Greer Garson

Biography

Eileen 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

The Love Boat

The Merv Griffin Show

What's My Line?

Father Knows Best

The Ed Sullivan Show

The Oscars

The Steve Allen Show

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

All Movies (51)

• 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year2009 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Adventures of Errol Flynn2005 · as Self (archive footage)
• Bogart: The Untold Story1997 · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• That's Entertainment! III1994 · as (archive footage)
• Directed by William Wyler1986 · as Self
• Showbiz Goes to War1982 · as (archive footage)
• The Little Drummer Boy: Book II1976 · as Narrator (voice)
• Bob Hope's World of Comedy1976 · as Self (archive footage)
• That's Entertainment, Part II1976 · as (archive footage)
• That's Entertainment!1974 · as (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Crown Matrimonial1974 · as Queen Mary
• The Little Drummer Boy1968 · as Narrator (voice)
• The Happiest Millionaire1967 · as Cordelia Biddle
• Mondo Hollywood1967
• The Singing Nun1966 · as Mother Prioress
• The Invincible Mr. Disraeli1963 · as Mary Anne Disraeli
• Pepe1960 · as Greer Garson
• Sunrise at Campobello1960 · as Eleanor Roosevelt
• Captain Brassbound's Conversion1960 · as Lady Cicely Waynflete
• The Little Foxes1956 · as Regina Giddens
• The Awful Truth1956 · as Linda Warner
• Strange Lady in Town1955 · as Dr. Julia Winslow Garth
• A Star Is Born World Premiere1954 · as Self
• Her Twelve Men1954 · as Jan Stewart
• Julius Caesar1953 · as Calpurnia
• Scandal at Scourie1953 · as Victoria McChesney
• The Law and the Lady1951 · as Jane Hoskins
• The Miniver Story1950 · as Kay Miniver
• Screen Actors1950 · as Self (uncredited)
• That Forsyte Woman1949 · as Irene Forsyte
• Julia Misbehaves1948 · as Julia Packett
• Desire Me1947 · as Marise Aubert
• Adventure1945 · as Emily Sears
• The Valley of Decision1945 · as Mary Rafferty
• Mrs. Parkington1944 · as Susie Parkington
• Twenty Years After1944 · as (archive footage)
• Madame Curie1943 · as Marie Curie
• The Youngest Profession1943 · as Greer Garson
• Random Harvest1942 · as Paula
• Mrs. Miniver1942 · as Mrs. Miniver
• When Ladies Meet1941 · as Mrs. Claire Woodruff
• Blossoms in the Dust1941 · as Edna Gladney
• A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound1940 · as Self
• Pride and Prejudice1940 · as Elizabeth Bennet
• Hollywood: Style Center of the World1940 · as Self
• Remember?1939 · as Linda Bronson
• Goodbye, Mr. Chips1939 · as Katherine 'Kathy'
• From the Ends of the Earth1939 · as Self
• How He Lied to Her Husband1937 · as Aurora Bompas
• The School for Scandal1937 · as Maria
• Inasmuch...1934 · as St. Clara

All TV Shows (21)

• Little Women1978 · as Kathryn March
• The Love Boat1977 · as Alice Bailey
• The American Film Institute Salute to ...1973 · as Self
• Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In1968 · as Self (uncredited)
• Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In1968 · as Self
• The Merv Griffin Show1962 · as Self
• The Big Party1959 · as Self – Hostess
• The Steve Allen Show1956 · as Self - Guest
• Telephone Time1956
• Father Knows Best1954
• The Oscars1953 · as Self
• General Electric Theater1953 · as Molly Malloy
• General Electric Theater1953 · as Lydia Shaw
• General Electric Theater1953 · as Antonia Stuart
• This Is Your Life1952 · as Self
• Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as Regina
• Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as Lady Cicely Wayneflete
• Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as Mary Anne Disraeli
• Hallmark Hall of Fame1951
• What's My Line?1950 · as Self
• The Ed Sullivan Show1948 · as Self