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 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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Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 10.126 |
Birthday | 1921-09-30 |
Place of Birth | Helensburgh, Scotland, UK |
Also Known As | 데보라 커, Дебора Керр, |
1966
Eye of the Devil
6/51
A French nobleman deserts his wife because of an ancient family secret.
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Eye of the Devil
1988
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
5.9/11
Biography of risk-taker and raconteur John Huston from his childhood to become one of the most highly respected filmmakers in the world.
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John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
1958
Bonjour Tristesse
6.6/130
Cecile is a decadent young girl who lives with her rich playboy father, Raymond. When Anne, Raymond's old love interest, comes to Raymond's villa, Cec...
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Bonjour Tristesse
2000
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
0/0
A film biography with a difference, Sir John Mills' Moving Memories charts the life of one of Britain's most distinguished actors. Compiled from inter...
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Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
1953
Julius Caesar
7.01/210
The assassination of the would be ruler of Rome at the hands of Brutus and company has tragic consequences for the idealist and the republic.
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Julius Caesar
1982
Witness for the Prosecution
6.033/15
Sir Wilfred Robarts, a famed barrister is released from the hospital, where he stayed for two months following his heart attack. Returning to the prac...
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Witness for the Prosecution
1953
From Here to Eternity
7.3/633
In 1941 Hawaii, a private is cruelly punished for not boxing on his unit's team, while his captain's wife and second in command are falling in love.
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From Here to Eternity
1951
Quo Vadis
7.1/406
After fierce Roman commander Marcus Vinicius becomes infatuated with beautiful Christian hostage Lygia, he begins to question the tyrannical leadershi...
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Quo Vadis
1957
An Affair to Remember
7.363/456
A couple falls in love and agrees to meet in six months at the Empire State Building - but will it happen?
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An Affair to Remember
1943
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
7.5/246
General Candy, who's overseeing an English squad in 1943, is a veteran leader who doesn't have the respect of the men he's training and is considered...
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The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
1967
Casino Royale
5.3/728
Sir James Bond is called back out of retirement to stop SMERSH. In order to trick SMERSH, James thinks up the ultimate plan - that every agent will be...
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Casino Royale
1960
The Grass Is Greener
6.309/127
Victor and Hillary are down on their luck to the point that they allow tourists to take guided tours of their castle. But Charles Delacro, a millionai...
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The Grass Is Greener
1946
I See a Dark Stranger
6.3/23
Proud Irishwoman Bridie Quilty journeys to Dublin while World War II rages across Europe. During her travels, she encounters J. Miller, who recruits h...
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I See a Dark Stranger
1952
The Prisoner of Zenda
6.7/51
An Englishman vacationing in Ruritania is recruited to impersonate his cousin, the soon-to-be-crowned king after the monarch is drugged and kidnapped.
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The Prisoner of Zenda
1964
The Night of the Iguana
7.139/148
A defrocked Episcopal clergyman leads a bus-load of middle-aged Baptist women on a tour of the Mexican coast and comes to terms with the failure haunt...
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The Night of the Iguana
1956
The Proud and Profane
6/8
In this romantic drama, beautiful Red Cross volunteer Lee Ashley arrives on the South Pacific island of New Caledonia to learn more about the circumst...
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The Proud and Profane
1960
The Sundowners
6.665/51
In the Australian Outback, the Carmody family--Paddy, Ida, and their teenage son Sean--are sheep drovers, always on the move. Ida and Sean want to set...
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The Sundowners
1957
Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison
6.872/125
A Roman Catholic nun and a hard-bitten US Marine are stranded together on a Japanese-occupied island in the South Pacific during World War II. Under c...
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Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison
1958
Separate Tables
6.9/111
Boarders at an English resort struggle with emotional problems.
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Separate Tables
1950
King Solomon's Mines
6.5/117
Fortune hunter Allan Quatermain teams up with a resourceful woman to help her find her missing husband lost in the wilds of 1900s Africa while being p...
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King Solomon's Mines
1953
Young Bess
5.9/17
The mother died under the executioner's axe; the daughter rose to become England's greatest monarch -- the brilliant and cunning Queen Elizabeth I. Je...
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Young Bess
1956
Tea and Sympathy
6.9/47
A sensitive young man recalls his time in boarding school when the only person who seemed compassionate towards with him was his housemaster's wife.
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Tea and Sympathy
1969
The Gypsy Moths
6/42
Three skydivers and their travelling thrill show barnstorm through a small midwestern town one Fourth of July weekend.
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The Gypsy Moths
1942
The Day Will Dawn
5.6/5
Sports journalist Colin Metcalfe is picked for the job of foreign correspondent in Norway when Hitler invades Poland. On the way to Langedal his boat...
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The Day Will Dawn
1961
The Innocents
7.5/591
A young governess for two children becomes convinced that the house and grounds are haunted by ghosts and that the children are being possessed.
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The Innocents
1956
The King and I
7.1/376
Widowed Welsh mother Anna Loenowens becomes a governess and English tutor to the wives and many children of the stubborn King Mongkut of Siam. Anna an...
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The King and I
1947
Black Narcissus
7.529/477
A group of Anglican nuns, led by Sister Clodagh, are sent to a mountain in the Himalayas. The climate in the region is hostile and the nuns are housed...
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Black Narcissus
1941
Major Barbara
6.675/20
Idealistic young Barbara is the daughter of rich weapons manufacturer Andrew Undershaft. She rebels against her estranged father by joining the Salvat...
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Major Barbara
1964
The Chalk Garden
7.033/45
The peculiar antics of Laurel, an emotionally troubled young girl, are the focus of The Chalk Garden – a stately household drama set on the cliffs of...
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The Chalk Garden
1969
The Arrangement
6.7/57
An adman attempts to rebuild his shattered life after suffering a nervous breakdown.
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The Arrangement
1941
Love on the Dole
5.7/12
Depressing and realistic family drama about the struggles of unemployment and poverty in 1930s Lancashire. The 20-year-old Kerr gives an emotionally c...
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Love on the Dole
1953
Dream Wife
5.5/24
Clemson Reade, a business tycoon with marriage on his mind, and Effie, a U.S. diplomat, are a modern couple. Unfortunately there seems to be too much...
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Dream Wife
1942
Hatter's Castle
5.9/7
The year is 1880. On the outskirts of the fictional small Scottish town of Levenford there stands a strange building, half cottage, half castle, embra...
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Hatter's Castle
1959
The Journey
6.4/22
A Communist officer falls hard for a married woman trying to escape from Hungary.
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The Journey
1950
Please Believe Me
5/7
A woman in London unexpectedly inherits a Texas ranching fortune, and takes a transatlantic voyage to collect her fortune, not suspecting two men aboa...
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Please Believe Me
1968
Prudence and the Pill
5.5/12
Prudence Hardcastle is on the pill. So is her sister-in-law, but someone has been swapping aspirin for their pills. Is it the teenage niece, the maid,...
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Prudence and the Pill
1955
The End of the Affair
5.7/20
During the 1940s, Maurice Bendrix, a writer recently discharged from the armed service, falls in love with Sarah Miles, whom he interviews for a book....
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The End of the Affair
1949
Edward, My Son
6.526/19
Following the death of his only son, a ruthless businessman reflects on his life, his unhappy marriage and his questionable parenting skills.
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Edward, My Son
1947
The Hucksters
6.9/17
A World War II veteran wants to return to advertising on his own terms, but finds it difficult to be successful and maintain his integrity.
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The Hucksters
1965
Marriage on the Rocks
5.6/12
Ad-agency president Dan Edwards goes to Mexico to celebrate his nineteenth wedding anniversary and winds up getting divorced by mistake, whereupon his...
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Marriage on the Rocks
1961
The Naked Edge
6.2/28
Five years after George Radcliffe was the chief witness in a high profile murder case, his wife receives a blackmailing letter accusing him of the cri...
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The Naked Edge
1959
Beloved Infidel
6.4/22
In the late 1930s, Sheilah Graham’s Hollywood column quickly becomes popular for its biting tone. At a party, she meets author F. Scott Fitzgerald, an...
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Beloved Infidel
1965
Uncertain Verification
6.6/17
A short film containing a collection of clips from various Hollywood movies.
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Uncertain Verification
1947
If Winter Comes
6.6/5
The small English town of Penny Green is swarming with scandal when textbook author Mark, unhappily married to the shrewish Mabel, cultivates a friend...
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If Winter Comes
1945
Perfect Strangers
6.587/23
After World War II service changes them, a married couple dread their postwar reunion.
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Perfect Strangers
1959
Count Your Blessings
4.2/4
Englishwoman Grace Allingham marries Frenchman Charles Edouard de Valhubert, but their marriage quickly becomes unusual. Because Charles cheats on her...
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Count Your Blessings
1985
The Assam Garden
6.5/2
An insecure, aggressive widow of a tea garden manager reluctantly develops an affectionate relationship with an Indian housewife and her family.
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The Assam Garden
1942
Penn of Pennsylvania
5.3/3
Penn of Pennsylvania is a 1941 British historical drama film directed by Lance Comfort and starring Deborah Kerr, Clifford Evans, Dennis Arundell, Hen...
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Penn of Pennsylvania
1952
Thunder in the East
4.9/6
During India's first years of independence from Britain, Steve Gibbs lands his armaments loaded plane in Ghandahar province hoping to get rich. Pacifi...
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Thunder in the East
2022
Rat Pack
9/2
In the 1950s, a small group of artists monopolized the attention of the cameras and the public. Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Joey Bish...
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Rat Pack
1969
The Sky Divers
0/0
A behind-the-scenes, promotional short about the making of the feature film The Gypsy Moths (1969), which extensively features free fall skydiving.
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The Sky Divers
2024
Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger
7.559/17
Martin Scorsese presents this very personal and insightful new feature-length documentary about British filmmakers Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburg...
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Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger
1988
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
7/4
A retrospective of the life and career of actor Cary Grant, including clips from his films and interviews with his friends and co-workers.
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Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
1995
Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was King
10/1
There is only one Yul Brynner. No other actor had his looks, his range of talents, his energy and his capacity to draw others into the spell of his ch...
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Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was King
1985
Reunion at Fairborough
4.8/4
World War II vets travel to England for a reunion at their old base. Stars Judi Trott, Barry Morse, Red Buttons, Deborah Kerr, Shane Rimmer, Robert Mi...
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Reunion at Fairborough
1991
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
7/1
A retrospective on the career of Robert Mitchum through interviews with friends and co-workers, scenes from his films and the actor himself.
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Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
1982
A Song At Twilight
7/1
A writer's past comes to haunt him when his ex-mistress visits.
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A Song At Twilight
1964
On the Trail of the Iguana
6/2
Behind the scenes documentary of the filming of Tennessee Williams' The Night of the Iguana.
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On the Trail of the Iguana
1951
Rome, the Eternal City
0/0
A Traveltalk style documentary look at Rome.
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Rome, the Eternal City
1986
Ann and Debbie
2/1
Two friends, Ann and Debbie, meet for drinks to discuss marriage difficulties.
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Ann and Debbie
1991
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
7.7/6
This documentary, hosted by actor Burgess Meredith, explores the life and career of movie director Otto Preminger, whose body of work includes such me...
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Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
2014
And the Oscar Goes To...
6.971/51
The story of the gold-plated statuette that became the film industry's most coveted prize, AND THE OSCAR GOES TO... traces the history of the Academy...
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And the Oscar Goes To...
2010
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
6.9/32
In 2001 Jack Cardiff (1914-2009) became the first director of photography in the history of the Academy Awards to win an Honorary Oscar. But the first...
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Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
1982
Night of 100 Stars
6.5/2
The most glittering, expensive, and exhausting videotaping session in television history took place Friday February 19, 1982 at New York's Radio City...
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Night of 100 Stars
2019
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast
5.5/2
In the late 1990s, iconic photographer Bruce Weber barely managed to convince legendary actor Robert Mitchum (1917-97) to let himself be filmed simply...
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