As manager of this memorial you can add or update the memorial using the Edit button below. Not long after marrying former RAF squadron leader Anthony Bartley in 1945, Miss Kerr was imported to MGM Studios, where mogul Louis B. Mayer molded her in the Jeanette MacDonald/Greer Garson form of great lady. There is no independent corroboration of either actor's claims. 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. Kerr, nevertheless, used any opportunity to discard her cool exterior. [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]. Failed to report flower. Actress. She had a strong support role in Major Barbara (1941) directed by Gabriel Pascal. ", Audrey Hepburn - Film Legend, Fashion Icon, Humanitarian Great, Vivien Leigh - "Too British" to play Scarlett O'Hara. [12], In 1943, aged 21, Kerr made her West End dbut as Ellie Dunn in a revival of Heartbreak House at the Cambridge Theatre, stealing attention from stalwarts such as Edith Evans and Isabel Jeans. Previously sponsored memorials or famous memorials will not have this option. Despite these more adventurous roles, the image of Miss Kerr as prude persisted. Contribute Robert Mitchum and Deborah Kerr - Dating, Gossip, News, Photos list. 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. Deborah Kerr, the sophisticated, Scottish-born actress who was nominated for six Oscars, died Tuesday in Suffolk, England, after many years of failing health. In between Paramount borrowed her to appear in Thunder in the East (1951) with Alan Ladd. Remove advertising from a memorial by sponsoring it for just $5. Her first appearance on the West End stage was as Ellie Dunn in "Heartbreak House" at the Cambridge Theatre in 1943. 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. She had a strong support role in Major Barbara (1941) directed by Gabriel Pascal. She was another governess in The Chalk Garden (1964) and worked with John Huston again in The Night of the Iguana (1964). In 1964 she acted in Tennessee Williams The Night of The Iguana and also starred in The Chalk Garden. Deborah was barely three. Helensburgh man David Bruce, chairman of the Glasgow Film Theatre and a former director of the Scottish Film Council, who was one of the awards organisers, said: I asked her if she would like me to arrange a trip to Helensburgh, and she said yes, but time did not permit.. She played ladies who didn't mind if their tramp showed. Deborah Kerr won the New York Film Critics Award in 1947 for Black Narcissus and was voted one of the top earning English stars by Motion Picture Herald poll. Use the links under See more to quickly search for other people with the same last name in the same cemetery, city, county, etc. She had a younger brother, Edmund (Teddy). [33] 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. Deborah Kerr holds a candle in a scene from the film 'Black Narcissus', 1947. TRIBUTES have been paid to legendary actress Deborah Kerr, who has died at her home in north Suffolk at the age of 86. Kerr rejoined old screen partner Mitchum in Reunion at Fairborough (1985). Kerr and Bartley divorced in 1959. [25], Within three weeks of her death, her husband Peter Viertel died of cancer on 4 November. 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. Scottish-born actress Deborah Kerr, who starred in Hollywood films including An Affair to Remember and The King And I, has died.. She was aged 86. In 1953, Kerr "showed her theatrical mettle" as Portia in Joseph Mankiewicz's Julius Caesar. After her Broadway dbut in 1953, she toured the United States with Tea and Sympathy. 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 Hollywood, Kerr's British accent and manner led to a succession of roles portraying refined, reserved, and "proper" English ladies. Deborah Kerr Photo: 20th Century Fox She was another governess in The Chalk Garden (1964) and worked with John Huston again in The Night of the Iguana (1964). We will review the memorials and decide if they should be merged. She had the lead in a comedy Please Believe Me (1950). She won her Academy Award nomination and a Golden Globe Award nomination in 1948 for Edward, My Son. 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. Omissions? She was educated at Northumberland House, Clifton, Bristol. Are you sure that you want to delete this photo? 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. It was very popular as was An Affair to Remember (1957) opposite Cary Grant. 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. Year should not be greater than current year. Although she never won a BAFTA or Cannes Film Festival award in a competitive category, both organisations gave Kerr honorary awards: a Cannes Film Festival Tribute in 1984[35] and a BAFTA Special Award in 1991.[8]. Her flutelike voice was also unique. The film was a big hit in Britain. The older you get, the easier it should be but it isn't.[8]. Though she never won, in 1994 she was awarded an honorary Academy Award for her lifetime achievement in films. 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. She appeared in Separate Tables in 1958. Deborah Jane Kerr-Trimmer was born on Sept. 30, 1921, in Helensburgh, Scotland. Her husband, however, continued to live in Marbella. For many she will be remembered best for her kiss with . 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. There are no volunteers for this cemetery. This is the last in a series of articles on the 2008 Sydney Film Festival. Deborah Kerr - as she came to be known - spent her early life in Helensburgh before moving with her parents to Gloucestershire. Her final screen appearance was in the TV miniseries Hold the Dream in 1986. Deborah Kerr died age of 86 in Suffolk, England, on October 16, 2007, due to complications arising out of Parkinson's disease. 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. They divorced in 1959. In September 2021, Kerr's grandsons, Joe and Lex Shrapnel, unveiled a memorial plaque at the former family home in Weston-super-Mare. We have set your language to Accidentally she dropped the coin, which slid down between the seats of her carriage. She also made her Broadway debut in 1953 in a lead role in Tea and Sympathy. Deborah Kerr is rumored to have hooked up with Burt Lancaster in Mar 1953.. On Screen Matchups. Horoscope and astrology data of Deborah Kerr born on 30 September 1921 Helensburgh, Scotland, with biography. Alexander Korda cast her opposite Robert Donat in Perfect Strangers (1945). Kerr trained as a dancer in her aunt's drama school in Bristol, England. The 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. Please try again later. 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. An Affair to Remember in 1957 opposite Cary Grant made her immensely popular. Failed to delete memorial. This is a carousel with slides. Filmed in CinemaScope, it was distributed by 20th Century Fox. King Solomon's Mines (1950) was shot on location in Africa with Stewart Granger and Richard Carlson. Her first acting teacher was her aunt, Phyllis Smale, who worked at a drama school in Bristol run by Lally Cuthbert Hicks. Funeral arrangements are incomplete. This memorial has been copied to your clipboard. Edit a memorial you manage or suggest changes to the memorial manager. After changing careers, she soon found success as an actress. Garbo sightings were reported breathlessly; even. Having established herself as a film actress in the meantime, she made her Broadway debut in 1953, appearing in Robert Anderson's Tea and Sympathy, for which she received a Tony Award nomination. 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 . To use this feature, use a newer browser. 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). She is also one of the female myths of the seventh art. Kerr starred in two films with David Niven: Bonjour Tristesse (1958), directed by Otto Preminger, and Separate Tables (1958), directed by Delbert Mann; the latter movie was particularly well received. 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 then went to the Sadler's Wells ballet school and in 1938 made her dbut in the corps de ballet in Prometheus. She was born in Hillhead on 1921-09-30. Botesdale, Mid Suffolk District, Suffolk, England. Kerr made her British TV debut in "Three Roads to Rome" (1963). The process of development from a romantic, silly girl to a hard, disillusioned woman in three hours was moving and convincing". They had two daughters, Melanie Jane (born 27 December 1947) and Francesca Ann (born 20 December 1951), who married the actor John Shrapnel. Deborah Jane Trimmer was born on 30 September 1921 in Hillhead, Glasgow, the only daughter of Kathleen Rose (ne Smale) and Capt. 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". The process of development from a romantic, silly girl to a hard, disillusioned woman in three hours was moving and convincing". She acted on London stage in The Corn Is Green in 1985. Sorry! Please contact Find a Grave at [emailprotected] if you need help resetting your password. 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 . Kerr. In 1945 she toured Europe with the play Gaslight to entertain the British Troops. House where The King and I star Deborah Kerr first learned to dance goes on sale for 1.85million. 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. Showing her versatility and range, she played three roles in Michael Powell's The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943), which, along with her extraordinary performance as the nun in Powell's Black Narcissus, got Hollywood's attention. 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". Some of Kerr's leading men have stated in their autobiographies that they had an affair or romantic fling with her. Deborah Kerr was born on 30 September 1921 in Glasgow, Scotland. She made two films at MGM: The Journey (1959) reunited her with Brynner; Count Your Blessings (1959), was a comedy. We hope you enjoy it! She has appeared in many films from her first appearance in Major Barbara (1941). In 1938 she danced with a ballet group in Prometheus produced by the Sadlers Wells Theater School. She won a BAFTA Fellowship Award in 1991. British exhibitors voted her the eighth-most popular local star at the box-office in 1947. A machine gun expert, he returned to action in France, but was shot through the right kneecap at the Battle of the Somme. Kerr appeared in two huge hits for MGM in a row. After various walk-on parts in Shakespeare productions at the Open Air Theatre in Regent's Park, London, she joined the Oxford Playhouse repertory company in 1940, playing, inter alia, "Margaret" in Dear Brutus and "Patty Moss" in The Two Bouquets. 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. She made The Arrangement (1969) with Elia Kazan, her director from the stage production of Tea and Sympathy. Thereafter, Kerr's career choices would make her known in Hollywood for her versatility as an actress. Trimmer and Smale married, both aged 28, on 21 August 1919 in Smale's hometown of Lydney, Gloucestershire. [8] She made Young Bess (1953) with Granger and Jean Simmons, then appeared alongside Cary Grant in Dream Wife (1953), a flop comedy. Born: 22 February, 1930, in Altadena, California. 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. [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]. 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. There was a problem getting your location. In 1955, Kerr won the Sarah Siddons Award for her performance in Chicago during a national tour of the play. She was 86. . In 1959, Miss Kerr and Bartley, who had two daughters, divorced. After various walk-on parts in Shakespeare productions at the Open Air Theatre in Regent's Park, London, she joined the Oxford Playhouse repertory company in 1940, playing, inter alia, "Margaret" in Dear Brutus and "Patty Moss" in The Two Bouquets.[8]. When she was 5 the family moved to Bristol, England, where the famously shy girl studied dance at her aunt's academy. She married a war hero Anthony Bartley in 1945 but divorced him in 1959. Her ability to project the contradictory aspects of character helped her to create a new screen archetype, the very proper adulteress. This film was a production of the team of Frank Launder and Sidney Gilliat. She played a nun in Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison (1957) opposite her long-time friend Robert Mitchum, directed by John Huston. You are nearing the transfer limit for memorials managed by Find a Grave. In marrying Viertel, she acquired a stepdaughter, Christine Viertel. Kerr returned to the London stage in many productions including the old-fashioned, The Day After the Fair (Lyric, 1972), a Peter Ustinov comedy, Overheard (Haymarket, 1981) and a revival of Emlyn Williams's The Corn is Green. When Deborah was two, Arthur decided to retire from civil engineering at the age of 57 and go into business for himself. After changing careers, she soon found success as an actress. 1959) Peter Viertel (m. 1960) Children 2 Melanie and Francesca. Unfortunately, the Academy didn't like Kerr as much as the New York critics. Likewise Burt Lancaster claimed that he was romantically involved with her during the filming of From Here to Eternity (1953). [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]. Kerr's first stage appearance was at Weston-super-Mare in 1937, as "Harlequin" in the mime play Harlequin and Columbine. She started taking part in productions at the Open Air Theater in Regent Park, London and changed her name to Deborah Kerr. Her training there may account for her dancer's way of sailing through space. But the flame-haired English rose (actually born in Helensburgh, in 1921) was already a star in Britain, as well as an actress of proven substance. British exhibitors voted her the eighth-most popular local star at the box-office in 1947. Nationality. Kerr's roles as forceful, sometimes frustrated women expanded the limits of. excellence and international renown in their chosen professional fields,
Try again later. Peter Viertelm. After moving south with her parents when she was just a few years old, Kerr was educated in Bristol and. 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. Are you sure that you want to delete this memorial? 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. "[13] Although the British Army refused to co-operate with the producersand Winston Churchill thought the film would ruin wartime moraleColonel Blimp confounded critics when it proved to be an artistic and commercial success. Deborah Kerr. Her definitive role was as the Governess Anna Leonowens duelling with Yul Brynner in the King and I (1956). 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. It is considered among the most romantic films of all time according to the American Film Institute. She joined Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra in a love triangle for a romantic comedy, Marriage on the Rocks (1965). Deborah Jane Trimmer was born on 30 September 1921 in Glasgow, Scotland, the daughter of Captain Arthur Kerr Trimmer. graphics - January 9, 2014. 1960-2007 Anthony Bartleym. Neither film was much of a hit. By. She starred in The Day after The Fair on the London stage in 1972 and toured the United States with it in 1973. Let us know if you have suggestions to improve this article (requires login). 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. She eventually caught the eye of MGM's Louis B. Mayer and in late 1946 joined the studio. Fred Zinnemann's Academy Award-winning . Deborah Jane Kerr-Trimmer, better known as Deborah Kerr (born 30 September 1921 in Glasgow - dead 16 October 2007 in Botesdale, Suffolk), was a British film, stage and TV actress from Scotland. Kerr received six Academy Award nominations for Best Actress for her work in "Edward, My Son" (1949), "From Here To Eternity" (1953), "The King and I" (1956), "Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison" (1957), "Separate Tables" (1958) and "The Sundowners" (1960). Deborah Kerr has died at the age of 86 after a seven-year battle with Parkinson's disease. Kerr, nevertheless, used any opportunity to discard her cool exterior. By Adam Bernstein, Washington Post | October 19, 2007. [8][9] She adopted the name Deborah Kerr on becoming a film actress ("Kerr" was a family name going back to the maternal grandmother of her grandfather Arthur Kerr Trimmer). "She has the rare gift", wrote critic Beverley Baxter, "of thinking her lines, not merely remembering them. In 1943 she acted on the London stage in George Bernard Shaws adaptation Heartbreak House. She made The Arrangement (1969) with Elia Kazan, her director from the stage production of Tea and Sympathy. 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). You are only allowed to leave one flower per day for any given memorial. "Deborah Kerr: An Actress in Search of an Author". Deborah Kerr was born Deborah Jane Kerr-Trimmer in Helensburgh, Scotland, on September 30, 1921. The American Film Institute acknowledged the iconic status of the scene from that film in which Burt Lancaster and she romped illicitly and passionately amidst crashing waves on a Hawaiian beach. The scene from that film of Kerr and her costar Burt Lancaster making love on the beach as waves crash against them has become a classic Hollywood image and remains one of the steamiest in film history. She made two films at MGM: The Journey (1959) reunited her with Brynner; Count Your Blessings (1959), was a comedy. She was nominated six times for the Academy Award for Best Actress. The email does not appear to be a valid email address. Learn more about merges. Deborah wrote: "We were sitting on top of a hill overlooking the Clyde, filming a scene. Deborah Kerr had to wear the padded bras because that was the other fashion of the 50s. HELENSBURGH people have long embraced Deborah Kerr as their very own film star, but the time she spent in the town was very short. Kerr's first film role was in the British production Contraband (US: Blackout, 1940), aged 18 or 19, but her scenes were cut. When her granny explained that there was no way of recovering the lost treasure, Deborah was inconsolable. She acted in the Oxford Repertory Company from 1939 to 1940. American British Deborah Kerr/Nationality. Actress. She had two daughters from this marriage - Melanie and Francesca. He died, aged 78, in a road rage incident in 2004. [4] The film was directed by Fred Zinnemann,. I thought you might like to see a memorial for Deborah Kerr I found on Findagrave.com. She was 86 and had suffered from Parkinson's disease. [20] When asked about this revelation, Kerr's response was, "What a gallant man he is! 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. 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. "Finally the scene was over and I leapt to my feet and screamed I found I had been sitting on an ants nest! Her training there may account for her dancer's way of sailing through space. She returned to the cinema one more time in 1985's The Assam Garden. Although the British Army refused to co-operate with the producers and Winston Churchill thought the film would ruin wartime morale Colonel Blimp confounded critics when it proved to be an artistic and commercial success. Mar 30, 2021. This account already exists, but the email address still needs to be confirmed. Casino Royal was a hit as was another movie she made with Niven, Prudence and the Pill (1968). ACTRESS Deborah Kerr, star of From Here To Eternity and The King And I, has died aged 86 in Suffolk. Both were aged 28. Your Scrapbook is currently empty. 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. Other TV roles included Ann and Debbie (1986) and Hold the Dream (1986), the latter a sequel to A Woman of Substance. Are you sure that you want to report this flower to administrators as offensive or abusive? She also performed with the Oxford Repertory Company. Please complete the captcha to let us know you are a real person. Deborah Kerr and Burt Lancaster were in From Here to Eternity (1953) together.. About. In 1977, she came back to the West End, playing the title role in a production of George Bernard Shaw's Candida. Andrew, Penelope. Family members linked to this person will appear here. It's an unbelievable terror, a kind of masochistic madness. They divorced in 1959. Please ensure you have given Find a Grave permission to access your location in your browser settings. Appeared in her first film, the 1941. Kerr played three women in Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943). 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. 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. She was the first performer to win the New York Film Critics Circle Award for "Best Actress" three times (1947, 1957 and 1960). While every effort has been made to follow citation style rules, there may be some discrepancies. Verify and try again. At the age of sixteen she attended her aunt Phyllis Smales Hicks-Smale Drama School in Bristol. 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!" 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). she is one of famous film and television actress (1921-2007) with the age years old group. Deborah Kerr holds a candle in a scene from the film 'Black Narcissus', 1947. based on information from your browser. Your new password must contain one or more uppercase and lowercase letters, and one or more numbers or special characters. She played a Norwegian resistance fighter in The Day Will Dawn (1942). 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