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
The Robe
(1953)
Diana
The Big Country
(1958)
Julie Maragon
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
(2001)
Council Member (voice)
Hamlet
(1948)
Ophelia - His Daughter
Great Expectations
(1946)
Young Estella
How to Make an American Quilt
(1995)
Em
The Egyptian
(1954)
Merit
Guys and Dolls
(1955)
Sarah Brown
Black Narcissus
(1947)
Kanchi
Désirée
(1954)
Desiree Clary
Elmer Gantry
(1960)
Sister Sharon Falconer
Angel Face
(1953)
Diane Tremayne Jessup
Caesar and Cleopatra
(1945)
Harpist (uncredited)
The Actress
(1953)
Ruth Gordon Jones
Dominique
(1980)
Dominique Ballard
Full Filmography
Acting
Give Us the Moon
(1944)
Heidi
Mr. Emmanuel
(1944)
Sally Cooper
The Way to the Stars
(1945)
A Singer
Meet Sexton Blake
(1945)
Eva Watkins
Kiss the Bride Goodbye
(1945)
Molly Dodd
Caesar and Cleopatra
(1945)
Harpist (uncredited)
Great Expectations
(1946)
Young Estella
Black Narcissus
(1947)
Kanchi
Uncle Silas
(1947)
Caroline Ruthyn
Hungry Hill
(1947)
Jane Brodrick
The Woman in the Hall
(1947)
Jay Blake
Hamlet
(1948)
Ophelia - His Daughter
Adam and Evelyne
(1949)
Evelyne Wallace
The Blue Lagoon
(1949)
Emmeline Foster
The Clouded Yellow
(1950)
Sophie Malraux
So Long at the Fair
(1950)
Vicky Barton
Cage of Gold
(1950)
Judith
Trio
(1950)
Evie Bishop (segment Sanatorium)
Androcles and the Lion
(1952)
Lavinina
Angel Face
(1953)
Diane Tremayne Jessup
The Robe
(1953)
Diana
Young Bess
(1953)
Young Bess (Queen Elizabeth I)
The Actress
(1953)
Ruth Gordon Jones
Affair with a Stranger
(1953)
Carolyn Parker
The Egyptian
(1954)
Merit
Désirée
(1954)
Desiree Clary
A Bullet Is Waiting
(1954)
Cally Canham
She Couldn't Say No
(1954)
Corby Lane (Corby Johnson)
Guys and Dolls
(1955)
Sarah Brown
Footsteps in the Fog
(1955)
Lily Watkins
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
Spartacus
(1960)
Varinia
Elmer Gantry
(1960)
Sister Sharon Falconer
The Grass Is Greener
(1960)
Hattie Durant
All the Way Home
(1963)
Mary Follet
Life at the Top
(1965)
Susan Lampton
Mister Buddwing
(1966)
The Blonde
Rough Night in Jericho
(1967)
Molly Lang
Divorce American Style
(1967)
Nancy Downes
Soldier in Love
(1967)
Sarah Jennings
The Lady Is My Wife
(1967)
Ruth Bannister
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
The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio
(1985)
Self
Midas Valley
(1985)
Molly Hammond
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lost Love
(1987)
Laura Robertson
Going Undercover
(1988)
Maxine de la Hunt
The Dawning
(1988)
Aunt Mary
Inherit the Wind
(1988)
Lucy Brady
A Friendship in Vienna
(1988)
Narrator (voice)
People Like Us
(1990)
Peach Prindible Bailey
Laker Girls
(1990)
Connie Harrison
Sensibility and Sense
(1990)
Older Elinor
Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors
(1991)
Carrie-Louise Serrocold
How to Make an American Quilt
(1995)
Em
Daisies in December
(1995)
Katherine Palmer
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)