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. Deborah Kerr, 86, the cultivated Scottish rose beloved in such 1950s blockbusters as From Here to Eternity, The King and I, and An Affair to Remember, died Tuesday in Suffolk, England. We have set your language to Deborah Kerr (Photo credit: Wikipedia). What nationality was Deborah Kerr? Failed to report flower. He died, aged 78, in a road rage incident in 2004. Although she long resided in Klosters, Switzerland and Marbella, Spain, Kerr moved back to Britain to be closer to her own children as her health began to deteriorate. Her father, Arthur, was a naval architect. She was another governess in The Chalk Garden (1964) and worked with John Huston again in The Night of the Iguana (1964). 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. Her last visit to Glasgow was in 1990, when she was a member of the international jury at the European Film Awards. In An Affair to Remember, an improbably effective romance that is the basis for Sleepless in Seattle, she convinced the world that the Empire State Building was the closest place New York had to heaven. 1945-1959 . It's an unbelievable terror, a kind of masochistic madness. 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. Less than three weeks . Born Deborah Jane Kerr-Trimmer on September 30, 1921, in Helensburgh, Scotland, she trained in ballet before moving . Kerr appeared in two huge hits for MGM in a row. Deborah Kerr and Burt Lancaster were in From Here to Eternity (1953) together.. About. 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. Accidentally she dropped the coin, which slid down between the seats of her carriage. Full Real Name. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate, or jump to a slide with the slide dots. In between Paramount borrowed her to appear in Thunder in the East (1951) with Alan Ladd. Both were aged 28. CELEBRITY HOMES: Revisiting Deborah Kerr's Former Home in the Huntington. Previously sponsored memorials or famous memorials will not have this option. 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. Botesdale, Mid Suffolk District, Suffolk, England. 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. Year should not be greater than current year. Despite these more adventurous roles, the image of Miss Kerr as prude persisted. She returned to the cinema one more time in 1985's The Assam Garden. In 1959, Miss Kerr and Bartley, who had two daughters, divorced. Her first steps on the stage were as a ballet dancer, training with. "She has the rare gift", wrote critic Beverley Baxter, "of thinking her lines, not merely remembering them. She had the lead in a comedy Please Believe Me (1950). Born Deborah Jane Kerr-Trimmer 30 September 1921 Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland Died 16 October 2007 (aged 86) Botesdale, Suffolk, England Resting place Alfold Cemetery near Guildford Occupation Actress Years active 1940-1986 Spouse(s) Tony Bartley (m. 1945; div. She also did A Song at Twilight (1982). excellence and international renown in their chosen professional fields,
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]). 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, 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 . Updates? Try again later. In 1944 she was in the Clyde area on location, filming 'Perfect Strangers' with actor Roland Culver. She told a story about it in a letter sent in 1990 from her home in Marbella, Spain. Failed to delete memorial. Deborah was barely three. Fred Zinnemann's Academy Award-winning . 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. Alexander Korda cast her opposite Robert Donat in Perfect Strangers (1945). Edit a memorial you manage or suggest changes to the memorial manager. 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. Learn about how to make the most of a memorial. To use this feature, use a newer browser. Kerr was educated at the independent Northumberland House School, Henleaze in Bristol, and at Rossholme School, Weston-super-Mare. Peter Viertel died of cancer on 4 November 2007, less than three weeks later. She starred in The Day after The Fair on the London stage in 1972 and toured the United States with it in 1973. 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. Which memorial do you think is a duplicate of Deborah Kerr (22285687)? "Deborah Kerr/Rhymes With Star" was the promotion given to the demure actress appearing opposite brazen Ava Gardner in The Hucksters (1947). She is most remembered for From Here to . In September 2021, Kerr's grandsons, Joe and Lex Shrapnel, unveiled a memorial plaque at the former family home in Weston-super-Mare. You have chosen this person to be their own family member. Please enter your email address and we will send you an email with a reset password code. Deborah came to Helensburgh twice during our two years in the town, the first time for five days. In 1955 she got a nomination for the BAFTA Award for The End of the Affair. Returned to the stage in the 1970's in plays including "The Day After The Fair" and "Candida." This browser does not support getting your location. Please contact Find a Grave at [emailprotected] if you need help resetting your password. To add a flower, click the Leave a Flower button. Beyond demonstrated
This film was a production of the team of Frank Launder and Sidney Gilliat. She reprised her role in the 1956 film adaptation. By Adam Bernstein, Washington Post | October 19, 2007. Concern about the parts being offered to her, as well as the increasing amount of nudity included in films, led her to abandon the medium at the end of the 1960s, with one exception in 1985, in favour of television and theatre work. [12] Kerr made clear that her surname should be pronounced the same as "car". In 1955, Kerr won the Sarah Siddons Award for her performance in Chicago during a national tour of the play. [20] When asked about this revelation, Kerr's response was, "What a gallant man he is! In the 1980's she was well received on the television screen in, among other films, "A Woman Of Substance" (1983) and "Reunion at Fairborough" (1985) which reunited her with longtime friend and costar of several films, Robert Mitchum. [8], She was the female lead in Penn of Pennsylvania (1941) which was little seen; however Hatter's Castle (1942), in which she starred with Robert Newton and James Mason, was very successful. . Marthas School in Surrey and then at the Northumberland House Boarding School in Clifton, Bristol. [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). 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. There is a problem with your email/password. Deborah Jane Kerr-Trimmer, daughter of a Scottish naval officer who served in World War I, was born in Helensburgh, Scotland, in 1921. and whose actions, in addition to their achievements, embody the
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". She had a strong support role in Major Barbara (1941) directed by Gabriel Pascal. [10], Kerr's first stage appearance was at Weston-super-Mare in 1937, as "Harlequin" in the mime play Harlequin and Columbine. Resend Activation Email. It was very popular as was An Affair to Remember (1957) opposite Cary Grant. 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]. Thanks for your help! We hope you enjoy it! 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!" [12], Powell hoped to reunite Kerr and lead actor Roger Livesey in his next film, A Canterbury Tale (1944), but her agent had sold her contract to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 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". 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. She was 86. When he was well enough to be repatriated he had to endure further surgery on his upper leg to halt gangrene infection, but eventually he left Roehampton Military Hospital in south-west London, was discharged from the Army, and travelled to the Smale home at Lydney. "She has the rare gift", wrote critic Beverley Baxter, "of thinking her lines, not merely remembering them. Kerr had suffered from Parkinson's disease for several years. 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. She started taking ballet lessons from the age of five and enrolled at the St. Deborah, who died at home in Suffolk of Parkinson's disease, was born in Helensburgh, near Glasgow, an engineer's daughter. Her final screen appearance was in the TV miniseries Hold the Dream in 1986. She made music out of ordinary dialogue. The Scottish-born actress will forever be associated with her roles in. In 1955, Kerr won the Sarah Siddons Award for her performance in Chicago during a national tour of the play. 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. She is also one of the female myths of the seventh art. Try again. In 1965, the producers of Carry On Screaming! She won a scholarship to Sadlers Wells ballet school and at age 17 made her professional dancing debut in London in the corps de ballet of Prometheus. When her granny explained that there was no way of recovering the lost treasure, Deborah was inconsolable. 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. Thanks for using Find a Grave, if you have any feedback we would love to hear from you. Deborah Kerr is British by birth. She appeared in the films Julius Caesar and From Here to Eternity in 1953. She was nominated six times for the Academy Award for Best Actress, and holds the record for most Best Actress Oscar nominations without a win. Less than three weeks later, on 4 November, her husband Peter Viertel died of cancer. She was the first performer to win the New York Film Critics Circle Award for "Best Actress" three times (1947, 1957 and 1960). You are only allowed to leave one flower per day for any given memorial. Please complete the captcha to let us know you are a real person. Encyclopaedia Britannica's editors oversee subject areas in which they have extensive knowledge, whether from years of experience gained by working on that content or via study for an advanced degree. She is buried in a family plot at Alfold Cemetery, Alfold, Surrey. 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. Best Known For. She joined Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra in a love triangle for a romantic comedy, Marriage on the Rocks (1965). She subsequently performed with the Oxford Repertory Company 1939-40. British exhibitors voted her the eighth-most popular local star at the box-office in 1947. She is most remembered for From Here to Eternity. 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. She married Peter Viertel, a novelist and screenwriter, in 1960 and they lived in Klosters, Switzerland for many years. [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. Casino Royal was a hit as was another movie she made with Niven, Prudence and the Pill (1968). Are you sure that you want to remove this flower? By. Your Scrapbook is currently empty. . Flowers added to the memorial appear on the bottom of the memorial or here on the Flowers tab. Her husband, however, continued to live in Marbella. Horoscope and astrology data of Deborah Kerr born on 30 September 1921 Helensburgh, Scotland, with biography. State superintendent candidate Jill Underly raised 16 times more than opponent Deborah Kerr in the latest period ahead of the April 6 election, according to campaign finance reports filed Monday. 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. Please ensure you have given Find a Grave permission to access your location in your browser settings. 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 made her British TV debut in "Three Roads to Rome" (1963). She married a war hero Anthony Bartley in 1945 but divorced him in 1959. Deborah Kerr died on 16 October 2007 in Botesdale, a village in Suffolk, England, from the effects of Parkinson's disease. . 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. She told a story about it in a letter sent in 1990 from her home in Marbella, Spain. The race was officially nonpartisan, but Democrats and their money lined up solidly behind Underly. [1][13] She played the repressed wife in The End of the Affair (1955), shot in England with Van Johnson. Deborah Kerr made her stage debut in Harlequin and Columbine in 1937. Kerr played three women in Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943). Deborah Kerr - as she came to be known - spent her early life in Helensburgh before moving with her parents to Gloucestershire. She also made her Broadway debut in 1953 in a lead role in Tea and Sympathy. She was a widow in love with William Holden in The Proud and Profane (1956), directed by George Seaton. The actress, whose screen kiss with Burt Lancaster is regularly voted the greatest of all time, was. But she never lost her love, or connection, with Scotland.. Born: 22 February, 1930, in Altadena, California. 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. She was the first performer to win the New York Film Critics Circle Award for "Best Actress" three times (1947, 1957 and 1960). An Affair to Remember is a 1957 American romance film directed by Leo McCarey and starring Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr. This biography provides detailed information on her childhood, life, acting career, achievements and timeline. After changing careers, she soon found success as an actress. Appeared in her first film, the 1941. Quickly see who the memorial is for and when they lived and died and where they are buried. She was born in Hillhead on 1921-09-30. Family members linked to this person will appear here. Kerr trained as a dancer in her aunts drama school in Bristol, England. In 1964 she received a fourth BAFTA Award nomination for the film Chalk Garden. In between Paramount borrowed her to appear in Thunder in the East (1951) with Alan Ladd. 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. For many years she had battled Parkinson's disease with the dignified grace and quiet wit she brought to her many roles. Deborah Jane Trimmer. Deborah wrote: "We were sitting on top of a hill overlooking the Clyde, filming a scene. The film is as yet (2010) unreleased. Deborah Kerr died age of 86 in Suffolk, England, on October 16, 2007, due to complications arising out of Parkinsons disease. qualities of achievement and commitment, the BritishHeritage.org serves to recognize the British Heritage contribution to the betterment of mankind. In 1953, Kerr "showed her theatrical mettle" as Portia in Joseph Mankiewicz's Julius Caesar. She joined Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra in a love triangle for a romantic comedy, Marriage on the Rocks (1965). However the operation was successful, and the long hard road to recovery began. She was another governess in The Chalk Garden (1964) and worked with John Huston again in The Night of the Iguana (1964). Yet despite family in Sweden and two decades in Los Angeles, she settled in New York City, becoming as famous a New Yorker as she was a movie star. Born in Glasgow in 1921, Deborah was a ballet dancer (appearing at Sadler's Wells no less) before switching to acting when she became too tall. Her professional experience included working in education and as a superintendent. But it wasn't long before. 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. Save to an Ancestry Tree, a virtual cemetery, your clipboard for pasting or Print. The marriage was troubled, owing to Bartley's envy of his wife's fame and financial success,[10] and because her career often took her away from home. Kerr became known in Britain playing the lead role in the film of Love on the Dole (1941). Died: 24 July, 2016 in New York City, aged 86. This page was last edited on 7 January 2023, at 05:21. She received six Academy Award nominations for best actress and was awarded an honorary lifetime achievement Oscar in 1993. The Famous People. In 1968 she co-starred with David Niven in the film Prudence and the Pill and also acted in the films The Arrangement and The Gypsy Moths. 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. In 1997 she was created a Companion of the Order of the British Empire. The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943), https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/deborah-kerr-7573.php, British Female Film & Theater Personalities, 20th Century Film & Theater Personalities, 20th Century British Film & Theater Personalities. Miss Kerr is survived by Viertel, her husband of 47 years; two daughters; and three grandchildren. graphics - January 9, 2014. Kerr and Bartley divorced in 1959. 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. The following year she married author Peter Viertel, whose novel White Hunter, Black Heart was a thinly veiled portrait of Huston. She won a nomination for the BAFTA Award for the film Tea and Sympathy in 1956. Her husband, however, continued to live in Marbella. From this point on, Kerr was offered a wider variety of characters with a broader emotional range. Her first appearance on the West End stage was as Ellie Dunn in "Heartbreak House" at the Cambridge Theatre in 1943. Not even the promise of another coin when they got home could stem the tears. Concern about the parts being offered to her, as well as the increasing amount of nudity included in films, led her to abandon the medium at the end of the 1960s, with one exception in 1985, in favour of television and theatre work. After changing careers, she soon found success as an actress. She acted opposite Robert Mitchum in the film The Sundowners in 1960. Born Deborah Jane Kerr-Trimmer in Helensburgh, Scotland. Share this memorial using social media sites or email. She had the lead in a comedy Please Believe Me (1950). When she was 5 the family moved to Bristol, England, where the famously shy girl studied dance at her aunt's academy. character of the British people through commitment to British values, the British community and/or to Great Britain. Age (2022) Update Soon. They divorced in 1959. 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. English Appeared in her first film, the 1941 production of George Bernard Shaw's "Major Barbara." Her second marriage was to author Peter Viertel on 23 July 1960. Very romantic! Kerr originally trained as a ballet dancer, first appearing on stage at Sadler's Wells in 1938. Deborah Kerr is one of the two actresses in history who was nominated six time for Oscar Award but could never win the award. A system error has occurred. There was a problem getting your location. Deborah Kerr was one of the most famous English actresses of her time. In 1964 she acted in Tennessee Williams The Night of The Iguana and also starred in The Chalk Garden. She was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award, Honorary Oscar in 1994. They were the genteel girl and the brassy babe vying for Clark Gable's attention. She received the first of her Oscar nominations for Edward, My Son (1949), a drama set and filmed in England co-starring Spencer Tracy. 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