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'''Greer Garson''' (1904-1996) was a London-born actress popular from the 1940s through the 1960s. Her red-gold hair, delicate complexion, and twinkling hazel eyes marked her out as both a high-toned [[English Rose|English lady]] ''and'' an approachable girl-next-door type. (As can be seen from the picture at left, she was in real life also something of a [[Hot Mom]] type -- notwithstanding that she never had any children.) After having played supporting roles in classical plays in the very earliest days of television (circa 1937), Garson was cast by [[Metro Goldwyn Mayer]] in the [[Star Making Role|leading part]] of Kathie in ''[[Goodbye Mr. Chips|Goodbye, Mr. Chips]]''. She sparkled as Elizabeth Bennet opposite Sir [[Laurence Olivier]]'s Mr. Darcy in MGM's production of ''[[Pride and Prejudice]]'', but perhaps her best-remembered part is as the dauntless English lady facing the Nazi Blitz in ''[[Mrs. Miniver]]'', a part she would reprise eight years later. (Garson, in her early 40's, created a minor scandal at the height of her career, by marrying the much younger actor who played her ''son'' in ''[[Mrs. Miniver]]''!) She played Caesar's wife, Calpurnia, in the well-regarded Joseph Mankiewicz production of ''[[Julius Caesar]]'', and ended her film career as the aristocratic "Mother" of [[Walt Disney]]'s ''The Happiest Millionaire''.