Deborah Kerr

Deborah Kerr's Academy Award-nominated performances (all for Best Actress):. She was nominated for best actress in 2000 for her role in "You Can Count on Me.". An un-successful six-time nominee for an Academy Award, she was finally awarded an honorary Oscar in recognition of the "perfection, discipline and elegance" of her screen work. She also played Mary Ann Singleton in the television adaptations of Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City books, and had a bit part in 2002's The Laramie Project. She was also well-known for her role opposite Cary Grant in An Affair to Remember. She has had major roles in such films as Mystic River and The Truman Show. However, her most famous role was as the governess Anna Leonowens in the film version of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The King and I. Laura Linney (born February 5, 1964) is an American actress.

Her "English" accent and manner led to a succession of roles, of which the only real departure from stereotype was in From Here to Eternity (1953). It was her role as a troubled nun in Michael Powell's Black Narcissus in 1947 which brought her to the attention of Hollywood producers. Having switched careers, she found immediate success as an actress, following up her debut in the British film, Contraband, in 1940. She was born Deborah Jane Kerr-Trimmer in Helensburgh, Scotland, and originally trained as a ballet dancer, first appearing on stage at Sadler's Wells in 1938.

Deborah Kerr (born September 30, 1921) is a Scottish film actress. The Sundowners. Separate Tables. Allison.

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