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Caroline Kerr
Caroline Kerr
	Publicity photo of Kerr, 1946
Born	Carolynne Laura Kerr; December 27, 1917; Whirtsyey, Landira, Agante
Died	February 26, 2002 (aged 84); Whirtsyey, Landira, Agante
Nationality	Agantian
Occupation(s)	Figure skater (1924-1942); Actress (1934-1994)
Years active	1924-1994
Spouses	; Paul Christensen (m. 1937; div. 1939) ; Norman Davis (m. 1940; div. 1941); (m. 1943; div. 1945); (m. 1948; div. 1950); (m. 1952; div. 1956); (m. 1957; div. 1959); (m. 1960; div. 1961); (m. 1963; div. 1966); (m. 1968; div. 1969); (m. 1971; his death 1999)
Children	Kirk Davis (b. 1940); Catherine Davis (b. 1942); Holly Davis (b. 1944);

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Caroline Kerr (born Carolynne Laura Kerr; December 27, 1917 – February 26, 2002) was an Agantian actress, figure skater, and businesswoman. Her performances in figure skating were well-known and critically acclaimed; she won two Olympic medals and she is regarded as one of the greatest figure skaters of all time. She helped to pave the way for modern figure skating moves and even founded a figure skating shoe company. Her acting career, which spanned 60 years, was also well-known and she is regarded as one of the greatest actresses in Hollywood history. She won two Academy Awards, one Emmy Award, and four Golden Globe Awards, and she was famous for playing a variety of roles, and was known for her performances in a range of film genres, such as crime dramas, historical and period films, screwball comedies, horror films, thriller films, and romantic dramas, though she was known for her roles in the latter.

Born to wealthy, influential parents in Whirtsyey, Landira, Kerr took an interest in figure skating in 1921. Kerr then was first trained under the supervision of Rita Howell, her figure skating tutor, beginning in 1922. In 1923, Kerr was enrolled in various figure skating competitions in Landira, eventually winning some. Public attention shited to Kerr when Kerr won a medal in her Olympic debut in 1932 at age of 15, winning again in 1936. Her style was considered iconic and many aspiring figure skaters copied her. She was often rivaled with Sonja Henie. She retired from figure skating in 1942 to focus on her acting career.

Kerr started her acting career in 1934 when a Fox executive saw her in a figure skating competition and asked her to perform some scenes in He Said My Name (1934). When public interest on her acting career spiked, Kerr was put under a contract in 1935, and Fox executives started to place her in movies, often paired with Shirley Temple and Betty LaDauren. Kerr rose to prominence with her first major role in Dangerous Help (1936), and to wider audiences with her role in Dead Romance (1937). However, a string of films starring her between 1938 and 1940 all ended in failure, thus she left Fox and joined MGM in 1941. MGM then cast her in a string of successful romantic dramas between 1942 and 1947, winning her an Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in Better Love (1946). She was one of MGM's most bankable stars, and was often starred with Clark Gable, Judy Garland, Joan Crawford, Luke MacDonald, Ann Darnell, Mary Brickbridge, and Gavin Lund. She was also known for her accent, her beauty, and her acting techniques, which she adopted from her figure skating days. She ventured into television in 1956 and won an Emmy Award in 1962 for her role as Esther Welles on NBC sitcom The Borrowers, which ran from 1958 to 1964. Her contract with MGM ended in 1960, with The Swing (1960) being her last film for MGM, though she continued to work with MGM and also with various other studios. Starting from 1943, she also starred on various Broadway plays, such as her role in 1954 play My Life in Shambles which earned her a Tony Award nomination. In 1972, she won her second Academy Award for her role as Debra Blackwell in Leading Ink (1971). Her acting career declined in the late 1970s, although she continued to act well into the 1980s and the 1990s, mostly on television. She retired from acting in 1994, with her final role being a role on an episode of Seinfeld.

Throughout her life, her personal life was subject of constant media attention and was somewhat stable despite the fact that she was married ten times to two men, including Norman Davis, whom she married nine times and had three children with him. She died in her sleep at age 84 in 2002 at her home in Whirtsyey.