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). 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). Both were aged 28. Garbo sightings were reported breathlessly; even. The race was officially nonpartisan, but Democrats and their money lined up solidly behind Underly. [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. A victim of Parkinsons disease, Deborah Kerr CBE died peacefully at Botesdale, Suffolk, on Tuesday October 16 2007, a couple of weeks after her 86th birthday. She reprised her role in the 1956 film adaptation. Both flopped, as did Beloved Infidel (1959) with Gregory Peck. Sorry! . Beyond demonstrated Yet, despite . Deborah Jane Trimmer was born on 30 September 1921 in Hillhead, Glasgow, the only daughter of Kathleen Rose (ne Smale) and Capt. 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. She played a nun in Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison (1957) opposite her long-time friend Robert Mitchum, directed by John Huston. Her flutelike voice was also unique. She is most remembered for From Here to Eternity. It was very popular as was An Affair to Remember (1957) opposite Cary Grant. Although at the time he was married to Elspeth March, he states that he and Kerr went on to have an affair. In marrying Viertel, she became stepmother to Viertel's daughter, Christine Viertel. Trimmer and Smale married, both aged 28, on 21 August 1919 in Smale's hometown of Lydney, Gloucestershire. 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. 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". 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 joined Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra in a love triangle for a romantic comedy, Marriage on the Rocks (1965). Although nominated six times as Best Actress, Kerr never won a competitive Oscar. Alternate titles: Deborah Jane Kerr-Trimmer. Please complete the captcha to let us know you are a real person. But it wasn't long before. She told a story about it in a letter sent in 1990 from her home in Marbella, Spain. I was still to learn that Munshin, like many people from the capital, could talk openly about his personal life while remaining a dream of espionage in his business operations.Norman Mailer (b. She made two films at MGM: The Journey (1959) reunited her with Brynner; Count Your Blessings (1959), was a comedy. This biography provides detailed information on her childhood, life, acting career, achievements and timeline. Remove advertising from a memorial by sponsoring it for just $5. Part 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 appeared on September 16, 17, 18, 19 and 22 respectively. This page was last edited on 7 January 2023, at 05:21. An Affair to Remember in 1957 opposite Cary Grant made her immensely popular. Kerr, nevertheless, used any opportunity to discard her cool exterior. Deborah Kerr, who lived at her grandparents' house at Elmsleigh Road in Weston as a child, first stepped onto the stage at the resort's Knightstone Pavilion in 1937. She made The Arrangement (1969) with Elia Kazan, her director from the stage production of Tea and Sympathy. Kerr originally trained as a ballet dancer, first appearing on stage at Sadler's Wells in 1938. Deborah Kerr - as she came to be known - spent her early life in Helensburgh before moving with her parents to Gloucestershire. This was her grandparents house, her family moved to Elmsleigh Road in 1937 where she became a pupil at Rossholme School. Her training there may account for her dancer's way of sailing through space. She won a scholarship to Sadlers Wells ballet school and at age 17 made her professional dancing debut in London in the corps de ballet of Prometheus. Weve updated the security on the site. [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]. She was the first performer to win the New York Film Critics Circle Award for "Best Actress" three times (1947, 1957 and 1960). Kerr was reunited with Mitchum in The Sundowners (1960) shot in Australia, then The Grass Is Greener (1960), co-starring Cary Grant. "Deborah Kerr/Rhymes With Star" was the promotion given to the demure actress appearing opposite brazen Ava Gardner in The Hucksters (1947). cemeteries found within miles of your location will be saved to your photo volunteer list. Jack returned to the Roehampton hospital to learn to walk with an artificial leg, while Col stayed in a nearby hotel and was always on hand to help and encourage. She returned to the cinema one more time in 1985's The Assam Garden. 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. [8] After her first London success in 1943, she toured England and Scotland in Heartbreak House. The film was a big hit in Britain. 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. Are you sure that you want to report this flower to administrators as offensive or abusive? Deborah Kerr was born Deborah Jane Kerr-Trimmer in Helensburgh, Scotland, on September 30, 1921. In between Paramount borrowed her to appear in Thunder in the East (1951) with Alan Ladd. Jack and his brother Ted were sent to Gallipoli with the East Lancashire Regiment, where Ted was eventually killed by a sniper and a wounded Jack was sent home to recover. 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. She was nominated six times for the Academy Award for Best Actress, and holds the record for most Best Actress Oscar nominations without a win. She was 86. 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. She was another governess in The Chalk Garden (1964) and worked with John Huston again in The Night of the Iguana (1964). When she was 5 the family moved to Bristol, England, where the famously shy girl studied dance at her aunt's academy. 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. Deborah Kerr came into this world on September 30, 1921, in Glasgow Scotland as Deborah Jane Trimmer. They had two daughters, Melanie Jane (born 27 December 1947) and Francesca Ann (born 18 December 1951, who married to the actor John Shrapnel). Save to an Ancestry Tree, a virtual cemetery, your clipboard for pasting or Print. By Adam Bernstein, Washington Post | October 19, 2007. Less than three weeks later, on 4 November, her husband Peter Viertel died of cancer. Her last visit to Glasgow was in 1990, when she was a member of the international jury at the European Film Awards. Other TV roles included Ann and Debbie (1986) and Hold the Dream (1986), the latter a sequel to A Woman of Substance. Kerr had a younger brother, Edmund ("Teddy"), who became a journalist. Doctors decided that his leg had to be amputated, and he was so ill that his mother and his fiance Col were sent for. This account has been disabled. For this performance, Kerr was nominated for an Emmy Award. 1. 0. This flower has been reported and will not be visible while under review. She then played Princess Flavia in a remake of The Prisoner of Zenda (1952) with Granger and Mason. based on information from your browser. When asked about this revelation, Kerr's response was, "What a gallant man he is!". Deborah Jane Kerr-Trimmer was born on Sept. 30, 1921, in Helensburgh, Scotland. Nationality. Deborah Jane Trimmer, better known by her stage name Deborah Kerr (30 September 1921-16 October 2007), was a British actress who appeared in movies, plays, and television. graphics - January 9, 2014. Please enter your email and password to sign in. Mar 30, 2021. [citation needed]. Please check your email and click on the link to activate your account. Deborah Kerr was 24 but looked 18; Robert Donat was 40 but looked 50. Deborah Kerr, 86, the cultivated Scottish rose beloved in such 1950s blockbusters as. His father Arthur worked with Sir William Arrols bridge building firm, and Jack took up a post with them as well. In Hollywood, Kerr's British accent and manner led to a succession of roles portraying refined, reserved, and "proper" English ladies. Her final screen appearance was in the TV miniseries Hold the Dream in 1986. Deborah Kerr Photo: 20th Century Fox In September 2021, Kerr's grandsons, Joe and Lex Shrapnel, unveiled a memorial plaque at the former family home in Weston-super-Mare. or don't show this againI am good at figuring things out. [15] She relocated to Hollywood and was under contract to MGM. 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". The elegant and talented actress died in Suffolk, England on October 16, 2007. 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. Deborah displayed a penchant for dramatics at a very early age when she would stage presentations for her family. At the age of sixteen she attended her aunt Phyllis Smales Hicks-Smale Drama School in Bristol. cemeteries found within kilometers of your location will be saved to your photo volunteer list. Search above to list available cemeteries. She was 86. Roland was expressing his adoration and I suddenly felt a tremendous stinging sensation, like pins and needles, on my behind! Deborah Kerr CBE (born Deborah Jane Kerr-Trimmer; 30 September 1921 - 16 October 2007) was a Scottish-born film, theater and television actress. In 1975, she returned to Broadway, creating the role of Nancy in Edward Albee's Pulitzer Prize-winning play Seascape. 1923). House where The King and I star Deborah Kerr first learned to dance goes on sale for 1.85million. [19] Although he was married to Elspeth March, he states that he and Kerr went on to have an affair. 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. She was born in Hillhead on 1921-09-30. Kerr had a younger brother, Edmund ("Teddy"), who became a journalist. Her first appearance on the West End stage was as Ellie Dunn in "Heartbreak House" at the Cambridge Theatre in 1943. Deborah Kerr made her stage debut in Harlequin and Columbine in 1937. The film was directed by Fred Zinnemann,. Her definitive role was as the Governess Anna Leonowens duelling with Yul Brynner in the King and I (1956). 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. In 1965, the producers of Carry On Screaming! They were the genteel girl and the brassy babe vying for Clark Gable's attention. Your new password must contain one or more uppercase and lowercase letters, and one or more numbers or special characters. Deborah was barely three. One day she came home from work and was very excited. 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. After divorcing Anthony she married a writer, Peter Viertel. 'Bing's Lucky Number: Pa Crosby Dons 4th B.O. 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. 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. Who was Deborah Kerr's husband? See a Kerr filmography and more photos via http://go.philly.com/kerr EndText, California residents do not sell my data request. In 1955, Kerr won the Sarah Siddons Award for her performance in Chicago during a national tour of the play. In 1953, Kerr "showed her theatrical mettle" as Portia in Joseph Mankiewicz's Julius Caesar. Thereafter, Kerr's career choices would make her known in Hollywood for her versatility as an actress. He bought a small timber haulage firm in Alford, a rural parish on the borders of Surrey and Sussex, near Cranleigh. Kerr was educated at the independent Northumberland House School, Henleaze in Bristol, and at Rossholme School, Weston-super-Mare. The following year she married author Peter Viertel, whose novel White Hunter, Black Heart was a thinly veiled portrait of Huston. Richard Stirling pieces together the glamourous life of screen actress Deborah Kerr "Deborah Kerr - it rhymes with star!" screamed MGM of its latest acquisition in 1946. Kerr originally trained as a ballet dancer, first appearing on stage at Sadler's Wells in 1938. In 1945 she toured Europe with the play Gaslight to entertain the British Troops. Failed to remove flower. Deborah wrote: "We were sitting on top of a hill overlooking the Clyde, filming a scene. Kerr's first stage appearance was at Weston-super-Mare in 1937, as "Harlequin" in the mime play Harlequin and Columbine. 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. She played a Norwegian resistance fighter in The Day Will Dawn (1942). Born Deborah Jane Kerr-Trimmer on September 30, 1921, in Helensburgh, Scotland, she trained in ballet before moving . St James Terrace, in W2, has since been renamed Ruskin Terrace. Try again later. I thought you might like to see a memorial for Deborah Kerr I found on Findagrave.com. 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. Are you sure that you want to remove this flower? Underly raised more than $1.14 million and spent $818,063 between Feb. 2 and March 22, according to her campaign report. "[21], 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. This browser does not support getting your location. She had a strong support role in Major Barbara (1941) directed by Gabriel Pascal. She relocated to Hollywood and was under contract to MGM. Neither film was much of a hit. The Famous People. Deborah Jane Trimmer. 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. Also Known As: Deborah Trimmer, Deborah Jane Kerr-Trimmer, Deborah Kerr Viertel, Spouse/Ex-: Anthony Bartley (married 1945), divorced 1959), Peter Viertel (married 19602007; her death), children: Christine Viertel (stepdaughter), Francesca Ann Bartley (born 1951), Melanie Jane Bartley (born 1947), See the events in life of Deborah Kerr in Chronological Order, (British Actress Who was Known for Her Impeccable Grace and Beauty), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfDoeQJ_fzQ. According to agent Anne Hutton, Kerr died on . 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. 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. Today, Deborah Kerr lives in . She was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award, Honorary Oscar in 1994. Marni Nixon dubbed Kerr's singing voice. 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). He died, aged 78, in a road rage incident in 2004. She was 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. During the filming, according to Powell's autobiography, Powell and she became lovers: "I realised that Deborah was both the ideal and the flesh-and-blood woman whom I had been searching for". . She was offered a five-year contract and her first role was in a spy drama Contraband in 1939 which was never screened. Please refer to the appropriate style manual or other sources if you have any questions. Deborah Kerr is British by birth. A copy of her birth certificate confirmed that her birthplace was Glasgow. In 1964 she received a fourth BAFTA Award nomination for the film Chalk Garden. For this performance, Kerr was nominated for an Emmy Award. She then went to the Sadler's Wells ballet school and in 1938 made her dbut in the corps de ballet in Prometheus. The older you get, the easier it should be but it isn't.[8]. She made A Woman of Substance in 1984 and Reunion at Fairborough in 1985. She starred in The Day after The Fair on the London stage in 1972 and toured the United States with it in 1973. Learn more about merges. She made her TV screen debut for CBS with Witness for the Prosecution in 1982. 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. R41 I thought 'Vacation from Marriage' was embarrassing. 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. Her final feature film was "The Assam Garden," also in 1985. She made music out of ordinary dialogue. When she was 5 the family moved to Bristol, England, where the famously shy girl studied dance at her aunt's academy. She made Young Bess (1953) with Granger and Jean Simmons, then appeared alongside Cary Grant in Dream Wife (1953), a flop comedy. 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). She eventually caught the eye of MGM's Louis B. Mayer and in late 1946 joined the studio. Actress. However the operation was successful, and the long hard road to recovery began. After her Broadway dbut in 1953, she toured the United States with Tea and Sympathy. Kerr, nevertheless, used any opportunity to discard her cool exterior. Deborah Kerr (19212007) was a British actress who holds the record - six - for most Best Actress Oscar nominations without a win. The actor Stewart Granger claimed that Kerr seduced him in the back of his chauffeur-driven car at the time he was making Caesar and Cleopatra (1945). Resend Activation Email. she is one of famous film and television actress (1921-2007) with the age years old group. Her first acting teacher was her aunt, Phyllis Smale, who worked at a drama school in Bristol run by Lally Cuthbert Hicks. The film is as yet (2010) unreleased. She started taking ballet lessons from the age of five and enrolled at the St. She had the lead in a comedy Please Believe Me (1950). Age (2022) Update Soon. Please try again later. Her father, known to all as Jack, and mother, known as Col or Colleen, moved to Helensburgh because of Jacks peacetime work as a civil engineer, and lived for three years with Jacks parents, Arthur Kerr Trimmer and his wife Mary Jane, at Nithsdale in West King Street. From this point on, Kerr was offered a wider variety of characters with a broader emotional range. She acted in the Oxford Repertory Company from 1939 to 1940. Very romantic! 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. 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 . 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. She was a widow in love with William Holden in The Proud and Profane (1956), directed by George Seaton. The Kerr-Bartley marriage was troubled, owing to Bartley's jealousy of his wife's fame and financial success, and because her career often took her away from home. Contribute Robert Mitchum and Deborah Kerr - Dating, Gossip, News, Photos list. 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. In 1975, she returned to Broadway, creating the role of Nancy in Edward Albee's Pulitzer Prize-winning play Seascape. Deborah Kerr holds a candle in a scene from the film 'Black Narcissus', 1947. She was 86 and had suffered from Parkinson's disease. Her father, Arthur, was a naval architect. No other actress - not Audrey Hepburn, Doris Day nor Elizabeth Taylor - enjoyed more popular success in the second half of the 1950s than Miss Kerr. There is no independent corroboration of either actor's claims. . [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. 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). In 1955, Kerr won the Sarah Siddons Award for her performance in Chicago during a national tour of the play. Your account has been locked for 30 minutes due to too many failed sign in attempts. 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 had suffered from Parkinson's disease for several years. TRIBUTES have been paid to legendary actress Deborah Kerr, who has died at her home in north Suffolk at the age of 86. 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