"Sweet virgin, you have a very spiritual face!" This pronouncement by Gabriel Pascoe, the legendary Hungarian film producer, heralded the rise to fame and stardom of British actress Deborah Kerr. The statement took a lot of living down, and Deborah, a star in her second film and her first West End play, arrived in Hollywood with the reputation of not only being a lady, but in the words of Sir Laurence Olivier, "unreasonably chaste" as well. She succeeded as the perfect English rose for years until her inspired portrayal of a nymphomaniac in From Here To Eternity. From then on her incredible versatility and drawing power on both sides of the Atlantic made her friends wherever she went - such as the author of this biography, who has followed her life and career since working with her in one of her early British films and who has all her co-operation and support in this fascinating story. Illustrated with black and white archival photos.