Amelia Posted October 19, 2007 Share Posted October 19, 2007 Deborah Kerr, star of 'From Here to Eternity,' dies at 86 By Associated Press Oct 18, 2007 LONDON (AP) - Deborah Kerr, who shared one of Hollywood's most famous kisses and made her mark with such roles as the correct widow in "The King and I" and the unhappy officer's wife in "From Here to Eternity," has died. She was 86. Kerr, who suffered from Parkinson's disease, died Tuesday in Suffolk in eastern England, her agent, Anne Hutton, said Thursday. For many she will be remembered best for her kiss with Burt Lancaster as waves crashed over them on a Hawaiian beach in the wartime drama "From Here to Eternity." Kerr's roles as forceful, sometimes frustrated women pushed the limits of Hollywood's treatment of sex on the screen during the censor-bound 1950s. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominated Kerr a six times for best actress, but never gave her an Academy Award until it presented an honorary Oscar in 1994 for her distinguished career as an "artist of impeccable grace and beauty, a dedicated actress whose motion picture career has always stood for perfection, discipline and elegance." She had the reputation of a "no problem" actress. http://www.katu.com/news/entertainment/10639412.html Quote <p><span style="color:#0000FF;"><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span style="font-style:italic;">"Do not use harmful words, but only helpful words, the kind that build up and provide what is needed, so that what you say will do good to those who hear you."</span></span> Eph 4:29</span><br><br><img src="http://banners.wunderground.com/weathersticker/gizmotimetemp_both/US/OR/Fairview.gif" alt="Fairview.gif"> Fairview Or</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators LynnDel Posted October 19, 2007 Moderators Share Posted October 19, 2007 I remember her best for "An Affair to Remember," the movie that inspired the Empire State Building meeting in "Sleepless in Seattle." Quote LD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrWhoCompanion Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 Oh my goodness, I loved her work! She was exquisite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amelia Posted October 23, 2007 Author Share Posted October 23, 2007 I especially loved her and Yul in The King and I. Out of the three versions made, I think theirs showed the "desire that cannot be" the best. Quote <p><span style="color:#0000FF;"><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span style="font-style:italic;">"Do not use harmful words, but only helpful words, the kind that build up and provide what is needed, so that what you say will do good to those who hear you."</span></span> Eph 4:29</span><br><br><img src="http://banners.wunderground.com/weathersticker/gizmotimetemp_both/US/OR/Fairview.gif" alt="Fairview.gif"> Fairview Or</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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