Greer Garson
Acting
1904-09-29 · London, England, UK
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
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
2009 · Movie
The Adventures of Errol Flynn
2005 · Movie
Bogart: The Untold Story
1997 · Movie
That's Entertainment! III
1994 · Movie
Directed by William Wyler
1986 · Movie
Showbiz Goes to War
1982 · Movie
Little Women
1978 · Series
The Love Boat
1977 · Series
The Little Drummer Boy: Book II
1976 · Movie
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
1976 · Movie
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976 · Movie
That's Entertainment!
1974 · Movie
Crown Matrimonial
1974 · Movie
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973 · Series
The Little Drummer Boy
1968 · Movie
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968 · Series
The Happiest Millionaire
1967 · Movie
Mondo Hollywood
1967 · Movie
The Singing Nun
1966 · Movie
The Invincible Mr. Disraeli
1963 · Movie
The Merv Griffin Show
1962 · Series
Pepe
1960 · Movie
Sunrise at Campobello
1960 · Movie
Captain Brassbound's Conversion
1960 · Movie
The Big Party
1959 · Series
The Little Foxes
1956 · Movie
The Steve Allen Show
1956 · Series
Telephone Time
1956 · Series
The Awful Truth
1956 · Movie
Strange Lady in Town
1955 · Movie
Father Knows Best
1954 · Series
A Star Is Born World Premiere
1954 · Movie
Her Twelve Men
1954 · Movie
Julius Caesar
1953 · Movie
Scandal at Scourie
1953 · Movie
The Oscars
1953 · Series
General Electric Theater
1953 · Series
This Is Your Life
1952 · Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · Series
The Law and the Lady
1951 · Movie
The Miniver Story
1950 · Movie
Screen Actors
1950 · Movie
What's My Line?
1950 · Series
That Forsyte Woman
1949 · Movie
Julia Misbehaves
1948 · Movie
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · Series
Desire Me
1947 · Movie
Adventure
1945 · Movie
The Valley of Decision
1945 · Movie
Mrs. Parkington
1944 · Movie
Twenty Years After
1944 · Movie
Madame Curie
1943 · Movie
The Youngest Profession
1943 · Movie
Random Harvest
1942 · Movie
Mrs. Miniver
1942 · Movie
When Ladies Meet
1941 · Movie
Blossoms in the Dust
1941 · Movie
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
1940 · Movie
Pride and Prejudice
1940 · Movie
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
1940 · Movie
Remember?
1939 · Movie
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
1939 · Movie
From the Ends of the Earth
1939 · Movie
How He Lied to Her Husband
1937 · Movie
The School for Scandal
1937 · Movie
Inasmuch...
1934 · Movie