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Deborah Kerr is a Hollywood film actress. She was born Deborah Jane Kerr-Trimmer in Helensburgh, Scotland, in 1921, and originally trained as a ballet dancer, first appearing on stage at Sadler's Wells in 1938. Having switched career, she found immediate success as an actress, following up her debut in the British film, Contraband, in 1940. It was her role as a troubled nun in Michael Powell's Black Narcissus in 1947 which brought her to the attention of Hollywood producers. Her English accent and manner led to a succession of roles, of which the only real departure was from stereotype was in From Here to Eternity (1953). However, her most famous role was as the governess, Anna Leonowens, in the film version of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, The King and I. An un-successful six-time nominee for an Academy Award, she finally voted a special Oscar honoring her screen work.
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Deborah Kerr was born Deborah Jane Kerr Trimmer on September 30, 1921 in Helensburgh, Scotland to Arthur Charles ("Jack") Trimmer, a civil engineer and his wife Colleen. Deborah displayed a penchant for dramatics at a very early age when she would stage presentations for her family. Her co-star in these productions was usually her baby brother, Teddy, whom she costumed in dresses. In school, she was active in singing, dancing, painting and piano.
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-->LONDON (AP) — British actress Deborah Kerr, who shared one of cinema's most famous kisses with Burt Lancaster in "From Here to Eternity," has died, her agent said Thursday. She was 86. Kerr, who suffered from Parkinson's disease, died Tuesday in Suffolk, eastern England, agent Anne Hutton said. Born in Scotland in 1921, Kerr began her career in regional British theaters and entertained the troops during World War II. Her first major screen role was in "Major Barbara" in 1941. For many she will be remembered best for her clinch in the surf with Lancaster in the wartime drama "From Here to Eternity" — regularly voted among the greatest screen kisses.
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As a stage actress, Deborah Kerr made her Broadway debut in 1953 in Robert Anderson's Tea and Sympathy, for which she received a Tony Award nomination. Kerr repeated her role along with her stage partner John Kerr (no relation) in Vincente Minnelli's film adaptation of the drama. In 1955, Kerr won the Sarah Siddons Award for her performance in Chicago during a national tour of the play. In 1975, she returned to Broadway, originating the role of Nancy in Edward Albee's Pulitzer-winning play Seascape.
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Deborah Kerr was born on 30 September 1921 in Helensburgh, Scotland, the daughter of Captain Arthur Kerr-Trimmer. She was educated at Northumberland House, Clifton, Bristol. She first performed at the Open Air Theatre in Regent's Park, London. She subsequently performed with the Oxford Repertory Company 1939-40. Her first appearance on the West End stage was as Ellie Dunn in "Heartbreak House" at the Cambridge Theatre in 1943. She performed in France, Belgium and Holland with ENSA (Entertainments National Service Association, or Every Night Something Awful) - The British Army entertainment service.
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Deborah Kerr was born in Helensburgh, Scotland and dabbled in acting during her teens, including radio work for BBC Bristol and amateur theatricals. She moved to London to study at the Sadler's Wells Ballet School, making her debut in Prometheus in 1939. The following year saw her in a small role in Much Ado about Nothing at the Regent's Park Open Air Theatre and some rep work in Oxford. An abortive screen debut as a cigarette girl in Contraband ended on the editing room floor but the film-makers Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger were soon to remedy that unkind decision.Her break came when the ebullient Gabriel Pascal, who had the confidence of George Bernard Shaw, cast her in Major Barbara. Among a distinguished cast she easily held her own giving a touching performance as Jenny Hill.
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