Acting · Crouch Hill, London, England, UK · Born January 31, 1929
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.
MovieDiscovering Hamlet
2011
as Ophelia (archive footage)
MovieShadows in the Sun
2009
as Hannah
MovieWinter Solstice
2003
as Countess Lucinda Rhives
TVWinter Solstice
2003
MovieFinal Fantasy: The Spirits Within
2001
as Council Member (voice)
MovieOn Cukor
2000
as Narrator
MovieHer Own Rules
1998
as Katherine Stratton
MovieDaisies in December
1995
as Katherine Palmer
MovieHow to Make an American Quilt
1995
as Em
TVMysteries of the Bible
1994
Angel Falls
1993
as Irene Larson
MovieMiss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors
1991
as Carrie-Louise Serrocold
TVDark Shadows
1991
as Elizabeth Collins Stoddard / Naomi Collins
MoviePeople Like Us
1990
as Peach Prindible Bailey
MovieLaker Girls
1990
as Connie Harrison
MovieSensibility and Sense
1990
as Older Elinor
TVGreat Expectations
1989
as Miss Havisham
MovieA Friendship in Vienna
1988
as Narrator (voice)
MovieGoing Undercover
1988
as Maxine de la Hunt
MovieThe Dawning
1988
as Aunt Mary
MovieInherit the Wind
1988
as Lucy Brady
TVStar Trek: The Next Generation
1987
as Admiral Nora Satie
MoviePerry Mason: The Case of the Lost Love
1987
as Laura Robertson
TVNorth and South
1985
as Clarissa Main
TVThe New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1985
as Margaret Lowen
MovieMidas Valley
1985
as Molly Hammond
The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio
1985
as Self
MovieDecember Flower
1984
as Etta Marsh
TVMurder, She Wrote
1984
as Eudora McVeigh Shipton
MovieDown at the Hydro
1983
as Diedre
TVThe Thorn Birds
1983
as Fiona 'Fee' Cleary
MovieA Moment in Time
1983
as Deidre Mackay
TVHotel
1982
as Milly Toland
All for Love
1982
as Deirdre Mackay
TVAmerican Playhouse
1982
as Elinor
MovieA Small Killing
1981
as Margaret Lawrence
MovieJacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls "1981"
1981
as Helen Lawson
MovieGolden Gate
1981
as Jane Kingsley
MovieDominique
1980
as Dominique Ballard
MovieBeggarman, Thief
1979
as Gretchen Jordache Burke
TVBeggarman, Thief
1979
as Gretchen Jordache Burke
TVThe Dain Curse
1978
as Aaronia Haldorn
MovieMr. Sycamore
1975
as Estelle Benbow
MovieThe Easter Promise
1975
as Constance Payne
MovieDecisions! Decisions!
1971
as Phoebe Masterson
MovieSay Hello to Yesterday
1971
as Woman
TVThe Odd Couple
1970
as Princess
MovieThe Happy Ending
1969
as Mary Wilson
MovieHeidi
1968
as Frl. Rottenmeier
TVHawaii Five-O
1968
as Terri O'Brien
MovieRough Night in Jericho
1967
as Molly Lang
MovieDivorce American Style
1967
as Nancy Downes
MovieSoldier in Love
1967
as Sarah Jennings
MovieMister Buddwing
1966
as The Blonde
MovieLife at the Top
1965
as Susan Lampton
MovieAll the Way Home
1963
as Mary Follet
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
as Ruth Bannister
TVThe Danny Kaye Show
1963
as Self
MovieThe Grass Is Greener
1960
as Hattie Durant
MovieSpartacus
1960
as Varinia
MovieElmer Gantry
1960
as Sister Sharon Falconer
MovieThis Earth Is Mine
1959
as Elizabeth Rambeau
MovieHome Before Dark
1958
as Charlotte Bronn
MovieThe Big Country
1958
as Julie Maragon
MovieFun in the Big Country
1958
as Self (narrator)
MovieUntil They Sail
1957
as Barbara Leslie Forbes
MovieThis Could Be the Night
1957
as Anne Leeds
MovieHilda Crane
1956
as Hilda Crane Burns
MovieGuys and Dolls
1955
as Sarah Brown
MovieFootsteps in the Fog
1955
as Lily Watkins
TVMGM Parade
1955
MovieDésirée
1954
as Desiree Clary
MovieA Bullet Is Waiting
1954
as Cally Canham
MovieThe Egyptian
1954
as Merit
MovieShe Couldn't Say No
1954
as Corby Lane (Corby Johnson)
MovieThe Actress
1953
as Ruth Gordon Jones
MovieThe Robe
1953
as Diana
MovieAffair with a Stranger
1953
as Carolyn Parker
MovieYoung Bess
1953
as Young Bess (Queen Elizabeth I)
TVThe Oscars
1953
as Self
MovieAngel Face
1953
as Diane Tremayne Jessup
MovieAndrocles and the Lion
1952
as Lavinina
TVHallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Sarah
MovieThe Clouded Yellow
1950
as Sophie Malraux
MovieCage of Gold
1950
as Judith
MovieTrio
1950
as Evie Bishop (segment Sanatorium)
MovieSo Long at the Fair
1950
as Vicky Barton
TVWhat's My Line?
1950
as Self
MovieAdam and Evelyne
1949
as Evelyne Wallace
MovieThe Blue Lagoon
1949
as Emmeline Foster
MovieHamlet
1948
as Ophelia
TVThe Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
TVBambi
1948
as Self (archive footage)
MovieThe Woman in the Hall
1947
as Jay Blake
MovieUncle Silas
1947
as Caroline Ruthyn
MovieBlack Narcissus
1947
as Kanchi
MovieHungry Hill
1947
as Jane Brodrick
MovieGreat Expectations
1946
as Young Estella
MovieCaesar and Cleopatra
1945
as Harpist (uncredited)
MovieThe Way to the Stars
1945
as A Singer
MovieMeet Sexton Blake
1945
as Eva Watkins
MovieKiss the Bride Goodbye
1945
as Molly Dodd
MovieMr. Emmanuel
1944
as Sally Cooper
MovieGive Us the Moon
1944
as Heidi
MovieSports Day
1944
as Peggy
TVGolden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee
