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Greer Garson was born on 29 September 1904 in Manor Park, East Ham (then in Essex, now part of Greater London), the only child of Nancy Sophia "Nina" (née Greer; 1880–1958) and George Garson (1865–1906), a commercial clerk in a London importing business.
After the death of her father when she was still a child, Garson accompanied her mother to London, where they lived outside the city in Essex County on rents from her father's properties. Young Greer continued to win awards for her recitations while attending the local county school.
23 de abr. de 2024 · Garson’s grace-under-pressure portrayal of a courageous wife and mother, the personification of British fortitude, not only won her an Academy Award but was credited with bolstering American support for the war. Following the war Garson’s career faltered.
In the 1982, she turned down Aaron Spelling's offer of a part in the hit soap Dynasty (1981), playing mother to Joan Collins's Alexis.
Greer Garson nació el 29 de septiembre de 1904 3 en Manor Park, East Ham, por entonces parte de Essex, ahora parte de Londres; única hija de Nina y George Garson (1865-1906), este último un empleado comercial en un negocio de importación en Londres.
8 de abr. de 1996 · Greer Garson, who died Saturday at 92, was one of the most beautiful women in Hollywood at a time when Hollywood seemed to house most of the beautiful women in the world. But she was more than...
Garson starred in two Academy Award -nominated films in 1942, Mrs. Miniver and Random Harvest. She won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance as a strong British wife and mother protecting the homefront during the Second World War in Mrs. Miniver, co-starring Walter Pidgeon. [14]
