Acting · London, England, UK · Born September 29, 1904
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).
Movie1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
2009
as Self (archive footage)
MovieThe Adventures of Errol Flynn
2005
as Self (archive footage)
MovieBogart: The Untold Story
1997
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
MovieThat's Entertainment! III
1994
as (archive footage)
MovieDirected by William Wyler
1986
as Self
MovieShowbiz Goes to War
1982
as (archive footage)
TVLittle Women
1978
as Kathryn March
TVThe Love Boat
1977
as Alice Bailey
MovieThe Little Drummer Boy: Book II
1976
as Narrator (voice)
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
1976
as Self (archive footage)
MovieThat's Entertainment, Part II
1976
as (archive footage)
MovieThat's Entertainment!
1974
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Crown Matrimonial
1974
as Queen Mary
TVThe American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
as Self
MovieThe Little Drummer Boy
1968
as Narrator (voice)
TVRowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
as Self (uncredited)
MovieThe Happiest Millionaire
1967
as Cordelia Biddle
MovieMondo Hollywood
1967
MovieThe Singing Nun
1966
as Mother Prioress
MovieThe Invincible Mr. Disraeli
1963
as Mary Anne Disraeli
TVThe Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
MoviePepe
1960
as Greer Garson
MovieSunrise at Campobello
1960
as Eleanor Roosevelt
Captain Brassbound's Conversion
1960
as Lady Cicely Waynflete
The Big Party
1959
as Self – Hostess
MovieThe Little Foxes
1956
as Regina Giddens
TVThe Steve Allen Show
1956
as Self - Guest
TVTelephone Time
1956
MovieThe Awful Truth
1956
as Linda Warner
MovieStrange Lady in Town
1955
as Dr. Julia Winslow Garth
TVFather Knows Best
1954
MovieA Star Is Born World Premiere
1954
as Self
MovieHer Twelve Men
1954
as Jan Stewart
MovieJulius Caesar
1953
as Calpurnia
MovieScandal at Scourie
1953
as Victoria McChesney
TVThe Oscars
1953
as Self
TVGeneral Electric Theater
1953
as Molly Malloy
TVThis Is Your Life
1952
as Self
TVHallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Regina
MovieThe Law and the Lady
1951
as Jane Hoskins
MovieThe Miniver Story
1950
as Kay Miniver
Screen Actors
1950
as Self (uncredited)
TVWhat's My Line?
1950
as Self
MovieThat Forsyte Woman
1949
as Irene Forsyte
MovieJulia Misbehaves
1948
as Julia Packett
TVThe Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
MovieDesire Me
1947
as Marise Aubert
MovieAdventure
1945
as Emily Sears
MovieThe Valley of Decision
1945
as Mary Rafferty
MovieMrs. Parkington
1944
as Susie Parkington
MovieTwenty Years After
1944
as (archive footage)
MovieMadame Curie
1943
as Marie Curie
MovieThe Youngest Profession
1943
as Greer Garson
MovieRandom Harvest
1942
as Paula
MovieMrs. Miniver
1942
as Mrs. Miniver
MovieWhen Ladies Meet
1941
as Mrs. Claire Woodruff
MovieBlossoms in the Dust
1941
as Edna Gladney
MovieA New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
1940
as Self
MoviePride and Prejudice
1940
as Elizabeth Bennet
MovieHollywood: Style Center of the World
1940
as Self
MovieRemember?
1939
as Linda Bronson
MovieGoodbye, Mr. Chips
1939
as Katherine 'Kathy'
MovieFrom the Ends of the Earth
1939
as Self
How He Lied to Her Husband
1937
as Aurora Bompas
The School for Scandal
1937
as Maria
Inasmuch...
1934
as St. Clara
