Jean Simmons
Jean Merilyn Simmons OBE (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 Great Britain during and after the Second World War, followed mainly by Hollywood films from 1950 onwards.
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| Full name at birth | Jean Merilyn Simmons
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| Claim to fame | Guys And Dolls
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| Date of birth | 31 January 1929
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| Place of birth | Crouch Hill, London, UK
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| Date of death | 22 January 2010
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| Age | 80 (age at death)
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| Place of death | Santa Monica, California, USA
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| Cause of death | Lung Cancer
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| Occupation | Actress, singer, dancer
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| Height | 5' 6" (168 cm)
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| Distinctive feature | Her captivating beauty
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| University | Aida Foster School of Dance
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- According to Richard Burton's biography "And God Created Burton" Simmons had an affair with the actor when they were filming The Robe (1953) together.
- Her Hamlet (1948) co-star Laurence Olivier urged the young actress to perfect her craft on the stage; instead she decided to follow her future husband Stewart Granger to Hollywood.
- She and Marlon Brando were originally supposed to lip-sync their songs in the musical film Guys and Dolls (1955). Samuel Goldwyn heard them during rehearsal and decided the untrained stars should do their own singing for authenticity.
- Director Richard Brooks claimed that he wrote The Happy Ending (1969), the filmed story of an alcoholic wife (played by Simmons) as a way to tell his wife that she herself had a problem. The marriage eventually broke up due to Simmons' drinking and Brooks' workaholic tendencies.
- Was William Wyler's first choice for the role of Princess Ann in Roman Holiday (1953), but Howard Hughes, who owned her contract, wouldn't loan her out to Paramount to do the film.
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