruin wartime morale Colonel Blimp confounded critics when it proved to be an artistic and commercial success. There is 1 volunteer for this cemetery. After changing careers, she soon found success as an actress. An Affair to Remember (1957) Coming between Dream Wife (1953) and The Grass Is Greener (1960), this is the pick of Kerr's collaborations with Cary Grant. 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. 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. 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. Actress. [4][5], 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. 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. R41 I thought 'Vacation from Marriage' was embarrassing. In 1944 she was in the Clyde area on location, filming 'Perfect Strangers' with actor Roland Culver. Both flopped, as did Beloved Infidel (1959) with Gregory Peck. Alexander Korda cast her opposite Robert Donat in Perfect Strangers (1945). In 1997 she was created a Companion of the Order of the British Empire. Deborah Kerr's grandsons Joe and Lex Shrapnel with the blue plaque in her honour (Image: Weston Town Council) She died in Suffolk in 2007 aged 86 from Parkinson's Disease and is buried in Surrey . After her first London success in 1943, she toured England and Scotland in Heartbreak House. She was another governess in The Chalk Garden (1964) and worked with John Huston again in The Night of the Iguana (1964). This account already exists, but the email address still needs to be confirmed. She acted on London stage in The Corn Is Green in 1985. Thanks for using Find a Grave, if you have any feedback we would love to hear from you. She received the first of her Oscar nominations for Edward, My Son (1949), a drama set and filmed in England co-starring Spencer Tracy. She is tied with Thelma Ritter and Amy Adams as the actresses with the second most nominations without winning, surpassed only by Glenn Close, who has been nominated eight times without winning. 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. He died, aged 78, in a road rage incident in 2004. Roland was expressing his adoration and I suddenly felt a tremendous stinging sensation, like pins and needles, on my behind! A system error has occurred. Her second marriage was to author Peter Viertel on 23 July 1960. The process of development from a romantic, silly girl to a hard, disillusioned woman in three hours was moving and convincing". In 1943 she acted on the London stage in George Bernard Shaws adaptation Heartbreak House. Let us know if you have suggestions to improve this article (requires login). 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. Said critic James Agate of Love on the Dole, "is not within a mile of Wendy Hiller's in the theatre, but it is a charming piece of work by a very pretty and promising beginner, so pretty and so promising that there is the usual yapping about a new star". Deborah Kerr was 24 but looked 18; Robert Donat was 40 but looked 50. Omissions? In 1975 she appeared on the Broadway stage in Edward Albees Seascape. [25], Within three weeks of her death, her husband Peter Viertel died of cancer on 4 November. In 1953, Kerr "showed her theatrical mettle" as Portia in Joseph Mankiewicz's Julius Caesar. 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. In September 2021, Kerr's grandsons, Joe and Lex Shrapnel, unveiled a memorial plaque at the former family home in Weston-super-Mare. Kerr became known playing the lead role in the film of Love on the Dole (1941). Andrew's family lived in the town in 1952-3 and he attended Hermitage School in East Argyle Street while his younger brother was at Clyde Street Primary School. [18], 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. Kerr was educated at the independent Northumberland House School, Henleaze in Bristol, and at Rossholme School, Weston-super-Mare. She first performed at the Open Air Theatre in Regent's Park, London. Her training there may account for her dancer's way of sailing through space. Casino Royale was a hit as was another movie she made with Niven, Prudence and the Pill (1968). She was a widow in love with William Holden in The Proud and Profane (1956), directed by George Seaton. Deborah Kerr is the former superintendent of the Brown Deer School District in northern Milwaukee and says her 20 years of experience in that role has prepared her to lead the state Department of Instruction (DPI) and tackle issues like the achievement gap. But she was not Helensburgh-born. Please enter your email and password to sign in. [10], Kerr's first stage appearance was at Weston-super-Mare in 1937, as "Harlequin" in the mime play Harlequin and Columbine. She was decorative and unmemorable in prestige pictures such as King Solomon's Mines (1950) and Quo Vadis (1951). D Deborah Kerr Media in category "Deborah Kerr" Arthur Charles Kerr Trimmer, a World War I veteran who lost a leg at the Battle of the Somme and later became a naval architect and civil engineer. When Miss Kerr tore into director John Huston after a sequence shot in the water, the actor was so shocked that he nearly drowned laughing. 1959) Peter Viertel (m. 1960) Children 2 Melanie and Francesca. American British Deborah Kerr/Nationality. Her last visit to Glasgow was in 1990, when she was a member of the international jury at the European Film Awards. Her ability to project the contradictory aspects of character helped her to create a new screen archetype, the very proper adulteress. Oops, we were unable to send the email. One day she came home from work and was very excited. Likewise Burt Lancaster claimed that he was romantically involved with her during the filming of From Here to Eternity (1953). 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. 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". In 1977, she came back to the West End, playing the title role in a production of George Bernard Shaw's Candida. Deborah Kerr. From an early age, she staged dramatic presentations for her family. Her role as a troubled nun in the Powell and Pressburger production of Black Narcissus (1947) brought her to the attention of Hollywood producers. , died Tuesday in Suffolk, England. A machine gun expert, he returned to action in France, but was shot through the right kneecap at the Battle of the Somme. Deborah displayed a penchant for dramatics at a very early age when she would stage presentations for her family. Nationality. She was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award, Honorary Oscar in 1994. Deborah Kerr movies: with Burt Lancaster in From Here to Eternity. Deborah Kerr was born Deborah Jane Kerr-Trimmer in Helensburgh, Scotland, on September 30, 1921. 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 . 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. The actress, whose screen kiss with Burt Lancaster is regularly voted the greatest of all time, was. 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). 1923). In 1947 she moved to Hollywood where she acted in The Hucksters in 1947, King Solomons Mines in 1950 and Quo Vadis in 1951. If you notice a problem with the translation, please send a message to [emailprotected] and include a link to the page and details about the problem. Please reset your password. The theatre would become her first love, despite her enormous movie success, and she returned to it time and again. Kerr's first marriage was to Squadron Leader Anthony Bartley RAF on 29 November 1945. Are you sure that you want to delete this photo? He said: My mother worked as a housekeeper for Mrs Jane Kirkwood Brown, who lived in a large mansion in Charlotte Street and who had returned with her husband from Ceylon where he worked in the tea industry. 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". In 1953, Kerr "showed her theatrical mettle" as Portia in Joseph Mankiewicz's Julius Caesar. 1960-2007 Anthony Bartleym. 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. She received her second New York Film Critics Award, a fourth Academy Award nomination and a second Golden Globe Award nomination for the film Heaven Knows Mr. Allison in 1957. GREAT NEWS! 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 and a BAFTA Special Award in 1991. She was 86. Deborah was barely three. In 1964 she received a fourth BAFTA Award nomination for the film Chalk Garden. 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. 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. Her parents were Kathleen ne Small and Arthur Kerr-Trimmer. She starred in The Day after The Fair on the London stage in 1972 and toured the United States with it in 1973. Her husband, however, continued to live in Marbella. Showing her versatility and range, she played three roles in Michael Powell's The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943), which, along with her extraordinary performance as the nun in Powell's Black Narcissus, got Hollywood's attention. Deborah wrote: "We were sitting on top of a hill overlooking the Clyde, filming a scene. We will review the memorials and decide if they should be merged. 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. 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. Kerr, 63, is the former superintendent of the Brown Deer school district in suburban Milwaukee. In 1959, Miss Kerr and Bartley, who had two daughters, divorced. Born Deborah Jane Kerr-Trimmer on September 30, 1921, in Helensburgh, Scotland, she trained in ballet before moving . . Kerr's roles as forceful, sometimes frustrated women expanded the limits of. She married a war hero Anthony Bartley in 1945 but divorced him in 1959. Kerr originally trained as a ballet dancer, first appearing on stage at Sadler's Wells in 1938. She had a strong support role in Major Barbara (1941) directed by Gabriel Pascal. In 1975, she returned to Broadway, creating the role of Nancy in Edward Albee's Pulitzer Prize-winning play Seascape. When she was 5 the family moved to Bristol, England, where the famously shy girl studied dance at her aunt's academy. Kerr appeared in two huge hits for MGM in a row. Your account has been locked for 30 minutes due to too many failed sign in attempts. Please ensure you have given Find a Grave permission to access your location in your browser settings. Vocation : Entertainment : Live Stage (Legitimate theater) Vocation . Deborah Kerr was a Scottish actress who is best known for her role in the King and I.. Childhood and Early Life. According to agent Anne Hutton, Kerr died on . Deborah Kerr is British by birth. Funeral arrangements are incomplete. Pages in category "Deborah Kerr" This category contains only the following page. graphics - January 9, 2014. 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. Deborah Kerr is rumored to have hooked up with Burt Lancaster in Mar 1953.. On Screen Matchups. She had a strong support role in Major Barbara (1941) directed by Gabriel Pascal. 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. When she was 5 the family moved to Bristol, England, where the famously shy girl studied dance at her aunt's academy. She then went to the Sadler's Wells ballet school and in 1938 made her dbut in the corps de ballet in Prometheus. Her father, Arthur, was a naval architect. Deborah Kerr Photo: 20th Century Fox 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". She acted in another British film Black Narcissus in 1947. However in December 2011 a former burgh man, Andrew Rook (69), who lives in Bedfordshire, contacted the Trust to say that she had in fact come back twice. 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. Verify and try again. During the filming, according to Powell's autobiography, Powell and she became lovers:[12] "I realised that Deborah was both the ideal and the flesh-and-blood woman whom I had been searching for". Kerr, who suffered from Parkinson's disease, died in Suffolk, eastern England, according to her agent, Anne Hutton. and whose actions, in addition to their achievements, embody the Our editors will review what youve submitted and determine whether to revise the article. She made two films at MGM: The Journey (1959) reunited her with Brynner; Count Your Blessings (1959), was a comedy. 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. excellence and international renown in their chosen professional fields, Kerr had a younger brother, Edmund ("Teddy"), who became a journalist. We hope you enjoy it! Deborah Kerr CBE (born Deborah Jane Kerr-Trimmer; 30 September 1921 - 16 October 2007) was a Scottish-born film, theater and television actress. 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). 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. Trimmer and Smale wed, both aged 28, on August 21, 1919 in Smale's . Deborah came to Helensburgh twice during our two years in the town, the first time for five days. The older you get, the easier it should be but it isn't.[8]. Alexander Korda cast her opposite Robert Donat in Perfect Strangers (1945). Part 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 appeared on September 16, 17, 18, 19 and 22 respectively. 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. Search above to list available cemeteries. Kerr was educated at the independent Northumberland House School, Henleaze in Bristol, and at Rossholme School, Weston-super-Mare. She was 86. Encyclopaedia Britannica's editors oversee subject areas in which they have extensive knowledge, whether from years of experience gained by working on that content or via study for an advanced degree. 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