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Jean Simmons

Jean Simmons
Jean Simmons
Born: Jan 31, 1929 in London, England, UK
Occupation: Actor
Active: '40s-'60s, '80s-'90s
Major Genres: Drama, Romance
Career Highlights: Hamlet, Elmer Gantry, Spartacus
First Major Screen Credit: Great Expectations (1946)
12 Videos for Jean Simmons
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001) Mysteries of the Bible: The Apocalypse - The Puzzle of Revelation (1994) Spartacus (1960)
A Secret Affair (1999) The Dawning (1989) The Big Country (1958)
How to Make an American Quilt (1995) Yellow Pages (1985) The Robe (1953)
Mysteries of the Bible: The Bible's Greatest Secrets (1995) Elmer Gantry (1960) Androcles and the Lion (1952)
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Biography:

A luminous beauty, Jean Simmons was a star in her native Britain and in the U.S. who first appeared onscreen at age 14 in Give Us the Moon (1944), but did not become a true star until she played Estella in David Lean's Great Expectations (1946). In 1948, she was handpicked by Laurence Olivier to play the doomed Ophelia in his classic version of Hamlet and won a Best Actress award at the {~Venice Film Festival} and an Academy Award nomination for her efforts.

Simmons traveled to Hollywood in 1950 after marrying Stewart Granger. Their marriage lasted a decade and Simmons then became Mrs. Richard Brooks in 1960, the year he starred her in Elmer Gantry. During the '50s and '60s, Simmons had an extremely busy film career appearing in everything from costume epics to romances to musicals to straight dramas.

Simmons received an Oscar nomination in 1969 for The Happy Ending. By the mid-'70s, Simmons started working less frequently and divided her time between features and television work. In the late '80s, she had a burst of character roles, but has since made increasingly sporadic forays into acting.

~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide.