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. Other TV roles included Ann and Debbie (1986) and Hold the Dream (1986), the latter a sequel to A Woman of Substance. [20] When asked about this revelation, Kerr's response was, "What a gallant man he is! Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate, or jump to a slide with the slide dots. She had the lead in a comedy Please Believe Me (1950). The Famous People. In 1965, the producers of Carry On Screaming! 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. 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. Alexander Korda cast her opposite Robert Donat in Perfect Strangers (1945). She had two daughters from this marriage - Melanie and Francesca. Less than three weeks . They divorced in 1959. Kerr's roles as forceful, sometimes frustrated women expanded the limits of. Kerr, nevertheless, used any opportunity to discard her cool exterior. 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. This flower has been reported and will not be visible while under review. Kerr had suffered from Parkinson's disease for several years. After her Broadway dbut in 1953, she toured the United States with Tea and Sympathy. Are you sure that you want to delete this memorial? In 1941 she made her British film debut in a supporting role as a Salvation Army volunteer in the film adaptation of George Bernard Shaws Major Barbara. Nationality. Deborah Kerr won the New York Film Critics Award in 1947 for Black Narcissus and was voted one of the top earning English stars by Motion Picture Herald poll. Once he was sufficiently confident, the couple travelled north to Helensburgh to join his parents. After moving south with her parents when she was just a few years old, Kerr was educated in Bristol and. Deborah came to Helensburgh twice during our two years in the town, the first time for five days. However in December 2011 a former burgh man, Andrew Rook (69), who lives in Bedfordshire, contacted the Trust to say that she had in fact come back twice. 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]. A machine gun expert, he returned to action in France, but was shot through the right kneecap at the Battle of the Somme. Born Deborah Jane Kerr-Trimmer in Helensburgh, Scotland. She also did A Song at Twilight (1982). Kerr, Deborah. They had two daughters, Melanie Jane (born 27 December 1947) and Francesca Ann (born 20 December 1951), who married the actor John Shrapnel. 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. 1:07. Add to your scrapbook. Honorary Award of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (1994), Golden Globe Award (1959): World Film Favorites, Golden Globe Award (1957): Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy, This article was most recently revised and updated by, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Deborah-Kerr, Deborah Kerr - Student Encyclopedia (Ages 11 and up). 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. [1][13] She played the repressed wife in The End of the Affair (1955), shot in England with Van Johnson. The film was a big hit in Britain. Translation on Find a Grave is an ongoing project. In 1964 she received a fourth BAFTA Award nomination for the film Chalk Garden. Thereafter, Kerr's career choices would make her known in Hollywood for her versatility as an actress. After divorcing Anthony she married a writer, Peter Viertel. Marni Nixon dubbed Kerr's singing voice. 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. Both flopped, as did Beloved Infidel (1959) with Gregory Peck. Soon, she switched careers and entered the world of acting. TRIBUTES have been paid to legendary actress Deborah Kerr, who has died at her home in north Suffolk at the age of 86. [19] Although he was married to Elspeth March, he states that he and Kerr went on to have an affair. 1959) Peter Viertel (m. 1960) Children 2 Melanie and Francesca. Becoming a Find a Grave member is fast, easy and FREE. Born Deborah Jane Kerr-Trimmer in Helensburgh, Scotland. Her second marriage was to author Peter Viertel on 23 July 1960. She joined Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra in a love triangle for a romantic comedy, Marriage on the Rocks (1965). Peter Viertelm. Trimmer and Smale married, both aged 28, on 21 August 1919 in Smale's hometown of Lydney, Gloucestershire. She started taking ballet lessons from the age of five and enrolled at the St. 1945-1959 . Use Escape keyboard button or the Close button to close the carousel. Kerr was educated at the independent Northumberland House School, Henleaze in Bristol, and at Rossholme School, Weston-super-Mare. 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. Are you sure that you want to report this flower to administrators as offensive or abusive? Kerr originally trained as a ballet dancer, first appearing on stage at Sadler's Wells in 1938. Which memorial do you think is a duplicate of Deborah Kerr (22285687)? 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. Failed to report flower. Her husband, however, continued to live in Marbella. She acted in the film Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison opposite Robert Mitchum in 1957. This account has been disabled. 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. Kerr, nevertheless, used any opportunity to discard her cool exterior. However the operation was successful, and the long hard road to recovery began. Her final feature film was "The Assam Garden," also in 1985. HELENSBURGH people have long embraced Deborah Kerr as their very own film star, but the time she spent in the town was very short. Deborah Kerr made her stage debut in Harlequin and Columbine in 1937. In The King and I she whistled a happy tune, and the world whistled along. There was an error deleting this problem. She made her TV screen debut for CBS with Witness for the Prosecution in 1982. [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. She had a younger brother, Edmund (Teddy). She first performed at the Open Air Theatre in Regent's Park, London. 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. 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. Appeared in her first film, the 1941. 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. Neither film was much of a hit. He said: My mother worked as a housekeeper for Mrs Jane Kirkwood Brown, who lived in a large mansion in Charlotte Street and who had returned with her husband from Ceylon where he worked in the tea industry. Trimmer and Smale wed, both aged 28, on August 21, 1919 in Smale's . Kerr originally trained as a ballet dancer, first appearing on stage at Sadler's Wells in 1938. Her last visit to Glasgow was in 1990, when she was a member of the international jury at the European Film Awards. This film was a production of the team of Frank Launder and Sidney Gilliat. 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. [36], On 30 September 2021, on what would have been Kerr's one hundredth birthday, the Lord Provost of Glasgow, Philip Braat, unveiled a memorial plaque in Ruskin Terrace, on the site of the nursing home where Kerr was born.[37]. cemeteries found within kilometers of your location will be saved to your photo volunteer list. Let us know if you have suggestions to improve this article (requires login). When she was 5 the family moved to Bristol, England, where the famously shy girl studied dance at her aunt's academy. She reprised her role in the 1956 film adaptation. She also performed with the Oxford Repertory Company. There he married Col in St Marys Parish Church. Browse 472 deborah kerr actress stock photos and images available, or start a new search to explore more stock photos and images. Deborah Kerr was born Deborah Jane Kerr-Trimmer in Helensburgh, Scotland, on September 30, 1921. In 1947 she moved to Hollywood where she acted in The Hucksters in 1947, King Solomons Mines in 1950 and Quo Vadis in 1951. 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. You are only allowed to leave one flower per day for any given memorial. [16] 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. They were the genteel girl and the brassy babe vying for Clark Gable's attention. 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. Flowers added to the memorial appear on the bottom of the memorial or here on the Flowers tab. Deborah Kerr was one of the most famous English actresses of her time. 1923). Deborah Jane Trimmer, better known by her stage name Deborah Kerr (30 September 1921-16 October 2007), was a British actress who appeared in movies, plays, and television. Burt Lancaster and Deborah Kerr in a scene from 'From Here to Eternity', Halona Cove, Oahu, Hawaii, 1953. In between Paramount borrowed her to appear in Thunder in the East (1951) with Alan Ladd. There is a problem with your email/password. The theatre would become her first love, despite her enormous movie success, and she returned to it time and again. For many she will be remembered best for her kiss with . 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 Jane Kerr-Trimmer, daughter of a Scottish naval officer who served in World War I, was born in Helensburgh, Scotland, in 1921. The plan was that Jack, Col and little Deborah should follow after Jack had worked out his contract with Sir William Arrol, and in 1923 they moved to Ardencaple Quadrant, where homes had been built for those wounded in the war. [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]. She contended six times in Best Actress to little avail: "Edward, My Son" (1949), "From Here to Eternity . She then went to the Sadler's Wells ballet school and in 1938 made her dbut in the corps de ballet in Prometheus. After various walk-on parts in Shakespeare productions at the Open Air Theatre in Regent's Park, London, she joined the Oxford Playhouse repertory company in 1940, playing, inter alia, "Margaret" in Dear Brutus and "Patty Moss" in The Two Bouquets. 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. She received her second New York Film Critics Award, a fourth Academy Award nomination and a second Golden Globe Award nomination for the film Heaven Knows Mr. Allison in 1957. Deborah Kerr's grandsons Joe and Lex Shrapnel with the blue plaque in her honour (Image: Weston Town Council) She died in Suffolk in 2007 aged 86 from Parkinson's Disease and is buried in Surrey . He died, aged 78, in a road rage incident in 2004. Try again later. Thanks for using Find a Grave, if you have any feedback we would love to hear from you. Although at the time he was married to Elspeth March, he states that he and Kerr went on to have an affair. As manager of this memorial you can add or update the memorial using the Edit button below. In Hollywood, Kerr's British accent and manner led to a succession of roles portraying refined, reserved, and "proper" English ladies. Deborah Kerr died on 16 October 2007 in Botesdale, a village in Suffolk, England, from the effects of Parkinson's disease. Your Scrapbook is currently empty. She won her Academy Award nomination and a Golden Globe Award nomination in 1948 for Edward, My Son. She starred in The Day after The Fair on the London stage in 1972 and toured the United States with it in 1973. 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. In 1945 she toured Europe with the play Gaslight to entertain the British Troops. Died: 24 July, 2016 in New York City, aged 86. Deborah Kerr (Photo credit: Wikipedia). 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. [12] Kerr made clear that her surname should be pronounced the same as "car". In 1953, Kerr "showed her theatrical mettle" as Portia in Joseph Mankiewicz's Julius Caesar. Omissions? character of the British people through commitment to British values, the British community and/or to Great Britain. She acted on London stage in The Corn Is Green in 1985. R41 I thought 'Vacation from Marriage' was embarrassing. Kerr's first stage appearance was at Weston-super-Mare in 1937, as "Harlequin" in the mime play Harlequin and Columbine. For many she will be remembered best for her kiss with Burt. Kerr originally trained as a ballet dancer, first appearing on stage at Sadler's Wells in 1938. She was a widow in love with William Holden in The Proud and Profane (1956), directed by George Seaton. After her Broadway dbut in 1953, she toured the United States with Tea and Sympathy. Deborah Kerr, the sophisticated, Scottish-born actress who was nominated for six Oscars, died Tuesday in Suffolk, England, after many years of failing health. "She has the rare gift", wrote critic Beverley Baxter, "of thinking her lines, not merely remembering them. This page was last edited on 7 January 2023, at 05:21. She was a widow in love with William Holden in The Proud and Profane (1956), directed by George Seaton. Edit a memorial you manage or suggest changes to the memorial manager. Deborah Kerr had to wear the padded bras because that was the other fashion of the 50s. Her second marriage was to author Peter Viertel on 23 July 1960. British exhibitors voted her the eighth-most popular local star at the box-office in 1947. The following year she married author Peter Viertel, whose novel White Hunter, Black Heart was a thinly veiled portrait of Huston. Please reset your password. Yet, despite . 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. 1960-2007 Anthony Bartleym. They divorced in 1959. ", 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.. Thanks for your help! St James Terrace, in W2, has since been renamed Ruskin Terrace. Deborah Jane Trimmer was born on 30 September 1921 in Hillhead, Glasgow, the only daughter of Kathleen Rose (ne Smale) and Capt. She was 86. For many years she had battled Parkinson's disease with the dignified grace and quiet wit she brought to her many roles. [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). Peter Viertel died of cancer on 4 November 2007, less than three weeks later. Kerr made her British TV debut in "Three Roads to Rome" (1963). Appeared in her first film, the 1941 production of George Bernard Shaw's "Major Barbara." 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. She was the superintendent for Brown . based on information from your browser. What nationality was Deborah Kerr? 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. 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. She also did A Song at Twilight (1982). Previously sponsored memorials or famous memorials will not have this option. She had a strong support role in Major Barbara (1941) directed by Gabriel Pascal. 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. In between Paramount borrowed her to appear in Thunder in the East (1951) with Alan Ladd. 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. [12], In 1943, aged 21, Kerr made her West End dbut as Ellie Dunn in a revival of Heartbreak House at the Cambridge Theatre, stealing attention from stalwarts such as Edith Evans and Isabel Jeans. But despite her illustrious future, her childhood was not a walk in the park. She made The Arrangement (1969) with Elia Kazan, her director from the stage production of Tea and Sympathy. For this performance, Kerr was nominated for an Emmy Award. Kerr, who suffered from Parkinson's disease, died in Suffolk, eastern England, according to her agent, Anne Hutton. Deborah Kerr and Burt Lancaster were in From Here to Eternity (1953) together.. About. British exhibitors voted her the eighth-most popular local star at the box-office in 1947. 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". Countless newspaper, magazine and website articles say that the Scottish girl who became the archetypal movie perfect English rose was born in the burgh. In September 2021, Kerr's grandsons, Joe and Lex Shrapnel, unveiled a memorial plaque at the former family home in Weston-super-Mare. 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