Greer Garson

Eileen Evelyn Greer Garson was born on September 29, 1904 in London, England to George Garson and Nancy Sophia (Greer), commercial clerks. She is of Scottish and Ulster-Scottish descent, and Garson showed little interest in her career as an actress. After she studied at the University of London with the intention of becoming a teacher, she decided to work for an advertising agency instead. Outside of her working hours, she appeared in local theater productions, gaining a reputation as a very talented and charismatic performer. While producing Old Music, Garson was offered a studio contract by Louis B., MGM's vice president of production. When Mayer visits London in search of new talent. Garson's earliest film to feature this arrangement was the hugely popular Farewell Mr. For Chips (1939), she was the first of six nominations for an Academy Award for Best Actress. In the following year, Greer would see her as Elizabeth Bennett in her famous film Pride and Prejudice (1940). In 1941, she received a second nomination for her role as Edna Gladney in Blossom in the Dust (1941), but for her role in which she would forever be known as Mrs. Despite the propaganda of Mrs Miniver (1942), it was impressive. In fact, she won an Oscar for her best actress.

For the role of Marie Curie in Madame Curie (1943), she would be nominated for another nomination, as will Mrs. Parkington (1944) next year. Any movie in which she appeared would automatically start to feel like she was going to succeed. Of course, in 1945 she got another nomination for the role of Mary Lafferty in the Valley of Decisions (1945). However, Garson began to annoy her with the continual flow of her role in her "noble woman," who had cast her in her studio. MGM felt they had a winning formula and couldn't find a compelling reason to change it. With her two standard seven-year contract extensions, she stayed at MGM until 1954, and by her agreement left the only studio she knew. In 1946, Greer appeared in Adventure (1945), but she failed at the box office. She said that 1947's Desire Me (1947) was equally disastrous. The downtrend was finally stopped with the hit of This Woman Forsyte (1949). In the following year, she reprized her role as "Key Miniver" in A Minivan Story (1950), but it was not surprising that her character died suddenly of cancer and was played by an audience.

Born: September 29, 1904 in London, England, UK
Died: April 6, 1996 in Dallas, Texas, USA (heart failure)
Birth Name: Eileen Evelyn Greer Garson
Nickname: Duchess
Height: 5' 6" (1.68 m)
Oscars: 1
Oscar Nominations: 7
BAFTA Awards: 3
BAFTA Nominations: 7
Golden Globes: 1
Golden Globe Nominations: 1