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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 draws from 1942 to ...
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
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 ...
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Apr 7, 1996 · Greer Garson, the actress who epitomized a noble, wise and courageous wife in some of the sleekest and most sentimental American movies of the 1940's, died yesterday morning at Presbyterian ...
Mar 8, 2024 · In 1943, English actor Greer Garson won the Academy Award for Best Actress and spoke for an undefeated four minutes. Clémence Michallon revisits this page in Oscars history Friday 08 March 2024...
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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.
Greer Garson was a star of the English stage and the American screen who became the image of the quintessential Englishwoman. She won an Oscar for Mrs. Miniver and was nominated for five more, and also appeared in plays, radio, and television.
