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Deborah Kerr, 1921-2007

posted 17 years ago by hobnob53
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Terrific, lovely actress, and THE SUNDOWNERS was one of her very best performances. Rest in peace, and thank you for your talent.

[–] doug7347 14 years ago

She was great, and she should have won the Oscar for this film.

[–] hobnob53 14 years ago

Yes indeed. Six nominations, and not one win. Liz Taylor, who won for Butterfiled 8 over Miss Kerr in 1960, publicly belittled that Oscar, as basically having been given to her because she had nearly died of pneumonia a few months earlier, and she was right. But at least DK received an honorary AA in 1994.

[–] Harold_Robbins 12 years ago

Finally catching up with this film, and I'm completely charmed by Kerr here - her silent observation of the pretty young woman on the train was heart-rending, and without a word of dialog Kerr got everything her character was feeling across to the viewer.

"In my case, self-absorption is completely justified."

[–] hobnob53 12 years ago

Exactly right. Brilliant actress. She and Mitchum always made a surprisingly compatible couple. Great chemistry, but without seeing them together you wouldn't have thought so.