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Jean Merilyn Simmons OBE (31 January 1929 – 22 January 2010) was a British actress and singer. [1] [2] One of J. Arthur Rank 's "well-spoken young starlets," she appeared predominantly in films, beginning with those made in Britain during and after the Second World War, followed mainly by Hollywood films from 1950 onwards.
Jean Simmons. Actress: Guys and Dolls. 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).
Jean Simmons. Actress: Guys and Dolls. 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).
Jun 26, 2024 · Jean Simmons, British-born American actress who was known for her cool elegance. She earned Academy Award nominations for her performances in Hamlet (1948) and The Happy Ending (1969). Learn more about Simmons’s life and career, including her other notable films.
Nov 3, 2023 · 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).
Jan 23, 2010 · The British actress Jean Simmons, a star of classic Hollywood films including Guys and Dolls, Spartacus and Great Expectations, has died aged 80. Simmons died at her Santa Monica home on Friday following a long battle with lung cancer, according to her agent.
Jean Merilyn Simmons was a British actress and singer. One of J. Arthur Rank's "well-spoken young starlets," she appeared predominantly in films, beginning with those made in Britain during and after the Second World War, followed mainly by Hollywood films from 1950 onwards.
