Greer Garson
Acting
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).
Known for
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movie1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
2009
Self (archive footage)
movieThe Adventures of Errol Flynn
2005
Self (archive footage)
movieBogart: The Untold Story
1997
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieThat's Entertainment! III
1994
(archive footage)
movieShowbiz Goes to War
1982
(archive footage)
tvLittle Women
1978
Kathryn March
tvThe Love Boat
1977
Alice Bailey
movieThe Little Drummer Boy: Book II
1976
Narrator (voice)
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
1976
Self (archive footage)
movieThat's Entertainment, Part II
1976
(archive footage)
movieThat's Entertainment!
1974
(archive footage) (uncredited)
movieThe Little Drummer Boy
1968
Narrator (voice)
tvRowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
Self (uncredited) / Self
movieThe Happiest Millionaire
1967
Cordelia Biddle
movieThe Singing Nun
1966
Mother Prioress
movieThe Invincible Mr. Disraeli
1963
Mary Anne Disraeli
moviePepe
1960
Greer Garson
movieSunrise at Campobello
1960
Eleanor Roosevelt
Captain Brassbound's Conversion
1960
Lady Cicely Waynflete
The Big Party
1959
Self – Hostess
movieThe Little Foxes
1956
Regina Giddens
tvThe Steve Allen Show
1956
Self - Guest
movieThe Awful Truth
1956
Linda Warner
movieStrange Lady in Town
1955
Dr. Julia Winslow Garth
movieHer Twelve Men
1954
Jan Stewart
movieJulius Caesar
1953
Calpurnia
movieScandal at Scourie
1953
Victoria McChesney
tvThe Oscars
1953
Self
tvGeneral Electric Theater
1953
Molly Malloy / Lydia Shaw / Antonia Stuart
tvHallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Regina / Lady Cicely Wayneflete / Mary Anne Disraeli
movieThe Law and the Lady
1951
Jane Hoskins
movieThe Miniver Story
1950
Kay Miniver
Screen Actors
1950
Self (uncredited)
movieThat Forsyte Woman
1949
Irene Forsyte
movieJulia Misbehaves
1948
Julia Packett
movieDesire Me
1947
Marise Aubert
movieAdventure
1945
Emily Sears
movieThe Valley of Decision
1945
Mary Rafferty
movieMrs. Parkington
1944
Susie Parkington
movieTwenty Years After
1944
(archive footage)
movieMadame Curie
1943
Marie Curie
movieThe Youngest Profession
1943
Greer Garson
movieMrs. Miniver
1942
Mrs. Miniver
movieWhen Ladies Meet
1941
Mrs. Claire Woodruff
movieBlossoms in the Dust
1941
Edna Gladney
moviePride and Prejudice
1940
Elizabeth Bennet
movieRemember?
1939
Linda Bronson
movieGoodbye, Mr. Chips
1939
Katherine 'Kathy'
Inasmuch...
1934
St. Clara