Greer Garson

Born: 1904-09-29 in London, England, UK

Died: 1996-04-06

Known For: Acting

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).

Filmography

2009

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year as Self (archive footage)

2005

The Adventures of Errol Flynn as Self (archive footage)

1997

Bogart: The Untold Story as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1994

That's Entertainment! III as (archive footage)

1986

Directed by William Wyler as Self

1982

Showbiz Goes to War as (archive footage)

1978

Little Women as Kathryn March

1976

That's Entertainment, Part II as (archive footage)
Bob Hope's World of Comedy as Self (archive footage)
The Little Drummer Boy: Book II as Narrator (voice)

1974

That's Entertainment! as (archive footage) (uncredited)

1966

The Singing Nun as Mother Prioress

1963

The Invincible Mr. Disraeli as Mary Anne Disraeli

1962

The Merv Griffin Show as Self

1960

Pepe as Greer Garson
Sunrise at Campobello as Eleanor Roosevelt
Captain Brassbound's Conversion as Lady Cicely Waynflete

1959

The Big Party as Self – Hostess

1956

The Steve Allen Show as Self - Guest
Telephone Time
The Little Foxes as Regina Giddens
The Awful Truth as Linda Warner

1955

Strange Lady in Town as Dr. Julia Winslow Garth

1954

1953

The Oscars as Self
General Electric Theater as Molly Malloy
Julius Caesar as Calpurnia
Scandal at Scourie as Victoria McChesney

1952

This Is Your Life as Self

1951

Hallmark Hall of Fame as Regina
The Law and the Lady as Jane Hoskins

1950

What's My Line? as Self
Screen Actors as Self (uncredited)
The Miniver Story as Kay Miniver

1949

That Forsyte Woman as Irene Forsyte

1948

The Ed Sullivan Show as Self
Julia Misbehaves as Julia Packett

1947

Desire Me as Marise Aubert

1945

The Valley of Decision as Mary Rafferty
Adventure as Emily Sears

1944

Mrs. Parkington as Susie Parkington
Twenty Years After as (archive footage)

1943

Madame Curie as Marie Curie
The Youngest Profession as Greer Garson

1942

Mrs. Miniver as Mrs. Miniver
Random Harvest as Paula

1941

Blossoms in the Dust as Edna Gladney
When Ladies Meet as Mrs. Claire Woodruff

1940

Pride and Prejudice as Elizabeth Bennet
Hollywood: Style Center of the World as Self
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound as Self

1939

Goodbye, Mr. Chips as Katherine 'Kathy'
From the Ends of the Earth as Self
Remember? as Linda Bronson

1937

How He Lied to Her Husband as Aurora Bompas
The School for Scandal as Maria

1934

Inasmuch... as St. Clara