TCM Presents a Seven-Film Deborah Kerr Birthday Celebration

Jeff Pfeiffer September 29, 10:30 am

BTS image of actress Deborah Kerr as she appears in the movie — Archive Photos/Getty Images

Portrait of Deborah Kerr as she appears in the 1951 film *Quo Vadis*

Legendary actress Deborah Jane Trimmer — better known as Deborah Kerr — would have turned 103 in 2024 (she was born Sept. 30, 1921, in Glasgow, Scotland; she died in Suffolk, England, on Oct. 16, 2007, at age 86).

While somehow never winning any of her six Best Actress Oscar nominations (and, frankly, she should have been nominated for at least a few more; how she was never even nominated for 1961’s The Innocents, just one notable omission by the Academy, is beyond me), Kerr remains an icon of old Hollywood. As such, Turner Classic Movies will be celebrating Kerr on her birthdate with seven of her films, including several less-obvious ones.

image from the 1950 movie "Please Believe Me." Seated at a roulette table, dressed in fine attire, from left to right are stars Robert Walker, Deborah Kerr and Peter Lawford

**Robert Walker, Deborah Kerr and Peter Lawford in Please Believe Me (1950)**

TCM Birthday Tribute: Deborah Kerr — Monday, Sept. 30, 2024 (All Times Eastern)

6:15am: Please Believe Me (1950): A romantic comedy costarring Robert Walker and Peter Lawford, and directed by Norman Taurog.

7:45am: If Winter Comes (1947): This drama also features Walter Pidgeon, Angela Lansbury and Janet Leigh in her second film

9:30am: Young Bess (1953): Kerr portrays Catherine Parr alongside Jean Simmons as Elizabeth I and Charles Laughton as Henry VIII in this historical drama.

11:30am: Edward, My Son (1949): George Cukor directed this Spencer Tracy-led British drama that earned Kerr her first Best Actress Oscar nomination, along with a Golden Globe nod.

1:30pm: Count Your Blessings (1959): A romantic comedy also featuring Maurice Chevalier.

3:15pm: Vacation From Marriage (1945, aka Perfect Strangers): This British drama from director Alexander Korda costars Robert Donat.

5pm: Quo Vadis (1951) — Director Mervyn LeRoy’s Best Picture-nominated religious epic costars Robert Taylor, and Best Supporting Actor nominees Peter Ustinov and Leo Genn.