born september october scottish born film theatre television actress career won golden globe performance motion picture king sarah award performance play tea sympathy role originated broadway time winner circle award best actress nominated times actress winning having received honorary awards cannes film festival bafta received academy honorary award citation recognising artist grace beauty dedicated actress motion picture career stood perfection discipline king films include affair remember heaven knows king solomon mines life death colonel separate tables early life born private nursing home hospital glasgow daughter née world war veteran lost leg battle later naval architect civil engineer spent years life nearby town parents lived grandparents house younger brother journalist killed road rage incident educated independent super mare originally trained ballet dancer appearing stage wells changing careers soon found success actress acting teacher aunt ran bristol adopted film actress family going maternal grandmother grandfather career theatre stage appearance super mare play went wells ballet school début corps ballet walk parts shakespeare productions open air theatre london joined company playing inter margaret moss aged west end début ellie revival stealing attention rare gift wrote critic thinking lines merely remembering process development romantic silly girl hard disillusioned woman hours moving convincing returned london stage years later productions including old fashioned day fair lyric comedy revival corn green london success toured england scotland near end second world war toured holland france belgium angel street britain having established film actress meantime broadway debut appearing tea sympathy received nomination repeated role stage partner relation film adaptation drama sarah award performance chicago national tour play broadway début toured united_states tea sympathy returned broadway creating role nancy pulitzer prize winning play came west end playing title role production theatre despite success films remain love going stage filled exactly like dressing grown ups don mean acting like child performing shocking making laugh cry unbelievable terror kind madness older easier isn films film role british production scenes left cutting room floor british films major barbara love screen future assured performance said love mile theatre charming piece work pretty promising pretty promising usual new star went castle starred opposite played norwegian resistance fighter day dawn immediate hit public british voted popular local female star box office played women life death colonel filming according autobiography lovers realised ideal flesh blood woman searching clear surname pronounced car avoid confusion pronunciation mgm billed rhymes star british_army refused operate producers winston_churchill thought film ruin wartime morale colonel critics proved artistic commercial success hoped reunite lead actor film agent sold contract mgm according affair ended clear accept offer hollywood role troubled nun production bring attention hollywood producers film hit british voted eighth popular local star box office soon received academy award nominations edward son drama set england starred hollywood british accent manner led succession roles portraying refined reserved proper english ladies opportunity cool exterior starred adventure film king solomon mines shot location africa immediately followed appearance religious epic shot rome played century christian played princess remake prisoner showed theatrical departed performance brought military wife received oscar nomination american_film_institute acknowledged iconic status scene film amidst crashing waves hawaiian beach organisation ranked 20th list romantic films time career choices known hollywood versatility actress played wife end affair nun heaven knows opposite long time friend mama girl opposite chalk garden portrayed australian sheep wife appeared beautiful screen famous roles film version musical king opposite grant romantic interest love story affair remember reunited sophisticated comedy grass joined love triangle romantic comedy marriage rocks producers offered fee comparable paid rest cast combined turned favor appearing aborted stage version starred comedy casino achieving distinction oldest bond girl james_bond film age bond girl pressure competition younger upcoming actresses agree appear nude gypsy nude scene career concern parts offered increasing nudity included films led abandon medium end 1960s favour television theatre work television experienced career resurgence television early 1980s played role nurse played movie witness prosecution later rejoined screen partner took role older adaptation performance nominated personal life marriage squadron leader raf november daughters born december born december subsequently married actor marriage troubled owing jealousy wife fame financial success career took away home divorced second marriage author july marrying daughter long resided switzerland spain moved britain closer children health began deteriorate husband continued live death died october village suffolk england effects disease weeks later november husband died cancer time death director filming documentary lines include concerning academy_awards buried honours commander order british empire unable accept honour person ill health honoured hollywood contributions motion picture industry received star vine street golden globe award best actress motion picture musical comedy king award world film favorite female performer win circle award best actress times won bafta oscar cannes film festival award competitive category organisations gave honorary awards cannes film festival tribute bafta special award academy honorary award september october season included feature films exhibition posters memorabilia personal items loaned family biographies published entertainment journalist receive depth study filmography life award nominations nominated times son king heaven knows received academy honorary award career nominated times tea sympathy chalk garden received nomination outstanding supporting actress limited series special woman substance nominated son heaven knows filmography radio appearances
Deborah Kerr