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Jean Merilyn Simmons, Oscar-nominated English actress.
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She was born January 31, 1929 in Crouch End, North London. She made her film debut in 1944's Give Us the Moon after being discovered in a talent search by producer Val Guest. She went on to appear in major British productions such as Caesar and Cleopatra [1946], Great Expectations [1946] as Estella, Black Narcissus [1946] as a seductive native girl, Hamlet [1948] as Ophelia, The Blue Lagoon [1949], So Long at the Fair [1950], and others.
http://www.meredy.com/jeansimmons/
Jean Simmons began her career as a child actress in Britain where she became a favorite among critics and audiences before moving to Hollywood in the early 1950s. Although the quality of her vehicles varied at times, Simmons earned a well-deserved reputation as a strikingly beautiful, but more importantly, reliable leading lady, playing opposite established stars like Brando, Newman, Peck and Douglas. If she had a fault, it was that she consistently turned in excellent performances, inadvertently encouraging the industry to take her exceptional talents for granted. As a result, few of her performances ever really stood out, and her stardom never reached the stature her talents warranted.
http://www.reelclassics.com/Actresses/Simmons/simmons.htm
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She was born January 31, 1929 in Crouch End, North London. She made her film debut in 1944's Give Us the Moon after being discovered in a talent search by producer Val Guest. She went on to appear in major British productions such as Caesar and Cleopatra [1946], Great Expectations [1946] as Estella, Black Narcissus [1946] as a seductive native girl, Hamlet [1948] as Ophelia, The Blue Lagoon [1949], So Long at the Fair [1950], and others.
http://www.meredy.com/jeansimmons/
Jean Simmons began her career as a child actress in Britain where she became a favorite among critics and audiences before moving to Hollywood in the early 1950s. Although the quality of her vehicles varied at times, Simmons earned a well-deserved reputation as a strikingly beautiful, but more importantly, reliable leading lady, playing opposite established stars like Brando, Newman, Peck and Douglas. If she had a fault, it was that she consistently turned in excellent performances, inadvertently encouraging the industry to take her exceptional talents for granted. As a result, few of her performances ever really stood out, and her stardom never reached the stature her talents warranted.
http://www.reelclassics.com/Actresses/Simmons/simmons.htm
