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Deborah Kerr

1921 - 2007

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Deborah Jane Trimmer CBE (30 September 1921 – 16 October 2007), known professionally as Deborah Kerr (), was a British actress. She was nominated six times for the Academy Award for Best Actress, becoming the first person from Scotland to be nominated for any acting Oscar. During her international film career, Kerr won a Golden Globe Award for her performance as Anna Leonowens in the musical film The King and I (1956). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Deborah Kerr has received more than 4,874,383 page views. Her biography is available in 62 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 59 in 2019). Deborah Kerr is the 585th most popular actor (down from 310th in 2019), the 729th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 426th in 2019) and the 89th most popular British Actor.

Deborah Kerr is most famous for her role as Anna in the 1956 film "King and I."

Memorability Metrics

  • 4.9M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 62.15

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 62

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.50

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.66

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Deborah Kerrs by language

Over the past year Deborah Kerr has had the most page views in the with 617,843 views, followed by Spanish (62,465), and German (41,802). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Bosnian (14,800.00%), Uzbek (110.82%), and Ido (101.79%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Deborah Kerr ranks 585 out of 13,578. Before her are Maurice Ronet, Milena Dravić, Emma, Lady Hamilton, Luise Rainer, Michael Chekhov, and Claude Jade. After her are Michelle Phillips, Steve Carell, Brian Dennehy, David Caruso, Jude Law, and John Heard.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Deborah Kerr ranks 54. Before her are Nexhmije Hoxha, Herschel Grynszpan, Georges Brassens, Mary Jackson, Telmo Zarra, and James Jones. After her are Harald Quandt, Zdeněk Miler, Alexandra of Yugoslavia, Louis Jourdan, Giuseppe Di Stefano, and Franco Corelli. Among people deceased in 2007, Deborah Kerr ranks 32. Before her are Abdul Rahman Arif, Richard Rorty, Jane Wyman, Arthur Kornberg, Ashraf Marwan, and Pierre-Gilles de Gennes. After her are Ike Turner, Stanley Miller, Momofuku Ando, Alan MacDiarmid, Henri Troyat, and Oscar Peterson.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Deborah Kerr ranks 729 out of 8,785. Before her are John Cockcroft (1897), Robert Grosseteste (1175), Catherine of Lancaster (1373), Mary Quant (1930), David Hockney (1937), and Daniel Rutherford (1749). After her are Patrick White (1912), John of Salisbury (1110), Jude Law (1972), Alexander R. Todd (1907), James Mill (1773), and Ronald Fisher (1890).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Deborah Kerr ranks 89. Before her are Brian Cox (1946), Jessica Tandy (1909), Peter Finch (1916), Jim Broadbent (1949), Oliver Reed (1938), and Emma, Lady Hamilton (1765). After her are Jude Law (1972), Alfred Molina (1953), Margaret Rutherford (1892), Bernard Hill (1944), Rachel Weisz (1970), and Ian McDiarmid (1944).

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Television and Movie Roles

The Innocents
Miss Giddens
A young governess for two children becomes convinced that the house and grounds are haunted by ghosts and that the children are being possessed.
Dec 15o 19617.454 / 10
The King and I
Anna Leonowens
Widowed Welsh mother Anna Loenowens becomes a governess and English tutor to the wives and many children of the stubborn King Mongkut of Siam. Anna and the King have a clash of personalities as she works to teach the royal family about the English language, customs and etiquette, and rushes to prepare a party for a group of European diplomats who must change their opinions about the King.
Jun 29o 19567.1 / 10
Black Narcissus
Sister Clodagh
A group of Anglican nuns, led by Sister Clodagh, are sent to a mountain in the Himalayas. The climate in the region is hostile and the nuns are housed in an odd old palace. They work to establish a school and a hospital, but slowly their focus shifts. Sister Ruth falls for a government worker, Mr. Dean, and begins to question her vow of celibacy. As Sister Ruth obsesses over Mr. Dean, Sister Clodagh becomes immersed in her own memories of love.
May 26o 19477.514 / 10