Filmography
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940 | Contraband | Bit (scenes deleted) | UK release |
| 1941 | Major Barbara | Jenny Hill | UK release |
| Love on the Dole | Sally | UK release | |
| 1942 | Penn of Pennsylvania | Gulielma Maria Springett | U.S. title: Courageous Mr. Penn |
| Hatter's Castle | Mary Brodie | ||
| The Day Will Dawn | Kari Alstad | U.S. title: The Avengers | |
| A Battle for a Bottle | Linda | Voice–animated short | |
| 1943 | The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp | Edith Hunter/Barbara Wynne/Johnny Cannon | UK release |
| 1945 | Perfect Strangers | Catherine Wilson | U.S. title: Vacation From Marriage |
| 1946 | I See a Dark Stranger | Bridie Quilty | U.S. Title: The Adventuress New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress (and Black Narcissus) |
| 1947 | Black Narcissus | Sister Clodagh | UK release New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress (and I See a Dark Stranger) |
| The Hucksters | Kay Dorrance | ||
| If Winter Comes | Nona Tybar | ||
| 1949 | Edward, My Son | Evelyn Boult | Nominated—Academy Award for Best Actress Nominated—Golden Globe Award – Best Actress Drama |
| 1950 | Please Believe Me | Alison Kirbe | |
| King Solomon's Mines | Elizabeth Curtis | ||
| 1951 | Quo Vadis | Lygia | |
| 1952 | The Prisoner of Zenda | Princess Flavia | |
| Thunder in the East | Joan Willoughby | ||
| 1953 | Young Bess | Catherine Parr | |
| Julius Caesar | Portia | ||
| Dream Wife | Effie | ||
| From Here to Eternity | Karen Holmes | Nominated—Academy Award for Best Actress | |
| 1955 | The End of the Affair | Sarah Miles | Nominated—BAFTA Award – Best British Actress |
| 1956 | The Proud and Profane | Lee Ashley | |
| The King and I | Anna Leonowens | singing voice dubbed by Marni Nixon Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Nominated—Academy Award for Best Actress |
|
| Tea and Sympathy | Laura Reynolds | Nominated—BAFTA Award – Best British Actress | |
| 1957 | Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison | Sister Angela | Nominated—Academy Award for Best Actress Nominated—Golden Globe Award – Best Actress Drama New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress |
| An Affair to Remember | Terry McKay | ||
| Kiss Them for Me | Gwinneth Livingston | Unbilled, dubbed voice of Suzy Parker in a few scenes | |
| 1958 | Bonjour Tristesse | Anne Larsen | |
| Separate Tables | Sibyl Railton-Bell | Nominated—Academy Award for Best Actress Nominated—Golden Globe Award – Best Actress Drama |
|
| 1959 | The Journey | Diana Ashmore | |
| Count Your Blessings | Grace Allingham | ||
| Beloved Infidel | Sheilah Graham | ||
| 1960 | The Sundowners | Ida Carmody | Nominated—Academy Award for Best Actress Nominated—BAFTA Award – Best British Actress New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress |
| The Grass Is Greener | Lady Hilary Rhyall | ||
| 1961 | The Naked Edge | Martha Radcliffe | UK release |
| The Innocents | Miss Giddens | UK release | |
| 1964 | On the Trail of the Iguana | Herself | UK promotional short subject |
| The Chalk Garden | Miss Madrigal | Nominated—BAFTA Award – Best British Actress | |
| The Night of the Iguana | Hannah Jelkes | ||
| 1965 | Marriage on the Rocks | Valerie Edwards | UK release |
| 1967 | Casino Royale | Agent Mimi / Lady Fiona McTarry | |
| Eye of the Devil | Catherine de Montfaucon | UK release | |
| 1968 | Prudence and the Pill | Prudence Hardcastle | UK release |
| 1969 | The Gypsy Moths | Elizabeth Brandon | US release |
| The Arrangement | Florence Anderson | US release | |
| 1982 | BBC2 Playhouse | Carlotta Gray | TV episode: "A Song at Twilight" |
| Witness for the Prosecution | Nurse Plimsoll | ||
| 1984 | A Woman of Substance | Emma Harte | UK TV mini-series |
| 1985 | The Assam Garden | Helen | UK release |
| Reunion at Farnborough | Sally Wells Grant | UK television film | |
| 1986 | Hold the Dream | Emma Harte | UK TV mini-series |
Read more about this topic: Deborah Kerr