Deborah Kerr

Q: Did Deborah Kerr win an Oscar?

Deborah Kerr was nominated for six Academy Awards throughout her career but did not win a competitive Oscar. She received an honorary award in 1994.

Q: What was Deborah Kerr's first film?

Deborah Kerr's film debut was in 'Contraband' (1940), where she played a supporting role.

Q: What was Deborah Kerr's acting style known for?

Deborah Kerr's acting style was characterized by her poise, emotional depth, and a unique ability to convey vulnerability.

Q: How many children did Deborah Kerr have?

Deborah Kerr had three children: Francesca, Melanie, and Katherine.

Q: What was Deborah Kerr's estimated net worth?

Deborah Kerr's estimated net worth was around 20 million USD at the time of her passing.

Q: What awards did Deborah Kerr receive during her career?

In addition to her Oscar nominations, Deborah Kerr received BAFTA and Golden Globe nominations, winning a BAFTA for Best Actress in 1950.

Q: What is a notable milestone in Deborah Kerr's filmography?

A notable milestone in Deborah Kerr's filmography is her performance in 'Black Narcissus' (1947), which is often cited as one of her best roles.

Known for

The Innocents (2018)

IMDb 6.3 / 10

2018 / Drama, Horror

When a teenage couple runs away to be together, the extraordinary gift they possess unleashes powerful forces intent on dividing them forever.

Name

Deborah Kerr

Height

5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)

Born

30 September 1921, Helensburgh, Scotland, UK

Spouses

Anthony Bartley (1945–1959)

Children

3, Francesca, Melanie, and Katherine

Parents

Catherine Kerr, Arthur Charles Kerr

Estimated Net Worth

20 million USD

Year	Title	Character	Rating
2024	Movie Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger Martin Scorsese presents this very personal and insightful new feature-length documentary about British filmmakers Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger.	(archive footage)	TMDB 7.7 / 10
2022	Movie Rat Pack In the 1950s, a small group of artists monopolized the attention of the cameras and the public. Frank Sinatra, Dean...	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 9.0 / 10
2019	Movie Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast In the late 1990s, iconic photographer Bruce Weber barely managed to convince legendary actor Robert Mitchum (1917-97) to let himself...	Self - Actress (archive footage)	TMDB 5.0 / 10
2013	TV Talking Pictures A look back at television appearances by legends of the silver screen, using archive footage to tell the story of...	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2010	Movie Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff In 2001 Jack Cardiff (1914-2009) became the first director of photography in the history of the Academy Awards to win...	Sister Clodagh (archive footage) (uncredited)	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2000	Movie Sir John Mills' Moving Memories A film biography with a difference, Sir John Mills' Moving Memories charts the life of one of Britain's most distinguished...	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1995	Movie Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was King There is only one Yul Brynner. No other actor had his looks, his range of talents, his energy and his...	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 8.5 / 10
1991	Movie Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker This documentary, hosted by actor Burgess Meredith, explores the life and career of movie director Otto Preminger, whose body of...	Self	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1991	Movie Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star A retrospective on the career of Robert Mitchum through interviews with friends and co-workers, scenes from his films and the...	Self	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1988	Movie John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick Biography of risk-taker and raconteur John Huston from his childhood to become one of the most highly respected filmmakers in...	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1988	Movie Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man A retrospective of the life and career of actor Cary Grant, including clips from his films and interviews with his...	Self	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1987	TV Hold the Dream Hold the Dream is a two-part 1987 television serial based on Barbara Taylor Bradford's 1985 novel of the same name,...	Emma Harte	TMDB 4.4 / 10
1986	Movie Ann and Debbie Two friends, Ann and Debbie, meet for drinks to discuss marriage difficulties.	Ann	TMDB 2.0 / 10
1985	Movie The Assam Garden An insecure, aggressive widow of a tea garden manager reluctantly develops an affectionate relationship with an Indian housewife and her...	Helen	TMDB 7.3 / 10
1985	Movie Reunion at Fairborough World War II vets travel to England for a reunion at their old base. Stars Judi Trott, Barry Morse, Red...	Sally Wells Grant	TMDB 5.8 / 10
1985	TV A Woman of Substance The life of Emma Harte, from kitchen maid at the beginning of the 20th-century, to respected businesswoman and grandmother in...	Older Emma Harte	TMDB 7.6 / 10
1982	Movie Witness for the Prosecution An ailing barrister is thrust back into the courtroom in what becomes one of the most unusual and eventful murder...	Nurse Plimsoll	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1982	Movie A Song At Twilight Enormously successful writer Sir Hugo Latymer has a tryst with the past not altogether to his liking. This bittersweet comedy...	Carlotta Gray	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1982	Movie Night of 100 Stars The most glittering, expensive, and exhausting videotaping session in television history took place Friday February 19, 1982 at New York's...	Self	TMDB 5.8 / 10
1981	TV Entertainment Tonight Daily tabloid television news show on entertainment and celebrity news with unprecedented access to Hollywood's biggest stars, exclusive behind-the-scenes looks...	Self	TMDB 4.3 / 10
1974	TV Dinah! Dinah's show premiered 9 September 1974 and continued through to 4 September 1981. She started out the 70's with Dinah's...	Self	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1974	TV Playhouse A one-hour anthology television series of one-off contemporary and classic dramas produced by the BBC.	Carlotta Gray	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1971	TV Film '72 The BBC's flagship cinema review TV program featuring reviews of new releases, news items and interviews. The title of the...	Self	TMDB 4.7 / 10
1971	TV V.I.P. Schaukel V.I.P.-Schaukel is a 45 minute documentary-family-news-talk show starring Margret Dünser as Host. The series premiered on Sun May 09, 1971...	Self	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1969	Movie The Arrangement An adman attempts to rebuild his shattered life after suffering a nervous breakdown.	Florence Anderson	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1969	Movie The Gypsy Moths Three skydivers and their travelling thrill show barnstorm through a small midwestern town one Fourth of July weekend.	Elizabeth Brandon	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1969	Movie The Sky Divers A behind-the-scenes, promotional short about the making of the feature film The Gypsy Moths (1969), which extensively features free fall...	Self	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1968	TV The Dick Cavett Show The Dick Cavett Show has been the title of several talk shows hosted by Dick Cavett on various television networks.	Self - Guest	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1968	Movie Prudence and the Pill Prudence Hardcastle is on the pill. So is her sister-in-law, but someone has been swapping aspirin for their pills. Is...	Prudence Hardcastle	TMDB 5.7 / 10
1967	Movie Casino Royale Sir James Bond is called back out of retirement to stop SMERSH. In order to trick SMERSH, James thinks up...	Agent Mimi / Lady Fiona McTarry	TMDB 5.3 / 10
1966	Movie Eye of the Devil A French nobleman deserts his wife because of an ancient family secret.	Catherine de Montfaucon	TMDB 6.1 / 10
1965	Movie Marriage on the Rocks Ad-agency president Dan Edwards goes to Mexico to celebrate his nineteenth wedding anniversary and winds up getting divorced by mistake,...	Valerie Edwards	TMDB 5.8 / 10
1965	Movie Uncertain Verification A short film containing a collection of clips from various Hollywood movies.	(archive footage)	TMDB 6.6 / 10
1964	Movie The Night of the Iguana A defrocked Episcopal clergyman leads a bus-load of middle-aged Baptist women on a tour of the Mexican coast and comes...	Hannah Jelkes	TMDB 7.2 / 10
1964	Movie On the Trail of the Iguana Behind the scenes documentary of the filming of Tennessee Williams' The Night of the Iguana.	Self	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1964	Movie The Chalk Garden The peculiar antics of Laurel, an emotionally troubled young girl, are the focus of The Chalk Garden – a stately...	Miss Madrigal	TMDB 7.2 / 10
1962	TV The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight Show franchise from...	Self	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1961	Movie The Innocents In a mid-19th century Essex country house, a young governess for two children becomes convinced that the house and grounds...	Miss Giddens	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1961	Movie The Naked Edge Five years after George Radcliffe was the chief witness in a high profile murder case, his wife receives a blackmailing...	Martha Radcliffe	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1960	Movie The Grass Is Greener Victor and Hillary are down on their luck to the point that they allow tourists to take guided tours of...	Hilary Rhyall	TMDB 6.4 / 10
1960	Movie The Sundowners In the Australian Outback, the Carmody family--Paddy, Ida, and their teenage son Sean--are sheep drovers, always on the move. Ida...	Ida Carmody	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1959	Movie Beloved Infidel In the late 1930s, Sheilah Graham’s Hollywood column quickly becomes popular for its biting tone. At a party, she meets...	Sheilah Graham	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1959	Movie Count Your Blessings Englishwoman Grace Allingham marries Frenchman Charles Edouard de Valhubert, but their marriage quickly becomes unusual. Because Charles cheats on her...	Grace Allingham	TMDB 4.8 / 10
1959	Movie The Journey A Communist officer falls hard for a married woman trying to escape from Hungary.	Diana Ashmore	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1958	Movie Separate Tables The lives of a disparate group of unfulfilled people converge at a small, seaside English hotel.	Sibyl Railton-Bell	TMDB 7.1 / 10
1958	TV Small World Presents a filmed, intercontinental conversation that links moderator Edward R. Murrow in New York with three internationally known figures located...	Self	TMDB 7.3 / 10
1958	Movie Bonjour Tristesse A spoiled teenager spends the summer at the French Riviera with her rich, widower, playboy father, but when his old...	Anne Larson	TMDB 6.7 / 10
1957	Movie An Affair to Remember A couple falls in love and agrees to meet in six months at the Empire State Building - but will...	Terry McKay	TMDB 7.4 / 10
1957	Movie Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison A Roman Catholic nun and a hard-bitten US Marine are stranded together on a Japanese-occupied island in the South Pacific...	Sister Angela	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1956	Movie Tea and Sympathy A sensitive young man recalls his time in boarding school when the only person who seemed compassionate towards him was...	Laura Reynolds	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1956	Movie The King and I Widowed Welsh mother Anna Leonowens becomes a governess and English tutor to the wives and many children of the stubborn...	Anna Leonowens	TMDB 7.1 / 10
1956	TV The Steve Allen Show	Self - Recipient	TMDB 6.2 / 10
1956	Movie The Proud and Profane In this romantic drama, beautiful Red Cross volunteer Lee Ashley arrives on the South Pacific island of New Caledonia to...	Lee Ashley	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1956	TV Tony Awards The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway...	Self - Host / Presenter	Not rated
1956	TV Cinépanorama	Self	TMDB 8.7 / 10
1955	Movie The End of the Affair During the 1940s, Maurice Bendrix, a writer recently discharged from the armed service, falls in love with Sarah Miles, whom...	Sarah Miles	TMDB 5.8 / 10
1953	Movie From Here to Eternity In 1941 Hawaii, a private is cruelly punished for not boxing on his unit's team, while his captain's wife and...	Karen Holmes	TMDB 7.3 / 10
1953	Movie Dream Wife Clemson Reade, a business tycoon with marriage on his mind, and Effie, a U.S. diplomat, are a modern couple. Unfortunately...	Effie	TMDB 5.4 / 10
1953	Movie Julius Caesar The growing ambition of Julius Caesar is a source of major concern to his close friend Brutus. Cassius persuades him...	Portia	TMDB 7.1 / 10
1953	Movie Young Bess The mother died under the executioner's axe; the daughter rose to become England's greatest monarch -- the brilliant and cunning...	Catherine Parr	TMDB 5.8 / 10
1953	TV The Oscars An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The various category winners are awarded a copy...	Self	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1952	Movie Thunder in the East During India's first years of independence from Britain, Steve Gibbs lands his armaments loaded plane in Ghandahar province hoping to...	Joan Willoughby	TMDB 5.6 / 10
1952	Movie The Prisoner of Zenda A kingdom's ascending heir, marked for assassination, switches identities with a lookalike, who takes his place at the coronation. When...	Princess Flavia	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1951	TV Hallmark Hall of Fame Long-running anthology program sponsored by Hallmark Cards. Beginning in 1951 and continuing into 2019, the series received 80 Emmy Awards,...	Miss Plimsoll	TMDB 8.8 / 10
1951	Movie Quo Vadis After fierce Roman commander Marcus Vinicius becomes infatuated with beautiful Christian hostage Lygia, he begins to question the tyrannical leadership...	Lygia	TMDB 7.1 / 10
1951	Movie Rome, the Eternal City A Traveltalk style documentary look at Rome.	Self	Not rated
1950	Movie Jungle Safari Documentary on the making of King Solomon's Mines (1950), highlighting the seven custom-bodied Dodge trucks used for the transportation of...	Herself (archival footage)	TMDB 4.0 / 10
1950	Movie King Solomon's Mines Fortune hunter Allan Quatermain teams up with a resourceful woman to help her find her missing husband lost in the...	Elizabeth Curtis	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1950	Movie Please Believe Me A woman in London unexpectedly inherits a Texas ranching fortune, and takes a transatlantic voyage to collect her fortune, not...	Alison Kirbe	TMDB 5.1 / 10
1950	TV What's My Line? Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while blindfolded, their identity - by...	Self	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1949	Movie Edward, My Son Following the death of his only son, a ruthless businessman reflects on his life, his unhappy marriage and his questionable...	Evelyn Boult	TMDB 6.4 / 10
1948	TV The Ed Sullivan Show The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June 20, 1948...	Self	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1947	Movie If Winter Comes The small English town of Penny Green is swarming with scandal when textbook author Mark, unhappily married to the shrewish...	Nona Tybar	TMDB 6.7 / 10
1947	Movie The Hucksters A World War II veteran wants to return to advertising on his own terms, but finds it difficult to be...	Kay Dorrance	TMDB 7.1 / 10
1947	Movie Black Narcissus A group of Anglican nuns, led by Sister Clodagh, are sent to a mountain in the Himalayas. The climate in...	Sister Clodagh	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1946	Movie I See a Dark Stranger Proud Irishwoman Bridie Quilty journeys to Dublin while World War II rages across Europe. During her travels, she encounters J....	Bridie Quilty	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1945	Movie Perfect Strangers After World War II service changes them, a married couple dread their postwar reunion.	Catherine Wilson	TMDB 6.6 / 10
1943	Movie The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp General Candy, who's overseeing an English squad in 1943, is a veteran leader who doesn't have the respect of the...	Edith Hunter / Barbara Wynne / Angela "Johnny" Cannon	TMDB 7.4 / 10
1942	Movie The Day Will Dawn When Hitler invades Poland, sports journalist Colin Metcalfe (Hugh Williams) is unexpectedly reassigned as a foreign correspondent in Norway. En...	Kari Alstad	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1942	Movie Hatter's Castle The year is 1880. On the outskirts of the fictional small Scottish town of Levenford there stands a strange building,...	Mary Brodie	TMDB 5.8 / 10
1942	Movie Penn of Pennsylvania Penn of Pennsylvania is a 1941 British historical drama film directed by Lance Comfort and starring Deborah Kerr, Clifford Evans,...	Gulielma Maria Springett	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1941	Movie Love on the Dole Depressing and realistic family drama about the struggles of unemployment and poverty in 1930s Lancashire. The 20-year-old Kerr gives an...	Sally	TMDB 5.9 / 10
1941	Movie Major Barbara Idealistic young Barbara is the daughter of rich weapons manufacturer Andrew Undershaft. She rebels against her estranged father by joining...	Jenny Hill	TMDB 6.9 / 10