Who holds the record for most Best Actress Oscar nominations without a win?

Deborah Kerr (born September 1921 in Hillhead, Glasgow, Scotland – died October 2007 in Botesdale, Suffolk, England at age 86) is the actress who holds the record for most Best Actress Oscar nominations without a win. She was nominated 6 times for this particular award. Kerr received the Academy's Honorary Oscar just after her retirement.

Kerr is a British actress who started acting on stage in 1937 and retired from her professional acting career in 1986. Her first film role was in the British production "Contraband" (US: "Blackout", 1940), aged 18 or 19. Her scenes were cut from the film. She next had a strong support role in "Major Barbara" (1941) directed by Gabriel Pascal. Kerr's other films have included the musical film "The King and I" (1956, her best known film), "The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp" (1943), "Black Narcissus" (1947), "From Here to Eternity" (1953), "Tea and Sympathy" (1956), "An Affair to Remember" (1957), "Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison" (1957), "Separate Tables" (1958), "The Sundowners" (1960), "The Innocents" (1961), 'The Grass is Greener" (1960), "The Night of the Iguana" (1964), "The Arrangement" (1969), and "The Assam Garden" (1985).

Kerr died from the effects of Parkinson's disease and within 3 weeks after her death, her husband Peter Viertel died of cancer on November 4, 2007.