LIZ SMITH Reported in The New York Daily News on Tuesday, June 26th, 1984

. . . Deborah Kerr will be welcomed back with open arms for her
first feature motion picture in years, "THE ASSAM GARDEN."
Deborah also has a TV series and a TV play with CLAIR BLOOM
upcoming . . .

HOLLYWOOD: SHEILAH GRAHAM - New York Mirror/Tuesday September 19th,1961
Deborah Kerr Hoping for a Boy . . .

The happiest couple in Europe - Deborah and husband Peter Viertel, who are expecting the stork. Both have daughters from previous marriages. Now they'd like a boy . . .And SUZY PARKER is an aunt again, courtesy of sister Dorian Leigh, who recently separated from her husband.
MAURICE CHEVALIER, 73, says that as he gets older his leading ladies get younger. Latest is HAYLEY MILLS, 15. They are co-starring in "THE CASTAWAYS."
PETER LAWFORD and FRANK SINATRA have buried the hatchet - but not in each other. They made up over long distance phone. This event could revive the Clan - but I doubt it. . .NATALIE WOOD told intimates that the real reason for the break-up of her marriage to R.J.WAGNER was that 'He was too nice, and too much of a gentleman,' That's what I'm assured the lady said.
There will be an Elizabeth Taylor line of casmetics, and if she can guarantee that we will all look as beautiful as she, it will be a huge success . . . In "THE CHILDREN'S HOUR" SHIRLEY MACLAIN is supposed to have an overstrong crush on AUDREY HEPBURN. 'I'm quite normal,' Shirley was saying, 'but I do have a crush on Audrey.' So do I.
ANITA EKBERG'S ex-mate, ANTHONY STEEL, is back in Rome after a disappointing attempt in London to resume his once flourrishing career there. He says he is broke and can't even get his furniture in Hollywood out of storage. He was always a good actor, and I don't see why Steel doesn't get some good role in the flourishing Italian movie industry.

Sheilah Graham wrote in MOTION PICTURE MAGAZINE on December,1963

Deborah Kerr wrote me a long letter reminding me of the fun we had at the Bel Air Town And Country School on Parents Day, christmas carolling, etc., and to tell me that she does have the physical custody of her daughters, except, of course, when they are at their boarding school. The firls are growing up, one 16, the other 12. I met their father, TONY BARTLEY, in London during the summer. And he is prospering with his television series. Tony never liked it in Hollywood anyway. He was a famous flyer in the war; in Hollywood, he was merely known as Miss Kerr's husband . . .
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LegendCinemators
Deborah Kerr's ENGLAND
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EmotionPICTURES
The Years 1940s - 1950s

E R H A R D'S
Movie Review:

With the help of two superlative performances by Deborah Kerr and Yul Brynner this splendid musical classic has faithfully come to the screen. No other actress should have played ANNA LEONOWENS! Deborah Kerr wins still another Oscar nomination for her fine performance in this Rodgers and Hammersyein production of their successful Broadway play of "THE KING AND I."
as we all know a great deal of charm depends on the strength of its leading characters, Yul Brynner and Deborah Kerr. The King especially is a role which is totally identiffied with Mr. Brynner, revivals of the stage musical have either suffered with his absence, or granted success by his presence. The dancing lesson kerr gives Brynner in "Shall We Dance" remains a classic. Other strong performances include Rita Moreno, Martin Benson and Terry Saunders.
A man's home, in this case is literally his castle, is humorously examined. Along with the superb music of Rodgers and Hammerstein, the film's continued popularity will remain with audiences of all ages. More than 40 years have passed since I first saw the KING AND I, and my introduction to a lasting memory of sassy-classy Deborah Kerr. Still wish Mr. Yul Brynner's KING OF SIAM could have gone on forever. I miss him! I never fail to view this film at least once a year.
MAGNIFICENT ! To say the least.
A PERSONAL NOTE:
If ever one deserves a dozen red roses from her leading man back in 1947, this grand dame comes to mind (over and over again) - now in her later years, retired and resting, there is still another lovely English rose blooming forever . . . !

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ArticleREVIEWS
During the LIFE and TIMES of the
Deborah Kerr Film Career . . .

George Bernard Shaw's satiric comedy about wealth and poverty is brought to the screen with wonderful performances by Rex Harrison and Wendy Hiller. Hiller plays Major Barbara Undershaft, a major in the Salvation Army who is also a socialist and stridently attacks capitalists - in particular her father Andrew (Robert Morley), the head of a munitions plant. In love with Barbara is the young Greek scholar Adolphus Cusins (Rex Harrison), whose attentions go unreturned since Barbara spends all her time on her crusade against wealth. To show up his daughter, Andrew donates 50,000 pounds to the SALVATION ARMY which, to Barbara's horror, the Army's general (Sybil Thorndike) happily accepts. Barbara, in protest, quits her post and it is left to Adolphus to take her on a tour of her father's munitions plant and prove to her the benefits of capitalism.
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LifeTime Achievement
Awards and Honors

1993 ACADEMY AWARD WINNERS:

Best Picture: Schindler's List
Direction: Steven Spielberg (Schindler's List)
Actor: Tom Hanks (Philadelphia)
Actress: Holly Hunter (The Piano)
Suporting Actor: Tommy Lee Jones (The Fugitive)
Best Supporting Actress: Anna Paquin (The Piano)
Original ScreenPlay: Jane Campion (The Piano)
Adapted SreenPlay: Steven Zaillian (Schindler's List)
Cinematography: Janusz Kaminski (Schindler's List)
Editing: Michael Kahn (Schindler's List)
Art Direction: Allan Starski and Ewa Braun (Schindler's List)
Visual Effects: Dennis Muren, Stan Winston, Phil Tippett, and
Michael Lantieri (Jurassic Park)
Sound Effects Editing: Gary Rydstrom and Richard Hymns
(Jurassic Park)
Sound: Gary Summers, Gary Rydstrom, Shawn Murphy and Ron Judkins
(Jurassic Park)
Makeup: Greg Cannom, Ve Neill, and Yolanda Toussieng
(Mrs. Doubtfire)
Costume Design: Gabriella Pescucci (The Age of Innocence)
Original Score: John Williams (Schindler's List)
Original Song: "Streets of Philadelphia" (Philadelphia: music
and lyrics, Bruce Springstreet)
Foreign-Language Film: Belle Epoque (Spain)
Short Film, Animated: The Wrong Trousers (Nick Park)
Short Film, Live Action: Black Rider (Pepe Danquart)
Documentary, Feature: I Am a Promise: The Children of Stanton
Elementary School (Susan Raymond and Alan Raymond)
Documentary, Short Subject: Defending Our Lives
(Margaret Lazarus and Renner Wunderlic)
Honorary Oscar: Deborah Kerr
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award: Paul Newman

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Lord of the OSCARS: Fantasy Is Big for This Year's Awards
Academy Award Nominees for 2 0 0 1

PICTURE
"A Beautiful Mind"
"Gosford Park"
"In the Bedroom"
"The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring"
"Moulin Rouge"

ACTOR
Russell Crowe, "A Beautiful Mind"
Sean Penn, "I Am Sam"
Will Smith, "Ali"
Denzel Washington, "Training Day"
Tom Wilkinson, "In the Bedroom"

ACTRESS
Halle Berry, "Monster's Ball"
Judi Dench, "Iris"
Nicole Kidman, "Moulin Rouge"
Sissy Spacek, "In the Bedroom"
Renee Zellweger, "Bridget Jones's Diary"

SUPPORTING ACTOR
Jim Broadbent, "Iris"
Ethan Hawke, "Training Day"
Ben Kingsley, "Sexy Beat"
Ian McKellen, "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring"
Jon Voight, "Ali"

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Jennifer Connelly, "A Beautiful Mind"
Helen Mirren, "Gosford Park"
Maggie Smith, "Gosford Park"
Marisa Tomei, "In the Bedroom"
Kate Winslet, "Iris"

DIRECTOR
Ron Howard, "A Beautiful Mind"
Ridley Scott, "Black Hawk Down"
Robert Altman, "Gosford Park"
Peter Jackson, "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring"

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Filmography
1940s -1950s

Deborah Kerr in character with Jenny Hill for "MAJOR BARBARA" - 1940
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Biographies
Complete and (in part)

DEborah Kerr and Gregory Peck were always unavailable for co-starring roles. They finally got together in this film, one of the great real-life love stories of contemporary history. Deborah portrays the English-born Hollywood columnist, Sheilah Graham; Greg plays the famed American novelist, F. Scott Fitzgerald . . . . After reading Sheilah's fabulously-successful novel based on her own personal experiences, Elizabeth Taylor and Montgomery Clift called producer Jerry Wald and made a pitch to play the principal characters in his screen dramatization. Wald had already sent the script to Deborah, who was on a holiday in Switzerland. She cabled right back: When do we start? . . . Peck read the script in Hollywood; after turning the last page of this tempestuous-but-tender tale, he accepted at once . . . . Despite twenty-nine pictures during his fifteen years of movie-making, soft-spoken, gentle-mannered Peck had never beaten up a feminine film partner before. But he was forced to beat Deborah during two days of shooting a drunken binge sequence. Deborah urged him to make it look more realistic; she emerged bruised and swollen. It took eight layers of make-up to cover the black-and-blue marks on her arms. In a gravel-voice, hoarse from shouting, Greg sighed: "I'd rather fight ten men than lay a hand on a lady." Deborah kiddingly consoled him: "I got slapped twenty-seven times in my first three English pictures, but this is my first Hollywood beating - and you really make pain a pleasure!" . . . Their ardent love scenes were shot successfully, with two exceptions. In the beach sequence, a gust of wind blew sand in their mouths - they exchanged the grittiest kiss in film history. During another take, their smooching was progressing beautifully, when director Henry King shouted, "Cut!" The startled stars demanded an explanation. The director lamented "Two sea gulls in the background stole the scene. They were fighting over a fish!" . . . Before filming began, columnist Sheilah Graham took off for Europe. She explained, "I wouldn't be able to do my work if I had to cover the set and watch the re-enactment of my dramatic life with Scott Fitzgerald." . . . During production Deborah made headline news: she was divorcing Anthony Bartley.

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The bold, bitter-sweet
love affair of
F. Scott Fitzgerald
and Sheilah Graham !
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20th
Century-Fox
presents

GREGORY PECK

DEBORAH KERR in

JERRY WALD'S PRODUCTION of

BELOVED INFIDEL

CO-STARRING

Eddie Albert

DIRECTED BY HENRY KING

SCREENPLAY BY

SY BARTLETT
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CinemaScope
COLOR by DE LUXE
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Obituaries

On September 8th,1979, JEAN SEBERG'S saga is a sad one indeed, her decomposed body was found wrapped in a blanket in the back seat of her white Renault. It had been there over a week. She had been quite paranoid for some time - she killed herself with a large portion of barbiturates. Her suicide note read: "I can't live anylonger with my nerves."
In 1958 she made BONJOUR TRISTESSE with David Niven + Deborah Kerr for director OTTO PREMINGER.

TENNESSEE WILLIAMS: March 26th,1914 - February 25th,1983
He wrote the play-made into a movie "THE NIGHT OF THE IGUANA" 1964.
RICHARD BURTON: November 10th,1925 - August 5th,1984
EDUARD FRANZ: October 31st,1902 - February 10th,1983
Among his films are "DREAM WIFE" 1953 with Cary Grant + Deborah Kerr for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
DAWN ADAMS: September 21st,1930 - May 7th,1985
EDWARD ANDREWS: October 9th,1914 - March 9th,1985
YUL BRYNNER: July 12th,1915 - October 19th,1985
GRAYSON HALL: died August 7th,1985
HAROLD HECHT: June 1st,1907 - May 25th,1985
ROCK HUDSON: November 17th,1925 - October 2nd,1985
ISABEL JEANS: September 16th,1891 - September 4th,1985
MICHAEL REDGRAGE: March 20th,1908 - March 21st,1985
HELEN ROSE: 1904 - November 9th,1985
ORSON WELLES: May 6th,1915 - October 10th,1985
HELEN F. JOHNSON: July,1921 -
(loved Deborah Kerr in "THE LIFE AND DEATH OF COLONEL BLIMP-1943)
RALPH RICHARDSON: December 19th,1902 - October 10th, 1983
CHARLES LAUGHTON: July 1st,1899 - December 15th, 1962
EMLYN WILLIAMS: November 26th,1905 - September 25th,1987

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'Witness for the Prosecution' 1982 TV version