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Article: Tribute to Hollywood mum.
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- Bury Free Press (Bury St. Edmunds, England)
- Article date:
- October 26, 2007
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She was a Hollywood legend to many, immortalised after roles in The King and I and her clinch in the surf with Burt Lancaster in From Here To Eternity.
But to one Wattisfield woman, Golden Globe Award-winning actress Deborah Kerr was also known as mum.
The actress, 86, died last Tuesday, having suffered from Parkinson's Disease.
She had two daughters, Melanie Bartley and Francesca Shrapnel, and spent her last two years living close to Francesca's Wattisfield home.
"I always loved her in The Sundowners with Robert Mitchum. That was a great favourite of hers," said Francesca.
"She was just wonderful - she had already had five ...