Jean Simmons

Jean Simmons

Jean Merilyn Simmons, OBE 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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Filmography

2011

Discovering Hamlet
Discovering Hamlet
as Ophelia (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 11/1/2011

2009

Shadows in the Sun
Shadows in the Sun
as Hannah
Movie - Released: 6/15/2009

2003

Winter Solstice
Winter Solstice
as Countess Lucinda Rhives
Movie - Released: 12/25/2003
Winter Solstice
Winter Solstice
TV - Released: 12/25/2003

2001

Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
as Council Member (voice)
Movie - Released: 7/2/2001

2000

On Cukor
On Cukor
as Narrator
Movie - Released: 11/22/2000

1998

Movie
Her Own Rules
as Katherine Stratton
Movie - Released: 10/13/1998

1995

How to Make an American Quilt
How to Make an American Quilt
as Em
Movie - Released: 10/6/1995
Daisies in December
Daisies in December
as Katherine Palmer
Movie - Released: 12/3/1995

1994

Mysteries of the Bible
Mysteries of the Bible
TV - Released: 3/25/1994

1993

TV
Angel Falls
as Irene Larson
TV - Released: 8/26/1993

1991

Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors
Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors
as Carrie-Louise Serrocold
Movie - Released: 12/29/1991
Dark Shadows
Dark Shadows
as Elizabeth Collins Stoddard / Naomi Collins
TV - Released: 1/13/1991
TV
Great Expectations
as Miss Havisham
TV - Released: 6/21/1991

1990

Laker Girls
Laker Girls
as Connie Harrison
Movie - Released: 4/3/1990
Sensibility and Sense
Sensibility and Sense
as Older Elinor
Movie - Released: 1/24/1990
People Like Us
People Like Us
as Peach Prindible Bailey
Movie - Released: 5/13/1990

1988

Going Undercover
Going Undercover
as Maxine de la Hunt
Movie - Released: 6/17/1988
The Dawning
The Dawning
as Aunt Mary
Movie - Released: 6/8/1988
Inherit the Wind
Inherit the Wind
as Lucy Brady
Movie - Released: 3/20/1988
A Friendship in Vienna
A Friendship in Vienna
as Narrator (voice)
Movie - Released: 8/27/1988

1987

Perry Mason: The Case of the Lost Love
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lost Love
as Laura Robertson
Movie - Released: 2/23/1987
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Star Trek: The Next Generation
as Admiral Nora Satie
TV - Released: 9/28/1987

1985

Midas Valley
Midas Valley
as Molly Hammond
Movie - Released: 6/27/1985
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Margaret Lowen
TV - Released: 9/29/1985
North and South
North and South
as Clarissa Main
TV - Released: 11/3/1985

1984

December Flower
December Flower
as Etta Marsh
Movie - Released: 12/23/1984
Murder, She Wrote
Murder, She Wrote
as Eudora McVeigh Shipton
TV - Released: 9/30/1984

1983

Down at the Hydro
Down at the Hydro
as Diedre
Movie - Released: 9/4/1983
A Moment in Time
A Moment in Time
as Deidre Mackay
Movie - Released: 1/1/1983
The Thorn Birds
The Thorn Birds
as Fiona 'Fee' Cleary
TV - Released: 3/27/1983
The Thorn Birds
The Thorn Birds
as Fee Cleary
TV - Released: 3/27/1983

1982

Hotel
Hotel
TV - Released: 8/21/1982
Hotel
Hotel
as Jessica Daniels
TV - Released: 8/21/1982

1981

Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls
Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls
as Helen Lawson
Movie - Released: 10/19/1981
Golden Gate
Golden Gate
as Jane Kingsley
Movie - Released: 9/25/1981
A Small Killing
A Small Killing
as Margaret Lawrence
Movie - Released: 11/24/1981

1980

Dominique
Dominique
as Dominique Ballard
Movie - Released: 3/6/1980

1979

Beggarman, Thief
Beggarman, Thief
as Gretchen Jordache Burke
Movie - Released: 11/26/1979

1978

The Dain Curse
The Dain Curse
as Aaronia Haldorn
TV - Released: 5/22/1978

1975

Mr. Sycamore
Mr. Sycamore
as Estelle Benbow
Movie - Released: 12/12/1975
The Easter Promise
The Easter Promise
as Constance Payne
Movie - Released: 3/26/1975

1971

Say Hello to Yesterday
Say Hello to Yesterday
as Woman
Movie - Released: 1/14/1971
Decisions! Decisions!
Decisions! Decisions!
as Phoebe Masterson
Movie - Released: 9/11/1971

1970

The Odd Couple
The Odd Couple
as Princess
TV - Released: 9/24/1970

1969

The Happy Ending
The Happy Ending
as Mary Wilson
Movie - Released: 12/21/1969

1968

Heidi
Heidi
as Frl. Rottenmeier
Movie - Released: 11/1/1968
Hawaii Five-O
Hawaii Five-O
as Terri O'Brien
TV - Released: 9/20/1968

1967

Rough Night in Jericho
Rough Night in Jericho
as Molly Lang
Movie - Released: 8/1/1967
Divorce American Style
Divorce American Style
as Nancy Downes
Movie - Released: 6/21/1967
Soldier in Love
Soldier in Love
as Sarah Jennings
Movie - Released: 4/26/1967

1966

Mister Buddwing
Mister Buddwing
as The Blonde
Movie - Released: 7/15/1966

1965

Life at the Top
Life at the Top
as Susan Lampton
Movie - Released: 12/14/1965

1963

All the Way Home
All the Way Home
as Mary Follet
Movie - Released: 10/17/1963
TV
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
as Ruth Bannister
TV - Released: 10/4/1963
The Danny Kaye Show
The Danny Kaye Show
as Self
TV - Released: 9/25/1963
TV
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
as Suzy
TV - Released: 10/4/1963

1960

Spartacus
Spartacus
as Varinia
Movie - Released: 10/13/1960
Elmer Gantry
Elmer Gantry
as Sister Sharon Falconer
Movie - Released: 7/7/1960
The Grass Is Greener
The Grass Is Greener
as Hattie Durant
Movie - Released: 12/23/1960

1959

This Earth Is Mine
This Earth Is Mine
as Elizabeth Rambeau
Movie - Released: 7/8/1959

1958

The Big Country
The Big Country
as Julie Maragon
Movie - Released: 9/30/1958
Fun in the Big Country
Fun in the Big Country
as Self (narrator)
Movie - Released: 1/1/1958
Home Before Dark
Home Before Dark
as Charlotte Bronn
Movie - Released: 11/16/1958

1957

This Could Be the Night
This Could Be the Night
as Anne Leeds
Movie - Released: 5/14/1957
Until They Sail
Until They Sail
as Barbara Leslie Forbes
Movie - Released: 10/8/1957

1956

Hilda Crane
Hilda Crane
as Hilda Crane Burns
Movie - Released: 5/8/1956

1955

Guys and Dolls
Guys and Dolls
as Sarah Brown
Movie - Released: 12/23/1955
Footsteps in the Fog
Footsteps in the Fog
as Lily Watkins
Movie - Released: 9/14/1955

1954

The Egyptian
The Egyptian
as Merit
Movie - Released: 8/25/1954
Désirée
Désirée
as Desiree Clary
Movie - Released: 11/16/1954
A Bullet Is Waiting
A Bullet Is Waiting
as Cally Canham
Movie - Released: 9/4/1954
She Couldn't Say No
She Couldn't Say No
as Corby Lane (Corby Johnson)
Movie - Released: 2/15/1954

1953

Angel Face
Angel Face
as Diane Tremayne Jessup
Movie - Released: 1/2/1953
The Robe
The Robe
as Diana
Movie - Released: 9/16/1953
Young Bess
Young Bess
as Young Bess (Queen Elizabeth I)
Movie - Released: 5/29/1953
The Actress
The Actress
as Ruth Gordon Jones
Movie - Released: 9/25/1953
Affair with a Stranger
Affair with a Stranger
as Carolyn Parker
Movie - Released: 6/20/1953
The Oscars
The Oscars
as Self
TV - Released: 3/19/1953

1952

Androcles and the Lion
Androcles and the Lion
as Lavinina
Movie - Released: 12/1/1952

1951

Hallmark Hall of Fame
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Sarah
TV - Released: 12/24/1951

1950

The Clouded Yellow
The Clouded Yellow
as Sophie Malraux
Movie - Released: 11/21/1950
So Long at the Fair
So Long at the Fair
as Vicky Barton
Movie - Released: 5/31/1950
Cage of Gold
Cage of Gold
as Judith
Movie - Released: 10/23/1950
Trio
Trio
as Evie Bishop (segment Sanatorium)
Movie - Released: 10/10/1950
What's My Line?
What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery Guest
TV - Released: 2/2/1950

1949

Adam and Evelyne
Adam and Evelyne
as Evelyne Wallace
Movie - Released: 5/31/1949
The Blue Lagoon
The Blue Lagoon
as Emmeline Foster
Movie - Released: 3/1/1949

1948

Hamlet
Hamlet
as Ophelia
Movie - Released: 12/10/1948
The Ed Sullivan Show
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
TV - Released: 6/20/1948
Bambi-Verleihung
Bambi-Verleihung
as Self (archive footage)
TV - Released: 1/1/1948

1947

Black Narcissus
Black Narcissus
as Kanchi
Movie - Released: 5/26/1947
Uncle Silas
Uncle Silas
as Caroline Ruthyn
Movie - Released: 10/8/1947
Hungry Hill
Hungry Hill
as Jane Brodrick
Movie - Released: 1/7/1947
The Woman in the Hall
The Woman in the Hall
as Jay Blake
Movie - Released: 10/27/1947

1946

Great Expectations
Great Expectations
as Young Estella
Movie - Released: 12/26/1946

1945

The Way to the Stars
The Way to the Stars
as A Singer
Movie - Released: 6/16/1945
Meet Sexton Blake
Meet Sexton Blake
as Eva Watkins
Movie - Released: 2/5/1945
Kiss the Bride Goodbye
Kiss the Bride Goodbye
as Molly Dodd
Movie - Released: 1/28/1945
Caesar and Cleopatra
Caesar and Cleopatra
as Harpist (uncredited)
Movie - Released: 12/11/1945

1944

Give Us the Moon
Give Us the Moon
as Heidi
Movie - Released: 7/31/1944
Mr. Emmanuel
Mr. Emmanuel
as Sally Cooper
Movie - Released: 8/2/1944
Golden Globe Awards
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee
TV - Released: 1/20/1944
Golden Globe Awards
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Presenter
TV - Released: 1/20/1944