. 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. When Deborah was two, Arthur decided to retire from civil engineering at the age of 57 and go into business for himself. 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. [citation needed]. 0 cemeteries found in Alfold, Waverley Borough, Surrey, England. 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. She made A Woman of Substance in 1984 and Reunion at Fairborough in 1985. In 45 films, in as many years, she seldom, if . It's an unbelievable terror, a kind of masochistic madness. She started taking part in productions at the Open Air Theater in Regent Park, London and changed her name to Deborah Kerr. She eventually caught the eye of MGM's Louis B. Mayer and in late 1946 joined the studio. [19] Although he was married to Elspeth March, he states that he and Kerr went on to have an affair. In September and October 2010, Josephine Botting of the British Film Institute curated the "Deborah Kerr Season", which included around twenty of her feature films and an exhibition of posters, memorabilia and personal items loaned by her family. Kerr trained as a dancer in her aunts drama school in Bristol, England. Deborah Kerr had to wear the padded bras because that was the other fashion of the 50s. In 1944 she was in the Clyde area on location, filming 'Perfect Strangers' with actor Roland Culver. From this point on, Kerr was offered a wider variety of characters with a broader emotional range. She had the lead in a comedy Please Believe Me (1950). Her second marriage was to author Peter Viertel on 23 July 1960. You are only allowed to leave one flower per day for any given memorial. In 1955, Kerr won the Sarah Siddons Award for her performance in Chicago during a national tour of the play. Translation on Find a Grave is an ongoing project. Although nominated six times as Best Actress, Kerr never won a competitive Oscar. 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. 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. Part 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 appeared on September 16, 17, 18, 19 and 22 respectively. She contended six times in Best Actress to little avail: "Edward, My Son" (1949), "From Here to Eternity . Kerr's first film role was in the British production Contraband (US: Blackout, 1940), aged 18 or 19, but her scenes were cut. [12] Kerr made clear that her surname should be pronounced the same as "car". She played the repressed wife in The End of the Affair (1955), shot in England with Van Johnson. St James Terrace, in W2, has since been renamed Ruskin Terrace. "She has the rare gift", wrote critic Beverley Baxter, "of thinking her lines, not merely remembering them. During the filming, according to Powell's autobiography, Powell and she became lovers: "I realised that Deborah was both the ideal and the flesh-and-blood woman whom I had been searching for". Jack returned to the Roehampton hospital to learn to walk with an artificial leg, while Col stayed in a nearby hotel and was always on hand to help and encourage. She made music out of ordinary dialogue. Her first steps on the stage were as a ballet dancer, training with. Kerr had a younger brother, Edmund ("Teddy"), who became a journalist. There is 1 volunteer for this cemetery. Kerr had a younger brother, Edmund ("Teddy"), who became a journalist. "My mother used to talk about her a lot and said she was a lovely person. She also made her Broadway debut in 1953 in a lead role in Tea and Sympathy. or don't show this againI am good at figuring things out. 0. Likewise Burt Lancaster claimed that he was romantically involved with her during the filming of From Here to Eternity (1953). In Hollywood, Kerr's British accent and manner led to a succession of roles portraying refined, reserved, and "proper" English ladies. She developed her acting skills enough to be hired as a leading lady and portrayed the major role of Sister Clodagh in Black Narcissus (1947), for which she won her first New York Film Critics Circle Award (her subsequent awards were for Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison [1957] and The Sundowners [1960]). 1:07. This page was last edited on 7 January 2023, at 05:21. American British Deborah Kerr/Nationality. Her father was an army engineer named Captain Arthur Kerr-Trimmer and her mother was Kathleen Rose. Deborah Kerr CBE (born Deborah Jane Kerr-Trimmer; 30 September 1921 - 16 October 2007) was a Scottish-born film, theater and television actress. Once he was sufficiently confident, the couple travelled north to Helensburgh to join his parents. She received the first of her Oscar nominations for Edward, My Son (1949), a drama set and filmed in England co-starring Spencer Tracy. In 1947 she moved to Hollywood where she acted in The Hucksters in 1947, King Solomons Mines in 1950 and Quo Vadis in 1951. Kerr, 63, is the former superintendent of the Brown Deer school district in suburban Milwaukee. British exhibitors voted her the eighth-most popular local star at the box-office in 1947. Deborah Kerr received professional training as a ballet dancer and first appeared on stage in the year 1938 at Sadler's Wells, a performing arts venue in England. Deborah Jane Kerr-Trimmer, daughter of a Scottish naval officer who served in World War I, was born in Helensburgh, Scotland, in 1921. However the operation was successful, and the long hard road to recovery began. We will review the memorials and decide if they should be merged. Kerr was educated at the independent Northumberland House School, Henleaze in Bristol, and at Rossholme School, Weston-super-Mare. Within three weeks after her death, her husband Peter Viertel died of cancer on 4 November. She played a Norwegian resistance fighter in The Day Will Dawn (1942). In marrying Viertel, she became stepmother to Viertel's daughter, Christine Viertel. Her father, Arthur, was a naval architect. Deborah Kerr (Photo credit: Wikipedia). Learn about how to make the most of a memorial. She was 86. According to Powell, his affair with Kerr ended when she made it clear to him that she would accept an offer to go to Hollywood if one were made. 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. To avoid confusion over pronunciation, Louis B. Mayer, head of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer billed her as "Kerr rhymes with Star! 1960-2007 Anthony Bartleym. 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. Try again. Less than three weeks . Casino Royal was a hit as was another movie she made with Niven, Prudence and the Pill (1968). cemeteries found in Alfold, Waverley Borough, Surrey, England will be saved to your photo volunteer list. She was the first performer to win the New York Film Critics Circle Award for "Best Actress" three times (1947, 1957 and 1960). Deborah Kerr /debr kr/ (Helensburgh, Scotland, September 30, 1921-Botesdale, Suffolk, October 16, 2007) was a British actress, one of the best-known faces of cinema of Hollywood in the fifties. 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. She won a nomination for the BAFTA Award for the film Tea and Sympathy in 1956. 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. . They had two daughters, Melanie Jane (born 27 December 1947) and Francesca Ann (born 18 December 1951, who married to the actor John Shrapnel). Kerr's father had served in the British Army during the First World War and lost a leg at the Battle of the Somme in 1916. Some of Kerr's leading men have stated in their autobiographies that they had an affair or romantic fling with her. Accidentally she dropped the coin, which slid down between the seats of her carriage. Soon, she switched careers and entered the world of acting. Her father, known to all as Jack, and mother, known as Col or Colleen, moved to Helensburgh because of Jacks peacetime work as a civil engineer, and lived for three years with Jacks parents, Arthur Kerr Trimmer and his wife Mary Jane, at Nithsdale in West King Street. Your account has been locked for 30 minutes due to too many failed sign in attempts. Deborah Kerr was 24 but looked 18; Robert Donat was 40 but looked 50. Please check your email and click on the link to activate your account. Which memorial do you think is a duplicate of Deborah Kerr (22285687)? 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. All photos appear on this tab and here you can update the sort order of photos on memorials you manage. Kerr appeared in two huge hits for MGM in a row. 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. She also performed with the Oxford Repertory Company. Contribute Robert Mitchum and Deborah Kerr - Dating, Gossip, News, Photos list. The organisation ranked it 20th in its list of the 100 most romantic films of all time.[17]. Kerr originally trained as a ballet dancer, first appearing on stage at Sadler's Wells in 1938. Failed to remove flower. 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. Deborah Kerr Photo: 20th Century Fox The following year she married author Peter Viertel, whose novel White Hunter, Black Heart was a thinly veiled portrait of Huston. In 1959 she portrayed writer Sheilah Graham in the film Beloved Infidel. [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). 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. Won the New York Film Critics' Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of a nun in "Black Narcissus" (1947). [6][7], Kerr was educated at the independent Northumberland House School, Henleaze in Bristol, and at Rossholme School, Weston-super-Mare. She is buried in a family plot at Alfold Cemetery, Alfold, Surrey. She was decorative and unmemorable in prestige pictures such as King Solomon's Mines (1950) and Quo Vadis (1951). Both were aged 28. She then played Princess Flavia in a remake of The Prisoner of Zenda (1952) with Granger and Mason. British exhibitors voted her the eighth-most popular local star at the box-office in 1947. 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. She won the Sarah Siddons Award for her Chicago performance as Laura Reynolds in Tea and Sympathy, a role which she originated on Broadway, a Golden Globe Award for the motion picture The King and I, and was a three-time winner of the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress. 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. She played ladies who didn't mind if their tramp showed. She made Young Bess (1953) with Granger and Jean Simmons, then appeared alongside Cary Grant in Dream Wife (1953), a flop comedy. In 1959, Miss Kerr and Bartley, who had two daughters, divorced. This is a carousel with slides. In terms of lead actress nominations without a victory, Kerr now maintains the record. Botesdale, Mid Suffolk District, Suffolk, England. Kerr, nevertheless, used any opportunity to discard her cool exterior. Garbo sightings were reported breathlessly; even. Omissions? She was another governess in The Chalk Garden (1964) and worked with John Huston again in The Night of the Iguana (1964). But she was not Helensburgh-born. 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. House where The King and I star Deborah Kerr first learned to dance goes on sale for 1.85million. 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. 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. "It was impossible to stop because the camera was shooting on Mr Culver and I couldn't break the scene. In 1944 she was in the Clyde area on location, filming 'Perfect Strangers' with actor Roland Culver. Kerr originally trained as a ballet dancer, first appearing on stage at Sadler's Wells in 1938. 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. She played a nun in Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison (1957) opposite her long-time friend Robert Mitchum, directed by John Huston. Her first appearance on the West End stage was as Ellie Dunn in "Heartbreak House" at the Cambridge Theatre in 1943. Filmed in CinemaScope, it was distributed by 20th Century Fox. Alternate titles: Deborah Jane Kerr-Trimmer. Her husband, however, continued to live in Marbella. Edit a memorial you manage or suggest changes to the memorial manager. Kerr's first film role was in the British production Contraband (US: Blackout, 1940), aged 18 or 19, but her scenes were cut. Kerr announced her retirement in 1969, though she continued to make occasional appearances onstage and in feature and TV movies. In 1964 she received a fourth BAFTA Award nomination for the film Chalk Garden. To view a photo in more detail or edit captions for photos you added, click the photo to open the photo viewer. 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. Deborah wrote: "We were sitting on top of a hill overlooking the Clyde, filming a scene. Her husband, however, continued to live in Marbella. She had the lead in a comedy Please Believe Me (1950). Failed to report flower. 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. But despite her illustrious future, her childhood was not a walk in the park. On one occasion she gave my mother a 10 tip, and that was a lot of money in those days.. Underly raised more than $1.14 million and spent $818,063 between Feb. 2 and March 22, according to her campaign report. The older you get, the easier it should be but it isn't.[8]. Deborah Kerr holds a candle in a scene from the film 'Black Narcissus', 1947. Deborah Kerr, 86, the cultivated Scottish rose beloved in such 1950s blockbusters as. After changing careers, she soon found success as an actress. An Affair to Remember in 1957 opposite Cary Grant made her immensely popular. Flowers added to the memorial appear on the bottom of the memorial or here on the Flowers tab. ", 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.. Try again later. [4] Kerr played three women in Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943). Mar 30, 2021. [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. In 1975, she returned to Broadway, creating the role of Nancy in Edward Albee's Pulitzer Prize-winning play Seascape. Please refer to the appropriate style manual or other sources if you have any questions. Our editors will review what youve submitted and determine whether to revise the article. Miss Kerr is survived by Viertel, her husband of 47 years; two daughters; and three grandchildren. Concern about the parts being offered to her, as well as the increasing amount of nudity included in films, led her to abandon the medium at the end of the 1960s, with one exception in 1985, in favour of television and theatre work. 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. In "Bohemian Rhapsody," Rami Malek starred as Freddie Mercury, but his singing voice was an "amalgamation of a few voices." Not even the promise of another coin when they got home could stem the tears. In 1955 she got a nomination for the BAFTA Award for The End of the Affair. Deborah Kerr was born on 30 September 1921 in Glasgow, Scotland. Kerr was reunited with Mitchum in The Sundowners (1960) shot in Australia, then The Grass Is Greener (1960), co-starring Cary Grant. The older you get, the easier it should be but it isn't. When she was 5 the family moved to Bristol, England, where the famously shy girl studied dance at her aunt's academy. 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. Deborah Jane Kerr-Trimmer, daughter of a Scottish naval officer who served in World War I, was born in Helensburgh, Scotland, in 1921. Best Known For. 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. 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. Kerr had suffered from Parkinson's disease for several years. Kerr, who suffered from Parkinson's disease, died in Suffolk, eastern England, according to her agent, Anne Hutton. Kerr's first marriage was to Squadron Leader Anthony Bartley RAF on 29 November 1945. Please ensure you have given Find a Grave permission to access your location in your browser settings. 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). To add a flower, click the Leave a Flower button. Deborah Kerr, better known by her family name Deborah Jane Trimmer, is a popular French film and television actress (1921-2007). 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.[8]. 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). Who was Deborah Kerr's husband? Deborah Jane Kerr-Trimmer was born on Sept. 30, 1921, in Helensburgh, Scotland. 1. After changing careers, she soon found success as an actress. It's an unbelievable terror, a kind of masochistic madness. "[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. Previously sponsored memorials or famous memorials will not have this option. But the flame-haired English rose (actually born in Helensburgh, in 1921) was already a star in Britain, as well as an actress of proven substance. In the 1980's she was well received on the television screen in, among other films, "A Woman Of Substance" (1983) and "Reunion at Fairborough" (1985) which reunited her with longtime friend and costar of several films, Robert Mitchum. In 1968 she co-starred with David Niven in the film Prudence and the Pill and also acted in the films The Arrangement and The Gypsy Moths. [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 won the fifth Academy Award nomination and the third Golden Globe Award nomination in 1958 for the film Separate Tables. R88 That short hair 'gamine' look became popular in the 50s. Kerr became known playing the lead role in the film of Love on the Dole (1941). Deborah Kerr, who shared one of Hollywood's most famous kisses while portraying an Army officer's unhappy wife in From Here to Eternity and danced with the Siamese monarch in The King and I has . 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. [12], 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. Her second marriage was to author Peter Viertel on 23 July 1960. Peter Viertelm. The scene from that film of Kerr and her costar Burt Lancaster making love on the beach as waves crash against them has become a classic Hollywood image and remains one of the steamiest in film history. Kerr's first stage appearance was at Weston-super-Mare in 1937, as "Harlequin" in the mime play Harlequin and Columbine. based on information from your browser. 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!" You see, Kerr had a very strict grandmother who concocted a somewhat cruel form of therapy for her. [11], Kerr played three women in Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943). Born Deborah Jane Kerr-Trimmer in Helensburgh, Scotland. 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 and a BAFTA Special Award in 1991. Born Deborah Jane Kerr-Trimmer on September 30, 1921, in Helensburgh, Scotland, she trained in ballet before moving . CELEBRITY HOMES: Revisiting Deborah Kerr's Former Home in the Huntington. She was the female lead in Penn of Pennsylvania (1941) which was little seen; however Hatter's Castle (1942), in which she starred with Robert Newton and James Mason, was very successful. [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. Are you sure that you want to delete this memorial? Try again later. When asked about this revelation, Kerr's response was, "What a gallant man he is!". Articles from Britannica Encyclopedias for elementary and high school students. 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. Deborah was barely three. R41 I thought 'Vacation from Marriage' was embarrassing. 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. Appeared in her first film, the 1941. Scottish film and television actress (1921-2007) - Deborah Kerr was born in Helensburgh (town in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK) on September 30th, 1921 and died in Suffolk (county of England) on October 16th, 2007 at the age of 86. Casino Royale was a hit as was another movie she made with Niven, Prudence and the Pill (1968). She joined Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra in a love triangle for a romantic comedy, Marriage on the Rocks (1965). Actress. She acted in the Oxford Repertory Company from 1939 to 1940. Deborah Kerr holds a candle in a scene from the film 'Black Narcissus', 1947. Use the links under See more to quickly search for other people with the same last name in the same cemetery, city, county, etc. For this performance, Kerr was nominated for an Emmy Award. [22][23][24] She is buried in a family plot at Alfold Cemetery, Alfold, Surrey. Deborah Kerr (19212007) was a British actress who holds the record - six - for most Best Actress Oscar nominations without a win. She made The Arrangement (1969) with Elia Kazan, her director from the stage production of Tea and Sympathy. They were the genteel girl and the brassy babe vying for Clark Gable's attention. We hope you enjoy it! Please enter your email address and we will send you an email with a reset password code. The film was a big hit in Britain. 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. Becoming a Find a Grave member is fast, easy and FREE. [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. One day she came home from work and was very excited. Kerr trained as a dancer in her aunt's drama school in Bristol, England. She appeared in Separate Tables in 1958. Her parents first met in Lydney early in 1914 and in due course became engaged, but were parted by the First World War. 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). By. Her death, in Suffolk, England, was announced on Thursday by her. Though she never won, in 1994 she was awarded an honorary Academy Award for her lifetime achievement in films. Kerr made her British TV debut in "Three Roads to Rome" (1963). Although at the time he was married to Elspeth March, he states that he and Kerr went on to have an affair. Deborah Kerr, the sophisticated, Scottish-born actress who was nominated for six Oscars, died Tuesday in Suffolk, England, after many years of failing health. Her other major and best known films and performances are The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943), Black Narcissus (1947), Quo Vadis (1951), From Here to Eternity (1953), Tea and Sympathy (1956), An Affair to Remember (1957), Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison (1957), Bonjour Tristesse (1958), Separate Tables (1958), The Sundowners (1960), The Innocents (1961), The Grass Is Greener (1960), and The Night of the Iguana (1964). She then went to the Sadler's Wells ballet school and in 1938 made her dbut in the corps de ballet in Prometheus. 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