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Jean Merilyn Simmons (born January 31, 1929 in
Crouch Hill, London, England, United Kingdom) is a
United Kingdom|British actor|actress.

Simmons began acting while still in her teens. Her
first major film was Great Expectations, in which
she played the young Estella. In 1948, she was
nominated for an Academy Award for her performance
as Ophelia in Hamlet, opposite Laurence Olivier.

In 1950, she married the British actor, Stewart
Granger, with whom she appeared in several films,
successfully making the transition to Hollywood.
Among her best-known leading roles are Guys and
Dolls (1955), Elmer Gantry (directed by her second
husband, Richard Brooks) and Spartacus
(movie)|Spartacus, and The Happy Ending, again
directed by Brooks and for which she received her
second Oscar nomination.

By the 1970s|70s, her screen career had tapered
off.  The screen's loss was the stage and
television's gain. To glowing reviews, Simmons
toured the United States|U.S. in A Little Night
Music, then took the show to London. For her
appearance in the mini-series, The Thorn Birds,
she won an Emmy Award. In 1989, she again starred
in a miniseries version of Great Expectations
(movie)#1989 version|Great Expectations, where she
performed the role of Miss Havisham, Estella's
adopted mother, as well as in 1985 and 1986 in
North and South (novel)|North & South.

==Filmography==
*Sports Day (movie)|Sports Day (1944)
*Give Us the Moon (1944)
*Mr. Emmanuel (1944)
*Kiss the Bride Goodbye (1945)
*Meet Sexton Blake (1945)
*The Way to the Stars (1945)
*Caesar and Cleopatra (1945)
*Great Expectations (1946)
*The Woman in the Hall (1947)
*Uncle Silas (1947)
*Black Narcissus (1947)
*Hungry Hill (1947)
*Hamlet (1948 movie)|Hamlet (1948)
*The Blue Lagoon (1949 film)|The Blue Lagoon
(1949)
*Adam and Evelyne (1949)
*So Long at the Fair (1950)
*Cage of Gold (1950)
*Trio (1950)
*The Clouded Yellow (1951)
*Angel Face (1952)
*Androcles and the Lion (1952)
*Young Bess (1953)
*Affair with a Stranger (1953)
*The Robe (1953)
*The Actress (1953)
*She Couldn't Say No (1954)
*Demetrius and the Gladiators (1954)
*The Egyptian (1954)
*A Bullet Is Waiting (1954)
*Desiree (1954)
*Footsteps in the Fog (1955)
*Guys and Dolls (1955)
*Hilda Crane (1956)
*This Could Be the Night (1957)
*Until They Sail (1957)
*The Big Country (1958)
*Home Before Dark (1958)
*This Earth Is Mine (1959)
*Elmer Gantry (1960)
*Spartacus (1960)
*The Grass Is Greener (1960)
*All the Way Home (1963)
*Life at the Top (1965)
*Mister Buddwing (1966)
*Divorce American Style (1967)
*Rough Night in Jericho (1967)
*The Happy Ending (1969)
*Say Hello to Yesterday (1971)
*Mr. Sycamore (1975)
*Dominique (1978)
*The Dawning (1988)
*Going Undercover (1988)
*Star Trek: The Next Generation (1991)
*They do it with Mirrors (1991)
*How to Make an American Quilt (1995)
*Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001) (voice)
*Jean Simmons: Rose of England (2004)
(documentary)
*Through the Moebius Strip (2005) (voice)
(currently in post-production)

==External links==
* imdb name|id=0001739|name=Jean Simmons
* http://jeansimmons.netfirms.com/ Jean Simmons -
A Fan Resource


 

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Jean Merilyn Simmons (born January 31, 1929 in
Crouch Hill, London, England, United Kingdom) is a
United Kingdom|British actor|actress.

Simmons began acting while still in her teens. Her
first major film was Great Expectations, in which
she played the young Estella. In 1948, she was
nominated for an Academy Award for her performance
as Ophelia in Hamlet, opposite Laurence Olivier.

In 1950, she married the British actor, Stewart
Granger, with whom she appeared in several films,
successfully making the transition to Hollywood.
Among her best-known leading roles are Guys and
Dolls (1955), Elmer Gantry (directed by her second
husband, Richard Brooks) and Spartacus
(movie)|Spartacus, and The Happy Ending, again
directed by Brooks and for which she received her
second Oscar nomination.

By the 1970s|70s, her screen career had tapered
off.  The screen's loss was the stage and
television's gain. To glowing reviews, Simmons
toured the United States|U.S. in A Little Night
Music, then took the show to London. For her
appearance in the mini-series, The Thorn Birds,
she won an Emmy Award. In 1989, she again starred
in a miniseries version of Great Expectations
(movie)#1989 version|Great Expectations, where she
performed the role of Miss Havisham, Estella's
adopted mother, as well as in 1985 and 1986 in
North and South (novel)|North & South.

==Filmography==
*Sports Day (movie)|Sports Day (1944)
*Give Us the Moon (1944)
*Mr. Emmanuel (1944)
*Kiss the Bride Goodbye (1945)
*Meet Sexton Blake (1945)
*The Way to the Stars (1945)
*Caesar and Cleopatra (1945)
*Great Expectations (1946)
*The Woman in the Hall (1947)
*Uncle Silas (1947)
*Black Narcissus (1947)
*Hungry Hill (1947)
*Hamlet (1948 movie)|Hamlet (1948)
*The Blue Lagoon (1949 film)|The Blue Lagoon
(1949)
*Adam and Evelyne (1949)
*So Long at the Fair (1950)
*Cage of Gold (1950)
*Trio (1950)
*The Clouded Yellow (1951)
*Angel Face (1952)
*Androcles and the Lion (1952)
*Young Bess (1953)
*Affair with a Stranger (1953)
*The Robe (1953)
*The Actress (1953)
*She Couldn't Say No (1954)
*Demetrius and the Gladiators (1954)
*The Egyptian (1954)
*A Bullet Is Waiting (1954)
*Desiree (1954)
*Footsteps in the Fog (1955)
*Guys and Dolls (1955)
*Hilda Crane (1956)
*This Could Be the Night (1957)
*Until They Sail (1957)
*The Big Country (1958)
*Home Before Dark (1958)
*This Earth Is Mine (1959)
*Elmer Gantry (1960)
*Spartacus (1960)
*The Grass Is Greener (1960)
*All the Way Home (1963)
*Life at the Top (1965)
*Mister Buddwing (1966)
*Divorce American Style (1967)
*Rough Night in Jericho (1967)
*The Happy Ending (1969)
*Say Hello to Yesterday (1971)
*Mr. Sycamore (1975)
*Dominique (1978)
*The Dawning (1988)
*Going Undercover (1988)
*Star Trek: The Next Generation (1991)
*They do it with Mirrors (1991)
*How to Make an American Quilt (1995)
*Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001) (voice)
*Jean Simmons: Rose of England (2004)
(documentary)
*Through the Moebius Strip (2005) (voice)
(currently in post-production)

==External links==
* imdb name|id=0001739|name=Jean Simmons
* http://jeansimmons.netfirms.com/ Jean Simmons -
A Fan Resource