Jean Simmons

Jean Simmons

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.

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Known For

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Star Trek: The Next Generation

1987 • as Admiral Nora Satie

Hawaii Five-O

Hawaii Five-O

1968 • as Terri O'Brien

The Ed Sullivan Show

The Ed Sullivan Show

1948 • as Self

Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote

1984 • as Eudora McVeigh Shipton

What's My Line?

What's My Line?

1950 • as Self - Mystery Guest

The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents

The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1985 • as Margaret Lowen

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
Movie
The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio
as Self
Movie - Released: 1/1/1985
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
Miss Marple
Miss Marple
as Carrie-Louise Serrocold
TV - Released: 12/26/1984

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

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 Awards
BAMBI Awards
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