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‘The King and I’ Actress Deborah Kerr Dies at 86

CHICAGO – Deborah Kerr, who is remembered for one of Hollywood’s most famous kisses opposite Burt Lancaster in “From Here to Eternity” and made her mark with roles such as the proper widow in “The King and I,” has died. She was 86.

Deborah Kerr; photo credit: AFP/Getty ImagesShe lost her battle with Parkinson’s disease on Tuesday in England, agent Anne Hutton announced on Thursday.

Kerr’s roles as dominant women pushed the limits of Hollywood’s treatment of sex on the screen during the censor-bound 1950s.

She was nominated for but did not win a best-actress Academy Award for “From Here to Eternity,” which won eight Oscars overall.

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