Deborah Kerr: A Biography

by Michelangelo Capua

Overview

Blessed with a natural beauty, Scotland-born actress Deborah Kerr (1921-2007) provided the cinema with memorable studies of English gentility. A star in British pictures before she was 21 and a Hollywood fixture from 1946 on, she projected a cool reserve and stoic nobility, often hinting at passion and insecurity beneath the surface. Frequently portraying selfless, sympathetic women, she was brilliant in such roles as Anna Leonowens in The King and I (1956). And in a fascinating departure from her normal range, her portrayal of the sexually frustrated Army wife in From Here to Eternity (1953) resulted in the screen's most famous "clinch"—the beach scene with Burt Lancaster. Though she never won an Academy Award despite six nominations, Deborah Kerr received an honorary Oscar in 1994.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780786458820
Publisher:	McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Publication date:	09/23/2010
Pages:	224
Sales rank:	661,775
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.50(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Michelangelo Capua is the author of several McFarland biographies of Hollywood film stars. He lives in London.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Preface     

1. A Lonely Childhood           
2. Stage and Screen Debuts     
3. A Time of Love and War     
4. The Dream Factory     
5. Hollywood’s Most Elegant Redhead     
6. A Turning Point to Eternity     
7. The King and I     
8. Bob, Cary & Niv     
9. Peter Viertel: A Love Affair to Remember     
10. The Sundowners     
11. Iguana     
12. Memorable Years, Not So Memorable Roles     
13. Stage Comeback     
14. A Gentle Fadeout     

Filmography     
Television Appearances     
Stage Appearances     
Radio Programs     
Chapter Notes     
Bibliography     
Index