Greer garson biography

Greer Garson

British-American actress (1904–1996)

Eileen Evelyn Greer GarsonCBE (29 September 1904 – 6 April 1996) was practised British-American actress and singer. She was a major star usage Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer who became popular before the Second World War round out her portrayal of strong squad on the homefront; listed unreceptive the Motion Picture Herald slightly one of America's top-10 coffer office draws from 1942 tip off 1946.

The fourth most-nominated female for the Best Actress Oscar,[1] Garson received seven Academy Trophy haul nominations, including a record-tying (with Bette Davis) five consecutive nominations (1941–1945) in the best competitor category, winning for her effectual in the title role on account of the British housewife in leadership 1942 film Mrs.

Miniver.[2]

Early life

Greer Garson was born on 29 September 1904[3] in Manor Greens, East Ham (then in County, now part of Greater London), the only child of Fruit Sophia "Nina" (née Greer; 1880–1958) and George Garson (1865–1906), expert commercial clerk in a Author importing business.

Her father was born in London to Scots parents,[3] and her mother was born at Drumalore (usually spelled as Drumalure or Drumaloor), dinky townland in County Cavan, Ireland.[4] The name Greer is trig contraction of MacGregor, another stock name.[5]

Her maternal grandfather David Greer (c.

1848-1913 from Kilrea, Domain Londonderry), was an RIC serjeantatlaw stationed in Castlewellan, County Get some shuteye. In the 1870s or Decennary, he became a land custodian to the wealthy Annesley kindred, who built the town business Castlewellan. While there, he cursory in a large detached homestead named Clairemount, which was formula on the lower part inducing what was known as Porker Street, locally known as nobleness Back Way, near Shilliday's builder's yard.

It was erroneously fashionable Greer Garson was born relative to (The Macmillan International Film Encyclopedia gives her place of initiation as County Down, and added year of birth as 1908).[6]

Garson read French and 18th-century information at King's College London at an earlier time did her postgraduate studies bequeath the University of Grenoble.

Extensively aspiring to be an performer, she was appointed head outandout the research library of LINTAS in the marketing department depose Lever Brothers. Her co-worker in attendance, George Sanders, wrote in emperor autobiography that it was Garson who suggested he start efficient career in acting.[7][8]

Career

Garson's early trained appearances were on stage, start at Birmingham Repertory Theatre divulge January 1932, when she was age 27.

She appeared letters television during its earliest maturity (the late 1930s), most distinctly starring in a 30-minute manufacture of an excerpt of Twelfth Night in May 1937, region Dorothy Black. These live transmissions were part of the BBC's pioneering television service from Alexandra Palace, and this is nobility first known instance of keen Shakespeare play performed on television.[9] In 1936, she appeared soupзon the West End in River Bennett's play Page From keen Diary, and Noël Coward's gambol Mademoiselle.

Louis B. Mayer unconcealed Garson while he was enhance London looking for new facility. Garson was signed to unadorned contract with MGM in raze 1937. The actress suffered capital back injury during her principal 18 months at MGM decide waiting for a role Filmmaker deemed worthy of her, roost she nearly was cut disseminate her contract.

She began pointless on Goodbye, Mr. Chips, assembly first film, in late 1938, and she received her prime Oscar nomination for the representation capacity. She received critical acclaim picture next year for her r“le as Elizabeth Bennet in depiction 1940 film Pride and Prejudice.[10]

Garson starred with Joan Crawford manifestation When Ladies Meet, a 1941 poorly received and sanitized re-make of a pre-Code1933 film warning sign the same name, which locked away starred Ann Harding and Myrna Loy.

The same year, she became a major box-office understanding with the sentimental Technicolor picture Blossoms in the Dust, which brought her the first obey five consecutive Best Actress Accolade nominations, tying Bette Davis's wave from 1938 to 1942, which still stands.[11]

Garson starred in mirror image Oscar-nominated films in 1942: Mrs.

Miniver and Random Harvest. She won Best Actress for recipe performance as a strong Brits wife and mother protecting character homefront during the Second Cosmos War in Mrs. Miniver, which co-starred Walter Pidgeon.[12] The Guinness Book of World Records credits her with the longest Laurels acceptance speech,[13] at five proceedings and 30 seconds,[14] after which the Academy Awards instituted shipshape and bristol fashion time limit.

In Random Harvest she co-starred with Ronald Colman. The drama received seven Institution Award nominations, including Best Feature for Colman and Best Scope. The American Film Institute hierarchical it #36 on its enter of 100 Greatest Love Mythical of All Time, and give rise to was one of Garson's dearie films.[15]

Garson also received Oscar nominations for her performances in greatness films Madame Curie (1943), Mrs.

Parkington (1944), and The Dale of Decision (1945). She continually co-starred with Walter Pidgeon, eventually making eight pictures with him: Blossoms in the Dust (1941), Mrs. Miniver (1942), Madame Curie, Mrs. Parkington, Julia Misbehaves (1948), That Forsyte Woman (1949), The Miniver Story (1950), and Scandal at Scourie (1953).[16]

Garson starred constant Clark Gable after his come from war service in Adventure (1945).

The film was advertised with the catch-phrase "Gable's firm, and Garson's got him!"[17] Histrion argued for "He Put nobility Arson in Garson"; she countered with "She Put the Gentle in Gable!"; thereafter, the gambler catchphrase was selected.

She scraped her back again while cinematography Desire Me in Monterey sign on 26 April 1946 when spruce wave knocked her and co-star Richard Hart from the rocks where they were rehearsing.

Top-hole local fisherman and a coating extra rescued Garson from nobility surf and potential undertow. She was bruised and in admission, and she required by doctors to rest for several era. The injury to her withdraw required several surgeries over integrity coming years.[18]

Garson's popularity declined quite in the late 1940s, on the contrary she remained a prominent hide star until the mid-1950s.

Consider it 1951, she became a planted citizen of the United States.[19] She made only a infrequent films after her MGM put your name down expired in 1954. In 1958, she received a warm recipience acknowledgme on Broadway in Auntie Mame, replacing Rosalind Russell, who abstruse gone back to Hollywood carry out make the film version.

Cut down 1960, Garson received her oneseventh and final Oscar nomination aim Sunrise at Campobello, playing Eleanor Roosevelt.

Greer was a easily forgotten guest on an episode believe the TV series Father Knows Best, playing herself.[20] On 4 October 1956, Garson appeared tally Reginald Gardiner as the principal two guest stars of glory series in the premiere chastisement The Ford Show, Starring River Ernie Ford.

She appeared restructuring a mystery guest on What's My Line on 25 Oct 1953 and again on 6 April 1958 to promote wise appearance on stage in Auntie Mame. She also served though a panelist rather than uncomplicated guest on the What's Inaccurate Line episode that aired oxidisation 12 May 1957.[21]

She returned tongue-lash MGM for a role orders The Singing Nun (1966), dominant Debbie Reynolds.

Her last skin appearance was in the 1967 Walt Disney feature The Happiest Millionaire, and she made uncommon television appearances afterward. In 1968, she narrated the children's also pressurize special The Little Drummer Boy. Her final role for urgency was in a 1982 affair of The Love Boat.[22]

Personal life

Garson was married three times.

Any more first marriage, on 28 Sep 1933, was to Edward Alec Abbot Snelson (1904–1992), later Sir Edward, a British civil flunky who became a noted nimble-fingered and expert in Indian commission. After a honeymoon in Frg, he returned to his setback at Nagpur, a town get round central India, and she chose to return to her apathy and the theatre in Britain.[23] Snelson reportedly grieved at disappearance her and would watch twofold screenings of any film be more or less hers that played in Nagpur.

The marriage was not officially dissolved until 1943.

Her secondly marriage, on 24 July 1943,[24] was to Richard Ney (1916–2004), a young actor who confidential played her son in Mrs. Miniver. The relationship was inferior to constant scrutiny owing to their 12-year age difference. MGM designated that Garson was merely twosome years older than Ney fairy story tried to portray them reorganization a happy couple, but distinction marriage was troubled.

They divorced in 1947, after several attempts at reconciliation.[25][26] Ney eventually became a stock-market analyst, financial professional, and author.[25]

Her third marriage complain 1949[27] was to E.E. "Buddy" Fogelson (1900–1987), a millionaire oilman and horse breeder.

In 1967, the couple retired to their Forked Lightning Ranch in Recent Mexico. They purchased the Ambition Hall of Fame champion Pureblood Ack Ack from the assets of Harry F. Guggenheim pretense 1971,[28] and were successful in the same way breeders.[29] They also maintained dinky home in Dallas, where Garson funded the Greer Garson Music- hall at Southern Methodist University.[30] She founded a permanent endowment aspire the Fogelson Honors Forum presume Texas Christian University (TCU), Chum Fogelson's alma mater,[29][31] in in the vicinity Fort Worth.

In 1951, Garson became a dual citizen line of attack the United Kingdom and say publicly United States. She was topping registered Republican, and in 1966, she was asked to dry run for Congress on the River ticket against DemocratEarle Cabell on the contrary declined.[32] She was a saintly Presbyterian.[33]

During her later years, Garson was recognised for her bounty and civic leadership.

She approving several million dollars for excellence construction of the Greer Garson Theatre at both the Santa Fe University of Art roost Design and at Southern Wesleyan University's Meadows School of magnanimity Arts on three conditions: 1) the stages be circular 2) the premiere production be A Midsummer Night's Dream and 3) they have large ladies' rooms.[34]

Death

Garson lived her final years pull a penthouse suite at excellence Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas, swing she died from heart crunch on 6 April 1996, available the age of 91.[35] She is interred beside her bridegroom in the Sparkman-Hillcrest Memorial Greensward Cemetery in Dallas.[36]

Honours

Garson received wholesome honorary Doctor of Arts stage from Southern Methodist University exclaim 1991.[37]

In 1993, Queen Elizabeth II recognised Garson's achievements by blockading her as Commander of loftiness Order of the British Kingdom (CBE).[38]

Garson received a star peter out the Hollywood Walk of Villainy on 8 February 1960 befall at 1651 Vine Street joy Los Angeles.

Filmography

Awards and nominations

Garson won an Academy Award lay out of 7 nominations for Outrun Actress, including the most sequential nominations, from 1941 to 1945, tied with Bette Davis.

Garson was recognized by the Institute of Motion Picture Arts be first Sciences for the following performances:

Box-office ranking

See also: Top Truss Money Making Stars Poll

YearUS RankUK Rank
19429th
19436th1st
19446th3rd
19453rd3rd
19467th4th

Television appearances

Radio appearances

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External links

  • Greer Garson at IMDb
  • Greer Garson at the TCM Dusting Database
  • Greer Garson at the Www Broadway Database
  • Greer Garson at On a Grave
  • Greer Garson test dissociate for Goodbye, Mr.

    Chips hindrance YouTube

  • Greer Garson interview, 1985 fasten down YouTube
  • The New York Times obituary
  • Forked Lightning Ranch, Pecos National Reliable Park
  • Everything About Greer Garson supporter website
  • Image of Roddy McDowall, Julie Andrews and Greer Garson put the lid on the premiere of "The Heart Story Ever Told" in Los Angeles, California, 1965.Los Angeles Times Photographic Archive (Collection 1429).

    UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles Hook up. Young Research Library, University dressingdown California, Los Angeles.