AKA Jean Merilyn Simmons

Born: 31-Jan-1929
Birthplace: London, England
Died: 22-Jan-2010
Location of death: Santa Monica, CA
Cause of death: Cancer - Lung

Gender: Female
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Actor

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Guys and Dolls

Father: Charles Simmons (gymnastics Olympian and coach, d. 1945)
Mother: Winifred Ada Simmons
Husband: Stewart Granger (actor, m. Dec-1950, div. 1960, one daughter)
Daughter: Tracy Granger (b. 1955)
Husband: Richard Brooks (film director, m. 1961, div. 1977, one daughter)
Daughter: Kate Brooks

    RKO Radio Pictures under contract
    Golden Globe Best Musical/Comedy Actress for Guys and Dolls (1955)
    Golden Globe Most Versatile Actress (1958)
    Emmy Outstanding Supporting Actress for The Thorn Birds (1983)
    Naturalized US Citizen 1956
    Officer of the British Empire 2003
    Betty Ford Center 1983
    Risk Factors: Smoking, Alcoholism, Breast Cancer

    FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
    Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2-Jul-2001) [VOICE]
    How to Make an American Quilt (6-Oct-1995)
    Inherit the Wind (20-Mar-1988)
    The Dawning (1988)
    North and South II (4-May-1986)
    North and South (3-Nov-1985)
    The Thorn Birds (27-Mar-1983)
    Dominique (1978)
    The Happy Ending (21-Dec-1969)
    Heidi (17-Nov-1968)
    Rough Night in Jericho (10-Jul-1967)
    Divorce American Style (21-Jun-1967)
    Mister Buddwing (15-Jul-1966)
    Life at the Top (14-Dec-1965)
    The Grass is Greener (23-Dec-1960)
    Spartacus (6-Oct-1960)
    Elmer Gantry (7-Jul-1960)
    This Earth is Mine (26-Jun-1959)
    The Big Country (1-Oct-1958)
    Until They Sail (8-Oct-1957)
    This Could Be the Night (14-May-1957)
    Guys and Dolls (3-Nov-1955)
    Footsteps in the Fog (1-Aug-1955)
    Desirée (17-Nov-1954)
    The Egyptian (24-Aug-1954)
    The Actress (25-Sep-1953)
    The Robe (16-Sep-1953)
    Affair with a Strainger (20-Jun-1953)
    Young Bess (21-May-1953)
    Angel Face (11-Dec-1952)
    Androcles and the Lion (Dec-1952)
    The Clouded Yellow (15-Jan-1951)
    So Long at the Fair (3-Jun-1950)
    The Blue Lagoon (19-Sep-1949)
    Hamlet (28-Sep-1948)
    Black Narcissus (26-May-1947)
    Hungry Hill (7-Jan-1947)
    Uncle Silas (1947)
    Great Expectations (26-Dec-1946)
    Caesar and Cleopatra (11-Dec-1945)
    The Way to the Stars (16-Jun-1945)
    Mr. Emmanuel (2-Oct-1944)

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