Born: September 30th, 1921 (Scotland)
Died: October 16th, 2007 (Parkinson's disease)
Marriages: Anthony C Bartley (1945-1960), Peter Viertel (1960-Her death)
Children: She had two children: Melanie Jane Bartley & Francesca Ann Bartley.
Interesting Fact: She had held the record of six Oscar nominations with no wins until 1994 when she received an honorary Academy Award.
Success: Kerr popularity spanned the fifties and she played the lead in many smash hits, including "From Here to Eternity" (1953), "The King and I" (1956), and "An Affair to Remember" (1957).
Awards: Her six nominations were for "Edward, My Son (1949), "From Here to Eternity" (1953), "The King and I" (1956), "Heaven Knows Mr. Allison" (1957), "Separate Tables" (1958) and "The Sundowners" (1960). She also won twelve other achievements along with fifteen nominations.
My Favorite Film: "An Affair to Remember" is my all-time favorite of hers with "The King and I" close behind.
Deborah is one of the few from Scotland to be nominated for an Oscar, with Sean Connery being the only winner of one. Her roles were around the proper British woman she was, but she enjoyed stepping out of her box to try other characters. All of her singing was dubbed but her talent of acting is unrepeatable.
"When you're young, you just go banging about, but you're more sensitive as you grow older. You have higher standards of what's really good; you're fearful that you wont live up to what's expected of you."
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