Penelope Keith

She was born in Sutton, Surrey, is married to Rodney Timson, and has two adopted sons. Deborah Kerr's Academy Award-nominated performances (all for Best Actress):. In 2000 she served as High Sheriff of Surrey. An un-successful six-time nominee for an Academy Award, she was finally awarded an honorary Oscar in recognition of the "perfection, discipline and elegance" of her screen work. Her characters are usually likeable but pompous and slightly ridiculous upper-class ladies, as in the preceding examples. She was also well-known for her role opposite Cary Grant in An Affair to Remember. Penelope Keith, OBE, (born April 2, 1940) is a British actress, best known for her appearances in the BBC television sitcoms To the Manor Born and The Good Life. However, her most famous role was as the governess Anna Leonowens in the film version of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The King and I.

Take A Girl Like You. Her "English" accent and manner led to a succession of roles, of which the only real departure from stereotype was in From Here to Eternity (1953). Rentadick. It was her role as a troubled nun in Michael Powell's Black Narcissus in 1947 which brought her to the attention of Hollywood producers. Priest of Love. Having switched careers, she found immediate success as an actress, following up her debut in the British film, Contraband, in 1940. Penny Gold. She was born Deborah Jane Kerr-Trimmer in Helensburgh, Scotland, and originally trained as a ballet dancer, first appearing on stage at Sadler's Wells in 1938.

Madhouse Mansion. Deborah Kerr (born September 30, 1921) is a Scottish film actress. Every Home Should Have One. The Sundowners. Coming Home (1998). Separate Tables. Next of Kin (1995). Allison.

Law and Disorder (1994). Heaven Knows, Mr. No Job for a Lady (1990). The King and I. Executive Stress (1986). From Here to Eternity. Moving (1985). Edward, My Son.