Hallmark Hall Of Fame
Witness for the Prosecution
Saturday 4 December 1982 on CBS

A television version of the screenplay by Wilder and Kurnitz, adapted by Marcus, based on Agatha Christie's stage play. A phlegmatic London barrister defends one Leonard Vole, a "nice, harmless chap" who's on trial for the murder of a widow who had taken a shine to him. The circumstantial...

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Deborah Kerr was awarded a Golden Globe Henrietta Award for World Film Favorite - Female in 1959. (edit) Deborah Kerr was awarded a New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress in 1960 for her role in the "The Sundowners". (edit) Deborah Kerr was awarded a New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress in 1957 for her role in the "Heaven knows, Mr Allison". (edit) Deborah Kerr voiced the title role in NBC University Theater's radio adaptation of Charlotte Brontė's Jane Eyre airing on April 3, 1949. (edit) Deborah Kerr was awarded a New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress in 1947 for her role in the "Black Narcissus". (edit)

Deborah Kerr: Autobiographies are all the same--it's always rags-to-riches or I-slept-with-so-and-so. Damned if I'm going to say that. (edit) Deborah Kerr: I suppose the part nearest me is Laura Reynolds in Tea and Sympathy. Of course playwright Bob Anderson didn't know that, but he wrote Laura Reynolds and Laura Reynolds happened to be me. It was the coming together of a part and an actress - the same attitude to life, a certain shyness in life, a deep compassion for people who are being persecuted for anything. (edit) Deborah Kerr: I respect anyone who has to fight and howl for his decency. (edit) Deborah Kerr: I adore not being me. I'm not very good at being me. That's why I adore acting so much. (edit) Deborah Kerr: For Karen Holmes (in From Here to Eternity), I studied voice for three months to get rid of my English accent. I changed my hair to blonde. I knew I could be sexy if I had to. (edit)

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Dinah December 29, 1975 Herself	Dinah April 23, 1975 Herself
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The Dick Cavett Show November 18, 1970 Herself	The Dick Cavett Show March 31, 1971 Herself