Her second husband (1943-47) was actor Richard Ney, who had played her son in "Mrs. Garson succumbed to heart failure at age 92 on April 6, 1996. Eight years later, she underwent bypass surgery. After dabbling briefly in theater producing (notably the New York production of "On Golden Pond"), she retired in 1980 after suffering a heart attack. Garson, who had worked sporadically in TV since the 1950s, made one of her last acting appearances as Aunt March in the miniseries "Little Women" (NBC, 1978). A version of this article appears in print on of the National edition with the headline: ' Random Harvest,' With Greer Garson and Ronald Colman, From James Hilton Novel, Opens at the Music Hall. Her last feature acting role was in 1967's "The Happiest Millionaire" and her final film appearance was in the documentary "Directed by William Wyler" (1986). She later made a comeback with her acclaimed performance as Eleanor Roosevelt opposite Ralph Bellamy in "Sunrise at Campobello" (1960) and also did periodic stage work. Some of the attempts to vary Garson's image and type of roles, such as in the zany farce "Julia Misbehaves" (1948), were not particularly successful, but she continued on into the middle of the following decade with such smaller-scale vehicles as "Scandal at Scourie" (1953) and "Strange Lady in Town" (1954). Garson's popularity began to ebb during the late 40s, the regal and dignified stoicism she embodied for the war years seeming less suitable in the face of postwar angst and malaise. Garson also played quite well opposite popular matinee idols Ronald Colman in the delicate, sentimental romance, "Random Harvest" (1942) and Gregory Peck in the lavish family saga, "The Valley of Decision" (1945). Miniver" (1942), a then-acclaimed but rather overrated tribute to the stiff-upper-lip spirit of the British in WWII, for which she earned an Oscar. Their finest pairings came with "Madame Curie" (1943) and "That Forsyte Woman" (1949), though popular memory regularly casts them as Mr. Garson formed an attractive romantic partnership with the stalwart and gentlemanly Walter Pidgeon, with whom she co-starred eight times. Garson regularly appeared on boxoffice polls of the top ten stars during the WWII years indeed, Betty Grable was the only female star who surpassed Garson in popularity during this time. After a lovely turn as the intelligent, playful Elizabeth in the comic "Pride and Prejudice" (1940), Garson inherited from Norma Shearer the mantle of Metro's resident prestige actress, suffering with genteel dignity through a series of A-budget soap operas. He made his film debut in an unreleased two-reeler titled The Live Wire (1917). Ronald Colman began his career as an actor on the stage following his service in the British Army during World War I. Chips" (1939) won her the first of seven Oscar nominations as Best Actress and made her an immediate star. Ronald Colman in a publicity still for The Prisoner of Zenda (1937). Her relatively brief but affecting debut performance as Mrs. A strikingly attractive, red-haired former stage actress of Anglo-Irish descent, Greer Garson appeared in films from 1939, mostly with MGM.
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