Deborah Kerr

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The English rose who tumbled famously in the surf with Burt Lancaster and charmed Yul Brynner in The King And I. Includes unique access to private photos, outtakes and interviews.

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Deborah Kerr
born: 30-09-1921
birth place: Helensburgh, Scotland
died: 16-10-2007

Kerr subsequently returned primarily to stage work, keeping very busy in plays until health problems interfered with her work. She made a successful one-shot return to film as a repressed widow in 'The Assam Garden' and was given an honorary Oscar at the 1993 ceremonies.

In the late 1990s, it was confirmed that she was suffering with Parkinson's disease which eventually confined her to a wheelchair.

Although she long resided in Switzerland and Spain, she moved back to Britain to be closer to her children when her illness worsened.

In 1997 she was made a CBE.

Sadly, Kerr succumbed to her illness and passed away at home in Suffolk in October 2007. She left a husband, the novelist and screenwriter Peter Viertel, two daughters and three grandchildren.

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