Greer Garson
ActingEileen 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).
Known For
Mrs. Miniver
Mrs. Miniver
Pride and Prejudice
Elizabeth Bennet
Julius Caesar
Calpurnia
Pepe
Greer Garson
Julia Misbehaves
Julia Packett
Madame Curie
Marie Curie
Random Harvest
Paula
The Valley of Decision
Mary Rafferty
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment, Part II
(archive footage)
Filmography — Acting
Mrs. Miniver
Mrs. Miniver
Pride and Prejudice
Elizabeth Bennet
Julius Caesar
Calpurnia
Pepe
Greer Garson
Julia Misbehaves
Julia Packett
Madame Curie
Marie Curie
Random Harvest
Paula
The Valley of Decision
Mary Rafferty
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment, Part II
(archive footage)
Showbiz Goes to War
(archive footage)
That's Entertainment!
(archive footage) (uncredited)
The Little Drummer Boy
Narrator (voice)
The Singing Nun
Mother Prioress
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Katherine 'Kathy'
Sunrise at Campobello
Eleanor Roosevelt
The Happiest Millionaire
Cordelia Biddle
Desire Me
Marise Aubert
Mondo Hollywood
A Star Is Born World Premiere
Self
Mrs. Parkington
Susie Parkington
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
Self
From the Ends of the Earth
Self
Strange Lady in Town
Dr. Julia Winslow Garth
Adventure
Emily Sears
The Adventures of Errol Flynn
Self (archive footage)
Bogart: The Untold Story
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Blossoms in the Dust
Edna Gladney
The Miniver Story
Kay Miniver
Remember?
Linda Bronson
The Law and the Lady
Jane Hoskins
That's Entertainment! III
(archive footage)
Twenty Years After
(archive footage)
That Forsyte Woman
Irene Forsyte
The Youngest Profession
Greer Garson
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
Self
The Invincible Mr. Disraeli
Mary Anne Disraeli
The Little Foxes
Regina Giddens
Directed by William Wyler
Self
Screen Actors
Self (uncredited)
Scandal at Scourie
Victoria McChesney
Her Twelve Men
Jan Stewart
Captain Brassbound's Conversion
Lady Cicely Waynflete
When Ladies Meet
Mrs. Claire Woodruff
The Little Drummer Boy: Book II
Narrator (voice)
The School for Scandal
Maria
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
Self (archive footage)
Inasmuch...
St. Clara
How He Lied to Her Husband
Aurora Bompas
The Awful Truth
Linda Warner