Greer Garson
Born September 29, 1904 (Age: 121)
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London, England, UK
Biography
Eileen Evelyn Greer Garson, CBE (September 29, 1904 – April 6, 1996) was a British and American actress. Very popular during World War II, she was listed by the Motion Picture Herald as one of America's top ten box office draws in 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, and 1946. Known for playing dignified and graceful women, Garson established herself as among the highest-paid actresses in Hollywood and Britain and received seven Academy Award nominations, winning one for Mrs. Miniver (1942), which was also the highest grossing film of that year. Originally a stage actress in England, she signed a contract with MGM and moved to Hollywood in 1937. She achieved success immediately for her debut film Goodbye Mr. Chips (1939), for which she received her first Academy Award nomination. Following the romantic comedy Remember? (1939) and the period drama Pride and Prejudice (1940), Garson starred in a string of commercial and critical successes that earned her a record five consecutive Academy Award nominations for Blossoms in the Dust (1941), Mrs. Miniver (1942), Madame Curie (1943), Mrs. Parkington (1944), and The Valley of Decision (1945). With her popularity slowly dwindling in the 1950s as her contract with MGM expired, she moved to Broadway. She received her seventh and final Academy Award nomination for the biographical film Sunrise at Campobello (1960).
Eileen Evelyn Greer Garson, CBE (September 29, 1904 – April 6, 1996) was a British and American actress. Very popular during World War II, she was listed by the Motion Picture Herald as one of America's top ten box office draws in 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, and 1946. Known for playing dignified and graceful women, Garson established herself as among the highest-paid actresses in Hollywood and Britain and received seven Academy Award nominations, winning one for Mrs. Miniver (1942), which was also the highest grossing film of that year.
Originally a stage actress in England, she signed a contract with MGM and moved to Hollywood in 1937. She achieved success immediately for her debut film Goodbye Mr. Chips (1939), for which she received her first Academy Award nomination. Following the romantic comedy Remember? (1939) and the period drama Pride and Prejudice (1940), Garson starred in a string of commercial and critical successes that earned her a record five consecutive Academy Award nominations for Blossoms in the Dust (1941), Mrs. Miniver (1942), Madame Curie (1943), Mrs. Parkington (1944), and The Valley of Decision (1945). With her popularity slowly dwindling in the 1950s as her contract with MGM expired, she moved to Broadway. She received her seventh and final Academy Award nomination for the biographical film Sunrise at Campobello (1960).
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Filmography
Bogart: The Untold Story
1997
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as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Age: 92
That's Entertainment! III
1994
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as (archive footage)
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Age: 89
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
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as (archive footage)
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Age: 71
That's Entertainment!
1974
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as (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Age: 69
The Invincible Mr. Disraeli
1963
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as Mary Anne Disraeli
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Age: 58
Pepe
1960
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as Greer Garson
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Age: 56
Sunrise at Campobello
1960
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as Eleanor Roosevelt
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Age: 55
No Image
Captain Brassbound's Conversion
1960
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as Lady Cicely Waynflete
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Age: 55
The Little Foxes
1956
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as Regina Giddens
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Age: 52
The Awful Truth
1956
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as Linda Warner
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Age: 51
Strange Lady in Town
1955
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as Dr. Julia Winslow Garth
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Age: 50
A Star Is Born World Premiere
1954
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as Self
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Age: 49
Her Twelve Men
1954
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as Jan Stewart
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Age: 49
Julius Caesar
1953
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as Calpurnia
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Age: 48
Scandal at Scourie
1953
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as Victoria McChesney
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Age: 48
The Miniver Story
1950
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as Kay Miniver
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Age: 46
No Image
Screen Actors
1950
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as Self (uncredited)
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Age: 45
Adventure
1945
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as Emily Sears
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Age: 41
The Valley of Decision
1945
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as Mary Rafferty
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Age: 40
Random Harvest
1942
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as Paula
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Age: 38
Mrs. Miniver
1942
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as Mrs. Miniver
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Age: 37
When Ladies Meet
1941
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as Mrs. Claire Woodruff
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Age: 36
Blossoms in the Dust
1941
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as Edna Gladney
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Age: 36