Deborah Kerr Deborah Kerr Deborah Jane Trimmer CBE (; 30 September 192116 October 2007), known professionally as Deborah Kerr, was a Scottish film, theatre and television actress. During her career, she won a Golden Globe Award for her performance as Anna Leonowens in the musical film "The King and I" (1956) and a Sarah Siddons Award for her performance as Laura Reynolds in the play "Tea and Sympathy" (a role she originated on Broadway). She was also a three-time winner of the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress. Kerr was nominated six times for the Academy Award for Best
Deborah Kerr the bittersweet love story "An Affair to Remember" (1957). She reunited with Grant and Mitchum for a sophisticated comedy, "The Grass Is Greener" (1960), and then joined Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra in a love triangle for a romantic comedy, "Marriage on the Rocks" (1965). In 1966, the producers of "Carry On Screaming!" offered her a fee comparable to that paid to the rest of the cast combined, but she turned it down in favor of appearing in an aborted stage version of "Flowers for Algernon". In 1967, Kerr appeared in the comedy "Casino Royale", achieving the distinction of being,