Jean Simmons

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

Murder, She Wrote

Golden Globe Awards

Golden Globe Awards

Hawaii Five-O

Hotel

Hotel

What's My Line?

All Movies (80)

• Discovering Hamlet2011 · as Ophelia (archive footage)
• Shadows in the Sun2009 · as Hannah
• Winter Solstice2003 · as Countess Lucinda Rhives
• Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within2001 · as Council Member (voice)
• On Cukor2000 · as Narrator
• Her Own Rules1998 · as Katherine Stratton
• Daisies in December1995 · as Katherine Palmer
• How to Make an American Quilt1995 · as Em
• Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors1991 · as Carrie-Louise Serrocold
• People Like Us1990 · as Peach Prindible Bailey
• Laker Girls1990 · as Connie Harrison
• Sensibility and Sense1990 · as Older Elinor
• A Friendship in Vienna1988 · as Narrator (voice)
• Going Undercover1988 · as Maxine de la Hunt
• The Dawning1988 · as Aunt Mary
• Inherit the Wind1988 · as Lucy Brady
• Perry Mason: The Case of the Lost Love1987 · as Laura Robertson
• Midas Valley1985 · as Molly Hammond
• The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio1985 · as Self
• December Flower1984 · as Etta Marsh
• Down at the Hydro1983 · as Diedre
• A Moment in Time1983 · as Deidre Mackay
• A Small Killing1981 · as Margaret Lawrence
• Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls1981 · as Helen Lawson
• Golden Gate1981 · as Jane Kingsley
• Dominique1980 · as Dominique Ballard
• Beggarman, Thief1979 · as Gretchen Jordache Burke
• Mr. Sycamore1975 · as Estelle Benbow
• The Easter Promise1975 · as Constance Payne
• Decisions! Decisions!1971 · as Phoebe Masterson
• Say Hello to Yesterday1971 · as Woman
• The Happy Ending1969 · as Mary Wilson
• Heidi1968 · as Frl. Rottenmeier
• Rough Night in Jericho1967 · as Molly Lang
• Divorce American Style1967 · as Nancy Downes
• Soldier in Love1967 · as Sarah Jennings
• Mister Buddwing1966 · as The Blonde
• Life at the Top1965 · as Susan Lampton
• All the Way Home1963 · as Mary Follet
• The Grass Is Greener1960 · as Hattie Durant
• Spartacus1960 · as Varinia
• Elmer Gantry1960 · as Sister Sharon Falconer
• This Earth Is Mine1959 · as Elizabeth Rambeau
• Home Before Dark1958 · as Charlotte Bronn
• The Big Country1958 · as Julie Maragon
• Fun in the Big Country1958 · as Self (narrator)
• Until They Sail1957 · as Barbara Leslie Forbes
• This Could Be the Night1957 · as Anne Leeds
• Hilda Crane1956 · as Hilda Crane Burns
• Guys and Dolls1955 · as Sarah Brown
• Footsteps in the Fog1955 · as Lily Watkins
• Désirée1954 · as Desiree Clary
• A Bullet Is Waiting1954 · as Cally Canham
• The Egyptian1954 · as Merit
• She Couldn't Say No1954 · as Corby Lane (Corby Johnson)
• The Actress1953 · as Ruth Gordon Jones
• The Robe1953 · as Diana
• Affair with a Stranger1953 · as Carolyn Parker
• Young Bess1953 · as Young Bess (Queen Elizabeth I)
• Angel Face1953 · as Diane Tremayne Jessup
• Androcles and the Lion1952 · as Lavinina
• The Clouded Yellow1950 · as Sophie Malraux
• Cage of Gold1950 · as Judith
• Trio1950 · as Evie Bishop (segment Sanatorium)
• So Long at the Fair1950 · as Vicky Barton
• Adam and Evelyne1949 · as Evelyne Wallace
• The Blue Lagoon1949 · as Emmeline Foster
• Hamlet1948 · as Ophelia
• The Woman in the Hall1947 · as Jay Blake
• Uncle Silas1947 · as Caroline Ruthyn
• Black Narcissus1947 · as Kanchi
• Hungry Hill1947 · as Jane Brodrick
• Great Expectations1946 · as Young Estella
• Caesar and Cleopatra1945 · as Harpist (uncredited)
• The Way to the Stars1945 · as A Singer
• Meet Sexton Blake1945 · as Eva Watkins
• Kiss the Bride Goodbye1945 · as Molly Dodd
• Mr. Emmanuel1944 · as Sally Cooper
• Give Us the Moon1944 · as Heidi
• Sports Day1944 · as Peggy

All TV Shows (30)

• Winter Solstice2003
• Mysteries of the Bible1994
• Angel Falls1993 · as Irene Larson
• Dark Shadows1991 · as Elizabeth Collins Stoddard / Naomi Collins
• Dark Shadows1991 · as Elizabeth Collins Stoddard
• Dark Shadows1991 · as Naomi Collins
• Great Expectations1989 · as Miss Havisham
• Star Trek: The Next Generation1987 · as Admiral Nora Satie
• North and South1985 · as Clarissa Main
• The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents1985 · as Margaret Lowen
• Murder, She Wrote1984 · as Eudora McVeigh Shipton
• The Thorn Birds1983 · as Fiona 'Fee' Cleary
• Hotel1982 · as Milly Toland
• Hotel1982 · as Jessica Daniels
• All for Love1982 · as Deirdre Mackay
• Beggarman, Thief1979 · as Gretchen Jordache Burke
• The Dain Curse1978 · as Aaronia Haldorn
• The Odd Couple1970 · as Princess
• Hawaii Five-O1968 · as Terri O'Brien
• Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre1963 · as Ruth Bannister
• Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre1963 · as Suzy
• The Danny Kaye Show1963 · as Self
• MGM Parade1955
• The Oscars1953 · as Self
• Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as Sarah
• What's My Line?1950 · as Self
• The Ed Sullivan Show1948 · as Self
• Bambi1948 · as Self (archive footage)
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Nominee
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Presenter