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Deborah Jane Trimmer [1] CBE (30 September 1921 – 16 October 2007), known professionally as Deborah Kerr (/ k ɑːr /), was a British actress. She was nominated six times for the Academy Award for Best Actress , becoming the first person from Scotland to be nominated for any acting Oscar.
Deborah Kerr was cast in the role of the leading Sister Superior, Sister Clodagh. [10] Pressburger chose Kerr for the role despite the reservations of Powell, who felt she was too young for the part. [10] At one point, Powell considered Greta Garbo for the part. [10] Kerr was paid £16,000 for fifty-five days of work. [11]
An Affair to Remember is a 1957 American romance film directed by Leo McCarey and starring Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr. Filmed in CinemaScope , it was distributed by 20th Century Fox . It is considered among the most romantic films of all time according to the American Film Institute . [ 4 ]
Deborah Kerr was announced as the female lead in July 1949. [8] MGM wanted Errol Flynn to co-star. [9] The same month Compton Bennett was signed to direct; he had just finished That Forsyte Woman for MGM with Flynn. [10] Flynn eventually chose instead to star in Kim. Stewart Granger was signed to play the role in August 1949.
Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison is a 1957 American CinemaScope war film directed by John Huston.It stars Deborah Kerr as an Irish nun and Robert Mitchum as a U.S. Marine, both stranded on a Japanese-occupied island in the Pacific Ocean during World War II.
The Naked Edge is a 1961 thriller film starring Gary Cooper (in his final film role) and Deborah Kerr.The film was a British-American co-production distributed by United Artists, directed by Michael Anderson and produced by George Glass and Walter Seltzer, with Marlon Brando Sr. as executive producer.
Perfect Strangers (United States title: Vacation from Marriage), is a 1945 British drama film made by London Films.It stars Robert Donat and Deborah Kerr as a married couple whose relationship is shaken by their service in the Second World War.
Its consensus reads, "Creepily atmospheric, The Innocents is a stylishly crafted, chilling British ghost tale with Deborah Kerr at her finest". [ 58 ] Peter Bradshaw , film critic for The Guardian , gave the film five out of five stars in December 2013, praising it as an "elegant, sinister and scalp-prickling ghost story". [ 59 ]