'From Here to Eternity' actress Kerr dies

[sinkingfeeling]

Source: CNN.com

LONDON, England (AP) -- British actress Deborah Kerr, who shared one of cinema's most famous kisses with Burt Lancaster in "From Here to Eternity," has died, her agent said Thursday. She was 86.

Kerr, who suffered from Parkinson's disease, died Tuesday in Suffolk, eastern England, he said.

For many she will be remembered best for her clinch in the surf with Lancaster in the wartime drama "From Here to Eternity" -- regularly voted among the greatest screen kisses.

She was nominated for six Oscars.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/Movies/10/18/obit.kerr.ap/index.html

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It was a kiss to remember.

[saracat]

1. I am so sorry to hear this.She was the eptitome of "class".RIP.

[zonkers]

2. Wow. She was great and a favorite costar of Bob Mitchum. Eveer see Heaven Knows Mr. Allison?

A classic.

[quispquake]

3. She also made one of the scariest horror films of the early 60's...

"The Innocents"...seriously creeped the wife & I out when we saw it earlier this year...she was one of the best...RIP...

[Lisa]

22. that's one of my dad's favorite movies ...

When I was old enough, we'd watch it together -- creeped out, indeed!

[quiet.american]

4. Oh, no... my favorites of hers were An Affair to Remember & The Grass is Greener..... n/t

[Mist]

9. I love her in "The Chalk Garden" and "The Night of the Iguana." Rest in

peace, Miss Kerr.

[quiet.american]

15. I'd forgotten about Night of the Iguana -- what a great cast in that movie. n/t

[acmavm]

12. An Affair to Remember with Cary Grant is one of my favorite

movies. Period.

[quiet.american]

14. I hear you. Gets me every time. n/t

[woodsprite]

5. Now she can dance with Yul Brynner again - The King and I was my fav. n/t

[emilyg]

16. Yes.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

6. May she rest in peace.

She was wonderful.

[aquart]

7. Oh. I hope it was easy and peaceful.

[Hieronymus]

24. She'd been very ill for a long time. She made a special appearance at

The Academy Awards a few years ago and looked ill.

[papercut]

8. One of my very favorites.

What a beauty, and, as someone said above, always classy and elegant. Great performances in so many excellent films. Black Narcissus, An Affair to Remember, King Solomon's Mines, Tea and Sympathy -- and that's just part of her legacy.

[colorado_ufo]

10. She brought joy to so many.

What an amazing assembly of film credits!

[merh]

11. She is one of my favorites.

Thank you Ms Kerr for so many hours of entertainment.

[Puglover]

13. I loved her

in "Night of the Iguana" What a lady!

[MetaTrope]

17. Three characters in THE LIFE AND DEATH OF COLONEL BLIMP, Sister Clodagh in BLACK NARCISSUS

Her influence on Michael Powell can never be underestimated.

[Lisa]

21. seconded! "Colonel Blimp" always makes me cry ... (n/t)

[Sukie1941]

18. I was a teenager in 1956

and my aunt in San Francisco took me to see "The King and I," and I was totally entranced with the entire production from the dances to the songs. I still have the album.

I would love to see other Deborah Kerr movies, so should go out to find them!

[Auntie Bush]

19. I'm going to save this post and check out all those movies I've missed.

She was one of my favorites and may she dance from here to eternity.
DIP (Dance in Peace)
Thanks for the post.

[bikebloke]

20. The first Casino Royale

She was in that one. And she'll forgive you for missing it.

[Hieronymus]

23. A great lady.

[theHandpuppet]

25. A star in the day when "class" wasn't a dirty word

Thanks for the memories, Deborah. You'll be missed.