Jean Simmons
Jean Merilyn Simmons, OBE (January 31, 1929 – January 22, 2010) was an English actress. She appeared predominantly in motion pictures, beginning with films made in Great Britain during and after World War II – she was one of J. Arthur Rank's 'well-spoken young starlets' – followed mainly by Hollywood films from 1950.
The rebellious Thracian Spartacus, born and raised a slave, is sold to Gladiator trainer...
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Great Expectations
as Young EstellaIn this Dickens adaptation, orphan Pip discovers through lawyer Mr. Jaggers that a mysterious...
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Black Narcissus
as KanchiA group of Anglican nuns, led by Sister Clodagh, are sent to a mountain in the Himalayas. The...
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The Big Country
as Julie MaragonRetired wealthy sea captain Jim McKay arrives in the Old West, where he becomes embroiled in a...
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The Robe
as DianaDrunk and disillusioned Roman, Marcellus Gallio, wins Jesus' robe in a dice game after the...
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Led by a strange dream, scientist Aki Ross struggles to collect the eight spirits in the hope of...
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Elmer Gantry
as Sister Sharon FalconerWhen hedonistic but charming con man Elmer Gantry meets the beautiful Sister Sharon Falconer, a...
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Guys and Dolls
as Sarah BrownGambler Nathan Detroit has few options for the location of his big craps game. Needing $1,000 to...
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How to Make an American Quilt
as EmSoon-to-be-wed graduate student Finn Dodd develops cold feet when she suspects her fiancé is...
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Hamlet
as OpheliaWinner of four Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Actor, Sir Laurence Olivier’s...
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Angel Face
as Diane Tremayne JessupAmbulance driver Frank Jessup is ensnared in the schemes of the sensuous but dangerous Diane...
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The Egyptian
as MeritIn eighteenth-dynasty Egypt, Sinuhe, a poor orphan, becomes a brilliant physician and with his...
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Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors
as Carrie-Louise SerrocoldAt the insistence of Ruth Van Rydock, an old schoolfriend who is convinced that there is...
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The Grass Is Greener
as Hattie DurantVictor and Hillary are down on their luck to the point that they allow tourists to take guided...
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The Happy Ending
as Mary WilsonThe triumphs and failures of middle age as seen through the eyes of runaway American housewife...
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The Actress
as Ruth Gordon JonesThe true story of Ruth Gordon's early struggles on the road to stage stardom.
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Caesar and Cleopatra
as Harpist (uncredited)The aging Caesar finds himself intrigued by the young Egyptian queen. Adapted by George Bernard...
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Rough Night in Jericho
as Molly LangThe only business in the Wild West town of Jericho that corrupt sheriff Alex Flood doesn't...
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Until They Sail
as Barbara Leslie ForbesFour sisters in New Zealand fall for soldiers en route to the Pacific theater in WWII.
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Home Before Dark
as Charlotte BronnA young woman returns home after being institutionalized in a mental hospital.
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The Way to the Stars
as A SingerLife on a British bomber base, and the surrounding towns, from the opening days of the Battle of...
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Kiss the Bride Goodbye
as Molly DoddWorking-class girl Joan Dodd's plan to marry Jack Fowler is thwarted when her mother Gladys...
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Young Bess
as Young Bess (Queen Elizabeth I)The mother died under the executioner's axe; the daughter rose to become England's greatest...
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This Could Be the Night
as Anne LeedsTo earn extra money, a prim schoolteacher takes a second job as secretary to the uncouth owner...
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The Blue Lagoon
as Emmeline FosterIn the Victorian period, two British children survive a shipwreck in the South Pacific. After...
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Footsteps in the Fog
as Lily WatkinsA Victorian-era murder mystery about a parlour maid who discovers that her employer may have...
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Heidi
as Frl. RottenmeierHeidi is an orphaned girl initially raised by her aunt Dete in Maienfeld, Switzerland. In order...
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Perry Mason: The Case of the Lost Love
as Laura RobertsonPerry must defend the husband of an old flame from a murder charge.
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Désirée
as Desiree ClaryIn Marseilles, France in 1794, Desiree Clary, a young millinery clerk, becomes infatuated with...
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People Like Us
as Peach Prindible BaileyWhen a wealthy scriptwriter and socialite's daughter is murdered, he feels let down by the...
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She Couldn't Say No
as Corby Lane (Corby Johnson)An heiress decides to pass out anonymous gifts in a small town.
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So Long at the Fair
as Vicky BartonVicky Barton and her brother Johnny travel from Naples to visit the 1889 Paris Exhibition. They...
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Dominique
as Dominique BallardThe wife of a greedy man comes back to haunt him after he scares her to death.
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Androcles and the Lion
as LavininaGeorge Bernard Shaw’s breezy, delightful dramatization of this classic fable—about a Christian...
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Adam and Evelyne
as Evelyne WallaceA handsome gambler unwittingly becomes guardian of an orphaned, teenaged girl.
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Mister Buddwing
as The BlondeAn amnesiac wanders the streets of Manhattan, trying to solve the mystery of who he is.
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Fun in the Big Country
as Self (narrator)Behind-the-scenes look during the filming of William Wyler's 1958 western, "The Big Country."
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Life at the Top
as Susan LamptonSuccessful businessman Joe Lampton is married to the wealthy Susan, has two children, and lives...
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Inherit the Wind
as Lucy BradyBased on a real-life case in 1925, two great lawyers argue the case for and against a science...
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A Bullet Is Waiting
as Cally CanhamA plane carrying a sheriff and a man indicted for manslaughter is wrecked on a lonely California...
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Discovering Hamlet
as Ophelia (archive footage)Journey into "Hamlet"-the play and the man-through the experiences of some of the major actors...
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Divorce American Style
as Nancy DownesAfter 17 years of marriage in American suburbia, Richard and Barbara Harmon step into the new...
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Beggarman, Thief
as Gretchen Jordache BurkeIn this sequel to "Rich Man, Poor Man," moviemaker Gretchen Jordache, the until-now unseen...
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Trio
as Evie Bishop (segment Sanatorium)W. Somerset Maugham introduces three more of his stories about human foibles.
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Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls
as Helen LawsonUpdated version of the Jacqueline Susann best selling 1960's novel shows the lives of three very...
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Decisions! Decisions!
as Phoebe MastersonA salesman and a sexologist have misadventures with plot development determined by the votes of...
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Uncle Silas
as Caroline RuthynFollowing her father's death, a teenage heiress moves in with her guardian uncle who is broke...
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Cage of Gold
as JudithThe love that Judy, a young painter, feels for Alan, a promising doctor to whom she is engaged,...
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Golden Gate
as Jane KingsleyA venerable San Francisco publishing family becomes embroiled in a bitter power struggle between...
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Hungry Hill
as Jane BrodrickLife becomes a tragedy for the wife of an Irish heir to a 19th-century family feud and fortune.
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Laker Girls
as Connie HarrisonThree hopefuls — a college grad, a dance teacher from Watts, and an incognito heiress — vie for...
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Meet Sexton Blake
as Eva WatkinsThe famous detective and his trusty side-kick, Tinker, are called in by the War Office to find...
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Give Us the Moon
as HeidiSet just after the end of WWII (but filmed in the middle of it) in a time of general euphoria at...
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Affair with a Stranger
as Carolyn ParkerDepicts the rocky marriage of a young model and her Broadway playwright-husband.
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Hilda Crane
as Hilda Crane BurnsAfter two failed marriages, a disillusioned woman returns to her hometown to start life anew.
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Say Hello to Yesterday
as WomanApproaching middle-age and stuck in an unfulfilled marriage, a suburban British housewife allows...
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This Earth Is Mine
as Elizabeth RambeauSet during the Prohibition era, when wine makers were financially challenged and had to decide...
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A Friendship in Vienna
as Narrator (voice)Inge Dournenvald and Lise Mueller are best friends in pre-WW2 Austria, despite the fact that...
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The Clouded Yellow
as Sophie MalrauxAfter leaving the British Secret Service, David Somers (played by Trevor Howard) finds work...
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The Easter Promise
as Constance PayneAddie and her friends are excited over the visit of a celebrity, a local woman who became a...
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Shadows in the Sun
as HannahA mysterious young loner changes the lives of one family and helps them rediscover their roots...
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Mr. Emmanuel
as Sally CooperAn elderly Jewish man from Manchester, travels to Nazi Germany to seek the mother of a young...
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Sensibility and Sense
as Older ElinorThree friends who bonded over their radical beliefs in the 1930s reunite after becoming...
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All the Way Home
as Mary FolletIn the early 1900's Tennessee, a loving family undergoes the shock of the father's sudden,...
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Mr. Sycamore
as Estelle BenbowJason Robards is a man who decides he'd rather be a tree.
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Daisies in December
as Katherine PalmerA seaside hotel for senior citizens is the setting for late-season love as costars Jean Simmons...
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Winter Solstice
as Countess Lucinda RhivesWhen Elfrida Philips abandons London for a country village, she settles in quickly. She is very...
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A Small Killing
as Margaret LawrenceA college professor is recruited by an undercover cop to pose as a bag lady to track down a drug...
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The Dawning
as Aunt MaryAn IRA gunman on the run from the government meets an idealistic young woman and attempts to win...
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The Woman in the Hall
as Jay BlakeLorna Blake, (Ursula Jeans) is a widow with two daughters. She augments her slender income by...
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December Flower
as Etta MarshNewly widowed Etta visits her beloved Aunt M and discovers her bedridden and listless. Etta's...
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Going Undercover
as Maxine de la HuntForever bungling private investigator Henry Brilliant has been hired by Maxine de la Hunt to...
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Midas Valley
as Molly HammondSet in Silicon Valley, California, follows the lives of a group of people involved in the...
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The Lady Is My Wife
as Ruth BannisterAfter the Civil War ends, a rich horse rancher out West hires the Bannisters, a married Southern...
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Soldier in Love
as Sarah JenningsThe story of the Churchills in the court of Queen Anne.
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On Cukor
as NarratorWidely thought of as “a woman’s director,” legendary film director George Cukor is profiled with...
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A Moment in Time
as Deidre MackayColonel Hunt is a widower in his 60s. It is in search of health, not romance, that he books in...
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Down at the Hydro
as DiedreDiedre and The Colonel separately attend a health spa and find themselves falling in love.
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Star Trek: The Next Generation
as Admiral Nora SatieFollow the intergalactic adventures of Capt. Jean-Luc Picard and his loyal crew aboard the...
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The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Margaret LowenThe New Alfred Hitchcock Presents is an American anthology series that aired on NBC from 1985 to...
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Hawaii Five-O
as Terri O'BrienHawaii Five-O is an American police procedural drama series produced by CBS Productions and...
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Murder, She Wrote
as Eudora McVeigh ShiptonAn unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life...
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Hotel
as uncreditedHotel is an American prime time drama series which aired on ABC from September 21, 1983 to May...
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Hotel
as Jessica DanielsHotel is an American prime time drama series which aired on ABC from September 21, 1983 to May...
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Golden Globe Awards
as Self - NomineeAn annual awards ceremony recognizing excellence in film and television, both domestic and...
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What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery GuestFour panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while...
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Bambi Awards
as Self (archive footage)The Bambi, often called the Bambi Award and stylised as BAMBI, is a German award presented...
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The Odd Couple
as PrincessFelix and Oscar are two divorced men. Felix is neat and tidy while Oscar is sloppy and casual....
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North and South
as Clarissa MainThe story of the enduring friendship between Orry Main of South Carolina and George Hazard of...
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The Oscars
as SelfAn annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The...
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The Danny Kaye Show
as SelfThe Danny Kaye Show is an American variety show hosted by Danny Kaye that aired on CBS from 1963...
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Miss Marple
as Carrie-Louise SerrocoldMiss Marple, the spinster detective who is one of the most famous characters created by English...
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The Ed Sullivan Show
as SelfThe Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June...
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The Thorn Birds
as Fiona 'Fee' ClearyThe story based on a novel by Colleen McCullough focuses on three generations of the Cleary...
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The Thorn Birds
as Fee ClearyThe story based on a novel by Colleen McCullough focuses on three generations of the Cleary...
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Dark Shadows
as Elizabeth Collins Stoddard / Naomi CollinsDark Shadows is a primetime television series which aired on NBC from January to March 1991. A...
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Angel Falls
as Irene LarsonAngel Falls is a drama series that aired from August 26, 1993 to September 30, 1993. The premise...
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Hallmark Hall of Fame
as SarahHallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark...
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The Dain Curse
as Aaronia HaldornHard-boiled private dick Hamilton Nash is hired to investigate a case of stolen diamonds, which...
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Mysteries of the Bible
as uncreditedMysteries of the Bible is an hour-long television series that was originally broadcast by A&E...
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