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Deborah Kerr

1921 - 2007

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Deborah Jane Trimmer (30 September 1921 – 16 October 2007), known professionally as Deborah Kerr (), was a Scottish actress. Known as “The English Rose” due to her red-hair, Kerr rose to fame for her portrayals of proper, ladylike women, often navigating societal expectations and stereotypes. Kerr attracted wide praise for her work, earning six Academy Award nominations for Best Actress, and became regarded as one of the best actresses of her generation. From the 1940s to the early 1960s, she was one of the most popular actresses in the world. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Deborah Kerr is the 454th most popular actor (up from 585th in 2019), the 692nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 729th in 2019) and the 74th most popular British Actor.

Deborah Kerr is most famous for her role as Anna in the 1956 film "King and I."

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Deborah Kerr ranks 454 out of 13,578. Before her are Joan Fontaine, Roy Scheider, Lee Marvin, Kevin Bacon, Vanessa Williams, and Louise Fletcher. After her are Renée Zellweger, Andy García, Talia Shire, Burt Reynolds, Frances McDormand, and Michele Placido.

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Among people born in 1921, Deborah Kerr ranks 41. Before her are Patricia Highsmith, Ralph Asher Alpher, Lana Turner, Robert Bruce Merrifield, Amin al-Hafiz, and Satyajit Ray. After her are Jane Russell, Marija Gimbutas, Vasily Stalin, Jean-Marie Balestre, Alida Valli, and Lotfi A. Zadeh. Among people deceased in 2007, Deborah Kerr ranks 29. Before her are Theodore Maiman, Ralph Asher Alpher, Gian Carlo Menotti, István Sándorfi, Barry Nelson, and Jerry Falwell. After her are Jean-Pierre Cassel, Arthur Kornberg, Paul Tibbets, Nils Liedholm, Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, and Ryszard Kapuściński.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Deborah Kerr ranks 692 out of 8,785. Before her are Thomas Fairfax (1612), Sir Henry Rawlinson, 1st Baronet (1810), Lady Katherine Grey (1540), John le Carré (1931), Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester (1532), and Robert Smith (1959). After her are Tristan (535), Stanley Rous (1895), Capability Brown (1716), Anne Neville (1456), Tony Adams (1966), and Helena Bonham Carter (1966).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Deborah Kerr ranks 74. Before her are Donald Pleasence (1919), Benny Hill (1924), Kate Winslet (1975), Oliver Reed (1938), Hugh Laurie (1959), and Diana Rigg (1938). After her are Helena Bonham Carter (1966), Jane Seymour (1951), Joan Collins (1933), Kenneth Branagh (1960), John Rhys-Davies (1944), and Albert Finney (1936).

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