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Jean Merilyn Simmons OBE (31 January 1929 – 22 January 2010) was a British actress and singer. [1] [2] One of J. Arthur Rank 's "well-spoken young starlets," she appeared predominantly in films, beginning with those made in Britain during and after the Second World War, followed mainly by Hollywood films from 1950 onwards.
Learn about the life and career of Jean Simmons, a British actress who starred in films such as Great Expectations, The Robe, Spartacus and Elmer Gantry. She was nominated for two Oscars and won a Golden Globe Award.
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- January 31, 1929
Jean Simmons. Actress: Guys and Dolls. Demure British beauty Jean Simmons was born January 31, 1929, in Crouch End, London. As a 14-year-old dance student, she was plucked from her school to play Margaret Lockwood's precocious sister in Give Us the Moon (1944).
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- Crouch Hill, London, England, UK
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- Santa Monica, California, USA
Jean Simmons and Basil Sydney in Hamlet (1948)- Laurence Olivier and Jean Simmons in Hamlet (1948)
- Jean Simmons in Hamlet (1948)
- Jean Simmons, Kathleen Byron, Sabu, and Eddie Whaley Jr. in Black Narcissus (1947)
- Jean Simmons and Sabu in Black Narcissus (1947)
- Deborah Kerr and Jean Simmons in Black Narcissus (1947)
Jun 26, 2024 · Jean Simmons, British-born American actress who was known for her cool elegance. She earned Academy Award nominations for her performances in Hamlet (1948) and The Happy Ending (1969). Learn more about Simmons’s life and career, including her other notable films.
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Jan 23, 2010 · Jean Simmons, a radiant British actress who as a teenager appeared opposite Laurence Olivier in “Hamlet” and emerged a star whose career flourished in the 1950s and 1960s in such films as...
Jan 23, 2010 · Jean Simmons, the lovely, ethereal film star who played Ophelia to Laurence Olivier’s Hamlet, sang with Marlon Brando in “Guys and Dolls” and costarred with Gregory Peck, Paul Newman and Kirk...
Jan 23, 2010 · A tribute to the British actress who became a Hollywood star in the 1950s, with roles in films such as Hamlet, Spartacus and Guys and Dolls. She died in 2010 at the age of 80.
