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.
Golden Globe Awards
Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
National Board of Review Awards
Best Actress
Known For
Spartacus
(1960)
Varinia
Great Expectations
(1946)
Young Estella
The Robe
(1953)
Diana
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
(2001)
Council Member (voice)
The Big Country
(1958)
Julie Maragon
How to Make an American Quilt
(1995)
Em
Hamlet
(1948)
Ophelia - His Daughter
Trumbo
(2015)
Varinia (archive footage) (uncredited)
Guys and Dolls
(1955)
Sarah Brown
Black Narcissus
(1947)
Kanchi
Elmer Gantry
(1960)
Sister Sharon Falconer
The Egyptian
(1954)
Merit
Angel Face
(1953)
Diane Tremayne Jessup
The Grass Is Greener
(1960)
Hattie Durant
Désirée
(1954)
Desiree Clary
Caesar and Cleopatra
(1945)
Harpist (uncredited)
Full Filmography
Acting
Mr. Emmanuel
(1944)
Sally Cooper
Give Us the Moon
(1944)
Heidi
Kiss the Bride Goodbye
(1945)
Molly Dodd
The Way to the Stars
(1945)
A Singer
Caesar and Cleopatra
(1945)
Harpist (uncredited)
Meet Sexton Blake
(1945)
Eva Watkins
Great Expectations
(1946)
Young Estella
Uncle Silas
(1947)
Caroline Ruthyn
Black Narcissus
(1947)
Kanchi
The Woman in the Hall
(1947)
Jay Blake
Hungry Hill
(1947)
Jane Brodrick
Hamlet
(1948)
Ophelia - His Daughter
The Blue Lagoon
(1949)
Emmeline Foster
Adam and Evelyne
(1949)
Evelyne Wallace
The Clouded Yellow
(1950)
Sophie Malraux
So Long at the Fair
(1950)
Vicky Barton
Trio
(1950)
Evie Bishop (segment Sanatorium)
Cage of Gold
(1950)
Judith
Androcles and the Lion
(1952)
Lavinina
The Robe
(1953)
Diana
Affair with a Stranger
(1953)
Carolyn Parker
The Actress
(1953)
Ruth Gordon Jones
Young Bess
(1953)
Young Bess (Queen Elizabeth I)
Angel Face
(1953)
Diane Tremayne Jessup
A Bullet Is Waiting
(1954)
Cally Canham
Désirée
(1954)
Desiree Clary
The Egyptian
(1954)
Merit
She Couldn't Say No
(1954)
Corby Lane (Corby Johnson)
Footsteps in the Fog
(1955)
Lily Watkins
Guys and Dolls
(1955)
Sarah Brown
Hilda Crane
(1956)
Hilda Crane Burns
This Could Be the Night
(1957)
Anne Leeds
Until They Sail
(1957)
Barbara Leslie Forbes
The Big Country
(1958)
Julie Maragon
Home Before Dark
(1958)
Charlotte Bronn
Fun in the Big Country
(1958)
Self (narrator)
This Earth Is Mine
(1959)
Elizabeth Rambeau
The Grass Is Greener
(1960)
Hattie Durant
Elmer Gantry
(1960)
Sister Sharon Falconer
Spartacus
(1960)
Varinia
All the Way Home
(1963)
Mary Follet
Life at the Top
(1965)
Susan Lampton
Mister Buddwing
(1966)
The Blonde
Divorce American Style
(1967)
Nancy Downes
The Lady Is My Wife
(1967)
Ruth Bannister
Rough Night in Jericho
(1967)
Molly Lang
Soldier in Love
(1967)
Sarah Jennings
Heidi
(1968)
Frl. Rottenmeier
The Happy Ending
(1969)
Mary Wilson
Say Hello to Yesterday
(1971)
Woman
Decisions! Decisions!
(1971)
Phoebe Masterson
Mr. Sycamore
(1975)
Estelle Benbow
The Easter Promise
(1975)
Constance Payne
Beggarman, Thief
(1979)
Gretchen Jordache Burke
Dominique
(1980)
Dominique Ballard
Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls
(1981)
Helen Lawson
Golden Gate
(1981)
Jane Kingsley
A Small Killing
(1981)
Margaret Lawrence
Down at the Hydro
(1983)
Diedre
A Moment in Time
(1983)
Deidre Mackay
December Flower
(1984)
Etta Marsh
Midas Valley
(1985)
Molly Hammond
The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio
(1985)
Self
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lost Love
(1987)
Laura Robertson
A Friendship in Vienna
(1988)
Narrator (voice)
Inherit the Wind
(1988)
Lucy Brady
The Dawning
(1988)
Aunt Mary
Going Undercover
(1988)
Maxine de la Hunt
Laker Girls
(1990)
Connie Harrison
Sensibility and Sense
(1990)
Older Elinor
People Like Us
(1990)
Peach Prindible Bailey
Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors
(1991)
Carrie-Louise Serrocold
Daisies in December
(1995)
Katherine Palmer
How to Make an American Quilt
(1995)
Em
Her Own Rules
(1998)
Katherine Stratton
On Cukor
(2000)
Narrator
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
(2001)
Council Member (voice)
Winter Solstice
(2003)
Countess Lucinda Rhives
Shadows in the Sun
(2009)
Hannah
Discovering Hamlet
(2011)
Ophelia (archive footage)
Trumbo
(2015)
Varinia (archive footage) (uncredited)