Yes, the English Rose herself has passed away on October 16, after a long battle with Parkinson’s disease. She has been nominated six times for an Academy Award as Best Actress, to finally receive an Honorary Oscar in 1993. Her glory mostly came from her ’50s work in Hollywood, being part of first-class productions like The King and I, An Affair to Remember and Separate Tables. A Grande Dame of the movies, for sure, but I never really connected with her characters, finding them a little on the boring side, I’m afraid. Still, my favorite performance from her remains Miss Giddens in The Innocents (they don’t make that kind of film anymore, whoever “they” are). I’ve been wanting for years to see Black Narcissus, though, which is considered by many to be her best work. Most memorable moment? What else but the love scene on the beach for From Here to Eternity, with then-current paramour Burt Lancaster? Deborah Kerr was also a Bond Girl (well, kind of) in the 1967 spoof Casino Royale.