Deborah Kerr

Deborah Kerr's Academy Award-nominated performances (all for Best Actress):. Lindley unexpectedly succumbed to leukemia on October 16, 1997, a "Cybill" script by her hospital bedside. 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. Lindley garnered further parts of all sizes in various TV films and series, the last being a recurring role on the CBS sitcom Cybill. She was also well-known for her role opposite Cary Grant in An Affair to Remember. Dietch agreed, and Lindley kept her word (the film went on to become a cult classic and make a solid profit). 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. Lindley said that she would buy a portion of the film if Dietch let her do just that one take again.

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). The director, Donna Dietch, replied that they did not have the budget for reshooting. 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. Lindley wanted to retape one key scene. Having switched careers, she found immediate success as an actress, following up her debut in the British film, Contraband, in 1940. One of her last notable roles was a character part in the lesbian romance film Desert Hearts (1985). 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. Lindley continued to appear steadily on television and film.

Deborah Kerr (born September 30, 1921) is a Scottish film actress. Roper were so popular that they were spun off to their own show, The Ropers (1979), which was not a success. The Sundowners. The character and her husband Mr. Separate Tables. Roper on the hit sitcom Three's Company (1977) (Lindley wore a wig to maintain the character's exagerrated hairstyle). Allison. Her greatest fame arrived when she began playing the wisecracking, perpetually unfulfillfed Mrs.

Heaven Knows, Mr. Upon resuming her career, she began to make steady appearances on television, including a 6-year stint as manipulative "Aunt Liz" Matthews on NBC soap Another World. The King and I. She took time off to get married and raise five children. From Here to Eternity. Among her many Broadway plays were: "On Golden Pond", "Playhouse 90", "Long Day's Journey into Night", "Horse Heavens" and many others. Edward, My Son. Nothing panned out, and she went to New York in her mid-twenties to take her talent to the stage.