Jean Simmons

Known for: Acting

Born: 1929-01-31 – 2010-01-22 (aged 80)

From: Crouch Hill, London, England, UK

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.

Filmography (106)

MOVIE★ 7.5
Discovering Hamlet
2011
as Ophelia (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 4.6
Shadows in the Sun
2009
as Hannah
MOVIE★ 7.2
Winter Solstice
2003
as Countess Lucinda Rhives
TV★ 5.0
Winter Solstice
2003
MOVIE★ 6.2
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
2001
as Council Member (voice)
MOVIE★ 7.0
On Cukor
2000
as Narrator
MOVIE★ 6.3
Her Own Rules
1998
as Katherine Stratton
MOVIE★ 6.2
Daisies in December
1995
as Katherine Palmer
MOVIE★ 6.4
How to Make an American Quilt
1995
as Em
TV★ 9.0
Mysteries of the Bible
1994
TV★ 8.0
Angel Falls
1993
as Irene Larson
MOVIE★ 6.9
Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors
1991
as Carrie-Louise Serrocold
TV★ 7.9
Dark Shadows
1991
as Elizabeth Collins Stoddard / Naomi Collins
MOVIE★ 5.8
People Like Us
1990
as Peach Prindible Bailey
MOVIE★ 6.0
Laker Girls
1990
as Connie Harrison
MOVIE★ 7.0
Sensibility and Sense
1990
as Older Elinor
TV★ 7.2
Great Expectations
1989
as Miss Havisham
MOVIE★ 7.3
A Friendship in Vienna
1988
as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE★ 2.8
Going Undercover
1988
as Maxine de la Hunt
MOVIE★ 5.9
The Dawning
1988
as Aunt Mary
MOVIE★ 7.3
Inherit the Wind
1988
as Lucy Brady
TV★ 8.4
Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987
as Admiral Nora Satie
MOVIE★ 7.5
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lost Love
1987
as Laura Robertson
TV★ 7.5
North and South
1985
as Clarissa Main
TV★ 7.2
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1985
as Margaret Lowen
MOVIE★ 8.0
Midas Valley
1985
as Molly Hammond
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio
1985
as Self
MOVIE
December Flower
1984
as Etta Marsh
TV★ 7.5
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Eudora McVeigh Shipton
MOVIE
Down at the Hydro
1983
as Diedre
TV★ 7.2
The Thorn Birds
1983
as Fiona 'Fee' Cleary
MOVIE
A Moment in Time
1983
as Deidre Mackay
TV★ 6.8
Hotel
1982
as Milly Toland
TV★ 7.0
All for Love
1982
as Deirdre Mackay
TV★ 6.6
American Playhouse
1982
as Elinor
MOVIE★ 8.5
A Small Killing
1981
as Margaret Lawrence
MOVIE★ 4.8
Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls "1981"
1981
as Helen Lawson
MOVIE★ 9.0
Golden Gate
1981
as Jane Kingsley
MOVIE★ 4.9
Dominique
1980
as Dominique Ballard
MOVIE★ 5.7
Beggarman, Thief
1979
as Gretchen Jordache Burke
TV
Beggarman, Thief
1979
as Gretchen Jordache Burke
TV★ 6.5
The Dain Curse
1978
as Aaronia Haldorn
MOVIE★ 7.3
Mr. Sycamore
1975
as Estelle Benbow
MOVIE★ 7.3
The Easter Promise
1975
as Constance Payne
MOVIE★ 10.0
Decisions! Decisions!
1971
as Phoebe Masterson
MOVIE★ 4.4
Say Hello to Yesterday
1971
as Woman
TV★ 7.8
The Odd Couple
1970
as Princess
MOVIE★ 6.1
The Happy Ending
1969
as Mary Wilson
MOVIE★ 6.3
Heidi
1968
as Frl. Rottenmeier
TV★ 7.2
Hawaii Five-O
1968
as Terri O'Brien
MOVIE★ 6.7
Rough Night in Jericho
1967
as Molly Lang
MOVIE★ 5.9
Divorce American Style
1967
as Nancy Downes
MOVIE★ 7.0
Soldier in Love
1967
as Sarah Jennings
MOVIE★ 6.1
Mister Buddwing
1966
as The Blonde
MOVIE★ 5.9
Life at the Top
1965
as Susan Lampton
MOVIE★ 6.9
All the Way Home
1963
as Mary Follet
TV★ 5.9
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
as Ruth Bannister
TV★ 7.0
The Danny Kaye Show
1963
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.4
The Grass Is Greener
1960
as Hattie Durant
MOVIE★ 7.5
Spartacus
1960
as Varinia
MOVIE★ 7.3
Elmer Gantry
1960
as Sister Sharon Falconer
MOVIE★ 6.6
This Earth Is Mine
1959
as Elizabeth Rambeau
MOVIE★ 7.0
Home Before Dark
1958
as Charlotte Bronn
MOVIE★ 7.6
The Big Country
1958
as Julie Maragon
MOVIE
Fun in the Big Country
1958
as Self (narrator)
MOVIE★ 6.3
Until They Sail
1957
as Barbara Leslie Forbes
MOVIE★ 6.1
This Could Be the Night
1957
as Anne Leeds
MOVIE★ 6.9
Hilda Crane
1956
as Hilda Crane Burns
MOVIE★ 6.6
Guys and Dolls
1955
as Sarah Brown
MOVIE★ 7.0
Footsteps in the Fog
1955
as Lily Watkins
TV★ 7.5
MGM Parade
1955
MOVIE★ 6.6
Désirée
1954
as Desiree Clary
MOVIE★ 6.3
A Bullet Is Waiting
1954
as Cally Canham
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Egyptian
1954
as Merit
MOVIE★ 5.7
She Couldn't Say No
1954
as Corby Lane (Corby Johnson)
MOVIE★ 6.4
The Actress
1953
as Ruth Gordon Jones
MOVIE★ 6.9
The Robe
1953
as Diana
MOVIE★ 4.8
Affair with a Stranger
1953
as Carolyn Parker
MOVIE★ 5.8
Young Bess
1953
as Young Bess (Queen Elizabeth I)
TV★ 7.0
The Oscars
1953
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.1
Angel Face
1953
as Diane Tremayne Jessup
MOVIE★ 5.9
Androcles and the Lion
1952
as Lavinina
TV★ 8.8
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Sarah
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Clouded Yellow
1950
as Sophie Malraux
MOVIE★ 6.8
Cage of Gold
1950
as Judith
MOVIE★ 6.4
Trio
1950
as Evie Bishop (segment Sanatorium)
MOVIE★ 6.9
So Long at the Fair
1950
as Vicky Barton
TV★ 7.0
What's My Line?
1950
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.0
Adam and Evelyne
1949
as Evelyne Wallace
MOVIE★ 5.8
The Blue Lagoon
1949
as Emmeline Foster
MOVIE★ 7.4
Hamlet
1948
as Ophelia
TV★ 6.8
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
TV★ 9.0
Bambi
1948
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Woman in the Hall
1947
as Jay Blake
MOVIE★ 5.9
Uncle Silas
1947
as Caroline Ruthyn
MOVIE★ 7.5
Black Narcissus
1947
as Kanchi
MOVIE★ 5.8
Hungry Hill
1947
as Jane Brodrick
MOVIE★ 7.3
Great Expectations
1946
as Young Estella
MOVIE★ 6.2
Caesar and Cleopatra
1945
as Harpist (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.1
The Way to the Stars
1945
as A Singer
MOVIE★ 6.8
Meet Sexton Blake
1945
as Eva Watkins
MOVIE★ 5.4
Kiss the Bride Goodbye
1945
as Molly Dodd
MOVIE★ 7.5
Mr. Emmanuel
1944
as Sally Cooper
MOVIE★ 6.9
Give Us the Moon
1944
as Heidi
MOVIE★ 10.0
Sports Day
1944
as Peggy
TV★ 7.0
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee