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Jean Merilyn Simmons, OBE was a British-American actress and singer. One of J. Arthur Rank's "well-spoken young starlets", she appeared predominantly in films, beginning with those made in Great Britain during and after World War II, followed mainly by Hollywood films from 1950 onwards.

Birth Name

Jean Merilyn Simmons

Born

Thursday, 31 January 1929

Died

Friday, 22 January 2010

Actress Filmography

Title	Character	Year

Shadows in the Sun	Hannah	2009
... A Father... A Son... Once Upon a Time in Hollywood	Varinia (archive footage)	2005
Howl's Moving Castle	Grandma Sophie	2004
Thru the Moebius Strip	Shepway	2004
Winter Solstice	Countess Lucinda Rhives	2003
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within	Council Member #2 (voice)	2001
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories	Herself (archive footage)	2000
Hollywood Remembers	(archive footage)	2000
Her Own Rules	Katherine Stratton	1998
Daisies in December	Katherine Palmer	1995

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Actress Filmography

Title	Character	Year

Shadows in the Sun	Hannah	2009
... A Father... A Son... Once Upon a Time in Hollywood	Varinia (archive footage)	2005
Howl's Moving Castle	Grandma Sophie	2004
Thru the Moebius Strip	Shepway	2004
Winter Solstice	Countess Lucinda Rhives	2003
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within	Council Member #2 (voice)	2001
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories	Herself (archive footage)	2000
Hollywood Remembers	(archive footage)	2000
Her Own Rules	Katherine Stratton	1998
Daisies in December	Katherine Palmer	1995
How To Make An American Quilt	Em	1995
Xena: Warrior Princess	Varinia	1995
Mysteries of the Bible	Herself - Narrator, Herself / Narrator, Narrator	1994
One More Mountain	Sarah Keyes	1994
Angel Falls	Irene Larson	1993
Dark Shadows	Elizabeth Collins Stoddard, Elizabeth Collins Stoddard / Naomi Collins, Naomi Collins	1991
People Like Us	Peach Prindible Bailey	1990
Laker Girls	Connie Harrison	1990
Great Expectations	Miss Havisham	1989
A Friendship in Vienna	Narrator (voice)	1988
The Dawning	Aunt Mary	1988
Inherit the Wind	Lucy Brady	1988
In the Heat of the Night	Cordelia Woodlin	1988
Star Trek: The Next Generation	Admiral Nora Satie	1987
Hollywood the Golden Years: The RKO Story	Herself	1987
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lost Love	Laura Robertson	1987
American Masters	Narrator, Self	1986
North and South, Book II	Clarissa Main	1986
North and South, Book I	Clarissa Main, Clarissa Main (credit only)	1985
Going Undercover	Maxine de la Hunt	1985
Alfred Hitchcock Presents	Margaret Lowen	1985
The Golden Gong	Herself - Interviewee	1985
Miss Marple: The Body in the Library		1984
Murder, She Wrote	Eudora McVeigh Shipton, Eudora McVeigh	1984
The Thorn Birds	Fiona 'Fee' Cleary	1983
Hotel	Jessica Daniels, Milly Toland	1982
American Playhouse	Older Elinor	1981
Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls	Helen Lawson	1981
Dominique	Dominique Ballard	1979
The Dain Curse	Aaronia Haldorn	1978
Mr. Sycamore	Estelle Benbow	1975
The Easter Promise	Constance Payne	1975
Say Hello To Yesterday	Woman	1971
The Odd Couple	Princess	1970
The Happy Ending	Mary Wilson	1969
The David Frost Show	Herself	1969
Heidi	Frl. Rottenmeier	1968
Hawaii Five-O	Terri O'Brien	1968
Rough Night in Jericho	Molly Lang	1967
Divorce American Style	Nancy Downes	1967
Soldier in Love	Sarah Jennings	1967
The Joey Bishop Show	Herself	1967
Mister Buddwing	The Blonde	1966
Life at the Top	Susan Lampton	1965
The Dean Martin Show	Herself	1965
All The Way Home	Mary Follet	1963
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre	Ruth Bannister, Suzy	1963
The Danny Kaye Show	Herself	1963
The Mike Douglas Show	Herself - Actress	1961
The Grass Is Greener	Hattie Durant	1960
Spartacus	Varinia	1960
Here's Hollywood	Herself	1960
Elmer Gantry	Sister Sharon Falconer	1960
This Earth Is Mine	Elizabeth Rambeau	1959
Home Before Dark	Charlotte Bronn	1958
The Big Country	Julie Maragon	1958
Until They Sail	Barbara Leslie Forbes	1957
This Could Be The Night	Anne Leeds	1957
Hilda Crane	Hilda Crane Burns	1956
Guys and Dolls	Sarah Brown	1955
Footsteps in the Fog	Lily Watkins	1955
This Is Your Life	Herself	1955
Desiree	Desiree Clary	1954
A Bullet Is Waiting	Cally Canham	1954
The Egyptian	Merit	1954
Demetrius And The Gladiators		1954
She Couldn't Say No	Corby Lane	1954
Person to Person	Herself	1953
The Actress	Ruth Gordon Jones	1953
The Robe	Diana	1953
Affair With A Stranger	Carolyn Parker	1953
Young Bess	Young Bess (Queen Elizabeth I)	1953
Androcles And The Lion	Lavinina	1953
Angel Face	Diane Tremayne Jessup	1953
Hallmark Hall of Fame		1951
The Clouded Yellow	Sophie Malraux	1950
Cage of Gold	Judith	1950
Trio	Evie Bishop (segment "Sanatorium")	1950
So Long at the Fair	Vicky Barton	1950
What's My Line?	Herself - Mystery Guest	1950
Adam and Evalyn	Evelyne Wallace	1949
The Blue Lagoon	Emmeline Foster	1949
Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall	Herself	1948
The Ed Sullivan Show	Herself	1948
Hamlet	Ophelia - and Daughter	1948
The Woman in the Hall	Jay Blake	1947
The Inheritance	Caroline Ruthyn	1947
Hungry Hill	Jane Brodrick	1947
Black Narcissus	Kanchi	1947
Great Expectations	Young Estella	1946
Caesar and Cleopatra	Harpist	1946
Johnny in the Clouds	A Singer	1945
Meet Sexton Blake!	Eva Watkins	1945
Kiss the Bride Goodbye	Molly Dodd	1945
Mr. Emmanuel	Sally Cooper (as Jean Simmonds)	1944
Give Us The Moon	Heidi	1944

Year	Type	Category	Won

1989	Emmy	Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series	Nominated
1984	Golden Globe	Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television	Nominated
1983	Emmy	Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or a Special	Won
1970	Oscar	Best Actress in a Leading Role	Nominated
1970	Golden Globe	Best Actress - Drama	Nominated
1961	Golden Globe	Best Actress - Drama	Nominated
1959	Golden Globe	Best Actress - Drama	Nominated
1958	Golden Globe	Best Actress - Comedy or Musical	Nominated
1956	Golden Globe	Best Actress - Comedy or Musical	Won
1949	Oscar	Best Actress in a Supporting Role	Nominated