Jean Simmons

Acting · Born 1929-01-31 in Crouch 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.

Filmography

• Spartacus as Varinia
• Angel Face as Diane Tremayne Jessup
• Guys and Dolls as Sarah Brown
• Elmer Gantry as Sister Sharon Falconer
• Hamlet as Ophelia
• How to Make an American Quilt as Em
• The Egyptian as Merit
• The Grass Is Greener as Hattie Durant
• The Big Country as Julie Maragon
• Great Expectations as Young Estella