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"So the gorgeous and lovely British screen queen Deborah Kerr died yesterday. She had Parkinson&amp;amp;#8217;s, which is truly a rough way to go, so we must all spare a thought for her family. I&amp;amp;#8217;ll keep it short on this one, because the best thing anyone can do is just go rent some of her great films&amp;amp;#8212;and there were MANY: From Here to Eternity, wherein she controversially rolled around in the surf with mancake Burt Lancaster; Black Narcissus; The King and I (that was she in the gigantic hoop skirt, but Marni Nixon, of My Fair Lady, Gypsy and West Side Story, singing); Julius Caesar, alongside Brando, John Gielgud, Greer Garson and James Mason; An Affair to Remember; The Night of the Iguana and The Grass Is Greener, a particularly fluffy adaptation of the Noel Coward play that I particularly adore, with some very fabulous costumes. Doesn&amp;amp;#8217;t hurt that frequent co-star Cary Grant and the very gamine Jean Simmons share billing. The above list might suggest a bit of a theme: frosty, upper-class lady discovers her passionate underbelly. That said, she said she preferred of roast beef sandwiches and beer over champagne and caviar. (See, I like both about equally, but that&amp;amp;#8217;s just me.) In closing, two worthwhile Kerr witticisms: &amp;amp;#8220;I came over here to act, but it turned out all I had to do was be high-minded, long suffering, white-gloved and decorative.&amp;amp;#8221; &amp;amp;#8220;Personally, I think if a woman hasn&amp;amp;#8217;t met the right man by the time she&amp;amp;#8217;s 24, she may be lucky.&amp;amp;#8221; And, finally, a few pics for eye candy purposes. The first is golden age Kerr; the other two, less-common depictions. Number three is my personal favorite. Kerr is one of many old Hollywood sirens I can&amp;amp;#8217;t get enough of. When Lauren Bacall finally shuffles off this mortal coil, I promise you, I won&amp;amp;#8217;t be able to get out of bed for a week. Who&amp;amp;#8217;s your favorite golden-age legend? &amp;amp;#8212;Alex"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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