Born: 20 September 1904, United Kingdom
Died: 6 April 1996
Country most active: United States
Also known as: Eileen Evelyn Garson
British-American actress and singer Greer Garson was a major star at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) of the 1940s, named one of America’s top-10 box office draws from 1942 to 1946 by the Motion Picture Herald. Garson was the fourth most-nominated woman for the Best Actress Oscar, with seven, including tying with Bette Davis for the record of five consecutive nominations from 1941 to 1945. She won for her title role performance in 1942’s Mrs. Miniver.
Before moving to Hollywood at the request of MGM’s Louis B. Mayer, Garson appeared on British stages and on television programs in their earliest years during the late 1930s. Her first film, 1938’s Goodbye, Mr. Chips, also led to her first Oscar nomination.
Filmography (* denotes an Academy Award nomination)
Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939)*
Remember? (1939)
The Miracle of Sound (1940)
Pride and Prejudice (1940)
Blossoms in the Dust (1941)*
When Ladies Meet (1941)
Mrs. Miniver (1942)*
Random Harvest (1942)
The Youngest Profession (1943)
Madame Curie (1943)*
Mrs. Parkington (1944)*
The Valley of Decision (1945)*
Adventure (1945)
Desire Me (1947)
Julia Misbehaves (1948)
That Forsyte Woman (1949)
The Miniver Story (1950)
The Law and the Lady (1951)
Scandal at Scourie (1953)
Julius Caesar (1953)
Her Twelve Men (1954)
Strange Lady in Town (1955)
The Little Foxes (1956)
Sunrise at Campobello (1960)*
Captain Brassbound’s Conversion (1960)
Invincible Mr. Disraeli (1963)
The Singing Nun (1966)
The Happiest Millionaire (1967)
The Little Drummer Boy “Our Story Teller” (1968)
Crown Matrimonial (1974)
The Little Drummer Boy, Book II “Our Story Teller” (1976)
Little Women (1978)