Greer Garson was an English actress who had a successful career in both film and television. She is best known for her roles in Mrs. Miniver (1942), for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress, and Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939). Garson’s net worth at the time of her death in 1996 was estimated to be $30 million.
Garson’s success in Hollywood was due in part to her talent and versatility as an actress. She was able to play a wide range of roles, from the sweet and innocent Mrs. Miniver to the more complex and challenging role of Elizabeth Barrett Browning in The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1934). Garson was also a gifted comedienne, and she often used her humor to great effect in her films.