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. Chips' (1939) won her the first of seven Oscar nominations as Best Actress and made her an immediate star. 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.
