Greer Garson Filmography

Greer Garson, CBE was a British actress who was very popular during World War II, being listed by the Motion Picture Herald as one of America's top ten box office draws in 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, and 1946. As one of MGM's major stars of the 1940s, Garson received seven Academy Award nominations, winning the Best Actress award for Mrs. Miniver . Greer Garson was born Eileen Evelyn Greer Garson in Manor Park, Essex , England in 1904, the only child of George Garson , a clerk born in London, but with Scottish lineage, and his wife, Nina . Her maternal grandfather was David Greer, a RIC sergeant... in Castlewellan, County Down, Ireland in the 1880s and who later became a land steward to the Annesley family . He lived in a large detached house built on the lower part of what was known as Pig Street or known locally as the Back Way near Shilliday's builder's yard. The house was called ‘Claremount’ and today the street is named Claremount Avenue. It was often reported that Garson was born in this house.
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