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Deborah Kerr

Sep 30, 1921 - Oct 16, 2007 (86 years old) in Helensburgh, Scotland, UK

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".

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What's My Line?
Self - Panelist
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Tony Awards
Self - Host / Presenter
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The Steve Allen Show
Self - Recipient
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Dinah!
Self
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The Oscars
Self
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Night of 100 Stars
Self
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Talking Pictures
Self (archive footage)
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Hallmark Hall of Fame
Miss Plimsoll
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And the Oscar Goes To...
Self (archive footage)
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An Affair to Remember
Terry McKay

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