Jean Simmons
Acting1929Crouch 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.
Known For
Acting History
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)
2000
On Cukor
as Narrator
1998
Her Own Rules
as Katherine Stratton
1995
Daisies in December
as Katherine Palmer
1993
Angel Falls
TVas Irene Larson
1991
Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors
as Carrie-Louise Serrocold
Star Trek: The Next Generation
TVas Admiral Nora Satie• 1 eps
Dark Shadows
TVas Elizabeth Collins Stoddard / Naomi Collins• 12 eps
1990
Laker Girls
as Connie Harrison
Sensibility and Sense
as Older Elinor
People Like Us
as Peach Prindible Bailey
1989
Murder, She Wrote
TVas Eudora McVeigh Shipton• 2 eps
Great Expectations
TVas Miss Havisham
1988
The Dawning
as Aunt Mary
Going Undercover
as Maxine de la Hunt
A Friendship in Vienna
as Narrator (voice)
Inherit the Wind
as Lucy Brady
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TVas Margaret Lowen• 1 eps
1987
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lost Love
as Laura Robertson
1985
Midas Valley
as Molly Hammond
Hotel
TVas Jessica Daniels• 1 eps
North and South
TVas Clarissa Main• 11 eps
1984
December Flower
as Etta Marsh
1983
1981
A Small Killing
as Margaret Lawrence
Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls
as Helen Lawson
Golden Gate
as Jane Kingsley
1980
Dominique
as Dominique Ballard
1979
Beggarman, Thief
as Gretchen Jordache Burke
1978
The Dain Curse
TVas Aaronia Haldorn
1977
Hawaii Five-O
TVas Terri O'Brien• 1 eps
1975
The Easter Promise
as Constance Payne
Mr. Sycamore
as Estelle Benbow
1972
The Odd Couple
TVas Princess• 1 eps
1971
Say Hello to Yesterday
as Woman
Decisions! Decisions!
as Phoebe Masterson
1969
The Happy Ending
as Mary Wilson
1968
Heidi
as Frl. Rottenmeier
1967
Divorce American Style
as Nancy Downes
Rough Night in Jericho
as Molly Lang
Soldier in Love
as Sarah Jennings
1966
Mister Buddwing
as The Blonde
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
TVas Suzy• 1 eps
1965
Life at the Top
as Susan Lampton
The Danny Kaye Show
TVas Self• 1 eps
1963
All the Way Home
as Mary Follet
1960
Spartacus
as Varinia
The Grass Is Greener
as Hattie Durant
Elmer Gantry
as Sister Sharon Falconer
Golden Globe Awards
TVas Self - Presenter• 1 eps
1959
This Earth Is Mine
as Elizabeth Rambeau
1958
Home Before Dark
as Charlotte Bronn
The Big Country
as Julie Maragon
Fun in the Big Country
as Self (narrator)
The Oscars
TVas Self• 3 eps
1957
Until They Sail
as Barbara Leslie Forbes
This Could Be the Night
as Anne Leeds
The Ed Sullivan Show
TVas Self• 1 eps
1956
Hilda Crane
as Hilda Crane Burns
1955
Guys and Dolls
as Sarah Brown
Footsteps in the Fog
as Lily Watkins
What's My Line?
TVas Self - Mystery Guest• 1 eps
1954
A Bullet Is Waiting
as Cally Canham
The Egyptian
as Merit
She Couldn't Say No
as Corby Lane (Corby Johnson)
Désirée
as Desiree Clary
1953
Angel Face
as Diane Tremayne Jessup
Young Bess
as Young Bess (Queen Elizabeth I)
The Actress
as Ruth Gordon Jones
The Robe
as Diana
Affair with a Stranger
as Carolyn Parker
1952
Androcles and the Lion
as Lavinina
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TVas Sarah
1950
The Clouded Yellow
as Sophie Malraux
So Long at the Fair
as Vicky Barton
Cage of Gold
as Judith
Trio
as Evie Bishop (segment Sanatorium)
Bambi
TVas Self (archive footage)• 1 eps
1949
The Blue Lagoon
as Emmeline Foster
Adam and Evelyne
as Evelyne Wallace
1948
Hamlet
as Ophelia
1947
Uncle Silas
as Caroline Ruthyn
Hungry Hill
as Jane Brodrick
Black Narcissus
as Kanchi
The Woman in the Hall
as Jay Blake
1946
Great Expectations
as Young Estella
1945
Meet Sexton Blake
as Eva Watkins
Caesar and Cleopatra
as Harpist (uncredited)
Kiss the Bride Goodbye
as Molly Dodd
The Way to the Stars
as A Singer
1944