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Deborah Kerr brought magic to our lives for nearly 50 years . . . who could gorget her opposit Cary Grant in An Affair to Remember?
Now, Hollywood has finally recognised her magnificent talent with an Oscar.
Hollywood finally rewarded one of its own most loved and popular stars of the past 4 1/2 decades, Deborah Kerr, with an honorary Oscar. Star of nearly 50 movies and more than 20 stage productions, Deborah, 72, is still beautiful. With her reddish-gold hair dyed blonde and tastefully dressed in her favorite blue, she appeared to be a bit unsteady on her feet as she stepped on the stage of the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles to accept her Oscar from actress Glen Close.
"I've never been so scared in my life," Deborah says," After all, I've never had to do this before. I've been nominated for an Academy Award six times, but I never thought I would actually win one. It is almost too much and I wish there were more words. A mere thank you is not enough." Her brief acceptance speech was followed by a long ovation from the packed auditorium.
How did she feel being back in Hollywood after such a long time? "I immediately felt that I was among friends," she says. "I first arrived here in 1947 when I was signed by MGM. They put me under a seven-year, no-obtions contract and immediately starred me in a film called THE HUCKSTERS opposite Clark Gable and Ava Gardner. I was so impressed by the food in America - after wartime England and the rationing - that I had no time to be scared. I just wanted to eat."
Born Deborah Jane Kerr-Trimmer in Helensburgh, Scotland on September 30th, 1921, she studied dancing as a child. Her small role as a cigarette girl was cut out of her first film CONTRABAND, made in 1939.
Then came another bit part in MAJOR BARBARA. Eight films later she became a star in BLACK NARCISSUS, playing a nun. In Hollywood Deborah's career was hampered by a succession of "insipid, good girl" roles.
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