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. Trimmer and Smale married, both aged 28, on 21 August 1919 in Smale's hometown of Lydney, Gloucestershire. Kerr, nevertheless, used any opportunity to discard her cool exterior. Her first acting teacher was her aunt, Phyllis Smale, who worked at a drama school in Bristol run by Lally Cuthbert Hicks. She was offered a five-year contract and her first role was in a spy drama Contraband in 1939 which was never screened. He died, aged 78, in a road rage incident in 2004. Young Deborah spent the first three years of her life in the west coast town of Helensburgh, where her parents lived with Deborah's grandparents in a house on West King Street. Botesdale, Mid Suffolk District, Suffolk, England. Her father was an army engineer named Captain Arthur Kerr-Trimmer and her mother was Kathleen Rose. We will review the memorials and decide if they should be merged. They divorced in 1959. She was 86. The Kerr-Bartley 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. Best Known For. She also did A Song at Twilight (1982). 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). [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]. She is most remembered for From Here to Eternity. In September 2021, Kerr's grandsons, Joe and Lex Shrapnel, unveiled a memorial plaque at the former family home in Weston-super-Mare. 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. 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. Deborah Kerr was a Scottish film and television actress. Deborah Kerr died age of 86 in Suffolk, England, on October 16, 2007, due to complications arising out of Parkinsons disease. Deborah Kerr - as she came to be known - spent her early life in Helensburgh before moving with her parents to Gloucestershire. . 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. [25], Within three weeks of her death, her husband Peter Viertel died of cancer on 4 November. They had two daughters, Melanie Jane (born 27 December 1947) and Francesca Ann (born 20 December 1951), who married the actor John Shrapnel. Although nominated six times as Best Actress, Kerr never won a competitive Oscar. Indeed, Leo McCarey 's CinemaScope and DeLuxe remake of his own 1939 best picture nominee was voted the fifth most romantic screen love story by the American Film Institute. Deborah Kerr was one of the most famous English actresses of her time. 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". Kerr appeared in two huge hits for MGM in a row. 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. In 1955 she acted in the film version of Graham Greenes The End of the Affair. 1:07. 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. She returned to the cinema one more time in 1985's The Assam Garden. Updates? ", Until recently it was thought that she never came back to Helensburgh, although she once said in an interview for the Helensburgh Advertiser: How kind of them to remember me after all this time.. This was her grandparents house, her family moved to Elmsleigh Road in 1937 where she became a pupil at Rossholme School. She also performed with the Oxford Repertory Company. "Deborah Kerr: An Actress in Search of an Author". The race was officially nonpartisan, but Democrats and their money lined up solidly behind Underly. In 1955, Kerr won the Sarah Siddons Award for her performance in Chicago during a national tour of the play. . She told a story about it in a letter sent in 1990 from her home in Marbella, Spain. 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". When her granny explained that there was no way of recovering the lost treasure, Deborah was inconsolable. Identikit and personal data Name Deborah Last name Kerr Born September 30, 1921 in Glasgow Died October 16, 2007 in Botesdale, Suffolk She won the Sarah Siddons Award for her Chicago performance as Laura Reynolds in Tea and Sympathy, a role which she originated on Broadway, a Golden Globe Award for the motion picture The King and I, and was a three-time winner of the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress. Kerr appeared in two huge hits for MGM in a row. Kerr. The email does not appear to be a valid email address. Deborah Kerr made her stage debut in Harlequin and Columbine in 1937. Kerr originally trained as a ballet dancer, first appearing on stage at Sadler's Wells in 1938. she is one of famous film and television actress (1921-2007) with the age years old group. Many Hollywood stars of the wartime generation ended their careers in cameo roles or cult movies, even schlock horror or, worst of all, television soaps. In Hollywood, Kerr's British accent and manner led to a succession of roles portraying refined, reserved, and "proper" English ladies. 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. She acted in television movies A Song at Twilight in 1973. Deborah Jane Trimmer was born on 30 September 1921 in Hillhead, Glasgow, the only daughter of Kathleen Rose (ne Smale) and Capt. Trimmer and Smale married, both aged 28, on 21 August 1919 in Smale's hometown of Lydney, Gloucestershire. [6][7], 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. 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. Neither film was much of a hit. 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 Kerr's full name is Deborah Jane Trimmer and her nickname is Deborah Kerr. See a Kerr filmography and more photos via http://go.philly.com/kerr EndText, California residents do not sell my data request. Through her aunt's connections, she got work with the Oxford Repertory Company and made her film debut, supporting Wendy Hiller, in Major Barbara (1941). Durdham Lodge was owned by Kerr's aunt Phyllis Smale, who ran it as a dance academy in the 1930s . Her husband, however, continued to live in Marbella. 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 . 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. Thanks for your help! After changing careers, she soon found success as an actress. Andrew, Penelope. He died, aged 78, in a road rage incident in 2004. In 45 films, in as many years, she seldom, if . 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. 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 . After moving south with her parents when she was just a few years old, Kerr was educated in Bristol and. Fred Zinnemann's Academy Award-winning . 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. Her professional experience included working in education and as a superintendent. 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 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. This was immediately followed by her appearance in the religious epic Quo Vadis (1951), shot at Cinecitt in Rome, in which she played the indomitable Lygia, a first-century Christian. 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.". Kerr originally trained as a ballet dancer, first appearing on stage at Sadler's Wells in 1938. She played a Norwegian resistance fighter in The Day Will Dawn (1942). She then went to the Sadler's Wells ballet school and in 1938 made her dbut in the corps de ballet in Prometheus. Her final feature film was "The Assam Garden," also in 1985. Deborah Jane Kerr-Trimmer was born on Sept. 30, 1921, in Helensburgh, Scotland. Full Real Name. Returned to the stage in the 1970's in plays including "The Day After The Fair" and "Candida." Kerr's first film role was in the British production Contraband (US: Blackout, 1940), aged 18 or 19, but her scenes were cut. British exhibitors voted her the eighth-most popular local star at the box-office in 1947. She won the fifth Academy Award nomination and the third Golden Globe Award nomination in 1958 for the film Separate Tables. 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. Less than three weeks later, on 4 November, her husband Peter Viertel died of cancer. 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. The film was a big hit in Britain. Kerr's first film role was in the British production Contraband (US: Blackout, 1940), aged 18 or 19, but her scenes were cut. Corrections? [10], Kerr's first stage appearance was at Weston-super-Mare in 1937, as "Harlequin" in the mime play Harlequin and Columbine. A system error has occurred. So too was the spy comedy drama I See a Dark Stranger (1946), in which she gave a breezy, amusing performance that dominated the action and overshadowed her co-star Trevor Howard. 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. For memorials with more than one photo, additional photos will appear here or on the photos tab. 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. Casino Royal was a hit as was another movie she made with Niven, Prudence and the Pill (1968). 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. Less than three weeks . She acted in another British film Black Narcissus in 1947. 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. Deborah Kerr had to wear the padded bras because that was the other fashion of the 50s. 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. Born Deborah Jane Kerr-Trimmer on September 30, 1921, in Helensburgh, Scotland, she trained in ballet before moving . Kerr, nevertheless, used any opportunity to discard her cool exterior. Alexander Korda cast her opposite Robert Donat in Perfect Strangers (1945). 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. Her father, Arthur, was a naval architect. Contribute Robert Mitchum and Deborah Kerr - Dating, Gossip, News, Photos list. Kerr trained as a dancer in her aunts drama school in Bristol, England. For this performance, Kerr was nominated for an Emmy Award. She was educated at Northumberland House, Clifton, Bristol. Deborah Kerr died on 16 October 2007 in Botesdale, a village in Suffolk, England, from the effects of Parkinson's disease. Kerr won a third New York Film Critics Award and a sixth Academy Award nomination in 1960 and a BAFTA Award nomination in 1961 for the film Sundowners. Vocation : Entertainment : Live Stage (Legitimate theater) Vocation . "Deborah Kerr/Rhymes With Star" was the promotion given to the demure actress appearing opposite brazen Ava Gardner in The Hucksters (1947). It's an unbelievable terror, a kind of masochistic madness. cemeteries found within miles of your location will be saved to your photo volunteer list. The process of development from a romantic, silly girl to a hard, disillusioned woman in three hours was moving and convincing". 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. Her agent Anne Hutton said she died on Tuesday in Suffolk, eastern England. 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. Peter Viertelm. Appeared in her first film, the 1941. Previously sponsored memorials or famous memorials will not have this option. There was a problem getting your location. 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). 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. She was 86. Other TV roles included Ann and Debbie (1986) and Hold the Dream (1986), the latter a sequel to A Woman of Substance. [4][5], Young Deborah spent the first three years of her life in the west coast town of Helensburgh, where her parents lived with Deborah's grandparents in a house on West King Street. Peter Viertel died of cancer on 4 November 2007, less than three weeks later. She married Peter Viertel, a novelist and screenwriter, in 1960 and they lived in Klosters, Switzerland for many years. She won a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960. If you have questions, please contact [emailprotected]. When she was 5 the family moved to Bristol, England, where the famously shy girl studied dance at her aunt's academy. Kerr originally trained as a ballet dancer, first appearing on stage at Sadler's Wells in 1938. Countless newspaper, magazine and website articles say that the Scottish girl who became the archetypal movie perfect English rose was born in the burgh. Kerr and Bartley divorced in 1959. Kerr made her British TV debut in "Three Roads to Rome" (1963). She played a nun in Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison (1957) opposite her long-time friend Robert Mitchum, directed by John Huston. 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]. She was 86 and had suffered from Parkinson's disease. Her husband, however, continued to live in Marbella. Born Deborah Jane Kerr-Trimmer in Helensburgh, Scotland. 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. American British Deborah Kerr/Nationality. The older you get, the easier it should be but it isn't.[8]. For many years she had battled Parkinson's disease with the dignified grace and quiet wit she brought to her many roles. Kerr's first marriage was to Squadron Leader Anthony Bartley RAF on 29 November 1945. But she never lost her love, or connection, with Scotland.. She also performed with the Oxford Repertory Company. She contended six times in Best Actress to little avail: "Edward, My Son" (1949), "From Here to Eternity . [12] Kerr made clear that her surname should be pronounced the same as "car". 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. A victim of Parkinsons disease, Deborah Kerr CBE died peacefully at Botesdale, Suffolk, on Tuesday October 16 2007, a couple of weeks after her 86th birthday. 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 was born in Hillhead on 1921-09-30. Her last visit to Glasgow was in 1990, when she was a member of the international jury at the European Film Awards. [1][13] She played the repressed wife in The End of the Affair (1955), shot in England with Van Johnson. Kerr, 63, is the former superintendent of the Brown Deer school district in suburban Milwaukee. Try again. Deborah Kerr was born on 30 September 1921 in Glasgow, Scotland. To avoid confusion over pronunciation, Louis B. Mayer, head of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer billed her as "Kerr rhymes with Star!" In 1977, she came back to the West End, playing the title role in a production of George Bernard Shaw's Candida. In "Bohemian Rhapsody," Rami Malek starred as Freddie Mercury, but his singing voice was an "amalgamation of a few voices." She made Young Bess (1953) with Granger and Jean Simmons, then appeared alongside Cary Grant in Dream Wife (1953), a flop comedy. 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". Flowers added to the memorial appear on the bottom of the memorial or here on the Flowers tab. Deborah came to Helensburgh twice during our two years in the town, the first time for five days. She said that Deborah Kerr was staying with Mrs Kirkwood Brown and was a relative of hers. 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. What nationality was Deborah Kerr? The elegant and talented actress died in Suffolk, England on October 16, 2007. In 1944 she was in the Clyde area on location, filming 'Perfect Strangers' with actor Roland Culver. Funeral arrangements are incomplete. 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