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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 1946.
Mrs. Miniver is a 1942 American romantic war drama film directed by William Wyler, and starring Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon.Inspired by the 1940 novel Mrs. Miniver by Jan Struther, [3] it shows how the life of an unassuming British housewife in rural England is affected by World War II.
In 1942, the film won an Oscar in the Best Picture category and both Greer Garson and Teresa Wright won an Oscar in the Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress categories, respectively. The film grossed $5,358,000 (equivalent to $79,025,653 in 2023) in North America (the highest for any MGM film at the time) and $3,520,000 abroad equivalent to ...
The same year, she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress as the daughter-in-law of Greer Garson's character in Mrs. Miniver. Wright is the first of only nine actors who have been nominated in both categories in the same year. [3] [7] Her three Academy Award nominations and one Academy Award in her first three films is unique. [8]
On 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 ...
In 1939, Ralph Wheelwright, an MGM publicist who had adopted a child from the Texas Children's Home, developed a story based on Gladney's work, which became the film Blossoms in the Dust. The 1941 film starred Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon as Edna and Sam Gladney, and was the first of eight films the actors made together. The film's sets ...
Hunt worked alongside John Wayne, Laurence Olivier, Lana Turner, Greer Garson and other major stars. After her mention in “Red Channels,” she appeared with Charles Boyer and Louis Jourdan in ...
The basics. First things first, there are some very basic facts about the characters that have been altered for the small screen. First up: The main character in the book is named Celeste Otis.