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