Greer GarsonEileen Evelyn Greer Garson (September 29, 1904 - April 6, 1996) was an Academy Award winning actress, most known for being the leading lady in many pictures co-starring Walter Pidgeon. Known in childhood as "Eggy" and supposedly born in County Down, Ireland, in 1908, she was actually born in London, the only child of George Garson (1865-1906), a clerk from the Orkney Islands who was himself the son of an Irish cabinetmaker, and his Scottish wife, Nancy ("Nina") Sophia Greer. She was educated at the University of London, where she earned degrees in French and 18th-century literature. She intended to become a teacher, but instead began working with an advertising agency. She appeared in local theatrical productions, and was discovered by Louis B. Mayer while he was in London looking for new talent. Garson was signed to a contract with MGM and appeared in her first American film, Goodbye, Mr. Chips, in 1939. She received her first Oscar nomination for the role. She won the Academy Award for Best Actress in 1942 for her role as a British matron pluckily surviving in the midst of war in Mrs. Miniver, and she received more nominations during the 1940s. By the end of the decade, and through the 1950s, however, her roles were becoming less appreciated. In 1960, however, she again received an Oscar nomination for Sunrise at Campobello, in which she played Eleanor Roosevelt. The actress was married three times.
She died of heart failure in Dallas, Texas on 6 April 1996 (Easter Saturday) and is interred there in the Sparkman-Hillcrest Memorial Park Cemetery. Academy Awards and Nominations
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She died of heart failure in Dallas, Texas on 6 April 1996 (Easter Saturday) and is interred there in the Sparkman-Hillcrest Memorial Park Cemetery. In 1956 she again starred with March in The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit. The actress was married three times. Harding became stereotyped as the innocent young woman willing to sacrifice herself for others, and she eventually quit making movies when she married in 1937, although she was lured back in 1942 to make Eyes in the Night. In 1960, however, she again received an Oscar nomination for Sunrise at Campobello, in which she played Eleanor Roosevelt. In 1931 she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for Holiday. By the end of the decade, and through the 1950s, however, her roles were becoming less appreciated. In 1929 she made her film debut in Paris Bound, opposite Fredric March. Miniver, and she received more nominations during the 1940s. Following school, she got a job as a script reader, and began acting on Broadway. She won the Academy Award for Best Actress in 1942 for her role as a British matron pluckily surviving in the midst of war in Mrs. The family finally settled in New York, and young Dorothy attended Bryn Mawr College. She received her first Oscar nomination for the role. Born Dorothy Walton Gatley in Fort Sam Houston, Texas, the daughter of a career army officer, she traveled often during her early life. Chips, in 1939. Ann Harding (August 7, 1901 - September 1, 1981) was an American actress. Garson was signed to a contract with MGM and appeared in her first American film, Goodbye, Mr. Mayer while he was in London looking for new talent. She appeared in local theatrical productions, and was discovered by Louis B. She intended to become a teacher, but instead began working with an advertising agency. She was educated at the University of London, where she earned degrees in French and 18th-century literature. Known in childhood as "Eggy" and supposedly born in County Down, Ireland, in 1908, she was actually born in London, the only child of George Garson (1865-1906), a clerk from the Orkney Islands who was himself the son of an Irish cabinetmaker, and his Scottish wife, Nancy ("Nina") Sophia Greer. Eileen Evelyn Greer Garson (September 29, 1904 - April 6, 1996) was an Academy Award winning actress, most known for being the leading lady in many pictures co-starring Walter Pidgeon. Twelfth Night. The School for Scandal. How He Lied to Her Husband. Chips. Goodbye, Mr. Remember?. Pride and Prejudice. Blossoms In the Dust. When Ladies Meet. Miniver. Mrs. Random Harvest. The Youngest Profession. Madame Curie. Parkington. Mrs. The Valley of Decision. Adventure. Desire Me. Julia Misbehaves. That Forsyte Woman. The Miniver Story. The Law and the Lady. Scandal at Scourie. Julius Caesar. Her Twelve Men. Strange Lady in Town. Sunrise at Campobello. Pepe. Disraeli. The Invincible Mr. The Singing Nun. The Happiest Millionaire. Little Drummer Boy. The Little Drummer Boy Book II. Little Women. Chips. 1940 Nominated Goodbye, Mr. 1942 Nominated Blossoms In the Dust. Miniver. 1943 Won Mrs. 1944 Nominated Madame Curie. 1945 Nominated Mrs. Parkington. 1946 Nominated The Valley of Decision. 1961 Nominated Sunrise at Campobello. "Buddy" Fogelson (died 1987), and in 1967, the couple retired to the Forked Lightning Ranch in New Mexico. E. That same year 1949 she married a millionaire Texas oilman and horse breeder, E. Ney eventually became a respected stock-market analyst and financial consultant. Miniver"; they divorced in 1949, with Garson claiming that Ney had called her a has-been and belittled her age. Her second husband, whom she married in 1943, was Richard Ney (born 1914, 1915, 1917, or 1918, sources differ), the young actor who played her son in "Mrs. Her first husband, whom she married on September 28, 1933, was Edward (later Sir Edward) Alec Abbot Snelson (1904-1992), a British civil servant who became a noted judge and expert in Indian and Pakistani affairs; the real marriage reportedly lasted only a few weeks, but was not formally dissolved until the 1940s. |