Deborah Kerr, CBE (born 30 September, 1921) is a Scottish actress and a recipient of an Academy Honorary Award for a motion picture career that has always stood for perfection, discipline and elegance.

Biography

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She was born Deborah Jane Kerr-Trimmer in Helensburgh, by the Firth of Clyde, and originally trained as a ballet dancer, first appearing on stage at Sadler's Wells in 1938. Having switched careers, she found immediate success as an actress.

Her debut in the British film, Contraband, in 1940 was left on the cutting room floor. But that was followed by a series of other films, including the triple role of the hero's loves in Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp. It was her role as a troubled nun in Powell and Pressburger's Black Narcissus in 1947 which brought her to the attention of Hollywood producers.

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Turn of the Screw was good but not a patch on the Deborah Kerr film. And no David Tennant. What was the Beeb thinking?!
adamski1974 (Adam Lilley) Wed, 30 Dec 2009 23:01:07 -0000
Turn of the Screw was good but not a patch on the Deborah Kerr film. And no David Tennant. What was the Beeb thinking?!
Minor plot rejigging aside, 'Screw was quite good. Nothing will beat Deborah Kerr in The Innocents though.
LadiesSaladRan (Alasdair ) Wed, 30 Dec 2009 22:32:45 -0000
Minor plot rejigging aside, 'Screw was quite good. Nothing will beat Deborah Kerr in The Innocents though.
@janetravers For all it's deviation from the original book I think the 1960s Deborah Kerr film get's closest. It's genuinely frightening.
abigailrieley (abigailrieley) Wed, 30 Dec 2009 21:54:34 -0000
@janetravers For all it's deviation from the original book I think the 1960s Deborah Kerr film get's closest. It's genuinely frightening.
Turn of the Screw is losing me a bit if I'm honest, prefer the Deborah Kerr version, more atmospheric. The kids are a bit 'stagey'.
doodledawne (Dawne) Wed, 30 Dec 2009 21:38:23 -0000
Turn of the Screw is losing me a bit if I'm honest, prefer the Deborah Kerr version, more atmospheric. The kids are a bit 'stagey'.
Gah Turn of the Screw already disappointing rubbish. Bring back Deborah Kerr! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmwJ-IB6ceY
OneEyeGrey (One Eye Grey) Wed, 30 Dec 2009 21:08:36 -0000
Gah Turn of the Screw already disappointing rubbish. Bring back Deborah Kerr! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmwJ-IB6ceY
Hope the BBC Turning Of The Screw adaptation will be better than the Triffids one - otherwise I'll be whipping out the Deborah Kerr version!
jonathankws (Jonathan) Wed, 30 Dec 2009 20:10:52 -0000
Hope the BBC Turning Of The Screw adaptation will be better than the Triffids one - otherwise I'll be whipping out the Deborah Kerr version!

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