Person
Jean Simmons
Acting · 1929–2010 · 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.
Known for
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Admiral Nora Satie
Murder, She Wrote
Eudora McVeigh Shipton
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
Hawaii Five-O
Terri O'Brien
What's My Line?
Self
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Ruth Bannister
American Playhouse
Elinor
Bambi
Self (archive footage)
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Margaret Lowen
Hotel
Milly Toland
Filmography
- 2011Discovering HamletOphelia (archive footage)
- 2009Shadows in the SunHannah
- 2003Winter SolsticeCountess Lucinda Rhives
- 2003Winter Solstice
- 2001Final Fantasy: The Spirits WithinCouncil Member (voice)
- 2000On CukorNarrator
- 1998Her Own RulesKatherine Stratton
- 1995Daisies in DecemberKatherine Palmer
- 1995How to Make an American QuiltEm
- 1994Mysteries of the Bible
- 1993Angel FallsIrene Larson
- 1991Miss Marple: They Do It with MirrorsCarrie-Louise Serrocold
- 1991Dark ShadowsElizabeth Collins Stoddard / Naomi Collins
- 1990People Like UsPeach Prindible Bailey
- 1990Laker GirlsConnie Harrison
- 1990Sensibility and SenseOlder Elinor
- 1989Great ExpectationsMiss Havisham
- 1988A Friendship in ViennaNarrator (voice)
- 1988Going UndercoverMaxine de la Hunt
- 1988The DawningAunt Mary
- 1988Inherit the WindLucy Brady
- 1987Star Trek: The Next GenerationAdmiral Nora Satie
- 1987Perry Mason: The Case of the Lost LoveLaura Robertson
- 1985North and SouthClarissa Main
- 1985The New Alfred Hitchcock PresentsMargaret Lowen
- 1985Midas ValleyMolly Hammond
- 1985The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary StudioSelf
- 1984December FlowerEtta Marsh
- 1984Murder, She WroteEudora McVeigh Shipton
- 1983Down at the HydroDiedre
- 1983The Thorn BirdsFiona 'Fee' Cleary
- 1983A Moment in TimeDeidre Mackay
- 1982HotelMilly Toland
- 1982All for LoveDeirdre Mackay
- 1982American PlayhouseElinor
- 1981A Small KillingMargaret Lawrence
- 1981Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls "1981"Helen Lawson
- 1981Golden GateJane Kingsley
- 1980DominiqueDominique Ballard
- 1979Beggarman, ThiefGretchen Jordache Burke
- 1979Beggarman, ThiefGretchen Jordache Burke
- 1978The Dain CurseAaronia Haldorn
- 1975Mr. SycamoreEstelle Benbow
- 1975The Easter PromiseConstance Payne
- 1971Decisions! Decisions!Phoebe Masterson
- 1971Say Hello to YesterdayWoman
- 1970The Odd CouplePrincess
- 1969The Happy EndingMary Wilson
- 1968HeidiFrl. Rottenmeier
- 1968Hawaii Five-OTerri O'Brien
- 1967Rough Night in JerichoMolly Lang
- 1967Divorce American StyleNancy Downes
- 1967Soldier in LoveSarah Jennings
- 1966Mister BuddwingThe Blonde
- 1965Life at the TopSusan Lampton
- 1963All the Way HomeMary Follet
- 1963Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler TheatreRuth Bannister
- 1963The Danny Kaye ShowSelf
- 1960The Grass Is GreenerHattie Durant
- 1960SpartacusVarinia
- 1960Elmer GantrySister Sharon Falconer
- 1959This Earth Is MineElizabeth Rambeau
- 1958Home Before DarkCharlotte Bronn
- 1958The Big CountryJulie Maragon
- 1958Fun in the Big CountrySelf (narrator)
- 1957Until They SailBarbara Leslie Forbes
- 1957This Could Be the NightAnne Leeds
- 1956Hilda CraneHilda Crane Burns
- 1955Guys and DollsSarah Brown
- 1955Footsteps in the FogLily Watkins
- 1955MGM Parade
- 1954DésiréeDesiree Clary
- 1954A Bullet Is WaitingCally Canham
- 1954The EgyptianMerit
- 1954She Couldn't Say NoCorby Lane (Corby Johnson)
- 1953The ActressRuth Gordon Jones
- 1953The RobeDiana
- 1953Affair with a StrangerCarolyn Parker
- 1953Young BessYoung Bess (Queen Elizabeth I)
- 1953The OscarsSelf
- 1953Angel FaceDiane Tremayne Jessup
- 1952Androcles and the LionLavinina
- 1951Hallmark Hall of FameSarah
- 1950The Clouded YellowSophie Malraux
- 1950Cage of GoldJudith
- 1950TrioEvie Bishop (segment Sanatorium)
- 1950So Long at the FairVicky Barton
- 1950What's My Line?Self
- 1949Adam and EvelyneEvelyne Wallace
- 1949The Blue LagoonEmmeline Foster
- 1948HamletOphelia
- 1948The Ed Sullivan ShowSelf
- 1948BambiSelf (archive footage)
- 1947The Woman in the HallJay Blake
- 1947Uncle SilasCaroline Ruthyn
- 1947Black NarcissusKanchi
- 1947Hungry HillJane Brodrick
- 1946Great ExpectationsYoung Estella
- 1945Caesar and CleopatraHarpist (uncredited)
- 1945The Way to the StarsA Singer
- 1945Meet Sexton BlakeEva Watkins
- 1945Kiss the Bride GoodbyeMolly Dodd
- 1944Mr. EmmanuelSally Cooper
- 1944Give Us the MoonHeidi
- 1944Sports DayPeggy
- 1944Golden Globe AwardsSelf - Nominee
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