Deborah Kerr wins a Bafta Special Award

Presented by Sir John Mills, and with a special tribute by Robert Mitchum. 17th March 1991.

[@peterd788]

A lot of people today probably don't understand what a luminous talent she was. The camera loved this woman and so did the audience. She was the real deal.

[@maryvalentine9090]

Her talent was off the charts amazing.

[@DanielMorelon]

What a classy lady and amazing actress!!!! One of a kind! God bless you!

[@gnirolnamlerf593]

Her opening quips when she received an honorary Oscar and here are just brilliant. Amazing that she seems honestly overwhelmed by the tributes she received. Think about it. She knew she was getting this award. She knows how outstanding her career was. And yet she seems shocked at the respect and admiration her peers are showing her. What a shame she is no longer with us. One of the classiest actors in the history of cinema. Her closing line was perfect.

[@diabetes65]

Deborah jane Kerr, she was a beauty, a wonderful lady with so much humor.i'll never forget you!!!

[@maryvalentine9090]

Of all the actresses from the film industry‘s so-called “golden age“, Deborah Kerr was, in my opinion, the most gifted and certainly one of the most beautiful. I admire her so much. Her talent was once in a generation. She was very lovely though what mesmerized me about her was her ability to bring her roles to life with such effortlessness. One of my favorite Kerr films is the Sundowners. Her performance 🎭 in that film 🎞 took my breath away, she and Robert Mitchum made film magic! Just magnificent.

[@lorrainechandler7864]

An Affair To Remember,Tea and Sympathy,The Sundowners,The King and I,Heaven Knows Mr.Allison are my favorite Deborah Kerr films.💙

[@Basilea.]

What a beautiful human being she was.

[@jordanabeaulieu2530]

basilea Yes, she was definitely a class act!

[@carmeldelaney1086]

Talento da vendere! 💚 💚

[@angelacarleton9575]

Oh.. how I love this lady "Deborah Kerr" she is such a warm and thoughtful lady - how I miss Miss Kerr. since she passed away. You can always tell a perfect lady by her manners and her ways. Love her always - RIP Miss Kerr.

[@AH72S]

Deborah Kerr forever...

[@oliverabone4564]

A classic beauty till the end. Deborah Kerr’s inner beauty always shines through.

[@janetmaxwell222]

She is a beauty and has a wonderful wit. She is still fairly young here at 70....

[@jillfromatlanta427]

No, sorry that was Jean Simmons in Young Bess.

[@emmceeee]

Such a beautiful, refined, classy woman. (Who hinted at a fiery, passionate ability to get down, but without *ever* being whorish about it.) She was one of a kind, and I always wished she was my mum!

[@thecatman4ever]

I love Deborah Kerr! If you haven't seen her in "The Innocents" & "Tea & Sympathy" yet there are amoung her most brilliant performances.

[@eamonndeane587]

Don't forget 'Edward, My Son' and 'An Affair to Remember'.

[@pamelarossell7027]

Loved her in Tea and Sympathy ❤

[@sandraoss3183]

She is Wonderful. and still beautiful

[@whatfreshhellisthis8810]

Truly a great beauty and remarkable talent. Timeless. We are a lesser world without her.

[@romanclay1913]

FROM HERE TO ETERNITY, one of the greatest films, filled with wonderful performances.

[@michaelsalientes571]

A UNIQUE AND TRUE LEGEND 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 Thank you for all the amazing films , the wonder memories ...

[@Kris_Iao777]

Not only beautiful, talented and classy, but had a BANGING sense of humour!

[@louielouie503]

At around 8:31-8:33, having headphones on you can hear the amazing, witty, and always beautiful Deborah Kerr say jokingly "Hurry up Robert". What a gem she was!! Love her.

[@emmceeee]

Thanks, I hadn't noticed the first time 'round! 🎧 (That "Dreadful man!") 😹

[@lindamcfadden5522]

One of my very favorite actresses! I think Sundowners would be my favorite!

[@emg8810]

Thank you, Ms. Kerr. We all had a marvelous time because of you!

[@bach1369]

Deborah Kerr was my friend. I love her so much for graciousness and humility. She is the definition of class.

[@takokvrivishvili9180]

omg lucky u.im so in love w her

[@DarkKnight-hj6ts]

Heaven knows Mr. Allison most romantic movie I ever did see..❤❤

[@eileen1820]

Black Narcissus is easily one of my favorite films!

[@peterdevita6308]

I LOVE DEBORAH KERR- SHE IS A VERITABLE GODDESS!

[@Leehee27]

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!! Have wanted to see this for years!!!

[@DEBOJU930]

Bravoooooooooo Deborah i love you.

[@thecatman4ever]

What a lovely, lovely woman. One of the greatest actresses of all time. Eventhough the film wasn't mentioned I think "Tea & Sympathy" w/John Kerr was one of my favorite films of hers with "Black Narcissus" coming in a close second. An award well deserved!

[@helenamatias5]

What a great actress. what a great career 👏👏👏👏👏

[@losvengadores73]

What a way to end a speech. A class act!

[@kengeorgejones6855]

Thank you. Deborah Kerr was a very classy, underrated lady. That presentation was a real mess though.

[@TheTerryE]

You're right. They needed a better director for that sequence.

[@philiphalpenny9761]

Yes, she adored Mitchum but why didn't they play his tribute before her acceptance speech instead of interupting her flow?

[@deuxjournalistes2993]

it was a little bumpy but it felt well-meaning and sincere. Ms Kerr’s sense of humor about it made it much more comfortable. She sure was a beautiful woman inside and out. Rare to see someone with her evident humility but also wit and a sense of fun.

[@user-hx1ms4mb5z]

One of the top 10 all time best actresses in the world!!

[@theeclecticone4902]

She’s a Queen ❤

[@tommoncrieff1154]

It beggars belief that when you see who gets awarded titles these days that Deborah Kerr was not made a Dame. They still show Black Narcissus to acclaim over 70 years after it was made and that is just one of the many classics in which she shone. It's rather sad to see her so frail here, yet heartening to know that she actually lived on for many more years.

[@cynthiaennis3107]

Always beautiful! ♥️🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼

[@tomfrost1997]

Thank you for your brilliant and wonderful performances they marked my life will never forget thank you 🙏⭐️🌟 love you always forever

[@jasondandan2937]

Ms Kerr deserved to be Dame. How sad.

[@henrikechers9995]

How absolutly lovely

[@eitaknella18]

Hurry up Robert. You gotta love her!

[@Valerie-gn1rr]

She was class!

[@jillfromatlanta427]

In my top Deborah Kerr movies no one has mentioned Young Bess. Loved her as Elizabeth stamping her foot saying "I'll NOT go back to Hatfield!"....

[@luisfedericosala1354]

She was an England Rose 🌹 and please mention her role of Ligia in Quo Vadis opposite to Robert Taylor and Peter Ustinovov. ❤️🌷🌹♥️🌸💎🦋🌺

[@grant1088]

I aways loved her voice when ever her movies come on i stop and watch it i no it will be good one of the best ❤. 3:44

[@xenafan234]

Who would Give Deborah Kerr a Thumbs Down?

[@ComtesseRochefort]

Should have been made a Dame

[@rowley555]

She was made CBE in 1998

[@garypatterson2055]

Yes, you're absolutely correct. Why she wasn't knighted for her successful career plus the charity work that she'd done. I guess she was overlooked. R.I.P. Deborah, a true legend.❤🙏🙏x.

[@peterd788]

@@garypatterson2055 A number of things are possible. There was a general rule in the 70s and 80s that tax exiles would not be knighted. She may have turned down lesser honours or a knighthood. The honours committee never comments.

[@garypatterson2055]

@@peterd788 Why'd she accept a CBE but refuse the title of DBE. I can't type she was/wasn't a tax exile, though when she died, she was residing in Suffolk. Sir Sean Connery Sir Rod Stewart and Dame Elizabeth Taylor were all knighted and they were tax exiled.

[@peterd788]

@@garypatterson2055 I didn't say this happened but in the 70s and 80s there was an unwritten rule that tax exiles didn't get knighted. Some people quietly turn down knighthoods. The point is that the Honours Committee never comments. From the 90s onwards the only requirement was that the recipient hadn't renounced their UK citizenship. Hence Angela Lansbury and Julie Andrews. Kerr was very ill in her later years and may not have wanted the fuss.

[@carolann5338]

A beatiful lady and wonderful acting in any role from a nun to a sexy woman......Bravo..... R.I.P.......

[@alanisdaniels6631]

I Love her to the full my mom Mrs Anna Deborah Kerr

[@anoldprestonian]

Thank you SO MUCH!!!

[@Cyberlucy]

A Class act all the way.

[@soundwavs1961c]

Shes' so cute Bob is a hunk!

[@LMays-cu2hp]

Really nice..

[@TheTerryE]

Most of the people didn't even stand. What a bunch of jerks. She had Parkinson's here .... very sad.

[@garypatterson2055]

I thought that was totally disrespectful. To not stand when a A list legend is collecting such a prestigious award

[@georgejetson3702]

I've always considered her a talented and beautiful actress who epitomized class. But, yesterday I watched her in The Gypsy Moths (1969), so I have to add that she had some bodacious tatas!

[@randykirkland3927]

They don’t make ‘em like that anymore !

[@manueladiazperez541]

Imprescindible en nuestras vidas !!!

[@zeliamariadeabreu4414]

Linda ❤️ ❤️

[@petradoots584]

That's class....missing nowadays

[@judithcook9809]

John Mills what a wind bag .She is so gracious and lovely . Robert was much kinder .Lovely lady and still beautiful

[@marite7125]

Que linda y distinguida actriz

[@maryjames3789]

Can anyone please add some context to explain her Italian comment at the beginning of her speech?

[@brendataylor2490]

What about Van Johnson and Gregory Peck? She did her best movies with both of them. THE END OF THE AFFAIR and BELOVED INFIDEL.

[@TheTerryE]

Both of those are terrible films.

[@brendataylor2490]

@@TheTerryE , NO, They were her best.

[@dyannalt]

Heaven knows Mr Allison

[@vintagegirl1961]

7:44

[@lizzieallen2284]

I love Johnny Mills but he does go on too long. We want Deborah!

[@bigjonisback]

I can't believe she wasn't made a dame

[@DarkKnight-hj6ts]

I'm 45

[@theart8039]

What an accolade for these two giants of the screen to be presented by... Noel Edmunds : /

[@garypatterson2055]

I thought that also. I was waiting for an A-list star to walk on stage and present this legend with her accolade, for lifetime achievement in film. ❤🙏🙏🙏x

[@MrDavey2010]

This section was under-rehearsed and a dog’s dinner. Sir John got very muddled and there was a false start when Miss Kerr was unsure if he’d introduced her onto the stage.

[@amyclarke41]

Why noel edmonds ?

[@amyclarke41]

Maybe why not? he was popular than?

[@vhsvideovault]

He was the presenter for the whole awards ceremony, back when he was one of the BBC's biggest stars.

[@arnolt2590]

Who doesn"t want to be Italian?