Jean Simmons
British actress and singer (1929–2010) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Jean Merilyn Simmons OBE (31 January 1929 – 22 January 2010) was a British actress and singer.[1][2] One of J. Arthur Rank's "well-spoken young starlets," she appeared predominantly in films, beginning with those made in Britain during and after the Second World War, followed mainly by Hollywood films from 1950 onwards.[3]
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 Simmons in a 1955 studio publicity shot | |
| Born | Jean Merilyn Simmons (1929-01-31)31 January 1929 Islington, London, England |
| Died | 22 January 2010(2010-01-22) (aged 80) Santa Monica, California, U.S. |
| Resting place | Highgate Cemetery, London, England |
| Nationality | British American |
| Occupation(s) | Actress, singer |
| Years active | 1944–2010 |
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| Children | 2 |
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Simmons was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Hamlet (1948), and won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress for Guys and Dolls (1955). Her other film appearances include Great Expectations (1946), The Blue Lagoon (1949), So Long at the Fair (1950), Angel Face (1953), Young Bess (1953), The Robe (1953), The Big Country (1958), Elmer Gantry (1960), Spartacus (1960), and the 1969 film The Happy Ending, for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress. She also won an Emmy Award for the miniseries The Thorn Birds (1983).