Deborah Kerr

Acting

Born 1921-09-30 Died 2007-10-16 Helensburgh, Scotland, UK 83 credits Golden Globe Awards 1 BAFTA Awards 1 David di Donatello for Best Foreign Actress 1 Commander of the Order of the British Empire 1 star on Hollywood Walk of Fame 1 Donaldson Awards 1

Awards

Nominated for 6 Academy Awards

Academy Awards 6 nominated

1961 Best Actress Nominated The Sundowners
1959 Best Actress Nominated Separate Tables
1958 Best Actress Nominated Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison
1957 Best Actress Nominated The King and I
1954 Best Actress Nominated From Here to Eternity
1950 Best Actress Nominated Edward, My Son

Primetime Emmy Awards 1 nominated

1985 Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie Nominated A Woman of Substance

Golden Globe Awards 1 won · 3 nominated

1958 Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama Nominated Separate Tables
1957 Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama Nominated Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison
1956 Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy Won The King and I
1949 Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama Nominated Edward, My Son

BAFTA Awards 1 won

1991 Special Award, BAFTA Won

David di Donatello for Best Foreign Actress 1 won · 1 nominated

1987 Best Foreign Actress Nominated The Assam Garden
1959 Best Foreign Actress Won Separate Tables

Commander of the Order of the British Empire 1 won

— Commander of the Order of the British Empire Won

star on Hollywood Walk of Fame 1 won

— star on Hollywood Walk of Fame Won

Donaldson Awards 1 won

— Donaldson Awards Won

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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".