15.The Robe
Richard Burton, Jean Simmons
Released: 1953
Directed by: Henry Koster
The Robe is a 1953 American Biblical epic film that tells the story of a Roman military tribune who commands the unit that crucifies Jesus. The film was made by 20th Century Fox and is..
14.The Big Country
Charlton Heston, Gregory Peck
Released: 1958
Directed by: William Wyler
The Big Country is a 1958 American epic Western film directed by William Wyler and starring Gregory Peck, Jean Simmons, Carroll Baker, Charlton Heston and Burl Ives. The supporting cast..
13.Great Expectations
Anthony Hopkins, Jean Simmons
Released: 1989
Directed by: Kevin Connor
Great Expectations is a British television serial based on Charles Dickens’ novel of the same title. The six-part serial was first broadcast on the ITV network in 1991 though it was distributed…
12.Rough Night in Jericho
Dean Martin, Jean Simmons
Released: 1967
Directed by: Arnold Laven
Rough Night in Jericho is a 1967 western film starring Dean Martin, George Peppard and Jean Simmons, directed by Arnold Laven. It was based on the novel The Man in Black, written by..
11.Life at the Top
Honor Blackman, Jean Simmons
Released: 1965
Directed by: Ted Kotcheff
Life at the Top is a 1965 drama film, a production of Romulus Films released by Columbia Pictures. The screenplay was by Mordecai Richler, based on the novel Life at the Top by John..
10.Caesar and Cleopatra
Vivien Leigh, Roger Moore
Released: 1945
Directed by: Gabriel Pascal
Caesar and Cleopatra is a 1945 British Technicolor film directed by Gabriel Pascal and starring Claude Rains and Vivien Leigh. It was adapted from the play Caesar and Cleopatra by George..
9.Footsteps in the Fog
Jean Simmons, Stewart Granger
Released: 1955
Directed by: Arthur Lubin
Footsteps in the Fog is a 1955 British crime film starring Stewart Granger and Jean Simmons, with a screenplay co-written by Lenore Coffee and Dorothy Davenport, and released by..
8.So Long at the Fair
Honor Blackman, Jean Simmons
Released: 1950
Directed by: Terence Fisher
So Long at the Fair is a 1950 British thriller film directed by Terence Fisher and Anthony Darnborough, and starring Jean Simmons and Dirk Bogarde. It was adapted from the 1947..
7.The Egyptian
Gene Tierney, Jean Simmons
Released: 1954
Directed by: Michael Curtiz
The Egyptian is an American 1954 DeLuxe Color epic film made in CinemaScope by 20th Century Fox, directed by Michael Curtiz and produced by Darryl F. Zanuck. It is based on Mika..
6.Hamlet
Christopher Lee, Laurence Olivier
Released: 1948
Directed by: Laurence Olivier
Hamlet is a 1948 British film adaptation of William Shakespeare’s play Hamlet, adapted and directed by and starring Sir Laurence Olivier. Hamlet was Olivier’s second film as director, and…
5.Spartacus
Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier
Released: 1960
Directed by: Stanley Kubrick
Spartacus is a 1960 American epic historical drama film directed by Stanley Kubrick. The screenplay by Dalton Trumbo was based on the novel Spartacus by Howard Fast. It was..
4.The Actress
Spencer Tracy, Anthony Perkins
Released: 1953
Directed by: George Cukor
The Actress is an 1953 American comedy-drama film based on Ruth Gordon’s autobiographical play Years Ago. Gordon herself wrote the screenplay. The film was directed by George Cukor..
3.Black Narcissus
Deborah Kerr, Jean Simmons
Released: 1947
Directed by: Emeric Pressburger, Michael Powell
Black Narcissus is a 1947 Technicolor film by the British writer-producer-director team of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, based on the 1939 novel by Rumer Godden. It is a…
2.Great Expectations
Alec Guinness, Jean Simmons
Released: 1946
Directed by: David Lean
Great Expectations is a 1946 British film directed by David Lean, based on the novel by Charles Dickens and starring John Mills, Bernard Miles, Finlay Currie, Jean Simmons, Martita Hunt…
1.Elmer Gantry
Burt Lancaster, Shirley Jones
Released: 1960
Directed by: Richard Brooks
Elmer Gantry is a 1960 drama film about a con man and a female evangelist selling religion to small town America. Adapted by director Richard Brooks, the film is based on the 1927 novel of…
Jean Simmons
in full Jean Merilyn Simmons, (born Jan. 31, 1929, London, Eng.—died Jan. 22, 2010, Santa Monica, Calif., U.S.), British-born American actress who was known for her cool elegance.
At age 14, soon after she entered the Aida Foster School of Dancing, Simmons was persuaded by a talent scout to audition for what would be her debut film role, in Give Us the Moon (1943). Over the next several years she appeared in more than a dozen British films, including Great Expectations (1946), Black Narcissus (1946), and Laurence Olivier’s production of Hamlet (1948), for which she received an Academy Award nomination for best supporting actress.
In 1950 she went to the United States to begin her Hollywood film career, and six years later she became a U.S. citizen. She married the actor Stewart Granger in 1950. After their divorce in 1960, she married the director and writer Richard Brooks; the couple divorced in 1977. Simmons earned a second Academy Award nomination, for best actress, for The Happy Ending (1969), written and directed by Brooks. Her other screen credits include Angel Face (1953), Guys and Dolls (1955), The Big Country (1958), Elmer Gantry (1960), Spartacus (1960), and How to Make an American Quilt (1995).
Simmons made her television debut in Soldier in Love (1967) and in the late 1970s began appearing chiefly in television movies. Among these were The Thorn Birds (1983), for which she won an Emmy Award for outstanding supporting actress in a limited series or special; Great Expectations (1989); Her Own Rules (1998); and Winter Solstice (2003).
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