Greer Garson
Known for: 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).
Filmography
Series
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
1962
Series
The Love Boat
Alice Bailey
1977
Series
What's My Line?
Self
1950
Series
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948
Series
The Oscars
Self
1953
Series
The Steve Allen Show
Self - Guest
1956
Series
Father Knows Best
1954
Series
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self (uncredited)
1968
Series
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self
1968
Series
This Is Your Life
Self
1952
Series
Telephone Time
1956
Series
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self
1973
Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Regina
1951
Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Lady Cicely Wayneflete
1951
Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Mary Anne Disraeli
1951
Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Film
Random Harvest
Paula
1942
Film
Mrs. Miniver
Mrs. Miniver
1942
Film
Julius Caesar
Calpurnia
1953
The Big Party
Self – Hostess
1959
Series
General Electric Theater
Molly Malloy
1953
Series
General Electric Theater
Lydia Shaw
1953
Series
General Electric Theater
Antonia Stuart
1953
Film
That's Entertainment, Part II
(archive footage)
1976
Film
Pride and Prejudice
Elizabeth Bennet
1940
Film
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
Self (archive footage)
2009
Film
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Katherine 'Kathy'
1939
Series
Little Women
Kathryn March
1978
Film
The Valley of Decision
Mary Rafferty
1945
Film
Desire Me
Marise Aubert
1947
Film
The Happiest Millionaire
Cordelia Biddle
1967
Film
That's Entertainment!
(archive footage) (uncredited)
1974
Film
Strange Lady in Town
Dr. Julia Winslow Garth
1955
Film
That's Entertainment! III
(archive footage) (uncredited)
1994
Film
The Little Drummer Boy
Narrator (voice)
1968
Film
Mrs. Parkington
Susie Parkington
1944
Film
Blossoms in the Dust
Edna Gladney
1941
Film
Madame Curie
Marie Curie
1943
Film
The Law and the Lady
Jane Hoskins
1951
Film
Directed by William Wyler
Self
1986
Film
A Star Is Born World Premiere
Self
1954
Film
Remember?
Linda Bronson
1939
Film
The Miniver Story
Kay Miniver
1950
Film
Julia Misbehaves
Julia Packett
1948
Film
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
Self
1940
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
(archive footage)
1976
Film
Her Twelve Men
Jan Stewart
1954
Film
The Adventures of Errol Flynn
Self (archive footage)
2005
Film
That Forsyte Woman
Irene Forsyte
1949
Film
Showbiz Goes to War
(archive footage)
1982
Film
The Singing Nun
Mother Prioress
1966
Film
Adventure
Emily Sears
1945
Inasmuch...
St. Clara
1934
Film
The Youngest Profession
Greer Garson
1943
Crown Matrimonial
Queen Mary
1974
Film
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
Self
1940
Film
When Ladies Meet
Mrs. Claire Woodruff
1941
Film
Sunrise at Campobello
Eleanor Roosevelt
1960
Film
Scandal at Scourie
Victoria McChesney
1953
Film
Bogart: The Untold Story
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1997
Film
Pepe
Greer Garson
1960
Film
Twenty Years After
(archive footage)
1944
Film
From the Ends of the Earth
Self
1939
Film
The Invincible Mr. Disraeli
Mary Anne Disraeli
1963
How He Lied to Her Husband
Aurora Bompas
1937
Captain Brassbound's Conversion
Lady Cicely Waynflete
1960
Film
The Little Drummer Boy: Book II
Narrator (voice)
1976
Film
The Little Foxes
Regina Giddens
1956
Film
The Awful Truth
Linda Warner
1956
Film
Mondo Hollywood
1967
Screen Actors
Self (uncredited)
1950
The School for Scandal
Maria
1937