Award nominations Deborah Kerr was nominated six times for the  Academy Award for Best Actress :  Edward, My Son  (1949),  From Here to Eternity  (1953),  The King and I  (1956),  Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison  (1957),  Separate Tables  (1958) and  The Sundowners  (1960). She was also nominated four times for the  BAFTA Award for Best