Greer Garson

Greer Garson

Birthday: 1904-09-29

Place of Birth: London, England, UK

Biography: Greer Garson, CBE (September 29, 1904 – April 6, 1996) was a British-born actress who was very popular during World War II, being listed by the Motion Picture Herald as one of America's top ten box office draws in 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, and 1946. As one of MGM's major stars of the 1940s, Garson received seven Academy Award nominations, winning the Best Actress award for Mrs. Miniver (1942). Description above from the Wikipedia article Greer Garson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Julius Caesar
Julius Caesar

The growing ambition of Julius Caesar is a source of major concern to his close friend Brutus. Cassi...

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Random Harvest
Random Harvest

Wandered away from his asylum, an amnesiac World War I veteran falls in love with a music hall star ...

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The Happiest Millionaire
The Happiest Millionaire

A happy and unbelievably lucky young Irish immigrant, John Lawless, lands a job as the butler of an ...

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Mrs. Miniver
Mrs. Miniver

Middle-class housewife Kay Miniver deals with petty problems. She and her husband Clem watch her Oxf...

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Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Goodbye, Mr. Chips

Over several decades throughout the late 19th-century and early 20th-century, Mr Arthur Chipping ris...

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That Forsyte Woman
That Forsyte Woman

Soames and Irene Forsyte have a marriage of convenience. Young Jolyon Forsyte is a black sheep who r...

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Madame Curie
Madame Curie

Poor physics student Marie is studying at the Sorbonne in 1890s Paris. One of the few women studying...

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Pride and Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice

In early 19th century England, Mr and Mrs Bennet's five unmarried daughters vie for the affections o...

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The Valley of Decision
The Valley of Decision

Mary Rafferty comes from a poor family of steel mill workers in 19th Century Pittsburgh. Her family ...

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Adventure
Adventure

A rough and tumble man of the sea falls for a meek librarian....

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The Little Drummer Boy
The Little Drummer Boy

After being kidnapped and escaping, young drummer boy Aaron searches for his camel and finds him in ...

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The Singing Nun
The Singing Nun

Belgian nun Sister Ann is sent to another order where she's at first committed to helping troubled s...

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Mrs. Parkington
Mrs. Parkington

In this family saga, Mrs. Parkington recounts the story of her life, beginning as a hotel maid in fr...

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Showbiz Goes to War
Showbiz Goes to War

While a few Hollywood celebrities such as James Stewart and Clark Gable saw combat during World War ...

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Julia Misbehaves
Julia Misbehaves

Julia and William were married and soon separated by his snobbish family. They meet again many years...

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Sunrise at Campobello
Sunrise at Campobello

The story of Franklin Roosevelt's bout with polio at age 40 in 1921 and how his family (and especial...

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Pepe
Pepe

Mario "Cantinflas" Moreno is a hired hand, Pepe, employed on a ranch. A boozing Hollywood director b...

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When Ladies Meet
When Ladies Meet

Mary, a writer working on a novel about a love triangle, is attracted to her publisher. Her suitor J...

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Blossoms in the Dust
Blossoms in the Dust

Edna marries Texan Sam Gladney, operator of a wheat mill. They have a son, who is killed when very y...

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The Miniver Story
The Miniver Story

The Second World War is over, and the Miniver family is trying to keep themselves together in post-W...

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Strange Lady in Town
Strange Lady in Town

Julia Garth, a female doctor, plans to introduce modern techniques of medicine to old Santa Fe in 18...

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The Youngest Profession
The Youngest Profession

Best friends Joan and Patricia are teenage autograph seekers who spend most of their day bumping int...

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The Adventures of Errol Flynn
The Adventures of Errol Flynn

A documentary about the life of Errol Flynn, with recollections from friends and family....

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Her Twelve Men
Her Twelve Men

An inexperienced female teacher is hired at a private elite school for boys where she raises a few e...

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Remember?
Remember?

Sky and Linda meet on vacation and become engaged. When Sky introduces Linda to his best friend, Jef...

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The Law and the Lady
The Law and the Lady

A former housemaid teams up with an English gentleman thief and works a confidence game to bilk the ...

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Desire Me
Desire Me

A war widow falls in love with the man who informed her of her husband's death....

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Scandal at Scourie
Scandal at Scourie

After their orphanage burns down, a group of children are being transported west by train to Manitob...

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A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound

This short documentary, presented and directed by MGM sound engineer Douglas Shearer, goes behind th...

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That's Entertainment!
That's Entertainment!

Various MGM stars from yesterday present their favorite musical moments from the studio's 50 year hi...

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That's Entertainment, Part II
That's Entertainment, Part II

Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire present more golden moments from the MGM film library, this time includi...

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The Little Drummer Boy: Book II
The Little Drummer Boy: Book II

Aaron, the drummer boy, struggles to protect a bellmaker's great silver bells from seizure by Roman ...

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That's Entertainment! III
That's Entertainment! III

Some of MGM'S musical stars review the studios history of musicals. From The Hollywood Revue of 1929...

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The Little Foxes
The Little Foxes

A tale of greed, one-upmanship, family distrust, abuse, apathy, and lost love, set in the deep south...

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Captain Brassbound's Conversion
Captain Brassbound's Conversion

A titled Englishwoman proves more than a match for the fearsome Captain Brassbound....

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The Invincible Mr. Disraeli
The Invincible Mr. Disraeli

The rise of the legendary 19th-century British politician and prime minister Benjamin Disraeli....

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Hollywood: Style Center of the World
Hollywood: Style Center of the World

This short promotes the premise that movies often create a demand for the fashions seen in them. It ...

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From the Ends of the Earth
From the Ends of the Earth

An MGM short showing how materials are shipped by boat 'From the Ends of the Earth' to Hollywood. Fe...

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Twenty Years After
Twenty Years After

This short celebrates the 20th anniversary of MGM. Segments are shown from several early hits, then ...

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Bogart: The Untold Story
Bogart: The Untold Story

Stephen H. Bogart narrates the rise to fame of his father, Humphrey Bogart through the use of film c...

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A Star Is Born World Premiere
A Star Is Born World Premiere

Live television broadcast of the world premiere. Described by various participants as the biggest wo...

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1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

This documentary focuses on 1939, considered to be Hollywood's greatest year, with film clips and in...

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Directed by William Wyler
Directed by William Wyler

A documentary on the film director William Wyler (1902-1981), this feature was conceived by his daug...

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How He Lied to Her Husband
How He Lied to Her Husband

A cuckolded husband finds poems written to his wife by her lover, who then tries to explain they wer...

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The School for Scandal
The School for Scandal

Comedy of manners about the corrupt high society of 18th-century England, centering on Lady Sneerwel...

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Inasmuch...
Inasmuch...

The film opens in a camp of Girl Guides where the leader reads from Scripture and then tells the sto...

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Screen Actors
Screen Actors

This short film takes a look at the off-screen personas of screen actors. Preserved by the Academy ...

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