About
Jean Simmons
Overview
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
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2011 | Discovering Hamlet | Actor | Ophelia (archive footage) | 59 Average |
2009 | Shadows in the Sun | Actor | Hannah | 58 Average |
2003 | Winter Solstice | Actor | Countess Lucinda Rhives | 59 Average |
2003 | Winter Solstice | Actor | 69 Fair |
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2001 | Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within | Actor | Council Member (voice) | 61 Fair |
2000 | On Cukor | Actor | Narrator | N/A N/A |
1998 | Her Own Rules | Actor | Katherine Stratton | 59 Average |
1995 | Daisies in December | Actor | Katherine Palmer | 58 Average |
1995 | How to Make an American Quilt | Actor | Em | 60 Fair |
1994 | Mysteries of the Bible | Actor | 70 Good |
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1993 | Angel Falls | Actor | Irene Larson | 70 Good |
1991 | Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors | Actor | Carrie-Louise Serrocold | 59 Average |
1991 | Great Expectations | Actor | Miss Havisham | 69 Fair |
1991 | Dark Shadows | Actor | Elizabeth Collins Stoddard / Naomi Collins | 71 Good |
1990 | People Like Us | Actor | Peach Prindible Bailey | 58 Average |
1990 | Laker Girls | Actor | Connie Harrison | 59 Average |
1990 | Sensibility and Sense | Actor | Older Elinor | N/A N/A |
1988 | A Friendship in Vienna | Actor | Narrator (voice) | 59 Average |
1988 | Going Undercover | Actor | Maxine de la Hunt | 58 Average |
1988 | The Dawning | Actor | Aunt Mary | 58 Average |
1988 | Inherit the Wind | Actor | Lucy Brady | 59 Average |
1987 | Perry Mason: The Case of the Lost Love | Actor | Laura Robertson | 59 Average |
1985 | Midas Valley | Actor | Molly Hammond | N/A N/A |
1985 | The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
1984 | December Flower | Actor | Etta Marsh | N/A N/A |
1983 | Down at the Hydro | Actor | Diedre | N/A N/A |
1983 | The Thorn Birds | Actor | Fee Cleary | 71 Good |
1983 | A Moment in Time | Actor | Deidre Mackay | N/A N/A |
1981 | A Small Killing | Actor | Margaret Lawrence | N/A N/A |
1981 | Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls | Actor | Helen Lawson | 58 Average |
1981 | Golden Gate | Actor | Jane Kingsley | N/A N/A |
1980 | Dominique | Actor | Dominique Ballard | 58 Average |
1979 | Beggarman, Thief | Actor | Gretchen Jordache Burke | 58 Average |
1978 | The Dain Curse | Actor | Aaronia Haldorn | 68 Fair |
1975 | Mr. Sycamore | Actor | Estelle Benbow | 59 Average |
1975 | The Easter Promise | Actor | Constance Payne | 59 Average |
1971 | Decisions! Decisions! | Actor | Phoebe Masterson | N/A N/A |
1971 | Say Hello to Yesterday | Actor | Woman | 58 Average |
1969 | The Happy Ending | Actor | Mary Wilson | 58 Average |
1968 | Heidi | Actor | Frl. Rottenmeier | 58 Average |
1967 | Rough Night in Jericho | Actor | Molly Lang | 59 Average |
1967 | Divorce American Style | Actor | Nancy Downes | 59 Average |
1967 | Soldier in Love | Actor | Sarah Jennings | N/A N/A |
1967 | The Lady Is My Wife | Actor | Ruth Bannister | N/A N/A |
1966 | Mister Buddwing | Actor | The Blonde | 59 Average |
1965 | Life at the Top | Actor | Susan Lampton | 58 Average |
1963 | All the Way Home | Actor | Mary Follet | 59 Average |
1960 | The Grass Is Greener | Actor | Hattie Durant | 59 Average |
1960 | Spartacus | Actor | Varinia | 71 Good |
1960 | Elmer Gantry | Actor | Sister Sharon Falconer | 62 Fair |
1959 | This Earth Is Mine | Actor | Elizabeth Rambeau | 59 Average |
1958 | Home Before Dark | Actor | Charlotte Bronn | 59 Average |
1958 | The Big Country | Actor | Julie Maragon | 65 Fair |
1958 | Fun in the Big Country | Actor | Self (narrator) | N/A N/A |
1957 | Until They Sail | Actor | Barbara Leslie Forbes | 59 Average |
1957 | This Could Be the Night | Actor | Anne Leeds | 59 Average |
1956 | Hilda Crane | Actor | Hilda Crane Burns | 59 Average |
1955 | Guys and Dolls | Actor | Sarah Brown | 61 Fair |
1955 | Footsteps in the Fog | Actor | Lily Watkins | 59 Average |
1954 | Désirée | Actor | Desiree Clary | 59 Average |
1954 | A Bullet Is Waiting | Actor | Cally Canham | 58 Average |
1954 | The Egyptian | Actor | Merit | 59 Average |
1954 | She Couldn't Say No | Actor | Corby Lane (Corby Johnson) | 58 Average |
1953 | The Actress | Actor | Ruth Gordon Jones | 59 Average |
1953 | The Robe | Actor | Diana | 61 Fair |
1953 | Affair with a Stranger | Actor | Carolyn Parker | 58 Average |
1953 | Young Bess | Actor | Young Bess (Queen Elizabeth I) | 58 Average |
1953 | Angel Face | Actor | Diane Tremayne Jessup | 61 Fair |
1952 | Androcles and the Lion | Actor | Lavinina | 58 Average |
1950 | The Clouded Yellow | Actor | Sophie Malraux | 59 Average |
1950 | Cage of Gold | Actor | Judith | 59 Average |
1950 | Trio | Actor | Evie Bishop (segment Sanatorium) | 59 Average |
1950 | So Long at the Fair | Actor | Vicky Barton | 59 Average |
1949 | Adam and Evelyne | Actor | Evelyne Wallace | 59 Average |
1949 | The Blue Lagoon | Actor | Emmeline Foster | 58 Average |
1948 | Hamlet | Actor | Ophelia | 64 Fair |
1947 | The Woman in the Hall | Actor | Jay Blake | 58 Average |
1947 | Uncle Silas | Actor | Caroline Ruthyn | 58 Average |
1947 | Black Narcissus | Actor | Kanchi | 66 Fair |
1947 | Hungry Hill | Actor | Jane Brodrick | 58 Average |
1946 | Great Expectations | Actor | Young Estella | 64 Fair |
1945 | Caesar and Cleopatra | Actor | Harpist (uncredited) | 59 Average |
1945 | The Way to the Stars | Actor | A Singer | 58 Average |
1945 | Meet Sexton Blake | Actor | Eva Watkins | 59 Average |
1945 | Kiss the Bride Goodbye | Actor | Molly Dodd | 58 Average |
1944 | Mr. Emmanuel | Actor | Sally Cooper | 59 Average |
1944 | Give Us the Moon | Actor | Heidi | 59 Average |