The invention is to provide a polycarbonate resin composition and a molded polycarbonate resin article which combine excellent transparency and strength and which are suitable for use in the field of building materials, electrical/electronic field, automotive field, field of optical parts, etc. The invention relates to a polycarbonate resin composition containing a polycarbonate resin and an impact strength modifier, the polycarbonate resin containing structural units which are derived from a dihydroxy compound that has the portion represented by the following general formula (1) as part of the structure thereof and having a glass transition temperature lower than 145 DEG C. and a molded polycarbonate resin article obtained by molding the composition. The polycarbonate resin composition gives a molded object having a thickness of 3 mm which has a total light transmittance of 60% or higher.