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Deborah Kerr

Awards

Deborah Kerr

21 wins & 27 nominations

Academy Awards, USA

  • Deborah Kerr, Robert Mitchum, and Peter Ustinov in The Sundowners (1960)
    1961 Nominee Oscar
    • Best Actress in a Leading Role
    • The Sundowners
  • Separate Tables (1958)
    1959 Nominee Oscar
    • Best Actress in a Leading Role
    • Separate Tables
  • Deborah Kerr and Robert Mitchum in Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison (1957)
    1958 Nominee Oscar
    • Best Actress in a Leading Role
    • Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison
  • Deborah Kerr and Yul Brynner in The King and I (1956)
    1957 Nominee Oscar
    • Best Actress in a Leading Role
    • The King and I
  • Deborah Kerr, Burt Lancaster, Frank Sinatra, Ernest Borgnine, Montgomery Clift, and Donna Reed in From Here to Eternity (1953)
    1954 Nominee Oscar
    • Best Actress in a Leading Role
    • From Here to Eternity

BAFTA Awards

  • Deborah Kerr
    1991 Winner Special Award
  • Deborah Kerr, Hayley Mills, and John Mills in The Chalk Garden (1964)
    1965 Nominee BAFTA Film Award
    • Best British Actress
    • The Chalk Garden
  • Deborah Kerr, Robert Mitchum, and Peter Ustinov in The Sundowners (1960)
    1962 Nominee BAFTA Film Award
    • Best British Actress
    • The Sundowners
  • Tea and Sympathy (1956)
    1958 Nominee BAFTA Film Award
    • Best British Actress
    • Tea and Sympathy
    USA.
  • Deborah Kerr and Van Johnson in The End of the Affair (1955)
    1956 Nominee BAFTA Film Award
    • Best British Actress
    • The End of the Affair

Cannes Film Festival

  • Deborah Kerr
    1984 Winner Festival Trophy
    For her body of work.

David di Donatello Awards

  • The Assam Garden (1985)
    1987 Nominee David
    • Best Foreign Actress (Migliore Attrice Straniera)
    • The Assam Garden
  • Separate Tables (1958)
    1959 Winner David
    • Best Foreign Actress (Migliore Attrice Straniera)
    • Separate Tables

Primetime Emmy Awards

  • Jenny Seagrove in A Woman of Substance (1984)
    1985 Nominee Primetime Emmy
    • Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or a Special
    • A Woman of Substance
    For playing "Emma Harte".

Golden Apple Awards

  • Deborah Kerr
    1956 Winner Golden Apple
    • Most Cooperative Actress

Golden Globes, USA

  • Separate Tables (1958)
    1959 Nominee Golden Globe
    • Best Actress - Drama
    • Separate Tables
  • Deborah Kerr
    1959 Winner Henrietta Award
    • World Film Favorite - Female
  • Deborah Kerr and Robert Mitchum in Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison (1957)
    1958 Nominee Golden Globe
    • Best Actress - Drama
    • Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison
  • Deborah Kerr and Yul Brynner in The King and I (1956)
    1957 Winner Golden Globe
    • Best Actress - Comedy or Musical
    • The King and I
  • Deborah Kerr and Spencer Tracy in Edward, My Son (1949)
    1950 Nominee Golden Globe
    • Best Actress
    • Edward, My Son

Laurel Awards

  • Deborah Kerr
    1965 Nominee Golden Laurel
    • Female Star
    10th place.
  • Richard Burton, Deborah Kerr, Ava Gardner, and Sue Lyon in The Night of the Iguana (1964)
    1965 Nominee Golden Laurel
    • Dramatic Performance, Female
    • The Night of the Iguana
    5th place.
  • Deborah Kerr
    1964 Nominee Golden Laurel
    • Top Female Star
    12th place.
  • Deborah Kerr
    1961 Nominee Golden Laurel
    • Top Female Star
    11th place.
  • Deborah Kerr, Robert Mitchum, and Peter Ustinov in The Sundowners (1960)
    1961 Nominee Golden Laurel
    • Female Dramatic Performance
    • The Sundowners
    5th place.

New York Film Critics Circle Awards

  • Deborah Kerr, Robert Mitchum, and Peter Ustinov in The Sundowners (1960)
    1960 Winner NYFCC Award
    • Best Actress
    • The Sundowners
  • Deborah Kerr and Robert Mitchum in Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison (1957)
    1957 Winner NYFCC Award
    • Best Actress
    • Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison
  • Deborah Kerr and Yul Brynner in The King and I (1956)
    1956 2nd Place NYFCC Award
    • Best Actress
    • The King and I
    • Tea and Sympathy
  • Deborah Kerr in Black Narcissus (1947)
    1947 Winner NYFCC Award
    • Best Actress
    • Black Narcissus
    • I See a Dark Stranger
  • The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)
    1945 2nd Place NYFCC Award
    • Best Actress
    • The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
    • Love on the Dole
    Tied with Joan Crawford for Mildred Pierce (1945).

Photoplay Awards

  • Deborah Kerr
    1958 Winner Most Popular Female Star
  • Deborah Kerr
    1957 Winner Gold Medal
    • Most Popular Female Star
  • Deborah Kerr
    1956 Nominee Gold Medal
    • Most Popular Female Star
  • Deborah Kerr, Robert Taylor, Peter Ustinov, and Patricia Laffan in Quo Vadis (1951)
    1952 Winner Photoplay Award
    • Best Performances of the Month (February)
    • Quo Vadis
  • Deborah Kerr and Spencer Tracy in Edward, My Son (1949)
    1949 Winner Photoplay Award
    • Best Performances of the Month (July)
    • Edward, My Son

Walk of Fame

  • Deborah Kerr
    1960 Winner Star on the Walk of Fame
    • Motion Picture
    On 8 February 1960. At 1709 Vine Street.

British Film Institute Awards

  • Deborah Kerr
    1986 Winner BFI Fellowship

Online Film & Television Association

  • Deborah Kerr
    2007 Winner OFTA Film Hall of Fame
    • Acting

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