Editing Greer Garson (section)

{{Short description|British-American actress (1904–1996)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name               = Greer Garson
| honorific_suffix   = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|commas=on|CBE}}
| image              = Greer Garson-publicity.JPG
| caption            = Publicity photo of Garson, {{circa}} 1940s
| birth_name         = Eileen Evelyn Greer Garson
| birth_date         = {{birth date|df=yes|1904|09|29}}
| birth_place        = [[Manor Park, London|Manor Park]], [[County Borough of East Ham|East Ham]], [[Essex]], England
| death_date         = {{death date and age|df=yes|1996|04|06|1904|09|29}}
| death_place        = [[Dallas]], Texas, U.S.
| resting_place      = [[Sparkman-Hillcrest Memorial Park Cemetery]]
| citizenship        = United Kingdom (1904–1996)<br />United States (1951–1996)
| alma_mater         = [[King's College London]]<br />[[Grenoble Alpes University|University of Grenoble]]
| party              = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| spouse             = {{ubl|{{marriage|Edward Snelson<br />|1933|1943|end=divorced}}|{{marriage|[[Richard Ney]]<br />|1943|1947|end=divorced}}|{{marriage|[[Buddy Fogelson]]<br />|1949|1987|end=died}}
}}
| years active       = 1932–1986
| occupation         = {{hlist|Actress|singer|philanthropist}}
}}

'''Eileen Evelyn Greer Garson''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|commas=on|CBE}} (29 September 1904 – 6 April 1996) was a British-American actress and singer. She was a major star at [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]] who became popular during the Second World War for her portrayal of strong women on the homefront and was listed by the ''[[Motion Picture Herald]]'' as one of America's top-10 box office draws from 1942 to 1946.

The fourth most-nominated woman for the [[Academy Award for Best Actress|Best Actress Oscar]],<ref name="quigley">{{cite web|title=Quigley's Annual List of Box-Office Champions, 1932–1970|publisher=Reel Classics|date=23 October 2003|url=http://www.reelclassics.com/Articles/General/quigleytop10-article.htm|url-status=dead|access-date=23 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160428100859/http://www.reelclassics.com/Articles/General/quigleytop10-article.htm|archive-date=28 April 2016}}</ref> Garson received seven [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]] nominations, including a record-tying (with [[Bette Davis#Academy Awards|Bette Davis]]) five consecutive nominations (1941–1945) in the best actress category, winning for her performance in the [[Mrs. Miniver (character)|title role]] as the British housewife in the 1942 film ''[[Mrs. Miniver]]''.<ref name=Consecutive>{{cite web |url=http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/Help/Statistics?file=Act-ConsecutiveNoms.pdf |title=Persons With Acting Nominations in 3 or More Consecutive Years |work=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |date=1 March 2018 |access-date=15 August 2018}}</ref>