Greer Garson - ©Theda Bara

The name I bring to you in this post is that of British theater and film actress Greer Garson, who won the Oscar for best actress in 1943, for her performance in the film: “Mrs. Miniver” (1942), in the role of “Kay Miniver”. The actress also won the Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Dramatic Film, in 1961, for: “Sunrise at Campobello” (1960), based on real events and a Broadway play, where she played the American first lady “Eleanor Roosevelt.”

Greer Garson also became very popular in Hollywood for starring in several films alongside Canadian actor Walter Pidgeon Davis (1897-1984).

The actress has her star on the Los Angeles Walk of Fame, at 1651 Vine Street, in the Cinema category.

Born Eileen Evelyn Greer Garson September 29, 1904, Manor Park, London, United Kingdom, died April 6, 1996, Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States, aged 91.

Greer Garson has been married three times. The first with the British judge specializing in Indian and Pakistani affairs, Sir Edward Alec Abbot Snelson (1904–1992) from 1933 to 1943; her second marriage was to American actor, author and investment consultant Richard Maximilian Ney (1916-2004) from 1943 to 1947; and finally married American lawyer Elijah E. “Buddy” Fogelson (1900-1987) from 1949 to 1987, of whom the actress was widowed at the age of 83. Greer was never able to have children, as in 1938, had nutritional problems due to a strict diet, which she followed with the aim of having a body worthy of a Hollywood star and ended up becoming sterile.