Greer Garson

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Eileen Evelyn Greer Garson was born on September 29, 1904 in London, England, to Nancy Sophia.

She concentrated on the environment and other various charities.

By the 1980s, she was suffering from chronic heart problems prompting her to slow down.

That was the cause of her death on April 6, 1996 in Dallas, Texas.

She was 91.

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Country: United Kingdom
Gender: Female
Education: King's College London
Place of birth: London
Birth date: 29 September 1904
Member of: Republican Party
Nationality: British

Academy Award for Best Actress
Commander of the Order of the British Empire

Although it is sometimes bandied about as an anecdotal piece of Oscar trivia, she did not "ramble on for over an hour" after receiving her 1943 Academy Award for Mrs. Miniver .
Her mothers maiden name was Greer, a contraction of the name MacGregor. She is a descendant of Rob Roy MacGregor (he had red hair), of the Scottish clan Gregor.
Had homes in Dallas, Los Angeles and ranch near Pecos, New Mexico.
Signed up by MGM boss Louis B. Mayer when he saw her acting on a London stage.
Best known for her role in Mrs.
Well-known for activities on behalf of educational and cultural institutions.
Donated millions to have the Greer Garson Theater built, at the College of Santa Fe. She had three conditions that had to be followed: 1) It had to be a working circular stage, 2) the first play had to be A Midsummers Night Dream, and 3) it had to have large ladies restrooms.
She married Richard Ney after filming Mrs. Miniver , in which he played her son.
Received the Womens International Center (WIC) Living Legacy Award in 1990.
Nominated for an Academy Award five years in a row: 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944 and 1945. She holds the record for most consecutive nominations with Bette Davis.

All I know about getting something that you want is that there are three,essential things: wanting, trying and getting the opportunity, the,breaks. None works alone without the others.
Starting out to make money is the greatest mistake in life. Do what you,feel you have a flair for doing, and if you are good enough at it, the,money will come.
Starting out to make money is the greatest mistake in life. Do what you feel you have a flair for doing and if you are good enough at it the money will come.
Starting out to make money is the greatest mistake in life. Do what you feel you have a flair for doing, and if you are good enough at it, the money will come. .

Movies

Victory in the Pacific
1995
Rockette: A Holiday Tribute to Radio City Music Hall
1978
A look back at the history of the famed theater since its opening in the early 1930s.
The Little Drummer Boy Book II
1976
Aaron, after playing his song, helps Melchior to spread the word by ringing Simeon's silver bells.
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to William Wyler
1976
In 1976, William Wyler became the fourth recipient of the American Film Institute's Lifetime Achievement Award, following John Ford, James Cagney and Orson Welles.
The Happiest Millionaire
1967
A happy and unbelievably lucky young Irish immigrant, John Lawless, lands a job as the butler of an unconventional millionaire, Biddle.
The Singing Nun
1966
Young and inexperienced Sister Ann has just arrived at her next posting at Samaritan House, a Dominican order located in a disreputable neighborhood of Ghent, Belgium.
Invincible Mr. Disraeli
1963
The rise of the legendary 19th-century British politician and prime minister Benjamin Disraeli..
Sunrise at Campobello
1960
The story of Franklin Roosevelt's bout with polio at age 40 in 1921 and how his family (and especially wife Eleanor) cope with his illness.
The 12th Annual Tony Awards
1958
The Little Foxes
1956
A tale of greed, one-upmanship, family distrust, abuse, apathy, and lost love, set in the deep south at the turn of the twentieth century..
Strange Lady in Town
1955
In 1880 New Mexico, a young female doctor from Boston arrives in Santa Fe to establish her new medical practice.
Her Twelve Men
1954
Jan Stewart, a new teacher at The Oaks, a boys' boarding school, becomes instructor and mother-figure to a class of twelve.
Scandal at Scourie
1953
After their orphanage burns down, a group of children are being transported west by train to Manitoba.
The Law and the Lady
1951
A beguiling international jewel thief loses her heart..
The Miniver Story
1950
The story, told partly in flashback and narrated by Clem Miniver, commences on VE Day as Clem and Judy return home from war service and Toby returns from a foster family in America.
That Forsyte Woman
1949
Soames and Irene Forsyte have a marriage of convenience.
Julia Misbehaves
1948
English dancehall actress Julia Packett hasn't seen her daughter since Susan was a few months old, having given her up to be raised by her respectable and wealthy father William (whom Julia never divorced.
Desire Me
1947
Shortly after WWII, flashbacks tell the story of Marise, her husband Paul, and Jean, who was imprisoned with Paul in a German camp.
Adventure
1945
Adventure is a 1945 American romantic drama film directed by Victor Fleming and starring Clark Gable and Greer Garson.
The Valley of Decision
1945
Mary Rafferty comes from a poor family of steel mill workers in 19th Century Pittsburgh.
Mrs. Parkington
1944
In this family saga, Mrs.
Madame Curie
1943
Biopic of the famed scientist and the work she did with her husband Pierre in the discovery of radium.
Mrs. Miniver
1942
The Minivers, an English "middle-class" family experience life in the first months of World War II.
Random Harvest
1942
A veteran of World War I marries and settles happily into a tidy, humble life until an accident brings back memories of a former life of wealth and privilege while blocking all recollection of his existence since the war.
Blossoms in the Dust
1941
Edna marries Texan Sam Gladney, operator of a wheat mill.
When Ladies Meet
1941
When Ladies Meet (1941) is a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer feature film starring Joan Crawford, Robert Taylor, Greer Garson, Herbert Marshall, and Spring Byington in a story about a novelist in love with her publisher.
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
1939
An old classics teacher looks back over his long career, remembering pupils and colleagues, and above all the idyllic courtship and marriage that transformed his life..
Remember?
1939
Sky and Linda meet on vacation and become engaged.
How He Lied to Her Husband
1937
The School for Scandal
1937
Twelfth Night
1937
Inasmuch...
1934

TV

Theatre Parade
1936
Scenes taken from popular London theatrical productions..

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