Deborah Kerr
Biography
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".
Known For
Prominent works featuring Deborah Kerr
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Casino Royale
From Here to Eternity
The Innocents
Black Narcissus
An Affair to Remember
Quo Vadis
What's My Line?
The King and I
Tony Awards
Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (84 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger | (archive footage) | Movie | 2024 |
 | Rat Pack | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 2022 |
 | Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast | Self - Actress (archive footage) | Movie | 2019 |
 | Discovering: Robert Mitchum | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 2014 |
 | Talking Pictures | Self (archive footage) | TV Series | 2013 |
 | Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff | Sister Clodagh (archive footage) (uncredited) | Movie | 2010 |
 | Sir John Mills' Moving Memories | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 2000 |
 | Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was King | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 1995 |
 | Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker | Self | Movie | 1991 |
 | Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star | Self | Movie | 1991 |
 | John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 1988 |
 | Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man | Self | Movie | 1988 |
 | Hold the Dream | Emma Harte | TV Series | 1987 |
 | Ann and Debbie | Ann | Movie | 1986 |
 | The Assam Garden | Helen | Movie | 1985 |
 | Reunion at Fairborough | Sally Wells Grant | Movie | 1985 |
 | A Woman of Substance | Older Emma Harte | TV Series | 1985 |
 | Witness for the Prosecution | Nurse Plimsoll | Movie | 1982 |
 | A Song At Twilight | Carlotta Gray | Movie | 1982 |
 | Night of 100 Stars | Self | Movie | 1982 |
 | Entertainment Tonight | Self | TV Series | 1981 |
 | Dinah! | Self | TV Series | 1974 |
 | Playhouse | Carlotta Gray | TV Series | 1974 |
| Film '72 | Self | TV Series | 1971 | |
| V.I.P. Schaukel | Self | TV Series | 1971 | |
 | The Arrangement | Florence Anderson | Movie | 1969 |
 | The Gypsy Moths | Elizabeth Brandon | Movie | 1969 |
 | The Sky Divers | Self | Movie | 1969 |
 | The Dick Cavett Show | Self - Guest | TV Series | 1968 |
 | Prudence and the Pill | Prudence Hardcastle | Movie | 1968 |
 | Casino Royale | Agent Mimi | Movie | 1967 |
 | Eye of the Devil | Catherine de Montfaucon | Movie | 1966 |
 | Marriage on the Rocks | Valerie Edwards | Movie | 1965 |
 | Uncertain Verification | (archive footage) | Movie | 1965 |
 | The Night of the Iguana | Hannah Jelkes | Movie | 1964 |
 | On the Trail of the Iguana | Self | Movie | 1964 |
 | The Chalk Garden | Miss Madrigal | Movie | 1964 |
 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self | TV Series | 1962 |
 | The Innocents | Miss Giddens | Movie | 1961 |
 | The Naked Edge | Martha Radcliffe | Movie | 1961 |
 | The Grass Is Greener | Hilary Rhyall | Movie | 1960 |
 | The Sundowners | Ida Carmody | Movie | 1960 |
 | Beloved Infidel | Sheilah Graham | Movie | 1959 |
 | Count Your Blessings | Grace Allingham | Movie | 1959 |
 | The Journey | Diana Ashmore | Movie | 1959 |
 | Separate Tables | Sibyl Railton-Bell | Movie | 1958 |
| Small World | Self | TV Series | 1958 | |
 | Bonjour Tristesse | Anne Larson | Movie | 1958 |
 | An Affair to Remember | Terry McKay | Movie | 1957 |
 | Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison | Sister Angela | Movie | 1957 |
 | Tea and Sympathy | Laura Reynolds | Movie | 1956 |
 | The King and I | Anna Leonowens | Movie | 1956 |
 | The Steve Allen Show | Self - Recipient | TV Series | 1956 |
 | The Proud and Profane | Lee Ashley | Movie | 1956 |
 | Tony Awards | Self - Host / Presenter | TV Series | 1956 |
 | Cinépanorama | Self | TV Series | 1956 |
 | The End of the Affair | Sarah Miles | Movie | 1955 |
 | From Here to Eternity | Karen Holmes | Movie | 1953 |
 | Dream Wife | Effie | Movie | 1953 |
 | Julius Caesar | Portia | Movie | 1953 |
 | Young Bess | Catherine Parr | Movie | 1953 |
 | The Oscars | Self | TV Series | 1953 |
 | Thunder in the East | Joan Willoughby | Movie | 1952 |
 | The Prisoner of Zenda | Princess Flavia | Movie | 1952 |
 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Miss Plimsoll | TV Series | 1951 |
 | Quo Vadis | Lygia | Movie | 1951 |
 | Rome, the Eternal City | Self | Movie | 1951 |
 | Jungle Safari | Herself (archival footage) | Movie | 1950 |
 | King Solomon's Mines | Elizabeth Curtis | Movie | 1950 |
 | Please Believe Me | Alison Kirbe | Movie | 1950 |
 | What's My Line? | Self | TV Series | 1950 |
 | Edward, My Son | Evelyn Boult | Movie | 1949 |
 | The Ed Sullivan Show | Self | TV Series | 1948 |
 | If Winter Comes | Nona Tybar | Movie | 1947 |
 | The Hucksters | Kay Dorrance | Movie | 1947 |
 | Black Narcissus | Sister Clodagh | Movie | 1947 |
 | I See a Dark Stranger | Bridie Quilty | Movie | 1946 |
 | Perfect Strangers | Catherine Wilson | Movie | 1945 |
 | The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp | Edith Hunter / Barbara Wynne / Angela "Johnny" Cannon | Movie | 1943 |
 | The Day Will Dawn | Kari Alstad | Movie | 1942 |
 | Hatter's Castle | Mary Brodie | Movie | 1942 |
 | Penn of Pennsylvania | Gulielma Maria Springett | Movie | 1942 |
 | Love on the Dole | Sally | Movie | 1941 |
 | Major Barbara | Jenny Hill | Movie | 1941 |