Trivia of Deborah Kerr

Trivia of Deborah Kerr

*Deborah Kerr was billed as Hollywood's English rose and even her stage name was anglicised to be pronounced Carr (not care or curr) - to rhyme with star.But the famous actress was Scottish, born in a maternity home in the west end of Glasgow.

*When she was a young girl, she had a strict Victorian grandmother who made her lie on her back, on the floor, for long periods of time, in order to straighten her back and ensure good posture.

*Originally trained for the ballet, she moved into stage acting and gained some experience in theatre, before moving to films.

*Joan Crawford was originally meant to play her role in From Here to Eternity (1953), but after she insisted on shooting the film with her own cameraman, the studio balked. It decided to take a chance and cast Kerr, who then was struggling against her ladylike stereotype, to play the adulterous military wife who has an affair with Burt Lancaster. The casting worked and her career thereafter enjoyed a new, sexier versatility.In that famous scene with actor Burt Lancaster she committed adultery in the surf.

*Maureen O'Hara was originally meant to play her role in The King and I (1956), but Yul Brynner specifically asked for Kerr.

*In 1968, she quit movies, appalled by the explicit sex and violence of the day. After some stage and TV work in the 1970s and 1980s and swan song performances in The Assam Garden (1985) and Hold the Dream (1986), she retired from acting altogether.

*Kerr holds the record for the most Academy Award nominations for Best Actress without a win (six), but that was made up for in 1994, when she was given an Honorary Oscar for her screen achievements.