Jean Simmons

Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Born
January 31, 1929 (80 years old)
Died
January 22, 2010
Place of Birth
Crouch Hill, London, England, UK
Popular Genres
Drama Romance Comedy
Career Span
1944 – 2011

Jean Simmons

19 wins
80 nominations
18 Oscars
79 credits

Jean Merilyn Simmons, OBE 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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Personal Info

Born
Jan 31, 1929
From
Crouch Hill, London, England, UK
Known For
Acting
Career
1944 – 2011

Award Recognition

19
Wins
80
Nominations
18
Oscars

Complete Filmography

2011

Discovering Hamlet as Ophelia (archive footage)

2009

Shadows in the Sun as Hannah

2003

Winter Solstice as Countess Lucinda Rhives

2001

Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within as Council Member (voice) Award

2000

On Cukor as Narrator

1998

Her Own Rules as Katherine Stratton

1995

How to Make an American Quilt as Em Award
Daisies in December as Katherine Palmer

1991

Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors as Carrie-Louise Serrocold Award

1990

People Like Us as Peach Prindible Bailey
Laker Girls as Connie Harrison
Sensibility and Sense as Older Elinor

1988

Inherit the Wind as Lucy Brady
The Dawning as Aunt Mary
A Friendship in Vienna as Narrator (voice)
Going Undercover as Maxine de la Hunt

1987

Perry Mason: The Case of the Lost Love as Laura Robertson

1985

Midas Valley as Molly Hammond
The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio as Self

1984

December Flower as Etta Marsh

1983

Down at the Hydro as Diedre
A Moment in Time as Deidre Mackay

1981

Golden Gate as Jane Kingsley
Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls as Helen Lawson
A Small Killing as Margaret Lawrence

1980

Dominique as Dominique Ballard

1979

Beggarman, Thief as Gretchen Jordache Burke

1975

Mr. Sycamore as Estelle Benbow
The Easter Promise as Constance Payne

1971

Say Hello to Yesterday as Woman
Decisions! Decisions! as Phoebe Masterson

1969

The Happy Ending as Mary Wilson

1968

Heidi as Frl. Rottenmeier Award

1967

Rough Night in Jericho as Molly Lang Award
Divorce American Style as Nancy Downes
Soldier in Love as Sarah Jennings

1966

Mister Buddwing as The Blonde

1965

Life at the Top as Susan Lampton

1963

All the Way Home as Mary Follet

1960

Spartacus as Varinia Award
Elmer Gantry as Sister Sharon Falconer Award
The Grass Is Greener as Hattie Durant

1959

This Earth Is Mine as Elizabeth Rambeau

1958

The Big Country as Julie Maragon Award
Home Before Dark as Charlotte Bronn
Fun in the Big Country as Self (narrator)

1957

Until They Sail as Barbara Leslie Forbes
This Could Be the Night as Anne Leeds

1956

Hilda Crane as Hilda Crane Burns

1955

Guys and Dolls as Sarah Brown Award
Footsteps in the Fog as Lily Watkins Award

1954

The Egyptian as Merit Award
Désirée as Desiree Clary
A Bullet Is Waiting as Cally Canham
She Couldn't Say No as Corby Lane (Corby Johnson)

1953

The Robe as Diana Award
Young Bess as Young Bess (Queen Elizabeth I) Award
Angel Face as Diane Tremayne Jessup
The Actress as Ruth Gordon Jones
Affair with a Stranger as Carolyn Parker

1952

Androcles and the Lion as Lavinina Award

1950

So Long at the Fair as Vicky Barton Award
The Clouded Yellow as Sophie Malraux
Cage of Gold as Judith
Trio as Evie Bishop (segment Sanatorium)

1949

The Blue Lagoon as Emmeline Foster
Adam and Evelyne as Evelyne Wallace

1948

Hamlet as Ophelia Award

1947

Black Narcissus as Kanchi Award
The Woman in the Hall as Jay Blake
Uncle Silas as Caroline Ruthyn
Hungry Hill as Jane Brodrick

1946

Great Expectations as Young Estella Award

1945

Caesar and Cleopatra as Harpist (uncredited) Award
The Way to the Stars as A Singer
Meet Sexton Blake as Eva Watkins
Kiss the Bride Goodbye as Molly Dodd

1944

Mr. Emmanuel as Sally Cooper
Give Us the Moon as Heidi

Photos & Videos

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Spartacus
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
The Robe
Great Expectations
Black Narcissus
The Big Country
The Egyptian
Hamlet
Guys and Dolls

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