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    Greer Garson. Eileen Evelyn Greer Garson CBE (29 September 1904 – 6 April 1996) was a British-American actress and singer. She was a major star at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer who became popular during the Second World War for her portrayal of strong women on the homefront; listed by the Motion Picture Herald as one of America's top-10 box office ...

  2. Greer Garson was a British-born actress who won an Oscar for Mrs. Miniver (1942) and was nominated six times in total. She starred in many MGM films in the 1940s and 1950s, and retired to New Mexico in 1967.

    • September 29, 1904
    • April 6, 1996
  3. Apr 7, 1996 · Greer Garson was born on Sept. 29, 1903, in County Down, Northern Ireland, of Presbyterian parents. Her father, George Garson, a businessman, died soon after, and she and her mother, Nina, moved ...

  4. Apr 23, 2024 · Greer Garson (born September 29, 1904, Manor Park, London, Eng.—died April 6, 1996, Dallas, Texas, U.S.) was a motion-picture actress whose classic beauty and screen persona of elegance, poise, and maternal virtue made her one of the most popular and admired Hollywood stars of the World War II era. Garson often claimed to have been born in ...

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  5. Mar 8, 2024 · O n 4 March 1943, Greer Garson stepped behind a lectern at the Cocoanut Grove nightclub inside the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. Garson, 38, was accepting the Academy Award for Best Actress for ...

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  7. A tribute to the British actress who became a Hollywood star in the 1940s, winning an Oscar for Mrs Miniver and starring with Olivier in Pride and Prejudice. The article reviews her career, her roles, her marriage and her legacy.

  8. Apr 7, 1996 · Actress Greer Garson, whose performance as the courageous English housewife “Mrs. Miniver” earned her an Academy Award in 1942, died early Saturday of heart failure at a Dallas hospital.

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