Greer Garson

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).

Cast

Julius Caesar

(Calpurnia)

Random Harvest

(Paula)

The Happiest Millionaire

(Cordelia Biddle)

Mrs. Miniver

(Mrs. Miniver)

Goodbye, Mr. Chips

(Katherine 'Kathy')

That Forsyte Woman

(Irene Forsyte)

Madame Curie

(Marie Curie)

Pride and Prejudice

(Elizabeth Bennet)

The Valley of Decision

(Mary Rafferty)

Adventure

(Emily Sears)

The Little Drummer Boy

(Narrator (voice))

The Singing Nun

(Mother Prioress)

Mrs. Parkington

(Susie Parkington)

Showbiz Goes to War

((archive footage))

Julia Misbehaves

(Julia Packett)

Sunrise at Campobello

(Eleanor Roosevelt)

Pepe

(Greer Garson)

When Ladies Meet

(Mrs. Claire Woodruff)

Blossoms in the Dust

(Edna Gladney)

The Miniver Story

(Kay Miniver)

Strange Lady in Town

(Dr. Julia Winslow Garth)

The Youngest Profession

(Greer Garson)

The Adventures of Errol Flynn

(Self (archive footage))

Her Twelve Men

(Jan Stewart)

Remember?

(Linda Bronson)

The Law and the Lady

(Jane Hoskins)

Desire Me

(Marise Aubert)

Scandal at Scourie

(Victoria McChesney)

A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound

(Self)

That's Entertainment!

((archive footage) (uncredited))

That's Entertainment, Part II

((archive footage))

The Little Drummer Boy: Book II

(Narrator (voice))

That's Entertainment! III

((archive footage))

The Little Foxes

(Regina Giddens)

Captain Brassbound's Conversion

(Lady Cicely Waynflete)

The Invincible Mr. Disraeli

(Mary Anne Disraeli)

Hollywood: Style Center of the World

(Self)

From the Ends of the Earth

(Self)

Twenty Years After

((archive footage))

Bogart: The Untold Story

(Self (archive footage) (uncredited))

A Star Is Born World Premiere

(Self)

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

(Self (archive footage))

Directed by William Wyler

(Self)

How He Lied to Her Husband

(Aurora Bompas)

The School for Scandal

(Maria)

Inasmuch...

(St. Clara)

Screen Actors

(Self (uncredited))

Mondo Hollywood

The Awful Truth

(Linda Warner)

Bob Hope's World of Comedy

(Self (archive footage))

The Merv Griffin Show

(Self)

General Electric Theater

(Molly Malloy)

Hallmark Hall of Fame

(Regina)

Father Knows Best

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

(Self (uncredited))

This Is Your Life

(Self)

The Steve Allen Show

(Self - Guest)

Telephone Time

The Oscars

(Self)

General Electric Theater

(Lydia Shaw)

General Electric Theater

(Antonia Stuart)

The Ed Sullivan Show

(Self)

The American Film Institute Salute to ...

(Self)

Hallmark Hall of Fame

(Lady Cicely Wayneflete)

Hallmark Hall of Fame

(Mary Anne Disraeli)

Hallmark Hall of Fame

The Big Party

(Self – Hostess)

What's My Line?

(Self)

Little Women

(Kathryn March)

What's My Line?

(Self - Panelist)

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

(Self)