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Greer Garson
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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 Her…
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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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2009
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2005
The Adventures of Errol Flynn
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1997
Bogart: The Untold Story
Movie Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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1994
That's Entertainment! III
Movie (archive footage) (uncredited)
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1986
Directed by William Wyler
Movie Self
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1982
Showbiz Goes to War
Movie (archive footage)
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1978
Little Women
TV show Kathryn March
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1977
The Love Boat
TV show Alice Bailey
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1976
The Little Drummer Boy: Book II
Movie Narrator (voice)
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1976
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1976
That's Entertainment, Part II
Movie (archive footage)
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1974
That's Entertainment!
Movie (archive footage) (uncredited)
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1974
Crown Matrimonial
Movie Queen Mary
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1973
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
TV show Self
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1968
The Little Drummer Boy
Movie Narrator (voice)
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1968
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
TV show Self (uncredited)
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1967
The Happiest Millionaire
Movie Cordelia Biddle
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1967
Mondo Hollywood
Movie
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1966
The Singing Nun
Movie Mother Prioress
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1963
The Invincible Mr. Disraeli
Movie Mary Anne Disraeli
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1962
The Merv Griffin Show
TV show Self
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1960
Pepe
Movie Greer Garson
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1960
Sunrise at Campobello
Movie Eleanor Roosevelt
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1960
Captain Brassbound's Conversion
Movie Lady Cicely Waynflete
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1959
The Big Party
TV show Self – Hostess
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1956
The Little Foxes
Movie Regina Giddens
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1956
The Steve Allen Show
TV show Self - Guest
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1956
Telephone Time
TV show
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1956
The Awful Truth
Movie Linda Warner
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1955
Strange Lady in Town
Movie Dr. Julia Winslow Garth
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1954
Father Knows Best
TV show
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1954
A Star Is Born World Premiere
Movie Self
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1954
Her Twelve Men
Movie Jan Stewart
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1953
Julius Caesar
Movie Calpurnia
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1953
Scandal at Scourie
Movie Victoria McChesney
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1953
The Oscars
TV show Self
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1953
General Electric Theater
TV show Molly Malloy
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1952
This Is Your Life
TV show Self
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1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV show Regina
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1951
The Law and the Lady
Movie Jane Hoskins
