The Hollywood screen icon Deborah Kerr (1921-2007) starred in over 50 films over four decades. Some of her best loved films include From Here to Eternity (1953) with Burt Lancaster, The King and I (1956) with Yul Brynner and An Affair to Remember (1957) with Cary Grant. She was also leading lady to Robert Mitchum, Clark Gable, James Mason, Stewart Granger, David Niven and Spencer Tracy.

She was nominated six times for an Academy Award and four times for a BAFTA but never won. In 1994 she received an Honorary Academy Award in recognition of her career as an "artist of impeccable grace and beauty, a dedicated actress whose motion picture career has always stood for perfection, discipline and elegance." She received her Oscar to a standing ovation.

The three brilliant-cut diamonds of yellow tint, weighing 2.32, 2.98 and 2.17 carats respectively, each within a four-claw setting, to a tapered hoop of woven design.

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