Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
January 31, 1929
Place of Birth:
Crouch Hill, London, England, UK
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Jean Simmons
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.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Discovering Hamlet | Ophelia (archive footage) |
| 2009 | Shadows in the Sun | Hannah |
| 2003 | Winter Solstice | Countess Lucinda Rhives |
| 2001 | Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within | Council Member (voice) |
| 2000 | On Cukor | Narrator |
| 1998 | Her Own Rules | Katherine Stratton |
| 1995 | How to Make an American Quilt | Em |
| 1995 | Daisies in December | Katherine Palmer |
| 1991 | Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors | Carrie-Louise Serrocold |
| 1990 | Laker Girls | Connie Harrison |
| 1990 | Sensibility and Sense | Older Elinor |
| 1990 | People Like Us | Peach Prindible Bailey |
| 1988 | Going Undercover | Maxine de la Hunt |
| 1988 | The Dawning | Aunt Mary |
| 1988 | Inherit the Wind | Lucy Brady |
| 1988 | A Friendship in Vienna | Narrator (voice) |
| 1987 | Perry Mason: The Case of the Lost Love | Laura Robertson |
| 1985 | Midas Valley | Molly Hammond |
| 1985 | The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio | Self |
| 1984 | December Flower | Etta Marsh |
| 1983 | Down at the Hydro | Diedre |
| 1983 | A Moment in Time | Deidre Mackay |
| 1981 | Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls | Helen Lawson |
| 1981 | Golden Gate | Jane Kingsley |
| 1981 | A Small Killing | Margaret Lawrence |
| 1980 | Dominique | Dominique Ballard |
| 1979 | Beggarman, Thief | Gretchen Jordache Burke |
| 1975 | Mr. Sycamore | Estelle Benbow |
| 1975 | The Easter Promise | Constance Payne |
| 1971 | Say Hello to Yesterday | Woman |
| 1971 | Decisions! Decisions! | Phoebe Masterson |
| 1969 | The Happy Ending | Mary Wilson |
| 1968 | Heidi | Frl. Rottenmeier |
| 1967 | Rough Night in Jericho | Molly Lang |
| 1967 | Divorce American Style | Nancy Downes |
| 1967 | Soldier in Love | Sarah Jennings |
| 1966 | Mister Buddwing | The Blonde |
| 1965 | Life at the Top | Susan Lampton |
| 1963 | All the Way Home | Mary Follet |
| 1960 | Spartacus | Varinia |
| 1960 | Elmer Gantry | Sister Sharon Falconer |
| 1960 | The Grass Is Greener | Hattie Durant |
| 1959 | This Earth Is Mine | Elizabeth Rambeau |
| 1958 | The Big Country | Julie Maragon |
| 1958 | Fun in the Big Country | Self (narrator) |
| 1958 | Home Before Dark | Charlotte Bronn |
| 1957 | This Could Be the Night | Anne Leeds |
| 1957 | Until They Sail | Barbara Leslie Forbes |
| 1956 | Hilda Crane | Hilda Crane Burns |
| 1955 | Guys and Dolls | Sarah Brown |
| 1955 | Footsteps in the Fog | Lily Watkins |
| 1954 | The Egyptian | Merit |
| 1954 | Désirée | Desiree Clary |
| 1954 | A Bullet Is Waiting | Cally Canham |
| 1954 | She Couldn't Say No | Corby Lane (Corby Johnson) |
| 1953 | Angel Face | Diane Tremayne Jessup |
| 1953 | The Robe | Diana |
| 1953 | Young Bess | Young Bess (Queen Elizabeth I) |
| 1953 | The Actress | Ruth Gordon Jones |
| 1953 | Affair with a Stranger | Carolyn Parker |
| 1952 | Androcles and the Lion | Lavinina |
| 1950 | The Clouded Yellow | Sophie Malraux |
| 1950 | So Long at the Fair | Vicky Barton |
| 1950 | Cage of Gold | Judith |
| 1950 | Trio | Evie Bishop (segment Sanatorium) |
| 1949 | Adam and Evelyne | Evelyne Wallace |
| 1949 | The Blue Lagoon | Emmeline Foster |
| 1948 | Hamlet | Ophelia |
| 1947 | Black Narcissus | Kanchi |
| 1947 | Uncle Silas | Caroline Ruthyn |
| 1947 | Hungry Hill | Jane Brodrick |
| 1947 | The Woman in the Hall | Jay Blake |
| 1946 | Great Expectations | Young Estella |
| 1945 | The Way to the Stars | A Singer |
| 1945 | Meet Sexton Blake | Eva Watkins |
| 1945 | Kiss the Bride Goodbye | Molly Dodd |
| 1945 | Caesar and Cleopatra | Harpist (uncredited) |
| 1944 | Give Us the Moon | Heidi |
| 1944 | Mr. Emmanuel | Sally Cooper |
| 1944 | Sports Day | Peggy |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Winter Solstice | |
| 1994 | Mysteries of the Bible | |
| 1993 | Angel Falls | Irene Larson |
| 1991 | Dark Shadows | Elizabeth Collins Stoddard / Naomi Collins |
| 1989 | Great Expectations | Miss Havisham |
| 1987 | Star Trek: The Next Generation | Admiral Nora Satie |
| 1985 | The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Margaret Lowen |
| 1985 | North and South | Clarissa Main |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Eudora McVeigh Shipton |
| 1983 | The Thorn Birds | Fiona 'Fee' Cleary |
| 1983 | The Thorn Birds | Fee Cleary |
| 1982 | Hotel | |
| 1982 | Hotel | Jessica Daniels |
| 1978 | The Dain Curse | Aaronia Haldorn |
| 1970 | The Odd Couple | Princess |
| 1968 | Hawaii Five-O | Terri O'Brien |
| 1963 | Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | Ruth Bannister |
| 1963 | The Danny Kaye Show | Self |
| 1963 | Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | Suzy |
| 1953 | The Oscars | Self |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Sarah |
| 1950 | What's My Line? | Self - Mystery Guest |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show | Self |
| 1948 | Bambi | Self (archive footage) |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Nominee |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Presenter |