Jean Simmons

Jean Simmons

Known for
Acting
Born
January 31, 1929
Died
January 22, 2010 (aged 80)
Birthplace
Crouch Hill, London, England, UK

Biography

Jean Merilyn Simmons, OBE (January 31, 1929 – January 22, 2010) was an English actress. She appeared predominantly in motion pictures, beginning with films made in Great Britain during and after World War II – she was one of J. Arthur Rank's 'well-spoken young starlets' – followed mainly by Hollywood films from 1950.

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Filmography

2011
Discovering Hamlet poster

Discovering Hamlet

Movie · as Ophelia (archive footage)

2009
Shadows in the Sun poster

Shadows in the Sun

Movie · as Hannah

2003
Winter Solstice poster

Winter Solstice

Movie · as Countess Lucinda Rhives

2003
Winter Solstice poster

Winter Solstice

TV · 2 eps

2001
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within poster

Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within

Movie · as Council Member (voice)

2000
On Cukor poster

On Cukor

Movie · as Narrator

1998
Her Own Rules poster

Her Own Rules

Movie · as Katherine Stratton

1995
How to Make an American Quilt poster

How to Make an American Quilt

Movie · as Em

1995
Daisies in December poster

Daisies in December

Movie · as Katherine Palmer

1994
Mysteries of the Bible poster

Mysteries of the Bible

TV · 45 eps

1993
Angel Falls

Angel Falls

TV · as Irene Larson · 6 eps

1992
Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors poster

Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors

Movie · as Carrie-Louise Serrocold

1991
Dark Shadows poster

Dark Shadows

TV · as Elizabeth Collins Stoddard / Naomi Collins · 5 eps

1990
Laker Girls poster

Laker Girls

Movie · as Connie Harrison

1990
Sensibility and Sense poster

Sensibility and Sense

Movie · as Older Elinor

1990
People Like Us poster

People Like Us

Movie · as Peach Prindible Bailey

1989
Great Expectations poster

Great Expectations

TV · as Miss Havisham · 6 eps

1988
Going Undercover poster

Going Undercover

Movie · as Maxine de la Hunt

1988
The Dawning poster

The Dawning

Movie · as Aunt Mary

1988
Inherit the Wind poster

Inherit the Wind

Movie · as Lucy Brady

1988
A Friendship in Vienna poster

A Friendship in Vienna

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

1987
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lost Love poster

Perry Mason: The Case of the Lost Love

Movie · as Laura Robertson

1987
Star Trek: The Next Generation poster

Star Trek: The Next Generation

TV · as Admiral Nora Satie · 1 ep

1985
Midas Valley poster

Midas Valley

Movie · as Molly Hammond

1985
The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio

The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio

Movie · as Self

1985
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents poster

The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents

TV · as Margaret Lowen · 1 ep

1985
North and South poster

North and South

TV · as Clarissa Main · 14 eps

1984
December Flower poster

December Flower

Movie · as Etta Marsh

1984
Murder, She Wrote poster

Murder, She Wrote

TV · as Eudora McVeigh Shipton · 2 eps

1983
Down at the Hydro poster

Down at the Hydro

Movie · as Diedre

1983
The Thorn Birds poster

The Thorn Birds

TV · as Fiona Fee Cleary · 4 eps

1982
Hotel poster

Hotel

TV · as Milly Toland, Jessica Daniels · 1 ep

1982
American Playhouse poster

American Playhouse

TV · as Elinor · 1 ep

1982
All for Love

All for Love

TV · as Deirdre Mackay · 1 ep

1981
Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls "1981" poster

Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls "1981"

Movie · as Helen Lawson

1981
Golden Gate poster

Golden Gate

Movie · as Jane Kingsley

1981
A Small Killing poster

A Small Killing

Movie · as Margaret Lawrence

1980
Dominique poster

Dominique

Movie · as Dominique Ballard

1979
Beggarman, Thief poster

Beggarman, Thief

TV · as Gretchen Jordache Burke · 2 eps

1978
The Dain Curse poster

The Dain Curse

TV · as Aaronia Haldorn · 2 eps

1975
Mr. Sycamore poster

Mr. Sycamore

Movie · as Estelle Benbow

1975
The Easter Promise poster

The Easter Promise

Movie · as Constance Payne

1971
Say Hello to Yesterday poster

Say Hello to Yesterday

Movie · as Woman

1971
Decisions! Decisions! poster

Decisions! Decisions!

Movie · as Phoebe Masterson

1970
The Odd Couple poster

The Odd Couple

TV · as Princess · 1 ep

1969
The Happy Ending poster

The Happy Ending

Movie · as Mary Wilson

1969
Hawaii Five-O poster

Hawaii Five-O

TV · as Terri O'Brien · 1 ep

1968
Heidi poster

Heidi

Movie · as Frl. Rottenmeier

1967
Rough Night in Jericho poster

Rough Night in Jericho

Movie · as Molly Lang

1967
Divorce American Style poster

Divorce American Style

Movie · as Nancy Downes

1967
Soldier in Love poster

Soldier in Love

Movie · as Sarah Jennings

1966
Mister Buddwing poster

Mister Buddwing

Movie · as The Blonde

1965
Life at the Top poster

Life at the Top

Movie · as Susan Lampton

1963
All the Way Home poster

All the Way Home

Movie · as Mary Follet

1963
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

TV · as Ruth Bannister, Suzy · 1 ep

1963
The Danny Kaye Show poster

The Danny Kaye Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1960
Spartacus poster

Spartacus

Movie · as Varinia

1960
Elmer Gantry poster

Elmer Gantry

Movie · as Sister Sharon Falconer

1960
The Grass Is Greener poster

The Grass Is Greener

Movie · as Hattie Durant

1959
This Earth Is Mine poster

This Earth Is Mine

Movie · as Elizabeth Rambeau

1958
The Big Country poster

The Big Country

Movie · as Julie Maragon

1958
Fun in the Big Country poster

Fun in the Big Country

Movie · as Self (narrator)

1958
Home Before Dark poster

Home Before Dark

Movie · as Charlotte Bronn

1957
This Could Be the Night poster

This Could Be the Night

Movie · as Anne Leeds

1957
Until They Sail poster

Until They Sail

Movie · as Barbara Leslie Forbes

1956
Hilda Crane poster

Hilda Crane

Movie · as Hilda Crane Burns

1955
Guys and Dolls poster

Guys and Dolls

Movie · as Sarah Brown

1955
Footsteps in the Fog poster

Footsteps in the Fog

Movie · as Lily Watkins

1955
MGM Parade poster

MGM Parade

TV · 2 eps

1954
The Egyptian poster

The Egyptian

Movie · as Merit

1954
Désirée poster

Désirée

Movie · as Desiree Clary

1954
A Bullet Is Waiting poster

A Bullet Is Waiting

Movie · as Cally Canham

1954
She Couldn't Say No poster

She Couldn't Say No

Movie · as Corby Lane (Corby Johnson)

1953
Angel Face poster

Angel Face

Movie · as Diane Tremayne Jessup

1953
The Robe poster

The Robe

Movie · as Diana

1953
Young Bess poster

Young Bess

Movie · as Young Bess (Queen Elizabeth I)

1953
The Actress poster

The Actress

Movie · as Ruth Gordon Jones

1953
Affair with a Stranger poster

Affair with a Stranger

Movie · as Carolyn Parker

1953
The Oscars poster

The Oscars

TV · as Self · 3 eps

1952
Androcles and the Lion poster

Androcles and the Lion

Movie · as Lavinina

1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame poster

Hallmark Hall of Fame

TV · as Sarah · 1 ep

1950
The Clouded Yellow poster

The Clouded Yellow

Movie · as Sophie Malraux

1950
So Long at the Fair poster

So Long at the Fair

Movie · as Vicky Barton

1950
Cage of Gold poster

Cage of Gold

Movie · as Judith

1950
Trio poster

Trio

Movie · as Evie Bishop (segment Sanatorium)

1950
What's My Line? poster

What's My Line?

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1949
Adam and Evelyne poster

Adam and Evelyne

Movie · as Evelyne Wallace

1949
The Blue Lagoon poster

The Blue Lagoon

Movie · as Emmeline Foster

1948
Hamlet poster

Hamlet

Movie · as Ophelia

1948
The Ed Sullivan Show poster

The Ed Sullivan Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1948
Bambi poster

Bambi

TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep

1947
Black Narcissus poster

Black Narcissus

Movie · as Kanchi

1947
Uncle Silas poster

Uncle Silas

Movie · as Caroline Ruthyn

1947
Hungry Hill poster

Hungry Hill

Movie · as Jane Brodrick

1947
The Woman in the Hall poster

The Woman in the Hall

Movie · as Jay Blake

1946
Great Expectations poster

Great Expectations

Movie · as Young Estella

1946
Caesar and Cleopatra poster

Caesar and Cleopatra

Movie · as Harpist (uncredited)

1945
The Way to the Stars poster

The Way to the Stars

Movie · as A Singer

1945
Meet Sexton Blake poster

Meet Sexton Blake

Movie · as Eva Watkins

1945
Kiss the Bride Goodbye poster

Kiss the Bride Goodbye

Movie · as Molly Dodd

1944
Give Us the Moon poster

Give Us the Moon

Movie · as Heidi

1944
Mr. Emmanuel poster

Mr. Emmanuel

Movie · as Sally Cooper

1944
Sports Day poster

Sports Day

Movie · as Peggy

1944
Golden Globe Awards poster

Golden Globe Awards

TV · as Self - Nominee, Self - Presenter · 1 ep