Resend Activation Email, Please check the I'm not a robot checkbox, If you want to be a Photo Volunteer you must enter a ZIP Code or select your location on the map. Kerr's first marriage was to Royal Air Force Squadron Leader Anthony Bartley on 29 November 1945. In An Affair to Remember, an improbably effective romance that is the basis for Sleepless in Seattle, she convinced the world that the Empire State Building was the closest place New York had to heaven. Deborah Jane Trimmer was born on 30 September 1921 in Hillhead, Glasgow, the only daughter of Kathleen Rose (ne Smale) and Capt. She married Peter Viertel, a novelist and screenwriter, in 1960 and they lived in Klosters, Switzerland for many years. Deborah Kerr (Photo credit: Wikipedia). She and Walter Pidgeon were cast in If Winter Comes (1947). Biography: Kerr received a bachelor's degree from Valparaiso University, a master's degree in education from the University of Alaska-Fairbanks, and a doctorate in educational leadership from National-Louis University. She acted in the film Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison opposite Robert Mitchum in 1957. Unfortunately, the Academy didn't like Kerr as much as the New York critics. Kerr's first film for MGM in Hollywood was a mature satire of the burgeoning advertising industry, The Hucksters (1947) with Clark Gable and Ava Gardner. The actress, whose screen kiss with Burt Lancaster is regularly voted the greatest of all time, was. Today Deborah Kerr would be 100 years old. 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. Trimmer and Smale married, both aged 28, on 21 August 1919 in Smale's hometown of Lydney, Gloucestershire. He died, aged 78, in a road rage incident in 2004. They had two daughters, Melanie Jane (born 27 December 1947) and Francesca Ann (born 18 December 1951, and subsequently married to the actor John Shrapnel). After changing careers, she soon found success as an actress. Deborah Kerr, better known by her family name Deborah Jane Trimmer, is a popular French film and television actress (1921-2007). This account has been disabled. 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). Kerr originally trained as a ballet dancer, first appearing on stage at Sadler's Wells in 1938. When asked about this revelation, Kerr's response was, "What a gallant man he is!". [25], Within three weeks of her death, her husband Peter Viertel died of cancer on 4 November. The organisation ranked it 20th in its list of the 100 most romantic films of all time. She participated in some films considered great cinema classics, among . Encyclopaedia Britannica's editors oversee subject areas in which they have extensive knowledge, whether from years of experience gained by working on that content or via study for an advanced degree. But she never lost her love, or connection, with Scotland.. Kerr departed from typecasting with a performance that brought out her sensuality, as "Karen Holmes", the embittered military wife in Fred Zinnemann's From Here to Eternity (1953), for which she received an Oscar nomination for Best Actress. Kerr was educated at the independent Northumberland House School, Henleaze in Bristol, and at Rossholme School, Weston-super-Mare. British exhibitors voted her the eighth-most popular local star at the box-office in 1947. British Actress Deborah Kerr was born Deborah Jane Trimmer on 30th September, 1921 in Helensburgh, Scotland and passed away on 16th Oct 2007 Suffolk, England, UK aged 86. "It was impossible to stop because the camera was shooting on Mr Culver and I couldn't break the scene. The film is as yet (2010) unreleased. Kerr, who suffered from Parkinson's disease, died Tuesday in Suffolk in eastern England, her agent, Anne Hutton, said Thursday. We will review the memorials and decide if they should be merged. Miss Kerr is survived by Viertel, her husband of 47 years; two daughters; and three grandchildren. After moving south with her parents when she was just a few years old, Kerr was educated in Bristol and. 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. In marrying Viertel, she became stepmother to Viertel's daughter, Christine Viertel. Your Scrapbook is currently empty. However varied her Hollywood roles, she delivered performances of greater nuance and depth in the European-made films The End of the Affair (1955) - again, as a conscience-stricken adulteress - and Bonjour, Tristesse (1958), as a fashion designer provoked by her lover's daughter. 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. It was very popular as was An Affair to Remember (1957) opposite Cary Grant. Pressure of competition from younger, upcoming actresses made her agree to appear nude in John Frankenheimer's The Gypsy Moths (1969), the only nude scene in her career. Kerr won a Golden Globe Award for "Best Actress Motion Picture Musical or Comedy" for The King and I in 1957 and a Henrietta Award for "World Film Favorite Female". Marni Nixon sang for Deborah Kerr in "The King and I," Audrey Hepburn in "My Fair Lady," and Natalie Wood in "West Side Story." Drew Seeley did the singing for Zac Efron's character in the first "High School Musical" movie. Her husband, however, continued to live in Marbella. American British Deborah Kerr/Nationality. 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. Appeared in her first film, the 1941. Deborah Kerr is one of the two actresses in history who was nominated six time for Oscar Award but could never win the award. St James Terrace, in W2, has since been renamed Ruskin Terrace. Deborah wrote: "We were sitting on top of a hill overlooking the Clyde, filming a scene. In Hollywood, Kerr's British accent and manner led to a succession of roles portraying refined, reserved, and "proper" English ladies. Deborah came to Helensburgh twice during our two years in the town, the first time for five days. Kerr performed the same role in Vincente Minnelli's film adaptation released in 1956; her stage partner John Kerr (no relation) also appeared. After changing careers, she soon found success as an actress. He said: My mother worked as a housekeeper for Mrs Jane Kirkwood Brown, who lived in a large mansion in Charlotte Street and who had returned with her husband from Ceylon where he worked in the tea industry. King Solomon's Mines (1950) was shot on location in Africa with Stewart Granger and Richard Carlson. They write new content and verify and edit content received from contributors. Kerr, Deborah. For this performance, Kerr was nominated for an Emmy Award. Kerr, who suffered from Parkinson's disease, died in Suffolk, eastern England, according to her agent, Anne Hutton. In 1953, Kerr "showed her theatrical mettle" as Portia in Joseph Mankiewicz's Julius Caesar. In September 2021, Kerr's grandsons, Joe and Lex Shrapnel, unveiled a memorial plaque at the former family home in Weston-super-Mare. Once he was sufficiently confident, the couple travelled north to Helensburgh to join his parents. Although the British Army refused to co-operate with the producers and Winston Churchill thought the film would ruin wartime morale Colonel Blimp confounded critics when it proved to be an artistic and commercial success. She had a strong support role in Major Barbara (1941) directed by Gabriel Pascal. Kerr made clear that her surname should be pronounced the same as "car". King Solomon's Mines (1950) was shot on location in Africa with Stewart Granger and Richard Carlson. She was a widow in love with William Holden in The Proud and Profane (1956), directed by George Seaton. . Discovering an interest in acting, Kerr began playing bit parts in various Shakespeare productions. But it wasn't long before. Not long after marrying former RAF squadron leader Anthony Bartley in 1945, Miss Kerr was imported to MGM Studios, where mogul Louis B. Mayer molded her in the Jeanette MacDonald/Greer Garson form of great lady. She then played Princess Flavia in a remake of The Prisoner of Zenda (1952) with Granger and Mason. Her final feature film was "The Assam Garden," also in 1985. [8] After her first London success in 1943, she toured England and Scotland in Heartbreak House. She won a BAFTA Fellowship Award in 1991. She was nominated six times for the Academy Award for Best Actress. He bought a small timber haulage firm in Alford, a rural parish on the borders of Surrey and Sussex, near Cranleigh. She married a war hero Anthony Bartley in 1945 but divorced him in 1959. Our editors will review what youve submitted and determine whether to revise the article. She played ladies who didn't mind if their tramp showed. Kerr, nevertheless, used any opportunity to discard her cool exterior. Kerr received six Academy Award nominations for Best Actress for her work in "Edward, My Son" (1949), "From Here To Eternity" (1953), "The King and I" (1956), "Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison" (1957), "Separate Tables" (1958) and "The Sundowners" (1960). 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 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). 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. [16] This was immediately followed by her appearance in the religious epic Quo Vadis (1951), shot at Cinecitt in Rome, in which she played the indomitable Lygia, a first-century Christian. Marthas School in Surrey and then at the Northumberland House Boarding School in Clifton, Bristol. She started taking part in productions at the Open Air Theater in Regent Park, London and changed her name to Deborah Kerr. It is considered among the most romantic films of all time according to the American Film Institute. Kerr, nevertheless, used any opportunity to discard her cool exterior. They had two daughters, Melanie Jane (born 27 December 1947) and Francesca Ann (born 18 December 1951, who married to the actor John Shrapnel). This film was a production of the team of Frank Launder and Sidney Gilliat. Some of Kerr's leading men have stated in their autobiographies that they had an affair or romantic fling with her. The email does not appear to be a valid email address. 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. You need a Find a Grave account to continue. Mar 30, 2021. [6][7], Kerr was educated at the independent Northumberland House School, Henleaze in Bristol, and at Rossholme School, Weston-super-Mare. According to her biographer, Eric Braun, Deborahs first and only memory of her time in the burgh is of being with her grandmother in a horse-drawn cab at the age of two or three, clutching a bright, shiny penny she had been given. Her role as a troubled nun in the Powell and Pressburger production of Black Narcissus (1947) brought her to the attention of Hollywood producers. When he was well enough to be repatriated he had to endure further surgery on his upper leg to halt gangrene infection, but eventually he left Roehampton Military Hospital in south-west London, was discharged from the Army, and travelled to the Smale home at Lydney. I was still to learn that Munshin, like many people from the capital, could talk openly about his personal life while remaining a dream of espionage in his business operations.Norman Mailer (b. For many years she had battled Parkinson's disease with the dignified grace and quiet wit she brought to her many roles. Found more than one record for entered Email, You need to confirm this account before you can sign in. 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. In 1994, having already received honorary awards from the Cannes Film Festival and BAFTA, Kerr received an Academy Honorary Award with a citation recognizing her as "an artist of impeccable grace and beauty, a dedicated actress whose motion picture career has always stood for perfection, discipline and elegance". 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. Jack and his brother Ted were sent to Gallipoli with the East Lancashire Regiment, where Ted was eventually killed by a sniper and a wounded Jack was sent home to recover. 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). 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. Although she long resided in Klosters, Switzerland and Marbella, Spain, she moved back to Britain to be closer to her own children as her health began to deteriorate. Deborah Kerr won the New York Film Critics Award in 1947 for Black Narcissus and was voted one of the top earning English stars by Motion Picture Herald poll. Born Deborah Jane Kerr-Trimmer 30 September 1921 Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland Died 16 October 2007 (aged 86) Botesdale, Suffolk, England Resting place Alfold Cemetery near Guildford Occupation Actress Years active 1940-1986 Spouse(s) Tony Bartley (m. 1945; div. 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. Her first acting teacher was her aunt, Phyllis Smale, who worked at a drama school in Bristol run by Lally Cuthbert Hicks. GREAT NEWS! Fred Zinnemann's Academy Award-winning . She started taking ballet lessons from the age of five and enrolled at the St. Despite these more adventurous roles, the image of Miss Kerr as prude persisted. Are you sure that you want to delete this photo? Best Known For. Actress. No other actress - not Audrey Hepburn, Doris Day nor Elizabeth Taylor - enjoyed more popular success in the second half of the 1950s than Miss Kerr. The plan was that Jack, Col and little Deborah should follow after Jack had worked out his contract with Sir William Arrol, and in 1923 they moved to Ardencaple Quadrant, where homes had been built for those wounded in the war. Born Deborah Jane Kerr-Trimmer on September 30, 1921, in Helensburgh, Scotland, she trained in ballet before moving . Her final screen appearance was in the TV miniseries Hold the Dream in 1986. However in December 2011 a former burgh man, Andrew Rook (69), who lives in Bedfordshire, contacted the Trust to say that she had in fact come back twice. Please enter your email and password to sign in. Born on 16 October 2007 in United Kingdom, Deborah Kerr started her career as film and television actress (1921-2007) . When she was 5 the family moved to Bristol, England, where the famously shy girl studied dance at her aunt's academy. [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. Deborah Kerr and Burt Lancaster were in From Here to Eternity (1953) together.. About. [12] Kerr made clear that her surname should be pronounced the same as "car". She reprised her role in the 1956 film adaptation. Deborah Jane Trimmer, mer knd som Deborah Kerr, fdd 30 september 1921 i Glasgow i Skottland, [1] [2] dd 16 oktober 2007 i Botesdale i Suffolk, var en brittisk skdespelare.Bland Kerrs filmer mrks Det brjade i Berlin (1943), Svart narcissus (1947), Kung Salomos skatt (1950), Quo Vadis (1951), Hrifrn till evigheten (1953), Kungen och jag (1956), Allt om krlek (1957), Vem vet, Mr . After her Broadway dbut in 1953, she toured the United States with Tea and Sympathy. cemeteries found within kilometers of your location will be saved to your photo volunteer list. [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). excellence and international renown in their chosen professional fields, In 1977, she came back to the West End, playing the title role in a production of George Bernard Shaw's Candida. You see, Kerr had a very strict grandmother who concocted a somewhat cruel form of therapy for her. Though the alabaster-skinned redhead was honored that evening for her "impeccable grace and beauty," the secret of Miss Kerr's singular appeal was her devil-may-care peccability. In 1959 she portrayed writer Sheilah Graham in the film Beloved Infidel. She made music out of ordinary dialogue. The following year she married author Peter Viertel, whose novel White Hunter, Black Heart was a thinly veiled portrait of Huston. As an unhappily married woman having a torrid affair with an army officer shortly before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Deborah Kerr is equally powerful in one of her best-remembered movies, From Here to Eternity (1953), stealing the romantic melodrama from her male co-stars. Sorry! An Affair to Remember (1957) Coming between Dream Wife (1953) and The Grass Is Greener (1960), this is the pick of Kerr's collaborations with Cary Grant. So too was the spy comedy drama I See a Dark Stranger (1946), in which she gave a breezy, amusing performance that dominated the action and overshadowed her co-star Trevor Howard. Her first steps on the stage were as a ballet dancer, training with. After moving south with her parents when she was just a few years old, Kerr was educated in Bristol and. She made two films at MGM: The Journey (1959) reunited her with Brynner; Count Your Blessings (1959), was a comedy. See a Kerr filmography and more photos via http://go.philly.com/kerr EndText, California residents do not sell my data request. Black Narcissus became an international hit and led to an MGM contract and the opportunity to play opposite Clark Gable in The Hucksters later that year. In 1955 she acted in the film version of Graham Greenes The End of the Affair. [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. Try again later. For memorials with more than one photo, additional photos will appear here or on the photos tab. Both flopped, as did Beloved Infidel (1959) with Gregory Peck. Deborah Kerr movies: with Burt Lancaster in From Here to Eternity. 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. Share this memorial using social media sites or email. 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). British director Michael Powell gave her a role in film The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp in 1943 in which she appeared thrice. She was the first performer to win the New York Film Critics Circle Award for "Best Actress" three times (1947, 1957 and 1960). She had a younger brother, Edmund (Teddy). Other TV roles included Ann and Debbie (1986) and Hold the Dream (1986), the latter a sequel to A Woman of Substance. Her parents, Captain Arthur Charles Trimmer and Kathleen Rose Trimmer, nee Smale, who were married at the brides home town of Lydney, Gloucestershire, on August 21 1919, were living in Helensburgh at the time. In September 2021, Kerr's grandsons, Joe and Lex Shrapnel, unveiled a memorial plaque at the former family home in Weston-super-Mare. Let us know if you have suggestions to improve this article (requires login). In 1959, Miss Kerr and Bartley, who had two daughters, divorced. 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. She was born in Hillhead on 1921-09-30. Her definitive role was as the Governess Anna Leonowens duelling with Yul Brynner in the King and I (1956). Deborah Kerr's full name is Deborah Jane Trimmer and her nickname is Deborah Kerr. 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". She and Walter Pidgeon were cast in If Winter Comes (1947). But Deborah . She died onTuesday. R41 I thought 'Vacation from Marriage' was embarrassing. Deborah Jane Kerr-Trimmer, better known as Deborah Kerr (born 30 September 1921 in Glasgow - dead 16 October 2007 in Botesdale, Suffolk), was a British film, stage and TV actress from Scotland. During her career, she won a Golden Globe for her performance as Anna Leonowens in the motion picture The King and I (1956) and the Sarah Siddons Award for her performance as Laura Reynolds in the . All photos appear on this tab and here you can update the sort order of photos on memorials you manage. [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]. Kerr made her British TV debut in "Three Roads to Rome" (1963). I don't mean to belittle acting but I'm like a child when I'm out there performingshocking the grownups, enchanting them, making them laugh or cry. Alexander Korda cast her opposite Robert Donat in Perfect Strangers (1945). The film was directed by Fred Zinnemann,. After her Broadway dbut in 1953, she toured the United States with Tea and Sympathy. Which memorial do you think is a duplicate of Deborah Kerr (22285687)? She won her Academy Award nomination and a Golden Globe Award nomination in 1948 for Edward, My Son. She had the lead in a comedy Please Believe Me (1950). Deborah Kerr Photo: 20th Century Fox For many she will be remembered best for her kiss with . [33] 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. Her professional experience included working in education and as a superintendent. Her last visit to Glasgow was in 1990, when she was a member of the international jury at the European Film Awards. She made Young Bess (1953) with Granger and Jean Simmons, then appeared alongside Cary Grant in Dream Wife (1953), a flop comedy. When Deborah was two, Arthur decided to retire from civil engineering at the age of 57 and go into business for himself. [2], Deborah Jane Trimmer[1] was born on 30 September 1921 in Hillhead, Glasgow,[3] the only daughter of Kathleen Rose (ne Smale) and Capt. Accidentally she dropped the coin, which slid down between the seats of her carriage. Peter Viertel died of cancer on 4 November 2007, less than three weeks later. Kerr played three women in Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943). English She first performed at the Open Air Theatre in Regent's Park, London. and whose actions, in addition to their achievements, embody the 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. Funeral arrangements are incomplete. Her training there may account for her dancer's way of sailing through space. 1:07. based on information from your browser. In marrying Viertel, she became stepmother to Viertel's daughter, Christine Viertel. [20] When asked about this revelation, Kerr's response was, "What a gallant man he is! Won the New York Film Critics' Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of a nun in "Black Narcissus" (1947). What nationality was Deborah Kerr? Trained as a ballet dancer, she began acting on stage as a teenager and performed in stage productions at the Open Air Theatre in London and the Cambridge Theatre. But she was not Helensburgh-born. The elegant and talented actress died in Suffolk, England on October 16, 2007. Please check your email and click on the link to activate your account. Deborah Kerr died age of 86 in Suffolk, England, on October 16, 2007, due to complications arising out of Parkinson's disease. . As manager of this memorial you can add or update the memorial using the Edit button below. The older you get, the easier it should be but it isn't. The Famous People. 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. Use Escape keyboard button or the Close button to close the carousel. After changing careers, she soon found success as an actress. 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. There is a problem with your email/password. She said that Deborah Kerr was staying with Mrs Kirkwood Brown and was a relative of hers. Filmed in CinemaScope, it was distributed by 20th Century Fox. Some of Kerr's leading men have stated in their autobiographies that they had an affair or romantic fling with her. She joined Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra in a love triangle for a romantic comedy, Marriage on the Rocks (1965). In 1947 she moved to Hollywood where she acted in The Hucksters in 1947, King Solomons Mines in 1950 and Quo Vadis in 1951. , died Tuesday in Suffolk, England. Her death, in Suffolk, England, was announced on Thursday by her. 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. The expectant mum was taken to a private nursing home at 7 St James Terrace, Hillhead, Glasgow, where her first child, Deborah Jane Trimmer, was born at 7.40am on September 30 1921, and her father registered the birth in the city on October 21. Not even the promise of another coin when they got home could stem the tears. Yet despite family in Sweden and two decades in Los Angeles, she settled in New York City, becoming as famous a New Yorker as she was a movie star. 1945-1959 . 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. Are you sure that you want to report this flower to administrators as offensive or abusive? Her husband, however, continued to live in Marbella. Kerr originally trained as a ballet dancer, first appearing on stage at Sadler's Wells in 1938. Add to your scrapbook. By. 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