Deborah Kerr where she received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1709 Vine Street for her contributions to the motion picture industry. 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". She was the first performer to win the New York Film Critics Circle Award for "Best Actress" three times (1947, 1957 and 1960). Although she never won a BAFTA, Oscar or Cannes Film Festival award in a competitive category, all three organisations gave Kerr honorary
Utopia, Limited and eventually her homeland. Two decades earlier, in 1870, Anna Leonowens first wrote about her six-year stint as governess to the children of the king of Siam (Thailand) in "The English Governess at the Siamese Court". The two ladies and their stories are likely to have influenced the characters of Princess Zara and Lady Sophy, respectively. Another impetus for Gilbert in the genesis of the work was his disdain for England's Limited Liability Act of 1862, which he had begun to explore in the previous opera with Sullivan, "The Gondoliers". By using an imaginary setting, Gilbert was emboldened to level