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Greer Garson (1904–1996)


Greer Garson was working at an advertising agency at age 24, when she decided to start a career as a full-time actor. While playing in "Old Music" in London, she was discovered by MGM's Louis B. Mayer who gave her a contract the following day. Her first part was in Goodbye, Mr. Chips, which gave her an Oscar nomination for best actress... See full bio »

Died:

(age 91) in Dallas, Texas, USA

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Filmography

Hide HideActress (45 titles)
1982 The Love Boat (TV series)
Alice Bailey
 
1978 Little Women (TV series)
Aunt Kathryn March
Pilot (1978) … Aunt Kathryn March
 
1976 The Little Drummer Boy Book II (TV short)
Our Story Teller (voice)
 
1974 Crown Matrimonial (TV movie)
Queen Mary
 
1970 The Virginian (TV series)
Frances B. Finch
Lady at the Bar (1970) … Frances B. Finch
 
1968 The Little Drummer Boy (TV short)
Our Story Teller (voice) (as Miss Greer Garson)
 
1967 The Happiest Millionaire
Mother
 
1966 The Singing Nun
Mother Prioress
 
1962 The DuPont Show of the Week (TV series)
Juliette Harben
The Shadowed Affair (1962) … Juliette Harben
 
1960 Pepe
Greer Garson
 
1960 Captain Brassbound's Conversion (TV movie)
Lady Cicely Waynflete
 
1956-1960 G.E. True Theater (TV series)
Antonia Stuart / Lydia Shaw / Molly Malloy
R.S.V.P. (1960) … Antonia Stuart
The Earring (1957) … Lydia Shaw
 
1959 The Big Party (TV series)
Hostess
Episode #1.2 (1959) … Hostess
 
1957 Father Knows Best (TV series)
Greer Garson
Kathy's Big Chance (1957) … Greer Garson
 
1957 Telephone Time (TV series)
Liza Richardson
Revenge (1957) … Liza Richardson
 
1956 The Little Foxes (TV movie)
Regina Giddens
 
1956 Star Stage (TV series)
Career (1956)
 
1955 Strange Lady in Town
Dr. Julia Winslow Garth
 
1955 Producers' Showcase (TV series)
Elena Krug
Reunion in Vienna (1955) … Elena Krug
 
1954 Her Twelve Men
Jan Stewart
 
1947 Desire Me
Marise Aubert
 
1939 Remember?
Linda Bronson
 
1937 How He Lied to Her Husband (TV movie)
 
1937 Theatre Parade (TV series)
Yasmin / Viola
Hassan: Part 2 (1937) … Yasmin
Hassan: Part 1 (1937) … Yasmin
School for Scandal (1937)
Twelfth Night (1937) … Viola
 
1937 The School for Scandal (TV movie)
 
1937 Twelfth Night (TV short)
Viola
 
1934 Inasmuch... (short)
St. Clara
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (7 titles)
1976 The Little Drummer Boy Book II (TV short) (performer: "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day")
 
1967 The Happiest Millionaire (performer: "IT WON'T BE LONG 'TIL CHRISTMAS" - uncredited)
 
1955 Producers' Showcase (TV series)
Dateline II (1955) (performer: "How About You?")
 
1945 The Valley of Decision (performer: "Molly Baun" - uncredited)
 
1942 Random Harvest (performer: "She's Ma Daisy" 1905)
 
1941 When Ladies Meet (performer: "Yo Ho Ho and a Bottle of Rum" - uncredited / "I Love but Thee Jeg elsker Dig!" 1864 - uncredited)
 
1939 Goodbye, Mr. Chips (performer: "An der schönen blauen Donau Walzer The Blue Danube Waltz Op. 314" 1867 - uncredited)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (1 title)
1981 On Golden Pond (producer: Broadway play)
 
Show ShowSelf (34 titles)
1986 American Masters (TV series documentary)
Herself
Directed by William Wyler (1986) … Herself
 
1981 A Gift of Music (TV movie)
Herself - Host
 
1979 Christmas in New Mexico (TV special)
Herself
 
1978 The 50th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Presenter: Best Art Direction
 
1978 Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Jimmy Stewart (TV movie)
Herself
 
1976 AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to William Wyler (TV special documentary)
Herself
 
1973 The 45th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Co-Presenter: Best Art Direction-Set Decoration
 
1972 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 25 January 1972 (1972) … Herself
 
1968-1970 Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (TV series)
Herself / Herself - Guest Performer
Episode #4.9 (1970) … Herself
Episode #3.21 (1970) … Herself (uncredited)
Episode #3.14 (1969) … Herself - Guest Performer
Episode #2.19 (1969) … Herself (uncredited)
Episode #2.6 (1968) … Herself
 
1968 The Art Linkletter Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 22 November 1968 (1968) … Herself
 
1967-1968 The Joey Bishop Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode #2.240 (1968) … Herself
Episode #2.157 (1968) … Herself
Episode #1.75 (1967) … Herself
 
1967 The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (TV series)
Herself
Episode #2.5 (1967) … Herself
 
1964-1966 The Red Skelton Hour (TV series)
Herself / Flower Lady
Christmas Show (1966) … Herself
The Plight Before Christmas (Color Re-staging) (1965) … Herself / Flower Lady
The Plight Before Christmas (1964) … Herself / Flower Lady
 
1966 Hollywood Talent Scouts (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 14 March 1966 (1966) … Herself
 
1965 The 37th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Co-Presenter: Best Costume Design
 
1963 The Merv Griffin Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode #1.108 (1963) … Herself
 
1962 The 34th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Accepting Best Actress Award for Sophia Loren
 
1962 At This Very Moment (TV movie)
Herself
 
1961 The 33rd Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Presenter: Best Actor in a Leading Role
 
1960 This Is Your Life (TV series)
Herself
Mervyn LeRoy (1960) … Herself
 
1958 The 12th Annual Tony Awards (TV movie)
Herself - Presenter
 
1953-1958 What's My Line? (TV series)
Herself / Herself - Guest Panelist / Herself - Mystery Guest
Episode dated 6 April 1958 (1958) … Herself - Mystery Guest
Episode dated 12 May 1957 (1957) … Herself - Guest Panelist
Episode dated 25 October 1953 (1953) … Herself
 
1957 The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (TV series)
Herself - Guest
Episode #2.23 (1957) … Herself - Guest
 
1956 The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode #1.1 (1956) … Herself
 
1956 The Bob Hope Show (TV series)
Herself
The Awful Truth (1956) … Herself
 
1955 Producers' Showcase (TV series)
Herself
Dateline II (1955) … Herself
 
1954 A Star Is Born World Premiere (TV short)
Herself
 
1953 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode #7.7 (1953) … Herself
 
1953 The 25th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Presenter: Best Supporting Actor
 
1950 Screen Actors (documentary short)
Herself (uncredited)
 
1949 Some of the Best: Twenty-Five Years of Motion Picture Leadership (documentary short)
Herself (uncredited)
 
1943 The Youngest Profession
Herself - Guest Star
 
1940 The Miracle of Sound (documentary short)
Herself (uncredited)
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (17 titles)
2009 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year (TV documentary)
 
2005 Pride and Prejudice Revisited (TV documentary)
Elizabeth Bennet (uncredited)
 
2005 The Adventures of Errol Flynn (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1997 The 69th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself (Memorial Tribute)
 
1996 Bogart: The Untold Story (TV documentary)
Herself - Presenter at Oscar Ceremony (uncredited)
 
1995 Victory in the Pacific (TV movie)
Herself
 
1994 Entertaining the Troops (documentary)
Herself
 
1994 That's Entertainment! III (documentary)
Performer in Film Clip (uncredited)
 
1982 Showbiz Goes to War (TV movie)
 
1976 That's Entertainment, Part II (documentary)
Clip from 'Goodbye Mr. Chips'
 
1974 That's Entertainment! (documentary)
Herself - at Banquet (uncredited)
 
1967 Mondo Hollywood (documentary)
Herself (uncredited)
 
1964 Hollywood and the Stars (TV series)
 
1940 Hollywood: Style Center of the World (documentary short)
Herself
 
1939 From the Ends of the Earth (documentary short)
Herself
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

(8/7/34) Stage: Appeared in William Shakespeare's play, "Romeo & Juliet", at the Open Air Theatre in Regents Park, London, England with Griffith Jones, Margaretta Scott, Eric Dance, Henry Baynton, Leslie French, Hubert Gregg MBE, Terence de Marney, Sir Ben Greet, Sydney Bromley, Michael Martin Harvey... See more »

Publicity Listings:

1 Print Biography  | 39 Articles  | 90 Magazine Cover Photos  | See more »

Alternate Names:

Miss Greer Garson

Height:

5' 6" (1.68 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

[In a 1990 interview, Garson deplored the violence of many modern films] "I think the mirror should be tilted slightly upward when it's reflecting life -- toward the cheerful, the tender, the compassionate, the brave, the funny, the encouraging, all those things -- and not tilted down to the gutter part of the time, into the troubled vistas of conflict." See more »

Trivia:

While at MGM in the 1940s she said that she would liked to have been cast in more comedies rather than dramas, and was jealous that those roles were given to another redhead who recently signed with the studio, Lucille Ball. Ironically, Ball was dissatisfied at being overlooked for dramatic roles. See more »

Trademark:

Red Hair See more »

Nickname:

Duchess See more »

Star Sign:

Libra