There are no volunteers for this cemetery. 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". 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. 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 had a younger brother, Edmund ("Teddy"), who became a journalist. Her husband, however, continued to live in Marbella. She acted in another British film Black Narcissus in 1947. Deborah, who died at home in Suffolk of Parkinson's disease, was born in Helensburgh, near Glasgow, an engineer's daughter. 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She won the fifth Academy Award nomination and the third Golden Globe Award nomination in 1958 for the film Separate Tables. "She has the rare gift", wrote critic Beverley Baxter, "of thinking her lines, not merely remembering them. Our editors will review what youve submitted and determine whether to revise the article. ", Audrey Hepburn - Film Legend, Fashion Icon, Humanitarian Great, Vivien Leigh - "Too British" to play Scarlett O'Hara. Kerr's first marriage was to Squadron Leader Anthony Bartley RAF on 29 November 1945. In 1965, the producers of Carry On Screaming! Deborah Kerr and Burt Lancaster were in From Here to Eternity (1953) together.. About. Remove advertising from a memorial by sponsoring it for just $5. "It was impossible to stop because the camera was shooting on Mr Culver and I couldn't break the scene. "[21], 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. 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. She relocated to Hollywood and was under contract to MGM. 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. 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. [6][7], Kerr was educated at the independent Northumberland House School, Henleaze in Bristol, and at Rossholme School, Weston-super-Mare. 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. They had two daughters, Melanie Jane (born 27 December 1947) and Francesca Ann (born 18 December 1951, who married to the actor John Shrapnel). 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". Unfortunately, the Academy didn't like Kerr as much as the New York critics. 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 rejoined old screen partner Mitchum in Reunion at Fairborough (1985). In 1975, she returned to Broadway, creating the role of Nancy in Edward Albee's Pulitzer Prize-winning play Seascape. 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. Please contact Find a Grave at [emailprotected] if you need help resetting your password. "She has the rare gift", wrote critic Beverley Baxter, "of thinking her lines, not merely remembering them. 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. Deborah Jane Kerr-Trimmer, daughter of a Scottish naval officer who served in World War I, was born in Helensburgh, Scotland, in 1921. She made The Arrangement (1969) with Elia Kazan, her director from the stage production of Tea and Sympathy. Deborah Kerr - as she came to be known - spent her early life in Helensburgh before moving with her parents to Gloucestershire. Search above to list available cemeteries. She eventually caught the eye of MGM's Louis B. Mayer and in late 1946 joined the studio. Very romantic! 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. See a Kerr filmography and more photos via http://go.philly.com/kerr EndText, California residents do not sell my data request. Deborah Kerr is British by birth. Deborah was barely three. . During her international film career, Kerr won a Golden Globe Award for her performance as Anna Leonowens in the musical film The King and I (1956). Year should not be greater than current year. 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". 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.. 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. What nationality was Deborah Kerr? Let us know if you have suggestions to improve this article (requires login). 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. The film was a big hit in Britain. Marthas School in Surrey and then at the Northumberland House Boarding School in Clifton, Bristol. She acted in the film Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison opposite Robert Mitchum in 1957. She then went to the Sadler's Wells ballet school and in 1938 made her dbut in the corps de ballet in Prometheus. [1][13] She played the repressed wife in The End of the Affair (1955), shot in England with Van Johnson. Thanks for using Find a Grave, if you have any feedback we would love to hear from you. There is a problem with your email/password. Are you sure that you want to remove this flower? Garbo sightings were reported breathlessly; even. Her father was an army engineer named Captain Arthur Kerr-Trimmer and her mother was Kathleen Rose. According to agent Anne Hutton, Kerr died on . [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. State superintendent candidate Deborah Kerr solicited clients and organized branding for her private consulting business through her public school district email address, including several times during work hours, prior to her retirement as Brown Deer School District superintendent last year. Director Fred Zinnemann at Columbia, in a risk-taking gesture, cast Kerr (on loan from MGM) against type in the role of a lusty, adulterous army wife in From Here to Eternity (1953), hoping that Kerrs ladylike poise would provide an interesting contrast to her characters seamy past. Neither film was much of a hit. 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. 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. A machine gun expert, he returned to action in France, but was shot through the right kneecap at the Battle of the Somme. The Famous People. Also in 1953 Kerr made an acclaimed debut on Broadway in Tea and Sympathy with her sensitive portrayal of a schoolteachers wife who has an affair with a young student insecure about his sexuality. 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 played three women in Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943). Kerr, nevertheless, used any opportunity to discard her cool exterior. Trimmer and Smale wed, both aged 28, on August 21, 1919 in Smale's . She was 86. 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 . Although nominated six times as Best Actress, Kerr never won a competitive Oscar. 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. Whether it was as the nun struggling to repress her desire in Black Narcissus (1947), the married woman who relished an adulterous roll in the surf with Burt Lancaster in From Here to Eternity (1953), the teacher's wife who beds a student who may be homosexual in Tea and Sympathy (1956), or the kept woman drawn to kept man Cary Grant in An Affair to Remember (1957), Miss Kerr projected propriety and sexuality. Once he was sufficiently confident, the couple travelled north to Helensburgh to join his parents. 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". In Hollywood, Kerr's British accent and manner led to a succession of roles portraying refined, reserved, and "proper" English ladies. Kerr, who suffered from Parkinson's disease, died Tuesday in Suffolk in eastern England, her agent, Anne Hutton, said Thursday. Her agent Anne Hutton said she died on Tuesday in Suffolk, eastern England. Deborah Kerr was 24 but looked 18; Robert Donat was 40 but looked 50. 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. She played the repressed wife in The End of the Affair (1955), shot in England with Van Johnson. Try again. Deborah came to Helensburgh twice during our two years in the town, the first time for five days. D Deborah Kerr Media in category "Deborah Kerr" Funeral arrangements are incomplete. character of the British people through commitment to British values, the British community and/or to Great Britain. Although she long resided in Klosters, Switzerland and Marbella, Spain, she moved back to Britain to be closer to her own children as her health began to deteriorate. 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. It's an unbelievable terror, a kind of masochistic madness. Alexander Korda cast her opposite Robert Donat in Perfect Strangers (1945). Deborah Kerr died on 16 October 2007 in Botesdale, a village in Suffolk, England, from the effects of Parkinson's disease. 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). She and Walter Pidgeon were cast in If Winter Comes (1947). Marni Nixon - the singing voice for Audrey Hepburn, Deborah Kerr and others was unsung herself . After her Broadway dbut in 1953, she toured the United States with Tea and Sympathy. 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 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. [20] When asked about this revelation, Kerr's response was, "What a gallant man he is! Deborah Jane Trimmer, mer knd som Deborah Kerr, fdd 30 september 1921 i Glasgow i Skottland, [1] [2] dd 16 oktober 2007 i Botesdale i Suffolk, var en brittisk skdespelare.Bland Kerrs filmer mrks Det brjade i Berlin (1943), Svart narcissus (1947), Kung Salomos skatt (1950), Quo Vadis (1951), Hrifrn till evigheten (1953), Kungen och jag (1956), Allt om krlek (1957), Vem vet, Mr . In terms of lead actress nominations without a victory, Kerr now maintains the record. In 1997 she was created a Companion of the Order of the British Empire. On one occasion she gave my mother a 10 tip, and that was a lot of money in those days.. 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). In 1944 she was in the Clyde area on location, filming 'Perfect Strangers' with actor Roland Culver. Kerr announced her retirement in 1969, though she continued to make occasional appearances onstage and in feature and TV movies. based on information from your browser. She acted in a film adaption of Bernard Shaws work titled Major Barbara and then in the lead role in Love on the Dole in 1940. In 1938 she danced with a ballet group in Prometheus produced by the Sadlers Wells Theater School. The process of development from a romantic, silly girl to a hard, disillusioned woman in three hours was moving and convincing". [10], 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 was educated at the independent Northumberland House School, Henleaze in Bristol, and at Rossholme School, Weston-super-Mare. Nationality. After her Broadway dbut in 1953, she toured the United States with Tea and Sympathy. There is no independent corroboration of either actor's claims. 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. Deborah was barely three. 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. Kerr was educated at the independent Northumberland House School, Henleaze in Bristol, and at Rossholme School, Weston-super-Mare. Updates? "Finally the scene was over and I leapt to my feet and screamed I found I had been sitting on an ants nest! Today, Deborah Kerr lives in . Her parents were Kathleen ne Small and Arthur Kerr-Trimmer. Deborah Kerr movies: with Burt Lancaster in From Here to Eternity. Deborah Kerr was a Scottish film and television actress. Kerr's first marriage was to Royal Air Force Squadron Leader Anthony Bartley on 29 November 1945. But Deborah . 1:07. 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. [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. 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. 1945-1959 . Kerr, nevertheless, used any opportunity to discard her cool exterior. Kerr appeared in two huge hits for MGM in a row. You see, Kerr had a very strict grandmother who concocted a somewhat cruel form of therapy for her. [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]. . 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. [22][23][24] She is buried in a family plot at Alfold Cemetery, Alfold, Surrey. "Deborah Kerr: An Actress in Search of an Author". 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. 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. From an early age, she staged dramatic presentations for her family. Some of Kerr's leading men have stated in their autobiographies that they had an affair or romantic fling with her. HELENSBURGH people have long embraced Deborah Kerr as their very own film star, but the time she spent in the town was very short. Marni Nixon dubbed Kerr's singing voice. Durdham Lodge was owned by Kerr's aunt Phyllis Smale, who ran it as a dance academy in the 1930s . She said that Deborah Kerr was staying with Mrs Kirkwood Brown and was a relative of hers. Deborah Jane Trimmer. Kerr was educated at the independent Northumberland House School, Henleaze in Bristol, and at Rossholme School, Weston-super-Mare. Kerr. But it wasn't long before. 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. In 1945 she toured Europe with the play Gaslight to entertain the British Troops. Deborah Kerr, one of the great ladies of mid-20th century cinema, who epitomized grace and intelligence on screen, has died. We will review the memorials and decide if they should be merged. Despite these more adventurous roles, the image of Miss Kerr as prude persisted. 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