Sorry! The film was a big hit in Britain. The elegant and talented actress died in Suffolk, England on October 16, 2007. 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. In The King and I she whistled a happy tune, and the world whistled along. "She has the rare gift", wrote critic Beverley Baxter, "of thinking her lines, not merely remembering them. Roland was expressing his adoration and I suddenly felt a tremendous stinging sensation, like pins and needles, on my behind! Our editors will review what youve submitted and determine whether to revise the article. Deborah Kerr was a Scottish film and television actress. Deborah, who died at home in Suffolk of Parkinson's disease, was born in Helensburgh, near Glasgow, an engineer's daughter. Which memorial do you think is a duplicate of Deborah Kerr (22285687)? 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. Please check your email and click on the link to activate your account. King Solomon's Mines (1950) was shot on location in Africa with Stewart Granger and Richard Carlson. She was decorative and unmemorable in prestige pictures such as King Solomon's Mines (1950) and Quo Vadis (1951). For this performance, Kerr was nominated for an Emmy Award. [20] When asked about this revelation, Kerr's response was, "What a gallant man he is! 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. Though she never won, in 1994 she was awarded an honorary Academy Award for her lifetime achievement in films. Trimmer and Smale married, both aged 28, on 21 August 1919 in Smale's hometown of Lydney, Gloucestershire. For many she will be remembered best for her kiss with . On one occasion she gave my mother a 10 tip, and that was a lot of money in those days.. Her agent Anne Hutton said she died on Tuesday in Suffolk, eastern England. After changing careers, she soon found success as an actress. excellence and international renown in their chosen professional fields, For many years she had battled Parkinson's disease with the dignified grace and quiet wit she brought to her many roles. This is a carousel with slides. [1][13] She played the repressed wife in The End of the Affair (1955), shot in England with Van Johnson. 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). 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. 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. 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. Other TV roles included Ann and Debbie (1986) and Hold the Dream (1986), the latter a sequel to A Woman of Substance. Family members linked to this person will appear here. 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. They write new content and verify and edit content received from contributors. Kerr's first stage appearance was at Weston-super-Mare in 1937, as "Harlequin" in the mime play Harlequin and Columbine. The following year they moved south to Alford. She said that Deborah Kerr was staying with Mrs Kirkwood Brown and was a relative of hers. Born: 22 February, 1930, in Altadena, California. Peter Viertelm. 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". Kerr trained as a dancer in her aunts drama school in Bristol, England. Kerr became known in Britain playing the lead role in the film of Love on the Dole (1941). But Deborah . She received the first of her Oscar nominations for Edward, My Son (1949), a drama set and filmed in England co-starring Spencer Tracy. This relationship is not possible based on lifespan dates. 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). 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. Deborah Jane Trimmer was born on 30 September 1921 in Glasgow, Scotland, the daughter of Captain Arthur Kerr Trimmer. After her Broadway dbut in 1953, she toured the United States with Tea and Sympathy. Garbo sightings were reported breathlessly; even. 1960-2007 Anthony Bartleym. and whose actions, in addition to their achievements, embody the 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 died age of 86 in Suffolk, England, on October 16, 2007, due to complications arising out of Parkinson's disease. She was 86. HELENSBURGH people have long embraced Deborah Kerr as their very own film star, but the time she spent in the town was very short. Are you sure that you want to delete this memorial? American British Deborah Kerr/Nationality. 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. [8] She made Young Bess (1953) with Granger and Jean Simmons, then appeared alongside Cary Grant in Dream Wife (1953), a flop comedy. 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. 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. 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Deborah Kerr. Kerr performed the same role in Vincente Minnelli's film adaptation released in 1956; her stage partner John Kerr (no relation) also appeared. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate, or jump to a slide with the slide dots. There is no independent corroboration of either actor's claims. 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: An Actress in Search of an Author". Let us know if you have suggestions to improve this article (requires login). She made her TV screen debut for CBS with Witness for the Prosecution in 1982. 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. 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. 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, who suffered from Parkinson's disease, died Tuesday in Suffolk in eastern England, her agent, Anne Hutton, said Thursday. Thanks for your help! In September 2021, Kerr's grandsons, Joe and Lex Shrapnel, unveiled a memorial plaque at the former family home in Weston-super-Mare. Biography: Kerr received a bachelor's degree from Valparaiso University, a master's degree in education from the University of Alaska-Fairbanks, and a doctorate in educational leadership from National-Louis University. In 1938 she danced with a ballet group in Prometheus produced by the Sadlers Wells Theater School. Her second marriage was to author Peter Viertel on 23 July 1960. Peter Viertel died of cancer on 4 November 2007, less than three weeks later. Deborah displayed a penchant for dramatics at a very early age when she would stage presentations for her family. She performed in France, Belgium and Holland with ENSA (Entertainments National Service Association, or Every Night Something Awful) - The British Army entertainment service. Her professional experience included working in education and as a superintendent. Her father was an army engineer named Captain Arthur Kerr-Trimmer and her mother was Kathleen Rose. 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. She played a Norwegian resistance fighter in The Day Will Dawn (1942). Deborah Jane Trimmer. 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. The following year she married author Peter Viertel, whose novel White Hunter, Black Heart was a thinly veiled portrait of Huston. She made music out of ordinary dialogue. 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. . Marni Nixon - the singing voice for Audrey Hepburn, Deborah Kerr and others was unsung herself . Deborah Kerr (Photo credit: Wikipedia). She also made her Broadway debut in 1953 in a lead role in Tea and Sympathy. Although nominated six times as Best Actress, Kerr never won a competitive Oscar. 1945-1959 . She was another governess in The Chalk Garden (1964) and worked with John Huston again in The Night of the Iguana (1964). She was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award, Honorary Oscar in 1994. Deborah wrote: "We were sitting on top of a hill overlooking the Clyde, filming a scene. Her second Academy Award nomination was for From Here to Eternity in 1953. She won the fifth Academy Award nomination and the third Golden Globe Award nomination in 1958 for the film Separate Tables. Deborah Kerr made her stage debut in Harlequin and Columbine in 1937. After moving south with her parents when she was just a few years old, Kerr was educated in Bristol and. 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. . The Famous People. 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. Thanks for using Find a Grave, if you have any feedback we would love to hear from you. 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". Please ensure you have given Find a Grave permission to access your location in your browser settings. Are you sure that you want to report this flower to administrators as offensive or abusive? Born on 16 October 2007 in United Kingdom, Deborah Kerr started her career as film and television actress (1921-2007) . In between Paramount borrowed her to appear in Thunder in the East (1951) with Alan Ladd. [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. 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". Her parents first met in Lydney early in 1914 and in due course became engaged, but were parted by the First World War. 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. They had two daughters, Melanie Jane (born 27 December 1947) and Francesca Ann (born 20 December 1951), who married the actor John Shrapnel. 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". Her husband, however, continued to live in Marbella. Verify and try again. There was a problem getting your location. [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]. In Hollywood, Kerr's British accent and manner led to a succession of roles portraying refined, reserved, and "proper" English ladies. 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. When her granny explained that there was no way of recovering the lost treasure, Deborah was inconsolable. 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. Some of Kerr's leading men have stated in their autobiographies that they had an affair or romantic fling with her. She had two daughters from this marriage - Melanie and Francesca. Appeared in her first film, the 1941 production of George Bernard Shaw's "Major Barbara." 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. 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 was another governess in The Chalk Garden (1964) and worked with John Huston again in The Night of the Iguana (1964). ACTRESS Deborah Kerr, star of From Here To Eternity and The King And I, has died aged 86 in Suffolk. She started taking ballet lessons from the age of five and enrolled at the St. 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. 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. Deborah Kerr holds a candle in a scene from the film 'Black Narcissus', 1947. 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). [22][23][24] She is buried in a family plot at Alfold Cemetery, Alfold, Surrey. In 1944 she was in the Clyde area on location, filming 'Perfect Strangers' with actor Roland Culver. Please reset your password. 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. "It was impossible to stop because the camera was shooting on Mr Culver and I couldn't break the scene. Deborah Kerr, better known by her family name Deborah Jane Trimmer, is a popular French film and television actress (1921-2007). At the time of Viertel's death, director Michael Scheingraber was filming the documentary Peter Viertel: Between the Lines, which Scheingraber says will include reminiscences about events concerning Kerr and the American Academy Awards. 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. cemeteries found within miles of your location will be saved to your photo volunteer list. She also performed with the Oxford Repertory Company. Articles from Britannica Encyclopedias for elementary and high school students. Kerr, nevertheless, used any opportunity to discard her cool exterior. You are nearing the transfer limit for memorials managed by Find a Grave. In 1975, she returned to Broadway, creating the role of Nancy in Edward Albee's Pulitzer Prize-winning play Seascape. She also did A Song at Twilight (1982). Beyond demonstrated 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. She won her Academy Award nomination and a Golden Globe Award nomination in 1948 for Edward, My Son. 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!" Kerr originally trained as a ballet dancer, first appearing on stage at Sadler's Wells in 1938. 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 . She had a strong support role in Major Barbara (1941) directed by Gabriel Pascal. Kerr appeared in two huge hits for MGM in a row. She had the lead in a comedy Please Believe Me (1950). 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. Returned to the stage in the 1970's in plays including "The Day After The Fair" and "Candida." She married a war hero Anthony Bartley in 1945 but divorced him in 1959. Kerr, Deborah. She won a nomination for the BAFTA Award for the film Tea and Sympathy in 1956. Her first acting teacher was her aunt, Phyllis Smale, who worked at a drama school in Bristol run by Lally Cuthbert Hicks. Deborah Kerr died age of 86 in Suffolk, England, on October 16, 2007, due to complications arising out of Parkinsons disease. 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. Deborah was barely three. 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. Trimmer and Smale wed, both aged 28, on August 21, 1919 in Smale's . 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. She acted in television movies A Song at Twilight in 1973. When Deborah was two, Arthur decided to retire from civil engineering at the age of 57 and go into business for himself. "[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. qualities of achievement and commitment, the BritishHeritage.org serves to recognize the British Heritage contribution to the betterment of mankind. Updates? Are you sure that you want to remove this flower? Deborah wrote: "We were sitting on top of a hill overlooking the Clyde, filming a scene. Previously sponsored memorials or famous memorials will not have this option. Although at the time he was married to Elspeth March, he states that he and Kerr went on to have an affair. TRIBUTES have been paid to legendary actress Deborah Kerr, who has died at her home in north Suffolk at the age of 86. It was very popular as was An Affair to Remember (1957) opposite Cary Grant. 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