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Jean Simmons

1929 - 2010

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Jean Merilyn Simmons (31 January 1929 – 22 January 2010) 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. 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), Black Narcissus (1947), 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jean Simmons is the 552nd most popular actor (up from 638th in 2019), the 784th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 776th in 2019) and the 88th most popular British Actor.

Jean Simmons is most famous for her roles in films such as Guys and Dolls, Spartacus, and Elmer Gantry.

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Among actors, Jean Simmons ranks 552 out of 13,578. Before her are Steve Buscemi, Michelle Williams, Geneviève Page, Carole Lombard, Fernando Rey, and Derek Jacobi. After her are Carole Bouquet, Robert Wagner, Sonny Chiba, Bourvil, James Cromwell, and Michael Lonsdale.

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Among people born in 1929, Jean Simmons ranks 59. Before her are Nureddin al-Atassi, Ivar Giaever, Milorad Pavić, Bruno Cremer, John Cassavetes, and James Last. After her are Bill Evans, Zoltán Czibor, Günter Schabowski, Gudrun Burwitz, Gerald Edelman, and Paul Lauterbur. Among people deceased in 2010, Jean Simmons ranks 33. Before her are Francesco Cossiga, Harry Mulisch, Algirdas Brazauskas, Gennady Yanayev, Bruno Cremer, and Viktor Chernomyrdin. After her are Alice Miller, Dino De Laurentiis, Miep Gies, Vladimir Arnold, Joan Sutherland, and Francisco Varallo.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Jean Simmons ranks 784 out of 8,785. Before her are Derek Jacobi (1938), Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales (1453), Fred Perry (1909), John Bunyan (1628), James Callaghan (1912), and Andy Cole (1971). After her are Osborne Reynolds (1842), Henry Every (1659), Prince William Henry, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh (1743), George Mallory (1886), James Dewar (1842), and William McMaster Murdoch (1873).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Jean Simmons ranks 88. Before her are Robert Carlyle (1961), Ray Stevenson (1964), Richard Griffiths (1947), Bill Nighy (1949), Gerard Butler (1969), and Derek Jacobi (1938). After her are Charles Laughton (1899), Wentworth Miller (1972), Stephen Graham (1973), Brian Cox (1946), Sean Bean (1959), and Glenda Jackson (1936).

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