Jean Simmons

Known for

Acting

Born

January 31, 1929

Birthplace

Crouch Hill, London, England, UK

Died

January 22, 2010 (aged 80)

Biography

Jean Merilyn Simmons, OBE (January 31, 1929 – January 22, 2010) was an English actress. She appeared predominantly in motion pictures, beginning with films made in Great Britain during and after World War II – she was one of J. Arthur Rank's 'well-spoken young starlets' – followed mainly by Hollywood films from 1950.

Best known work

Spartacus

1960

Star Trek: The Next Generation

1987

Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within

2001

Black Narcissus

1947

Murder, She Wrote

1984

The Big Country

1958

Great Expectations

1946

Hamlet

1948

The Robe

1953

Guys and Dolls

1955

Filmography

2011
Discovering Hamlet
as Ophelia (archive footage)
2009
Shadows in the Sun
as Hannah
2003
Winter Solstice
as Countess Lucinda Rhives
2003
Winter SolsticeTV
2001
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
as Council Member (voice)
2000
On Cukor
as Narrator
1998
Her Own Rules
as Katherine Stratton
1995
Daisies in December
as Katherine Palmer
1995
How to Make an American Quilt
as Em
1994
Mysteries of the BibleTV
1993
Angel FallsTV
as Irene Larson (6 episodes)
1991
Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors
as Carrie-Louise Serrocold
1991
Dark ShadowsTV
as Elizabeth Collins Stoddard / Naomi Collins (5 episodes), as Elizabeth Collins Stoddard (6 episodes), as Naomi Collins (1 episode)
1990
People Like Us
as Peach Prindible Bailey
1990
Laker Girls
as Connie Harrison
1990
Sensibility and Sense
as Older Elinor
1989
Great ExpectationsTV
as Miss Havisham (6 episodes)
1988
A Friendship in Vienna
as Narrator (voice)
1988
Going Undercover
as Maxine de la Hunt
1988
The Dawning
as Aunt Mary
1988
Inherit the Wind
as Lucy Brady
1987
Star Trek: The Next GenerationTV
as Admiral Nora Satie (1 episode)
1987
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lost Love
as Laura Robertson
1985
North and SouthTV
as Clarissa Main (11 episodes)
1985
The New Alfred Hitchcock PresentsTV
as Margaret Lowen (1 episode)