Please check your email and click on the link to activate your account. He bought a small timber haulage firm in Alford, a rural parish on the borders of Surrey and Sussex, near Cranleigh. Kerr. When Deborah was two, Arthur decided to retire from civil engineering at the age of 57 and go into business for himself. Kerr had suffered from Parkinson's disease for several years. Deborah Kerr holds a candle in a scene from the film 'Black Narcissus', 1947. 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. 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. Her flutelike voice was also unique. Kerr and Bartley divorced in 1959. She also did A Song at Twilight (1982). Deborah, who died at home in Suffolk of Parkinson's disease, was born in Helensburgh, near Glasgow, an engineer's daughter. She returned to the cinema one more time in 1985's The Assam Garden. Appeared in her first film, the 1941 production of George Bernard Shaw's "Major Barbara." Her husband, however, continued to live in Marbella. Actress. Learn more about merges. Deborah was barely three. [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]. She made two films at MGM: The Journey (1959) reunited her with Brynner; Count Your Blessings (1959), was a comedy. 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. [1][13] She played the repressed wife in The End of the Affair (1955), shot in England with Van Johnson. By Adam Bernstein, Washington Post | October 19, 2007. 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. After her Broadway dbut in 1953, she toured the United States with Tea and Sympathy. 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. Kerr had a younger brother, Edmund ("Teddy"), who became a journalist. Her other films include The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943), Black Narcissus (1947), From Here to Eternity (1953), Tea and Sympathy (1956), An Affair to Remember (1957), Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison (1957), Separate Tables (1958), The Sundowners (1960), The Innocents (1961), The Grass is Greener (1960), and The Night of the Iguana (1964). Born Deborah Jane Kerr-Trimmer in Helensburgh, Scotland. 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). For this performance, Kerr was nominated for an Emmy Award. However varied her Hollywood roles, she delivered performances of greater nuance and depth in the European-made films The End of the Affair (1955) - again, as a conscience-stricken adulteress - and Bonjour, Tristesse (1958), as a fashion designer provoked by her lover's daughter. Neither film was much of a hit. It was very popular as was An Affair to Remember (1957) opposite Cary Grant. Found more than one record for entered Email, You need to confirm this account before you can sign in. Deborah Kerr came into this world on September 30, 1921, in Glasgow Scotland as Deborah Jane Trimmer. 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. It is considered among the most romantic films of all time according to the American Film Institute. You are only allowed to leave one flower per day for any given memorial. 0 cemeteries found in Alfold, Waverley Borough, Surrey, England. Deborah Kerr is the former superintendent of the Brown Deer School District in northern Milwaukee and says her 20 years of experience in that role has prepared her to lead the state Department of Instruction (DPI) and tackle issues like the achievement gap. Family members linked to this person will appear here. After moving south with her parents when she was just a few years old, Kerr was educated in Bristol and. But Deborah . Learn more about managing a memorial . graphics - January 9, 2014. In 1964 she acted in Tennessee Williams The Night of The Iguana and also starred in The Chalk Garden. At the age of sixteen she attended her aunt Phyllis Smales Hicks-Smale Drama School in Bristol. This film was a production of the team of Frank Launder and Sidney Gilliat. 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. This account has been disabled. Vocation : Entertainment : Live Stage (Legitimate theater) Vocation . She married a war hero Anthony Bartley in 1945 but divorced him in 1959. What nationality was Deborah Kerr? 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. In September 2021, Kerr's grandsons, Joe and Lex Shrapnel, unveiled a memorial plaque at the former family home in Weston-super-Mare. Search above to list available cemeteries. Her role as a troubled nun in the Powell and Pressburger production of Black Narcissus (1947) brought her to the attention of Hollywood producers. 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. The process of development from a romantic, silly girl to a hard, disillusioned woman in three hours was moving and convincing". Kerr originally trained as a ballet dancer, first appearing on stage at Sadler's Wells in 1938. Her final feature film was "The Assam Garden," also in 1985. 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. Both flopped, as did Beloved Infidel (1959) with Gregory Peck. 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. 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). The older you get, the easier it should be but it isn't.[8]. She acted in television movies A Song at Twilight in 1973. She also made her Broadway debut in 1953 in a lead role in Tea and Sympathy. Are you sure that you want to report this flower to administrators as offensive or abusive? She acted in The Innocents and also in the BBC production Three Roads to Rome in 1961. Today, Deborah Kerr lives in . She also did A Song at Twilight (1982). Kerr became known in Britain playing the lead role in the film of Love on the Dole (1941). 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. Kerr trained as a dancer in her aunts drama school in Bristol, England. Trimmer and Smale married, both aged 28, on 21 August 1919 in Smale's hometown of Lydney, Gloucestershire. 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. It was very popular as was An Affair to Remember (1957) opposite Cary Grant. She received the first of her Oscar nominations for Edward, My Son (1949), a drama set and filmed in England co-starring Spencer Tracy. Showing her versatility and range, she played three roles in Michael Powell's The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943), which, along with her extraordinary performance as the nun in Powell's Black Narcissus, got Hollywood's attention. Andrew, Penelope. Black Narcissus became an international hit and led to an MGM contract and the opportunity to play opposite Clark Gable in The Hucksters later that year. Deborah Kerr died on 16 October 2007 in Botesdale, a village in Suffolk, England, from the effects of Parkinson's disease. She made The Arrangement (1969) with Elia Kazan, her director from the stage production of Tea and Sympathy. She acted opposite Robert Mitchum in the film The Sundowners in 1960. 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 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. Deborah Jane Trimmer was born on 30 September 1921 in Hillhead, Glasgow, the only daughter of Kathleen Rose (ne Smale) and Capt. Deborah Kerr was born on 30 September 1921 in Glasgow, Scotland. 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). The film was a big hit in Britain. [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). Once he was sufficiently confident, the couple travelled north to Helensburgh to join his parents. Kerr trained as a dancer in her aunt's drama school in Bristol, England. In 1977, she came back to the West End, playing the title role in a production of George Bernard Shaw's Candida. 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. During the filming, according to Powell's autobiography, Powell and she became lovers:[12] "I realised that Deborah was both the ideal and the flesh-and-blood woman whom I had been searching for". This biography provides detailed information on her childhood, life, acting career, achievements and timeline. The older you get, the easier it should be but it isn't. 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). 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. You can customize the cemeteries you volunteer for by selecting or deselecting below. When her granny explained that there was no way of recovering the lost treasure, Deborah was inconsolable. 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. The film is as yet (2010) unreleased. In 1975, she returned to Broadway, creating the role of Nancy in Edward Albee's Pulitzer Prize-winning play Seascape. The following year they moved south to Alford. Soon, she switched careers and entered the world of acting. Kerr, who suffered from Parkinson's disease, died in Suffolk, eastern England, according to her agent, Anne Hutton. Burt Lancaster and Deborah Kerr in a scene from 'From Here to Eternity', Halona Cove, Oahu, Hawaii, 1953. [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. Failed to delete memorial. Deborah Kerr CBE (born Deborah Jane Kerr-Trimmer; 30 September 1921 - 16 October 2007) was a Scottish-born film, theater and television actress. Her agent Anne Hutton said she died on Tuesday in Suffolk, eastern England. To view a photo in more detail or edit captions for photos you added, click the photo to open the photo viewer. Yet, despite . "She has the rare gift", wrote critic Beverley Baxter, "of thinking her lines, not merely remembering them. She is also one of the female myths of the seventh art. To add a flower, click the Leave a Flower button. 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. According to agent Anne Hutton, Kerr died on . She is most remembered for From Here to . 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. TRIBUTES have been paid to legendary actress Deborah Kerr, who has died at her home in north Suffolk at the age of 86. Deborah displayed a penchant for dramatics at a very early age when she would stage presentations for her family. You have chosen this person to be their own family member. For this performance, Kerr was nominated for an Emmy Award. You can always change this later in your Account settings. 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. Her second marriage was to author Peter Viertel on 23 July 1960. Her first steps on the stage were as a ballet dancer, training with. The Scottish-born actress will forever be associated with her roles in. The theatre would become her first love, despite her enormous movie success, and she returned to it time and again. There is 1 volunteer for this cemetery. 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. The film was a big hit in Britain. In marrying Viertel, she became stepmother to Viertel's daughter, Christine Viertel. excellence and international renown in their chosen professional fields, Deborah Kerr's full name is Deborah Jane Trimmer and her nickname is Deborah Kerr. 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. 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. There is no independent corroboration of either actor's claims. She had a younger brother, Edmund (Teddy). Deborah Kerr has died at the age of 86 after a seven-year battle with Parkinson's disease. 1. I don't mean to belittle acting but I'm like a child when I'm out there performingshocking the grownups, enchanting them, making them laugh or cry. Flowers added to the memorial appear on the bottom of the memorial or here on the Flowers tab. Try again later. Thanks for using Find a Grave, if you have any feedback we would love to hear from you. 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. 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Despite these more adventurous roles, the image of Miss Kerr as prude persisted. As manager of this memorial you can add or update the memorial using the Edit button below. On one occasion she gave my mother a 10 tip, and that was a lot of money in those days.. But she was not Helensburgh-born. Deborah Kerr, one of the great ladies of mid-20th century cinema, who epitomized grace and intelligence on screen, has died. Deborah Kerr (Photo credit: Wikipedia). No other actress - not Audrey Hepburn, Doris Day nor Elizabeth Taylor - enjoyed more popular success in the second half of the 1950s than Miss Kerr. After divorcing Anthony she married a writer, Peter Viertel. In 1977, she came back to the West End, playing the title role in a production of George Bernard Shaw's Candida. Use the links under See more to quickly search for other people with the same last name in the same cemetery, city, county, etc. . This flower has been reported and will not be visible while under review. 0. 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. After her first London success in 1943, she toured England and Scotland in Heartbreak House. Marni Nixon - the singing voice for Audrey Hepburn, Deborah Kerr and others was unsung herself . 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. "[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. Alexander Korda cast her opposite Robert Donat in Perfect Strangers (1945). Share this memorial using social media sites or email. Deborah Kerr is British by birth. 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. 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. 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. The Famous People. Her zodiac sign is Libra. [20] When asked about this revelation, Kerr's response was, "What a gallant man he is! and whose actions, in addition to their achievements, embody the 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. Died: 24 July, 2016 in New York City, aged 86. Discovering an interest in acting, Kerr began playing bit parts in various Shakespeare productions. Kerr made clear that her surname should be pronounced the same as "car". 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. 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. Some of Kerr's leading men have stated in their autobiographies that they had an affair or romantic fling with her. D Deborah Kerr Media in category "Deborah Kerr" 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. She was educated at Northumberland House, Clifton, Bristol. Won the New York Film Critics' Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of a nun in "Black Narcissus" (1947). King Solomon's Mines (1950) was shot on location in Africa with Stewart Granger and Richard Carlson. Less than three weeks later, on 4 November, her husband Peter Viertel died of cancer. ", Audrey Hepburn - Film Legend, Fashion Icon, Humanitarian Great, Vivien Leigh - "Too British" to play Scarlett O'Hara. Year should not be greater than current year. In 1975, she returned to Broadway, creating the role of Nancy in Edward Albee's Pulitzer Prize-winning play Seascape. 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. But she never lost her love, or connection, with Scotland.. If you notice a problem with the translation, please send a message to [emailprotected] and include a link to the page and details about the problem. Thereafter, Kerr's career choices would make her known in Hollywood for her versatility as an actress. Kerr, 63, is the former superintendent of the Brown Deer school district in suburban Milwaukee. 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.. Her estimated net worth was $10 million. Your Scrapbook is currently empty. To use this feature, use a newer browser. Born Deborah Jane Kerr-Trimmer on September 30, 1921, in Helensburgh, Scotland, she trained in ballet before moving . Peter Viertel died of cancer on 4 November 2007, less than three weeks later. She was decorative and unmemorable in prestige pictures such as King Solomon's Mines (1950) and Quo Vadis (1951). She first appeared on stage as Harlequin in 1937 for 'Harlequin And Columbine'. 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. 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. After 1947 Kerr established herself in Hollywood, typecast by MGMin what Kerr referred to as tiara rolesas a well-bred young British matron. Within three weeks after her death, her husband Peter Viertel died of cancer on 4 November. The race was officially nonpartisan, but Democrats and their money lined up solidly behind Underly. 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. Her first appearance on the West End stage was as Ellie Dunn in "Heartbreak House" at the Cambridge Theatre in 1943. Deborah wrote: "We were sitting on top of a hill overlooking the Clyde, filming a scene. 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. [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. She started taking ballet lessons from the age of five and enrolled at the St. She then went to the Sadler's Wells ballet school and in 1938 made her dbut in the corps de ballet in Prometheus. One of the most-cited performers never to win a competitive Oscar, Miss Kerr (pronounced "car") was nominated six times before belatedly receiving an honorary statuette in 1994. Kerr originally trained as a ballet dancer, first appearing on stage at Sadler's Wells in 1938. She won the Golden Globe Award and her third Academy Award nomination for the film The King and I in 1956. Deborah Kerr, original name Deborah Jane Kerr-Trimmer, (born September 30, 1921, Helensburgh, Dunbartonshire, Scotlanddied October 16, 2007, Suffolk, England), British film and stage actress known for the poise and serenity she exhibited in portraying complex characters. Kerr was educated at the independent Northumberland House School, Henleaze in Bristol, and at Rossholme School, Weston-super-Mare. Full Real Name. 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