This page was last edited on 7 January 2023, at 05:21. Kerr originally trained as a ballet dancer, first appearing on stage at Sadler's Wells in 1938. Marni Nixon - the singing voice for Audrey Hepburn, Deborah Kerr and others was unsung herself . She had a strong support role in Major Barbara (1941) directed by Gabriel Pascal. Kerr made her British TV debut in "Three Roads to Rome" (1963). 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. Sorry! It was very popular as was An Affair to Remember (1957) opposite Cary Grant. 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. Both were aged 28. British director Michael Powell gave her a role in film The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp in 1943 in which she appeared thrice. 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. or don't show this againI am good at figuring things out. Born Deborah Jane Kerr-Trimmer 30 September 1921 Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland Died 16 October 2007 (aged 86) Botesdale, Suffolk, England Resting place Alfold Cemetery near Guildford Occupation Actress Years active 1940-1986 Spouse(s) Tony Bartley (m. 1945; div. She was a widow in love with William Holden in The Proud and Profane (1956), directed by George Seaton. Kerr's first marriage was to Squadron Leader Anthony Bartley RAF on 29 November 1945. 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. In terms of lead actress nominations without a victory, Kerr now maintains the record. Please check your email and click on the link to activate your account. Marthas School in Surrey and then at the Northumberland House Boarding School in Clifton, Bristol. graphics - January 9, 2014. Kerr was educated at the independent Northumberland House School, Henleaze in Bristol, and at Rossholme School, Weston-super-Mare. R88 That short hair 'gamine' look became popular in the 50s. For many she will be remembered best for her kiss with . Deborah Kerr (19212007) was a British actress who holds the record - six - for most Best Actress Oscar nominations without a win. In 1944 she was in the Clyde area on location, filming 'Perfect Strangers' with actor Roland Culver. Deborah Kerr Photo: 20th Century Fox Garbo sightings were reported breathlessly; even. Her final feature film was "The Assam Garden," also in 1985. Please enter your email and password to sign in. She acted in The Innocents and also in the BBC production Three Roads to Rome in 1961. Deborah Jane Trimmer was born on 30 September 1921 in Hillhead, Glasgow, the only daughter of Kathleen Rose (ne Smale) and Capt. 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. 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. Durdham Lodge was owned by Kerr's aunt Phyllis Smale, who ran it as a dance academy in the 1930s . For this performance, Kerr was nominated for an Emmy Award. She played ladies who didn't mind if their tramp showed. [12] Kerr made clear that her surname should be pronounced the same as "car". Deborah Kerr, one of the great ladies of mid-20th century cinema, who epitomized grace and intelligence on screen, has died. Kerr. Failed to delete memorial. We hope you enjoy it! After changing careers, she soon found success as an actress. They divorced in 1959. 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. 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. 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. Kerr was educated at the independent Northumberland House School, Henleaze in Bristol, and at Rossholme School, Weston-super-Mare. They divorced in 1959. Born: 22 February, 1930, in Altadena, California. [26] At the time of Viertel's death, director Michael Scheingraber was filming the documentary Peter Viertel: Between the Lines, which includes reminiscences concerning Kerr and the Academy Awards.[27]. Kerr's first marriage was to Squadron Leader Anthony Bartley RAF on 29 November 1945. For many she will be remembered best for her kiss with Burt. There he married Col in St Marys Parish Church. Kerr performed the same role in Vincente Minnelli's film adaptation released in 1956; her stage partner John Kerr (no relation) also appeared. Accidentally she dropped the coin, which slid down between the seats of her carriage. 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. 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. 'Bing's Lucky Number: Pa Crosby Dons 4th B.O. Her other films include The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943), Black Narcissus (1947), From Here to Eternity (1953), Tea and Sympathy (1956), An Affair to Remember (1957), Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison (1957), Separate Tables (1958), The Sundowners (1960), The Innocents (1961), The Grass is Greener (1960), and The Night of the Iguana (1964). Deborah Kerr died age of 86 in Suffolk, England, on October 16, 2007, due to complications arising out of Parkinson's disease. Best Known For. She then played Princess Flavia in a remake of The Prisoner of Zenda (1952) with Granger and Mason. Share this memorial using social media sites or email. Please contact Find a Grave at [emailprotected] if you need help resetting your password. Her zodiac sign is Libra. 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Kerr announced her retirement in 1969, though she continued to make occasional appearances onstage and in feature and TV movies. Deborah Jane Trimmer. Nationality. By. She was decorative and unmemorable in prestige pictures such as King Solomon's Mines (1950) and Quo Vadis (1951). She received the first of her Oscar nominations for Edward, My Son (1949), a drama set and filmed in England co-starring Spencer Tracy. Kerr, nevertheless, used any opportunity to discard her cool exterior. 0 cemeteries found in Alfold, Waverley Borough, Surrey, England. 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. Her parents, Captain Arthur Charles Trimmer and Kathleen Rose Trimmer, nee Smale, who were married at the brides home town of Lydney, Gloucestershire, on August 21 1919, were living in Helensburgh at the time. You see, Kerr had a very strict grandmother who concocted a somewhat cruel form of therapy for her. Once he was sufficiently confident, the couple travelled north to Helensburgh to join his parents. 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 . In Hollywood, Kerr's British accent and manner led to a succession of roles portraying refined, reserved, and "proper" English ladies. Are you sure that you want to delete this memorial? Which memorial do you think is a duplicate of Deborah Kerr (22285687)? However the operation was successful, and the long hard road to recovery began. Deborah Kerr CBE (born Deborah Jane Kerr-Trimmer; 30 September 1921 - 16 October 2007) was a Scottish-born film, theater and television actress. Deborah was barely three. Andrew, Penelope. Please complete the captcha to let us know you are a real person. When Deborah was two, Arthur decided to retire from civil engineering at the age of 57 and go into business for himself. Deborah came to Helensburgh twice during our two years in the town, the first time for five days. Kerr's first film role was in the British production Contraband (US: Blackout, 1940), aged 18 or 19, but her scenes were cut. "She has the rare gift", wrote critic Beverley Baxter, "of thinking her lines, not merely remembering them. 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. I don't mean to belittle acting but I'm like a child when I'm out there performingshocking the grownups, enchanting them, making them laugh or cry. A system error has occurred. 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 1965, the producers of Carry On Screaming! The process of development from a romantic, silly girl to a hard, disillusioned woman in three hours was moving and convincing". Her role as a troubled nun in the Powell and Pressburger production of Black Narcissus (1947) brought her to the attention of Hollywood producers. He died, aged 78, in a road rage incident in 2004. There is no independent corroboration of either actor's claims. Both flopped, as did Beloved Infidel (1959) with Gregory Peck. 1945-1959 . She joined Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra in a love triangle for a romantic comedy, Marriage on the Rocks (1965). Black Narcissus became an international hit and led to an MGM contract and the opportunity to play opposite Clark Gable in The Hucksters later that year. Although nominated six times as Best Actress, Kerr never won a competitive Oscar. 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 made The Arrangement (1969) with Elia Kazan, her director from the stage production of Tea and Sympathy. 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. Kerr, nevertheless, used any opportunity to discard her cool exterior. 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. Kerr was educated at the independent Northumberland House School, Henleaze in Bristol, and at Rossholme School, Weston-super-Mare. Her ability to project the contradictory aspects of character helped her to create a new screen archetype, the very proper adulteress. This relationship is not possible based on lifespan dates. Save to an Ancestry Tree, a virtual cemetery, your clipboard for pasting or Print. One day she came home from work and was very excited. In marrying Viertel, she acquired a stepdaughter, Christine Viertel. ", Audrey Hepburn - Film Legend, Fashion Icon, Humanitarian Great, Vivien Leigh - "Too British" to play Scarlett O'Hara. This flower has been reported and will not be visible while under review. Family members linked to this person will appear here. You can always change this later in your Account settings. ", 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.. 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". Translation on Find a Grave is an ongoing project. Yet, despite . 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. Filmed in CinemaScope, it was distributed by 20th Century Fox. Her training there may account for her dancer's way of sailing through space. Deborah Kerr is British by birth. 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. The elegant and talented actress died in Suffolk, England on October 16, 2007. 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. 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). 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. To view a photo in more detail or edit captions for photos you added, click the photo to open the photo viewer. Within three weeks after her death, her husband Peter Viertel died of cancer on 4 November. 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. 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). Deborah Kerr's full name is Deborah Jane Trimmer and her nickname is Deborah Kerr. Deborah Kerr was 24 but looked 18; Robert Donat was 40 but looked 50. Kerr departed from typecasting with a performance that brought out her sensuality, as "Karen Holmes", the embittered military wife in Fred Zinnemann's From Here to Eternity (1953), for which she received an Oscar nomination for Best Actress. 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). This memorial has been copied to your clipboard. This biography provides detailed information on her childhood, life, acting career, achievements and timeline. Please reset your password. Both flopped, as did Beloved Infidel (1959) with Gregory Peck. Vocation : Entertainment : Live Stage (Legitimate theater) Vocation . Please try again later. 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. Deborah Kerr is one of the two actresses in history who was nominated six time for Oscar Award but could never win the award. The film was a big hit in Britain. The film is as yet (2010) unreleased. In 1964 she received a fourth BAFTA Award nomination for the film Chalk Garden. British Actress Deborah Kerr was born Deborah Jane Trimmer on 30th September, 1921 in Helensburgh, Scotland and passed away on 16th Oct 2007 Suffolk, England, UK aged 86. Mar 30, 2021. She had two daughters from this marriage - Melanie and Francesca. She won the Golden Globe Award and her third Academy Award nomination for the film The King and I in 1956. In 1945 she toured Europe with the play Gaslight to entertain the British Troops. They had two daughters, Melanie Jane (born 27 December 1947) and Francesca Ann (born 20 December 1951), who married the actor John Shrapnel. 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. 1959) Peter Viertel (m. 1960) Children 2 Melanie and Francesca. Learn about how to make the most of a memorial. [11], Kerr played three women in Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943). Some of Kerr's leading men have stated in their autobiographies that they had an affair or romantic fling with her. Previously sponsored memorials or famous memorials will not have this option. Deborah Kerr received professional training as a ballet dancer and first appeared on stage in the year 1938 at Sadler's Wells, a performing arts venue in England. 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). Kerr was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1998, but was unable to accept the honour in person because of ill health. In "Bohemian Rhapsody," Rami Malek starred as Freddie Mercury, but his singing voice was an "amalgamation of a few voices." This is a carousel with slides. 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. In 1959 she portrayed writer Sheilah Graham in the film Beloved Infidel. [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. 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. Her first steps on the stage were as a ballet dancer, training with. 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. 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". Kerr's first stage appearance was at Weston-super-Mare in 1937, as "Harlequin" in the mime play Harlequin and Columbine. 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). Alexander Korda cast her opposite Robert Donat in Perfect Strangers (1945). She participated in some films considered great cinema classics, among . Neither film was much of a hit. 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. She played a nun in Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison (1957) opposite her long-time friend Robert Mitchum, directed by John Huston. "She has the rare gift", wrote critic Beverley Baxter, "of thinking her lines, not merely remembering them. Deborah Kerr movies: with Burt Lancaster in From Here to Eternity. Beyond demonstrated Her second marriage was to author Peter Viertel on 23 July 1960. Kerr made clear that her surname should be pronounced the same as "car". Deborah Kerr - as she came to be known - spent her early life in Helensburgh before moving with her parents to Gloucestershire. Her training there may account for her dancer's way of sailing through space. 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. Kerr's first marriage was to Royal Air Force Squadron Leader Anthony Bartley on 29 November 1945. An Affair to Remember is a 1957 American romance film directed by Leo McCarey and starring Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr. 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, daughter of a Scottish naval officer who served in World War I, was born in Helensburgh, Scotland, in 1921. [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 is rumored to have hooked up with Burt Lancaster in Mar 1953.. On Screen Matchups. Are you sure that you want to report this flower to administrators as offensive or abusive? She married a war hero Anthony Bartley in 1945 but divorced him in 1959. She was another governess in The Chalk Garden (1964) and worked with John Huston again in The Night of the Iguana (1964). 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!" This film was a production of the team of Frank Launder and Sidney Gilliat. Her husband, however, continued to live in Marbella. Actress. In 1994, Glenn Close presented Kerr with the Honorary Oscar for lifetime achievement with a citation recognising her as "an artist of impeccable grace and beauty, a dedicated actress whose motion picture career has always stood for perfection, discipline and elegance".[34]. While she continued to play prim-and-proper, cultured, or virtuous women, such as the governess Anna in the film adaptation of Rodgers and Hammersteins hit musical The King and I (1956), a nun again in Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison, and a spirited unmarried artist in Tennessee Williamss Night of the Iguana (1964), she demonstrated her versatility with such passionate portrayals as her romantic role in the tearjerker An Affair to Remember (1957) and her moving performance as an Australian sheepherders wife in The Sundowners. In 1997 she was created a Companion of the Order of the British Empire. Deborah, who died at home in Suffolk of Parkinson's disease, was born in Helensburgh, near Glasgow, an engineer's daughter. 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. 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 wrote: "We were sitting on top of a hill overlooking the Clyde, filming a scene. She is most remembered for From Here to Eternity. [8] She made Young Bess (1953) with Granger and Jean Simmons, then appeared alongside Cary Grant in Dream Wife (1953), a flop comedy. 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 . She acted in television movies A Song at Twilight in 1973. House where The King and I star Deborah Kerr first learned to dance goes on sale for 1.85million. English Kerr had a younger brother, Edmund ("Teddy"), who became a journalist. Deborah Kerr died from the effects of Parkinson's disease on 16 October 2007 at the age of 86 in the English village of Botesdale, Suffolk. The older you get, the easier it should be but it isn't. 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. Continuing with this request will add an alert to the cemetery page and any new volunteers will have the opportunity to fulfill your request. He bought a small timber haulage firm in Alford, a rural parish on the borders of Surrey and Sussex, near Cranleigh. Our editors will review what youve submitted and determine whether to revise the article. Deborah Kerr, better known by her family name Deborah Jane Trimmer, is a popular French film and television actress (1921-2007). [8], 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).[14]. Deborah Kerr was a Scottish actress who is best known for her role in the King and I.. Childhood and Early Life. After changing careers, she soon found success as an actress. In 1938 she danced with a ballet group in Prometheus produced by the Sadlers Wells Theater School. For many years she had battled Parkinson's disease with the dignified grace and quiet wit she brought to her many roles. 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. When she was 5 the family moved to Bristol, England, where the famously shy girl studied dance at her aunt's academy. cemeteries found within kilometers of your location will be saved to your photo volunteer list. Deborah Kerr was a Scottish film and television actress. Kerr had suffered from Parkinson's disease for several years. 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. Your new password must contain one or more uppercase and lowercase letters, and one or more numbers or special characters. [8] After her first London success in 1943, she toured England and Scotland in Heartbreak House. 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. 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