Biography: life and films
Jean Simmons was an English actress. She was born in London, England on 31st January 1929 and died in Santa Monica, California, USA on 22nd January 2010, aged 80.Her best films as an actor include David Lean's Great Expectations (1946), Arthur Lubin's crime-thriller Footsteps in the Fog (1955), Joseph L. Mankiewicz's comedy Guys and Dolls (1955), Stanley Kubrick's Spartacus (1960) and David Rocksavage's Shadows in the Sun (2009).
Jean Simmons appeared in 50 films.
She has most frequently worked with the following directors: Robert Wise (2 films), Richard Brooks (2) and Henry Koster (2).
Her most frequent genres include: drama (31 films), comedy (8), Thriller (7), romance (6), comedy-drama (5), history (4), comedy-romance (4), Western (2), War (2), Horror (2) and Animation (2).
Our average rating for Jean Simmons over all films is: 3.0
Filmography
Key: a = actor
Give Us the Moon (1944) [a]
Kiss the Bride Goodbye (1945) [a]
The Way to the Stars (1945) [a]
Hungry Hill (1947) [a]
The Woman in the Hall (1947) [a]
Uncle Silas (1947) [a]
Hamlet (1948) [a]
Adam and Evelyne (1949) [a]
The Blue Lagoon (1949) [a]
Cage of Gold (1950) [a]
So Long at the Fair (1950) [a]
Trio (1950) [a]
The Clouded Yellow (1951) [a]
Androcles and the Lion (1952) [a]
Affair with a Stranger (1953) [a]
The Actress (1953) [a]
The Robe (1953) [a]
Young Bess (1953) [a]
A Bullet Is Waiting (1954) [a]
Desirée (1954) [a]
She Couldn't Say No (1954) [a]
The Egyptian (1954) [a]
Footsteps in the Fog (1955) [a]
Hilda Crane (1956) [a]
This Could Be the Night (1957) [a]
Until They Sail (1957) [a]
Home Before Dark (1958) [a]
The Big Country (1958) [a]
This Earth Is Mine (1959) [a]
Elmer Gantry (1960) [a]
Spartacus (1960) [a]
The Grass Is Greener (1960) [a]
All the Way Home (1963) [a]
Life at the Top (1965) [a]
Mister Buddwing (1966) [a]
Divorce American Style (1967) [a]
Rough Night in Jericho (1967) [a]
The Happy Ending (1969) [a]
Say Hello to Yesterday (1971) [a]
Mr. Sycamore (1975) [a]
Dominique (1978) [a]
The Dawning (1988) [a]
Yellow Pages (1988) [a]
How to Make an American Quilt (1995) [a]
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001) [a]
Thru the Moebius Strip (2005) [a]
Shadows in the Sun (2009) [a]
Trumbo (2015) [a]
Kafka's tortuous trial of love
The brighter side of Franz Kafka
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