JEAN SIMMONS

'Jean Merilyn Simmons,' OBE (born January 31, 1929) is an Oscar-nominated English actress.
She was born in Crouch Hill, London, England, and was named an Officer in the Order of the British Empire in 2003. She was married twice; in 1950 to Stewart Granger, divorcing in 1960, and again in 1960 to Richard Brooks divorcing him in 1977. Simmons has two daughters, Tracy Granger and Kate Brooks, one from each marriage.

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Career

Filmography

Awards & Nominations

Nominations

External links

Career

Prior to moving to Hollywood, Simmons distinguished herself in such roles as Ophelia in Olivier's opus ''Hamlet'' in 1948. By this time, she was already well known for her work in other British films and her stage career.
In 1950, she married the English actor Stewart Granger, with whom she appeared in several films, successfully making the transition to Hollywood. Among her best-known leading roles are '' The Egyptian'' (1954), ''Guys and Dolls'' (1955), ''Elmer Gantry'' (1960) (directed by her second husband, Richard Brooks), ''Spartacus'' (1960), and ''The Happy Ending'', again directed by Brooks and for which she received her second Oscar nomination.
By the 1970s, her screen career had tapered off and Simmons turned to stage and television acting. She toured the U.S. in the well-reviewed ''A Little Night Music'', then took the show to London. For her appearance in the mini-series ''The Thorn Birds'', she won an Emmy Award. In 1989, she again starred in a miniseries version of ''Great Expectations'', where she performed the role of Miss Havisham, Estella's adoptive mother, as well as in 1985 and 1986 in ''North & South''.
Jean Simmons would make a late career appearance in the '' episode "The Drumhead" where she portrays a witch hunt inspiring investigator named Admiral Nora Satie.

Filmography

★ ''Sports Day'' (1944) ★ ''Give Us the Moon'' (1944) ★ ''Mr. Emmanuel'' (1944) ★ ''Kiss the Bride Goodbye'' (1945) ★ ''Meet Sexton Blake'' (1945) ★ ''The Way to the Stars'' (1945) ★ ''Caesar and Cleopatra'' (1945) ★ ''Great Expectations'' (1946) ★ ''The Woman in the Hall'' (1947) ★ ''Uncle Silas'' (1947) ★ ''Black Narcissus'' (1947) ★ ''Hungry Hill'' (1947) ★ ''Hamlet'' (1948) ★ ''The Blue Lagoon'' (1949) ★ ''Adam and Evelyne'' (1949) ★ ''So Long at the Fair'' (1950) ★ ''Cage of Gold'' (1950) ★ ''Trio'' (1950) ★ ''The Clouded Yellow'' (1951) ★ ''Angel Face'' (1952) ★ ''Androcles and the Lion'' (1952) ★ ''Young Bess'' (1953) ★ ''Affair with a Stranger'' (1953) ★ ''The Robe'' (1953) ★ ''The Actress'' (1953) ★ ''She Couldn't Say No'' (1954) ★ ''Demetrius and the Gladiators'' (1954) ★ ''The Egyptian'' (1954) ★ ''A Bullet Is Waiting'' (1954) ★ ''Désirée'' (1954) ★ ''Footsteps in the Fog'' (1955)

★ ''Guys and Dolls'' (1955) ★ ''Hilda Crane'' (1956) ★ ''This Could Be the Night'' (1957) ★ ''Until They Sail'' (1957) ★ ''The Big Country'' (1958) ★ ''Home Before Dark'' (1958) ★ ''This Earth Is Mine'' (1959) ★ ''Elmer Gantry'' (1960) ★ ''Spartacus'' (1960) ★ ''The Grass Is Greener'' (1960) ★ ''All the Way Home'' (1963) ★ ''Life at the Top'' (1965) ★ ''Mister Buddwing'' (1966) ★ ''Divorce American Style'' (1967) ★ ''Rough Night in Jericho'' (1967) ★ ''Heidi'' (1968) ★ ''The Happy Ending'' (1969) ★ ''Say Hello to Yesterday'' (1971) ★ ''Mr. Sycamore'' (1975) ★ ''Dominique'' (1978) ★ ''The Dawning'' (1988) ★ ''Going Undercover'' (1988) ★ ''Great Expectations'' (1989) ★ '' (1991) ★ ''They do it with Mirrors'' (1991) ★ ''How to Make an American Quilt'' (1995) ★ '' (2001) (voice) ★ '' (2004) (documentary) ★ ''Howl's Moving Castle (Hauru no ugoku shiro)'' (2004) (voice) ★ ''Through the Moebius Strip'' (2005) (voice) (currently in post-production)

Awards & Nominations

★ Emmy won: Outstanding Supporting Actress - Series/Special ''The Thorn Birds'' (1983)

★ Golden Globe won: Best Musical/Comedy Actress ''Guys and Dolls'' (1956)

Nominations

★ Academy Award nomination: Best Supporting Actress ''Hamlet'' (1948)

★ Academy Award nomination: Best Actress ''The Happy Ending'' (1969)

★ BAFTA nomination: Best Actress ''Guys and Dolls'' (1956)

★ BAFTA nomination: Best Actress ''Elmer Gantry'' (1960)

★ Emmy nomination: Outstanding Guest Actress - Drama Series ''Murder, She Wrote'' (1989)

★ Golden Globe nomination: Best Musical/Comedy Actress ''This Could Be the Night'' (1958)

★ Golden Globe nomination: Best Drama Actress ''Home Before Dark'' (1959)

★ Golden Globe nomination: Best Drama Actress ''Elmer Gantry'' (1961)

★ Golden Globe nomination: Best Drama Actress ''The Happy Ending'' (1970)

★ Golden Globe nomination: Best Supporting Actress - Miniseries ''The Thorn Birds'' (1984)

External links

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★ Jean Simmons - A Fan Resource