Deborah Kerr

Deborah Jane Kerr-Trimmer
1921 -
British born Helensburgh, Scotland

Height 5' 7" (1.70 m) . 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 Regents 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. She has appeared in many films from her first appearance in Major Barbara (1941). Spouse Peter Viertel (23 July 1960 - present), Anthony Bartley (28 November 1945 - 1959) (divorced) 2 children.

Hold the Dream (1986) , The Assam Garden (1985) , Reunion at Fairborough (1985) , "A Woman of Substance" (1983) , Witness for the Prosecution (1982) , "Play for Today" (1973) , The Arrangement (1969) , The Gypsy Moths (1969) , Prudence and the Pill (1968) , Eye of the Devil (1967) , Casino Royale (1967) , Marriage on the Rocks (1965) , The Night of the Iguana (1964) , The Chalk Garden (1964) , The Innocents (1961), The Naked Edge (1961) , The Grass Is Greener (1960) , The Sundowners (1960) , Beloved Infidel (1959) , Count Your Blessings (1959) , The Journey (1959) , Separate Tables (1958) , Bonjour tristesse (1958) , Kiss Them for Me (1957) , An Affair to Remember (1957) , Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison (1957) , Tea and Sympathy (1956) , The King and I (1956) , The Proud and Profane (1956) , The End of the Affair (1955) , From Here to Eternity (1953) , Dream Wife (1953) , Julius Caesar (1953) , Young Bess (1953), Thunder in the East (1952) , The Prisoner of Zenda (1952) , Quo Vadis (1951) , King Solomon's Mines (1950) , Please Believe Me (1950) , Edward, My Son (1949) , If Winter Comes (1947) , The Hucksters (1947) , Black Narcissus (1947) , I See a Dark Stranger (1946), Perfect Strangers (1945) , The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943) , The Day Will Dawn (1942) , Hatter's Castle (1942) , Penn of Pennsylvania (1942) , Love on the Dole (1941) , Major Barbara (1941) , Contraband (1940)