It is considered among the most romantic films of all time according to the American Film Institute. Her flutelike voice was also unique. Durdham Lodge was owned by Kerr's aunt Phyllis Smale, who ran it as a dance academy in the 1930s . She first appeared on stage as Harlequin in 1937 for 'Harlequin And Columbine'. I was still to learn that Munshin, like many people from the capital, could talk openly about his personal life while remaining a dream of espionage in his business operations.Norman Mailer (b. 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. Deborah Kerr movies: with Burt Lancaster in From Here to Eternity. Kerr became known in Britain playing the lead role in the film of Love on the Dole (1941). Deborah Kerr. Deborah came to Helensburgh twice during our two years in the town, the first time for five days. Kerr's first film role was in the British production Contraband (US: Blackout, 1940), aged 18 or 19, but her scenes were cut. Kerr. Save to an Ancestry Tree, a virtual cemetery, your clipboard for pasting or Print. She has appeared in many films from her first appearance in Major Barbara (1941). She was a widow in love with William Holden in The Proud and Profane (1956), directed by George Seaton. She participated in some films considered great cinema classics, among . Kerr was reunited with Mitchum in The Sundowners (1960) shot in Australia, then The Grass Is Greener (1960), co-starring Cary Grant. 1 September 2021 - Weston Town Council with Weston-super-Mare Civic Society put up a blue plaque dedicated to actress Deborah Kerr CBE at 47 Elmsleigh Road, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, UK. Deborah Kerr - as she came to be known - spent her early life in Helensburgh before moving with her parents to Gloucestershire. 1945-1959 . In 1953, Kerr "showed her theatrical mettle" as Portia in Joseph Mankiewicz's Julius Caesar. Likewise Burt Lancaster claimed that he was romantically involved with her during the filming of From Here to Eternity (1953). 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. Deborah Jane Kerr-Trimmer, daughter of a Scottish naval officer who served in World War I, was born in Helensburgh, Scotland, in 1921. Other TV roles included Ann and Debbie (1986) and Hold the Dream (1986), the latter a sequel to A Woman of Substance. Both flopped, as did Beloved Infidel (1959) with Gregory Peck. You can always change this later in your Account settings. Kerr's father had served in the British Army during the First World War and lost a leg at the Battle of the Somme in 1916. He died, aged 78, in a road rage incident in 2004. She was 86. There was an error deleting this problem. [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]. Some of Kerr's leading men have stated in their autobiographies that they had an affair or romantic fling with her. This flower has been reported and will not be visible while under review. 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". Though a much beloved stage and film actress for many years, younger generations will recognize her from "An Affair To Remember" (1957) with Cary Grant, which has been referenced to in several modern films such as "Sleepless In Seattle" (1993). Kerr trained as a dancer in her aunt's drama school in Bristol, England. In September 2021, Kerr's grandsons, Joe and Lex Shrapnel, unveiled a memorial plaque at the former family home in Weston-super-Mare. Kerr's first film for MGM in Hollywood was a mature satire of the burgeoning advertising industry, The Hucksters (1947) with Clark Gable and Ava Gardner. "Deborah Kerr/Rhymes With Star" was the promotion given to the demure actress appearing opposite brazen Ava Gardner in The Hucksters (1947). She won a BAFTA Fellowship Award in 1991. Born on 16 October 2007 in United Kingdom, Deborah Kerr started her career as film and television actress (1921-2007) . Kerr had suffered from Parkinson's disease for several years. CELEBRITY HOMES: Revisiting Deborah Kerr's Former Home in the Huntington. They divorced in 1959. Please reset your password. Kerr originally trained as a ballet dancer, first appearing on stage at Sadler's Wells in 1938. Her estimated net worth was $10 million. This film was a production of the team of Frank Launder and Sidney Gilliat. 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.. At the age of sixteen she attended her aunt Phyllis Smales Hicks-Smale Drama School in Bristol. Jack and his brother Ted were sent to Gallipoli with the East Lancashire Regiment, where Ted was eventually killed by a sniper and a wounded Jack was sent home to recover. 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. According to her biographer, Eric Braun, Deborahs first and only memory of her time in the burgh is of being with her grandmother in a horse-drawn cab at the age of two or three, clutching a bright, shiny penny she had been given. Trimmer and Smale wed, both aged 28, on August 21, 1919 in Smale's . A copy of her birth certificate confirmed that her birthplace was Glasgow. For this performance, Kerr was nominated for an Emmy Award. Kerr became known playing the lead role in the film of Love on the Dole (1941). Andrew's family lived in the town in 1952-3 and he attended Hermitage School in East Argyle Street while his younger brother was at Clyde Street Primary School. Peter Viertelm. Deborah Kerr's full name is Deborah Jane Trimmer and her nickname is Deborah Kerr. It was very popular as was An Affair to Remember (1957) opposite Cary Grant. One day she came home from work and was very excited. Deborah Kerr Photo: 20th Century Fox For many years she had battled Parkinson's disease with the dignified grace and quiet wit she brought to her many roles. She was another governess in The Chalk Garden (1964) and worked with John Huston again in The Night of the Iguana (1964). Learn about how to make the most of a memorial. The following year she married author Peter Viertel, whose novel White Hunter, Black Heart was a thinly veiled portrait of Huston. She was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award, Honorary Oscar in 1994. Deborah Kerr was a Scottish film and television actress. In marrying Viertel, she became stepmother to Viertel's daughter, Christine Viertel. h aged 4 and of her parents are from the Smale family collection, the main picture is an agency shot of Deborah arriving at an awards dinner in London in the early 1970s, and the picture of Nithsdale is by Donald Fullarton. In 1994, Glenn Close presented Kerr with the Honorary Oscar for lifetime achievement with a citation recognising her as "an artist of impeccable grace and beauty, a dedicated actress whose motion picture career has always stood for perfection, discipline and elegance".[34]. Also Known As: Deborah Trimmer, Deborah Jane Kerr-Trimmer, Deborah Kerr Viertel, Spouse/Ex-: Anthony Bartley (married 1945), divorced 1959), Peter Viertel (married 19602007; her death), children: Christine Viertel (stepdaughter), Francesca Ann Bartley (born 1951), Melanie Jane Bartley (born 1947), See the events in life of Deborah Kerr in Chronological Order, (British Actress Who was Known for Her Impeccable Grace and Beauty), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfDoeQJ_fzQ. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate, or jump to a slide with the slide dots. They had two daughters, Melanie Jane (born 27 December 1947) and Francesca Ann (born 18 December 1951, and subsequently married to the actor John Shrapnel). [25], Within three weeks of her death, her husband Peter Viertel died of cancer on 4 November. She received six Academy Award nominations for best actress and was awarded an honorary lifetime achievement Oscar in 1993. They write new content and verify and edit content received from contributors. She made The Arrangement (1969) with Elia Kazan, her director from the stage production of Tea and Sympathy. She started taking part in productions at the Open Air Theater in Regent Park, London and changed her name to Deborah Kerr. Today, Deborah Kerr lives in . In 1998 she was awarded the CBE, but speaking from her home in Switzerland said that she felt too frail to travel to London to receive it personally. She and Walter Pidgeon were cast in If Winter Comes (1947). Deborah Kerr, who lived at her grandparents' house at Elmsleigh Road in Weston as a child, first stepped onto the stage at the resort's Knightstone Pavilion in 1937. [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 played ladies who didn't mind if their tramp showed. Her last visit to Glasgow was in 1990, when she was a member of the international jury at the European Film Awards. She replaced Kim Novak in Eye of the Devil (1966) with Niven, and was reteamed with Niven in the comedy Casino Royale (1967), achieving the distinction of being, at 45, the oldest "Bond Girl" in any James Bond film, until Monica Bellucci, at the age of 50, in Spectre (2015). Weve updated the security on the site. "Finally the scene was over and I leapt to my feet and screamed I found I had been sitting on an ants nest! 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. Try again later. Deborah Kerr died from the effects of Parkinson's disease on 16 October 2007 at the age of 86 in the English village of Botesdale, Suffolk. 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. Deborah Kerr CBE (born Deborah Jane Kerr-Trimmer; 30 September 1921 - 16 October 2007) was a Scottish-born film, theater and television actress. Underly raised more than $1.14 million and spent $818,063 between Feb. 2 and March 22, according to her campaign report. English She joined Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra in a love triangle for a romantic comedy, Marriage on the Rocks (1965). An Affair to Remember (1957) Coming between Dream Wife (1953) and The Grass Is Greener (1960), this is the pick of Kerr's collaborations with Cary Grant. . House where The King and I star Deborah Kerr first learned to dance goes on sale for 1.85million. Born Deborah Jane Kerr-Trimmer on September 30, 1921, in Helensburgh, Scotland, she trained in ballet before moving . Pages in category "Deborah Kerr" This category contains only the following page. GREAT NEWS! She was an immediate hit with the public: an American film trade paper reported in 1942 that she was the most popular British actress with Americans. Her final feature film was "The Assam Garden," also in 1985. British Actress Deborah Kerr was born Deborah Jane Trimmer on 30th September, 1921 in Helensburgh, Scotland and passed away on 16th Oct 2007 Suffolk, England, UK aged 86. As manager of this memorial you can add or update the memorial using the Edit button below. Marni Nixon - the singing voice for Audrey Hepburn, Deborah Kerr and others was unsung herself . She returned to the cinema one more time in 1985's The Assam Garden. She acted in another British film Black Narcissus in 1947. 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. Appeared in her first film, the 1941 production of George Bernard Shaw's "Major Barbara." The film was a big hit in Britain. Kerr announced her retirement in 1969, though she continued to make occasional appearances onstage and in feature and TV movies. Kerr, Deborah. Try again later. She subsequently performed with the Oxford Repertory Company 1939-40. After changing careers, she soon found success as an actress. Are you sure that you want to report this flower to administrators as offensive or abusive? In a trembling voice at what would be her last public appearance, she said to the assembled: "Thank you for giving me a happy life.". It's an unbelievable terror, a kind of masochistic madness. I thought you might like to see a memorial for Deborah Kerr I found on Findagrave.com. This biography provides detailed information on her childhood, life, acting career, achievements and timeline. Kerr made clear that her surname should be pronounced the same as "car". cemeteries found within kilometers of your location will be saved to your photo volunteer list. Though she never won, in 1994 she was awarded an honorary Academy Award for her lifetime achievement in films. Deborah Jane Trimmer was born on 30 September 1921 in Glasgow, Scotland, the daughter of Captain Arthur Kerr Trimmer. By Adam Bernstein, Washington Post | October 19, 2007. See a Kerr filmography and more photos via http://go.philly.com/kerr EndText, California residents do not sell my data request. 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]. In 1994, Glenn Close presented Kerr with the Honorary Oscar for lifetime achievement with a citation recognising her as "an artist of impeccable grace and beauty, a dedicated actress whose motion picture career has always stood for perfection, discipline and elegance". 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, 63, is the former superintendent of the Brown Deer school district in suburban Milwaukee. Failed to remove flower. Director Fred Zinnemann at Columbia, in a risk-taking gesture, cast Kerr (on loan from MGM) against type in the role of a lusty, adulterous army wife in From Here to Eternity (1953), hoping that Kerrs ladylike poise would provide an interesting contrast to her characters seamy past. According to Powell, his affair with Kerr ended when she made it clear to him that she would accept an offer to go to Hollywood if one were made. In 1978 she toured the US with the play The Last of Mrs. Cheney. Her father, Arthur, was a naval architect. Kerr was educated at the independent Northumberland House School, Henleaze in Bristol, and at Rossholme School, Weston-super-Mare. She had two daughters from this marriage - Melanie and Francesca. The race was officially nonpartisan, but Democrats and their money lined up solidly behind Underly. She acted in a film adaption of Bernard Shaws work titled Major Barbara and then in the lead role in Love on the Dole in 1940. Said critic James Agate of Love on the Dole, "is not within a mile of Wendy Hiller's in the theatre, but it is a charming piece of work by a very pretty and promising beginner, so pretty and so promising that there is the usual yapping about a new star". It's an unbelievable terror, a kind of masochistic madness. For this performance, Kerr was nominated for an Emmy Award. Deborah Kerr made her stage debut in Harlequin and Columbine in 1937. Her second marriage was to author Peter Viertel on 23 July 1960. Kerr rejoined old screen partner Mitchum in Reunion at Fairborough (1985). Born Deborah Jane Kerr-Trimmer in Helensburgh, Scotland. Please enter your email and password to sign in. After 1947 Kerr established herself in Hollywood, typecast by MGMin what Kerr referred to as tiara rolesas a well-bred young British matron. She married Peter Viertel, a novelist and screenwriter, in 1960 and they lived in Klosters, Switzerland for many years. The expectant mum was taken to a private nursing home at 7 St James Terrace, Hillhead, Glasgow, where her first child, Deborah Jane Trimmer, was born at 7.40am on September 30 1921, and her father registered the birth in the city on October 21. She developed her acting skills enough to be hired as a leading lady and portrayed the major role of Sister Clodagh in Black Narcissus (1947), for which she won her first New York Film Critics Circle Award (her subsequent awards were for Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison [1957] and The Sundowners [1960]). Kerr played three women in Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943). This was her grandparents house, her family moved to Elmsleigh Road in 1937 where she became a pupil at Rossholme School. 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. However Kerr then played Anna Leonowens in the film version of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The King and I (1956); with Yul Brynner in the lead, it was a huge hit. But she was not Helensburgh-born. 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". They divorced in 1959. Doctors decided that his leg had to be amputated, and he was so ill that his mother and his fiance Col were sent for. On one occasion she gave my mother a 10 tip, and that was a lot of money in those days.. Her definitive role was as the Governess Anna Leonowens duelling with Yul Brynner in the King and I (1956). In 1964 she acted in Tennessee Williams The Night of The Iguana and also starred in The Chalk Garden. 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. An Affair to Remember in 1957 opposite Cary Grant made her immensely popular. [22][23][24] She is buried in a family plot at Alfold Cemetery, Alfold, Surrey. They had two daughters, Melanie Jane (born 27 December 1947) and Francesca Ann (born 20 December 1951), who married the actor John Shrapnel. After moving south with her parents when she was just a few years old, Kerr was educated in Bristol and. [8] After her first London success in 1943, she toured England and Scotland in Heartbreak House. She re-enacted the same role on the stage in 1956 and acted in the film version of Rodgers and Hammersteins film version of The King and I in the same year. Kerr experienced a career resurgence on television in the early 1980s when she played the role of the nurse (played by Elsa Lanchester in the 1957 film of the same name) in Witness for the Prosecution, with Sir Ralph Richardson. 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. To add a flower, click the Leave a Flower button. Previously sponsored memorials or famous memorials will not have this option. 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 and a BAFTA Special Award in 1991. In 1945 she toured Europe with the play Gaslight to entertain the British Troops. She said that Deborah Kerr was staying with Mrs Kirkwood Brown and was a relative of hers. Won the New York Film Critics' Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of a nun in "Black Narcissus" (1947). Kerr was educated at the independent Northumberland House School, Henleaze in Bristol, and at Rossholme School, Weston-super-Mare. She received the first of her Oscar nominations for Edward, My Son (1949), a drama set and filmed in England co-starring Spencer Tracy. You can customize the cemeteries you volunteer for by selecting or deselecting below. Are you sure that you want to remove this flower? She is most remembered for From Here to Eternity. Deborah Kerr (Photo credit: Wikipedia). [2], Deborah Jane Trimmer[1] was born on 30 September 1921 in Hillhead, Glasgow,[3] the only daughter of Kathleen Rose (ne Smale) and Capt. Kerr made her British TV debut in "Three Roads to Rome" (1963). Kerr was reunited with Mitchum in The Sundowners (1960) shot in Australia, then The Grass Is Greener (1960), co-starring Cary Grant. Deborah Kerr (19212007) was a British actress who holds the record - six - for most Best Actress Oscar nominations without a win. Though the alabaster-skinned redhead was honored that evening for her "impeccable grace and beauty," the secret of Miss Kerr's singular appeal was her devil-may-care peccability. Oct. 18, 2007 Deborah Kerr, a versatile actress who long projected the quintessential image of the proper, tea-sipping Englishwoman but who was also indelible in one of the most sexually. [18], Stewart Granger claimed in his autobiography that in 1945 she had approached him romantically in the back of his chauffeur-driven car at the time he was making Caesar and Cleopatra. 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. His father Arthur worked with Sir William Arrols bridge building firm, and Jack took up a post with them as well. King Solomon's Mines (1950) was shot on location in Africa with Stewart Granger and Richard Carlson. Casino Royal was a hit as was another movie she made with Niven, Prudence and the Pill (1968). She appeared in Gary Cooper's last film The Naked Edge (1961) and starred in The Innocents (1961) where she plays a governess tormented by apparitions. Search above to list available cemeteries. She is buried in a family plot at Alfold Cemetery, Alfold, Surrey. British director Michael Powell gave her a role in film The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp in 1943 in which she appeared thrice. Who was Deborah Kerr's husband? She acted in The Innocents and also in the BBC production Three Roads to Rome in 1961. When Miss Kerr tore into director John Huston after a sequence shot in the water, the actor was so shocked that he nearly drowned laughing. Learn more about managing a memorial . She also did A Song at Twilight (1982). Less than three weeks . Stewart Granger claimed in his autobiography that in 1945 she had approached him romantically in the back of his chauffeur-driven car at the time he was making Caesar and Cleopatra. Which memorial do you think is a duplicate of Deborah Kerr (22285687)? In marrying Viertel, she acquired a stepdaughter, Christine Viertel. Jack returned to the Roehampton hospital to learn to walk with an artificial leg, while Col stayed in a nearby hotel and was always on hand to help and encourage. Countless newspaper, magazine and website articles say that the Scottish girl who became the archetypal movie perfect English rose was born in the burgh. She is also one of the female myths of the seventh art. After changing careers, she soon found success as an actress. But despite her illustrious future, her childhood was not a walk in the park. St James Terrace, in W2, has since been renamed Ruskin Terrace. Neither film was much of a hit. Remove advertising from a memorial by sponsoring it for just $5. Her second marriage was to author Peter Viertel on 23 July 1960. She made two films at MGM: The Journey (1959) reunited her with Brynner; Count Your Blessings (1959), was a comedy. 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). This account already exists, but the email address still needs to be confirmed. In 1997 she was created a Companion of the Order of the British Empire. In a contentious race that has drummed up millions of dollars for campaigning and attack ads, Deborah Kerr and Jill Underly will face off April 6 for the top position overseeing K-12 . She returned to the cinema one more time in 1985's The Assam Garden. Deborah Kerr, better known by her family name Deborah Jane Trimmer, is a popular French film and television actress (1921-2007). Kerr originally trained as a ballet dancer, first appearing on stage at Sadler's Wells in 1938. Both were aged 28. offered her a fee comparable to that paid to the rest of the cast combined, but she turned it down in favour of appearing in an aborted stage version of Flowers for Algernon. Scottish film and television actress (1921-2007) - Deborah Kerr was born in Helensburgh (town in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK) on September 30th, 1921 and died in Suffolk (county of England) on October 16th, 2007 at the age of 86. 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