The famous British actress Deborah Kerr was born on September 30, 1921 in the Scottish city of Helensburg.
Since childhood, Deborah was engaged in ballet, and in 1938 she began to perform in London’s Sadler’s Wells Theatre. However, then Deborah decided that her vocation is acting and, taking the first lessons of stage skills from her aunt.
Phyllis Smale, successfully entered the Drama School in Bristol. Deborah’s debut role was tiny, she starred in 1940 in the film Smuggling, where the name of
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The famous British actress Deborah Kerr was born on September 30, 1921 in the Scottish city of Helensburg.
Since childhood, Deborah was engaged in ballet, and in 1938 she began to perform in London’s Sadler’s Wells Theatre. However, then Deborah decided that her vocation is acting and, taking the first lessons of stage skills from her aunt.
Phyllis Smale, successfully entered the Drama School in Bristol. Deborah’s debut role was tiny, she starred in 1940 in the film Smuggling, where the name of the aspiring actress was not even indicated in the credits. The following works were already more noticeable. Among them is the role in the film “Black Narcissus”, after the release of which Hollywood producers showed interest in Deborah. Due to her purely English manners and British accent in Hollywood, she often played the role of English ladies, as the American public wanted them to be.
In 1953, Deborah was nominated for an Oscar for her role in the film From Now and Forever. She did not get the award, but the intimate scene on the beach with the participation of Kerr and Bert Lancaster was recognized by the American Film Institute as one of the best scenes in the history of cinema, and the picture itself was included in the hundred most romantic films.
There were dozens of other equally successful films.
Deborah Kerr became a well-deserved winner of the Golden Globe Award, which was awarded to her for her participation in the film The King and I, as well as a nominee for several honorary Oscars, BAFTA and the Cannes Film Festival awards.
Deborah's theater career was also very bright. Already for the performance of her debut role in the Broadway play Tea and Sympathies, Deborah Kerr was nominated for the prestigious Tony Award.
In the early 1980s, Dibora actively starred in television films. In particular, for the role of the aged Emma Hart in the miniseries “Female character” she was nominated for an Emmy Award.
The year 1998 was marked for Deborah Kerr by her appointment as Commander of the British Empire, but she was unable to accept the honorary title due to ill health.
Deborah Kerr has been married twice. The first wife, the commander of the Royal Air Force squadron Anthony Bartley, she gave birth to two daughters, but the marriage broke up after 14 years of very difficult family life.
With her second husband, writer Peter Wirtel, Deborah Kerr lived until her death. She passed away on October 16, 2007, and her husband survived Deborah for only three weeks. /