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Jean Simmons (I) (1929–2010)


Demure British beauty Jean Simmons was born January 31, 1929 in Crouch End, London. As a 14-year-old dance student, she was plucked from her school to play Margaret Lockwood's precocious sister in Give Us the Moon (1944), and she went on to make a name for herself in such major British productions as Caesar and Cleopatra (1945), Great Expectations... See full bio »

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Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 12 wins & 13 nominations. See more awards »

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 2005 Thru the Moebius Strip
Shepway (voice)
 2004 Howl's Moving Castle
Grandma Sophie (English version, voice)
 2001 Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
Council Member #2 (voice)
 2000 American Masters (TV Series documentary)
Narrator
- On Cukor (2000) ... Narrator (voice)
 1998 Mysteries of the Bible III (TV Series)
Narrator
 1998 Her Own Rules (TV Movie)
Katherine Stratton
 1995 Daisies in December (TV Movie)
Katherine Palmer
 1994 One More Mountain (TV Movie)
Sarah Keyes
 1994 In the Heat of the Night (TV Series)
Cordelia Woodlin
- Ches and the Grand Lady (1994) ... Cordelia Woodlin
 1993 Angel Falls (TV Series)
Irene Larson
 1991 Dark Shadows (TV Series)
Elizabeth Collins Stoddard / Naomi Collins
- Episode #1.12 (1991) ... Elizabeth Collins Stoddard / Naomi Collins
- Episode #1.11 (1991) ... Elizabeth Collins Stoddard / Naomi Collins
- Episode #1.10 (1991) ... Naomi Collins
- Episode #1.9 (1991) ... Elizabeth Collins Stoddard / Naomi Collins
- Episode #1.8 (1991) ... Elizabeth Collins Stoddard / Naomi Collins
 1990 People Like Us (TV Movie)
Peach Prindible Bailey
 1990 Laker Girls (TV Movie)
Connie Harrison
 1989 Murder, She Wrote (TV Series)
Eudora McVeigh / Eudora McVeigh Shipton
- Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall: Part 2 (1989) ... Eudora McVeigh
- Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall: Part 1 (1989) ... Eudora McVeigh Shipton
 1988 Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV Series)
Margaret Lowen
- Pen Pal (1988) ... Margaret Lowen
 1988 A Friendship in Vienna (TV Movie)
Narrator (voice)
 1988 The Dawning
Aunt Mary
 1988 Inherit the Wind (TV Movie)
Lucy Brady
 1987 Perry Mason: The Case of the Lost Love (TV Movie)
Laura Robertson
 1987 December Flower (TV Movie)
Etta Marsh
 1983-1985 Hotel (TV Series)
Jessica Daniels / Milly Toland
- Hearts and Minds (1985) ... Jessica Daniels
- Deceptions (1983) ... Milly Toland
 1985 Going Undercover
Maxine de la Hunt
 1985 Midas Valley (TV Movie)
Molly Hammond
 1983 All for Love (TV Series)
Deirdre Mackay
- Down at the Hydro (1983) ... Deirdre Mackay
 1983 The Thorn Birds (TV Mini-Series)
Fiona 'Fee' Cleary
- Part 3 (1983) ... Fiona 'Fee' Cleary
- Part 2 (1983) ... Fiona 'Fee' Cleary
- Part 1 (1983) ... Fiona 'Fee' Cleary
 1981 A Small Killing (TV Movie)
Margaret Lawrence
 1981 Golden Gate (TV Movie)
Jane Kingsley
 1979 Beggarman, Thief (TV Movie)
Gretchen Jordache Burke
 1978 The Dain Curse (TV Mini-Series)
Aaronia Haldorn
 1977 Hawaii Five-O (TV Series)
Terri O'Brien
- The Cop on the Cover (1977) ... Terri O'Brien
 1975 Mr. Sycamore
Estelle Benbow
 1975 The Easter Promise (TV Movie)
Constance Payne
 1972 The Odd Couple (TV Series)
Princess
- The Princess (1972) ... Princess
 1971 Decisions! Decisions! (TV Movie)
Phoebe Masterson
 1970 Say Hello to Yesterday
Woman
 1969 The Happy Ending
Mary Wilson
 1968 Heidi (TV Movie)
Frl. Rottenmeier
 1967 Rough Night in Jericho
Molly Lang
 1967 Divorce American Style
Nancy Downes
 1967 Soldier in Love (TV Movie)
Sarah Churchill
 1966-1967 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (TV Series)
Ruth Bannister / Suzy
- The Lady Is My Wife (1967) ... Ruth Bannister
- Crazier Than Cotton (1966) ... Suzy
 1966 Mister Buddwing
The Blonde
 1960 The Grass Is Greener
Hattie Durant
 1959 This Earth Is Mine
Elizabeth Rambeau
 1958 Home Before Dark
Charlotte Bronn
 1956 Hilda Crane
Hilda Crane Burns
 1955 Footsteps in the Fog
Lily Watkins
 1954 The Egyptian
Merit
 1954 She Couldn't Say No
Korby Lane
 1953 The Robe
Diana
 1953 Affair with a Stranger
Carolyn Parker
 1952 Angel Face
Diane Tremayne Jessup
 1950 Trio
Evie Bishop (in segment Sanatorium)
 1950 So Long at the Fair
Vicky Barton
 1949 Adam and Evalyn
Evelyne Wallace
 1947 The Woman in the Hall
Jay Blake
 1947 Black Narcissus
Kanchi
 1947 Hungry Hill
Jane Brodrick
 1945 Caesar and Cleopatra
Harpist
 1945 Johnny in the Clouds
A Singer
 1945 Meet Sexton Blake
Eva Watkins
 1945 Kiss the Bride Goodbye
Molly Dodd
 1944 Sports Day (Short)
Peggy
 1944 Mr. Emmanuel
Sally Cooper (as Jean Simmonds)
 1944 Give Us the Moon
Heidi
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Other Works:

Stage: Appeared in Stephen Sondheim's musical, "A Little Night Music", at the Adelphi Theatre in London, England, with Hermione Gingold, Joss Ackland, Maria Aitken, Veronica Page, Terry Mitchell, Diane Langton and Liz Robertson in the cast. Harold Prince was the director. See more »

Publicity Listings:

1 Biographical Movie | 1 Print Biography | 7 Articles | 4 Pictorials | 56 Magazine Cover Photos | See more »

Alternate Names:

Jean Simmonds

Height:

5' 4" (1.63 m)
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Personal Quote:

[on the studio system] I had to do four pictures for [Howard Hughes], and then I was free. I never signed a contract with a studio after. See more »

Trivia:

Was William Wyler's first choice for the role of Princess Ann in Roman Holiday (1953), but Howard Hughes, who owned her contract, would not loan her out to Paramount to do the film. See more »

Trademark:

Her captivating beauty See more »

Star Sign:

Aquarius

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