Greer Garson

Acting

Born 1904-09-29 Died 1996-04-06 London, England, UK 66 credits Academy Awards 1 star on Hollywood Walk of Fame 1 Commander of the Order of the British Empire 1

Awards

Won 1 Academy Award

Academy Awards 1 won · 6 nominated

1961 Best Actress Nominated Sunrise at Campobello
1946 Best Actress Nominated The Valley of Decision
1945 Best Actress Nominated Mrs. Parkington
1944 Best Actress Nominated Madame Curie
1943 Best Actress Won Mrs. Miniver
1942 Best Actress Nominated Blossoms in the Dust
1940 Best Actress Nominated Goodbye, Mr. Chips

star on Hollywood Walk of Fame 1 won

— star on Hollywood Walk of Fame Won

Commander of the Order of the British Empire 1 won

— Commander of the Order of the British Empire Won

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Eileen Evelyn Greer Garson, CBE (September 29, 1904 – April 6, 1996) was a British and American actress. Very popular during World War II, she was listed by the Motion Picture Herald as one of America's top ten box office draws in 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, and 1946. Known for playing dignified and graceful women, Garson established herself as among the highest-paid actresses in Hollywood and Britain and received seven Academy Award nominations, winning one for Mrs. Miniver (1942), which was also the highest grossing film of that year. Originally a stage actress in England, she signed a contract with MGM and moved to Hollywood in 1937. She achieved success immediately for her debut film Goodbye Mr. Chips (1939), for which she received her first Academy Award nomination. Following the romantic comedy Remember? (1939) and the period drama Pride and Prejudice (1940), Garson starred in a string of commercial and critical successes that earned her a record five consecutive Academy Award nominations for Blossoms in the Dust (1941), Mrs. Miniver (1942), Madame Curie (1943), Mrs. Parkington (1944), and The Valley of Decision (1945). With her popularity slowly dwindling in the 1950s as her contract with MGM expired, she moved to Broadway. She received her seventh and final Academy Award nomination for the biographical film Sunrise at Campobello (1960).

Greer Garson

Awards

Academy Awards 1 won · 6 nominated

star on Hollywood Walk of Fame 1 won

Commander of the Order of the British Empire 1 won

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