Portrait of Jean Simmons

Jean Simmons

Acting

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.

Born: January 31, 1929

Place of Birth: Crouch Hill, London, England, UK

Filmography

2011
Discovering Hamlet

as Ophelia (archive footage)

2009
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

1991
Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors

as Carrie-Louise Serrocold

1991
Dark Shadows

as Elizabeth Collins Stoddard / Naomi Collins

1990
People Like Us

as Peach Prindible Bailey

1990
Laker Girls

as Connie Harrison

1990
Sensibility and Sense

as Older Elinor

1989
Great Expectations

as Miss Havisham

1988
A Friendship in Vienna

as Narrator (voice)

1988
Going Undercover

as Maxine de la Hunt

1988
The Dawning

as Aunt Mary

1988
Inherit the Wind

as Lucy Brady

1987
Star Trek: The Next Generation

as Admiral Nora Satie

1985
North and South

as Clarissa Main

1985
Midas Valley

as Molly Hammond

1984
December Flower

as Etta Marsh

1984
Murder, She Wrote

as Eudora McVeigh Shipton

1983
1983
The Thorn Birds

as Fiona 'Fee' Cleary

1983
The Thorn Birds

as Fee Cleary

1983
A Moment in Time

as Deidre Mackay

1982
1982
Hotel

as Jessica Daniels

1981
A Small Killing

as Margaret Lawrence

1981
Golden Gate

as Jane Kingsley

1980
Dominique

as Dominique Ballard

1979
Beggarman, Thief

as Gretchen Jordache Burke

1978
The Dain Curse

as Aaronia Haldorn

1975
Mr. Sycamore

as Estelle Benbow

1975
The Easter Promise

as Constance Payne

1971
Decisions! Decisions!

as Phoebe Masterson

1970
The Odd Couple

as Princess

1969
The Happy Ending

as Mary Wilson

1968
Heidi

as Frl. Rottenmeier

1968
Hawaii Five-O

as Terri O'Brien

1967
1967
Divorce American Style

as Nancy Downes

1967
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
The Grass Is Greener

as Hattie Durant

1960
Spartacus

as Varinia

1960
Elmer Gantry

as Sister Sharon Falconer

1959
This Earth Is Mine

as Elizabeth Rambeau

1958
Home Before Dark

as Charlotte Bronn

1958
The Big Country

as Julie Maragon

1958
Fun in the Big Country

as Self (narrator)

1957
Until They Sail

as Barbara Leslie Forbes

1957
1956
Hilda Crane

as Hilda Crane Burns

1955
Guys and Dolls

as Sarah Brown

1955
Footsteps in the Fog

as Lily Watkins

1954
Désirée

as Desiree Clary

1954
A Bullet Is Waiting

as Cally Canham

1954
The Egyptian

as Merit

1954
She Couldn't Say No

as Corby Lane (Corby Johnson)

1953
The Actress

as Ruth Gordon Jones

1953
The Robe

as Diana

1953
Affair with a Stranger

as Carolyn Parker

1953
Young Bess

as Young Bess (Queen Elizabeth I)

1953
The Oscars

as Self

1953
Angel Face

as Diane Tremayne Jessup

1952
1950
The Clouded Yellow

as Sophie Malraux

1950
Cage of Gold

as Judith

1950
Trio

as Evie Bishop (segment Sanatorium)

1950
So Long at the Fair

as Vicky Barton

1950
What's My Line?

as Self - Mystery Guest

1949
Adam and Evelyne

as Evelyne Wallace

1949
The Blue Lagoon

as Emmeline Foster

1948
Hamlet

as Ophelia

1948
Bambi

as Self (archive footage)

1947
1947
Uncle Silas

as Caroline Ruthyn

1947
1947
Hungry Hill

as Jane Brodrick

1946
Great Expectations

as Young Estella

1945
Caesar and Cleopatra

as Harpist (uncredited)

1945
1945
Meet Sexton Blake

as Eva Watkins

1945
1944
Mr. Emmanuel

as Sally Cooper

1944
1944
Sports Day

as Peggy

1944
Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Nominee

1944
Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Presenter