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Jean Merilyn Simmons was a British actress and singer. 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.

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Born 31 January 1929 · Died 22 January 2010 · Q107656

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The thing I did not realise, because I was so inexperienced, was that I was working with a genius, David Lean. I don
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Awarded Officer of the Order of the British Empire (2003).
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Aug 18, 2026Documented record85% confidence

“The thing I did not realise, because I was so inexperienced, was that I was working with a genius, David Lean. I don”

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2010· 6 entries

Feb 28, 2010Documented record75% confidence

The Guardian: Letter: Jean Simmons obituary

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Jan 27, 2010Documented record75% confidence

The Guardian: The Jean Simmons I remember | David Thomson

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Jan 25, 2010Documented record75% confidence

The Guardian: Jean Simmons: a life in pictures

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Jan 24, 2010Documented record75% confidence

The Guardian: Jean Simmons obituary

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Jan 23, 2010Documented record75% confidence

The Guardian: Jean Simmons: an unforgettable English rose

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Jan 22, 2010Documented record86% confidence

Died 2010-01-22.

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2008· 1 entry

Jul 17, 2008Documented record75% confidence

The Guardian: The return of Jean Simmons

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2005· 1 entry

2005Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Signed a petition to British Prime Minister Tony Blair asking him not to upgrade cannabis from a class C drug to class B

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2004· 1 entry

2004Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Voiced the lead role of Sophie in the English dub of Howl's Moving Castle

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2003· 2 entries

Jun 15, 2003Documented record84% confidence

Awarded Officer of the Order of the British Empire (2003).

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Became the patron of the British drugs and human rights charity Release

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1995· 1 entry

1995Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Appeared in How to Make an American Quilt with Winona Ryder, Maya Angelou, Ellen Burstyn, Anne Bancroft, and Alfre Woodard

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1991· 1 entry

1991Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Appeared in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "The Drumhead" as a retired Starfleet admiral and hardened legal investigator who conducts a witch hunt; and as Elizabeth Collins Stoddard/Naomi Collins, in the

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1989· 2 entries

1989Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

Simmons appeared as murder mystery author Eudora McVeigh Shipton, a self-proclaimed rival to Jessica Fletcher, in the two-part Murder, She Wrote episode "Mirror, Mirror, On the Wall" with Angela Lansbury

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1989Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Starred in a remake of Great Expectations, this time playing the role of Miss Havisham, Estella's adoptive mother

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1983· 1 entry

Jun 15, 1983Documented record84% confidence

Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie for The Thorn Birds (1983).

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1956· 2 entries

Jun 15, 1956Documented record84% confidence

Awarded Targa d'Oro for Footsteps in the Fog (1956).

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1956Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

And in the same year, their daughter Tracy Granger was born

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1955· 1 entry

Jun 15, 1955Documented record84% confidence

Won Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy for Guys and Dolls (1955).

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1953· 1 entry

Jun 15, 1953Documented record84% confidence

Awarded National Board of Review Award for Best Actress for The Robe (1953).

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1951· 1 entry

1951Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Rank sold her contract to Howard Hughes, who then owned RKO Pictures

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1950· 1 entry

1950Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

Simmons was voted the fourth-most popular star in Britain

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1947· 1 entry

1947Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

Simmons received excellent reviews, and achieved stardom in the UK

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1929· 1 entry

Jan 31, 1929Documented record86% confidence

Born 1929-01-31.

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