Greer Garson

Eileen Evelyn Greer Garson (September 29, 1904 - April 6, 1996) was an Academy Award winning actress. She was born in London and educated at the University of London with the intention of becoming a teacher, but instead began working with an advertising agency. She appeared in local theatrical productions, and was discovered by Louis B. Mayer[?] while he was in London looking for new talent. Garson was signed to a contract with MGM and appeared in her first American film, Goodbye, Mr. Chips, in 1939. She received her first Oscar nomination for the role.

She won the Academy Award for Best Actress in 1942 for her role in Mrs. Miniver, and she received more nominations during the 1940s, but by the end of the decade, and through the 1950s, her roles were becoming less appreciated. In 1960, however, she again received an Oscar nomination for Sunrise at Campobello, in which she played Eleanor Roosevelt.

In 1967, Garson retired to a ranch in New Mexico with her wealthy husband, Buddy Fogelson and died in Dallas, Texas.

Academy Awards and Nominations

• 1961 Nominated Sunrise at Campobello
• 1946 Nominated The Valley of Decision
• 1945 Nominated Mrs. Parkington
• 1944 Nominated Madame Curie
• 1943 Won Mrs. Miniver
• 1942 Nominated Blossoms In the Dust[?]
• 1940 Nominated Goodbye, Mr. Chips

Filmography

• Little Women
• The Little Drummer Boy Book II[?]
• Little Drummer Boy[?]
• The Happiest Millionaire[?]
• The Singing Nun
• The Invincible Mr. Disraeli[?]
• Pepe[?]
• Sunrise at Campobello
• Strange Lady in Town[?]
• Her Twelve Men[?]
• Julius Caesar
• Scandal at Scourie[?]
• The Law and the Lady[?]
• The Miniver Story[?]
• That Forsyte Woman[?]
• Julia Misbehaves[?]
• Desire Me[?]
• Adventure[?]
• The Valley of Decision
• Mrs. Parkington
• Madame Curie
• The Youngest Profession[?]
• Random Harvest
• Mrs. Miniver
• When Ladies Meet[?]
• Blossoms In the Dust[?]
• Pride and Prejudice
• Remember[?]?
• Goodbye, Mr. Chips
• How He Lied to Her Husband[?]
• The School for Scandal[?]
• Twelfth Night