Jean Simmons
Jean Simmons' beauty and grace saw her plucked from dance school, at the tender age of fourteen, to appear in Give Us The Moon (1944), but achieved wider popularity as a young Estella in Great Expectations (1946). Her stardom was sealed when Laurence Oliv
Filmography Highlights
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Shadows In The Sun
2009- Rated:
- TBC
A gentle story of old age, young love and fortysomething marital crisis set among the sand dunes and green fields of North Norfolk
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Howl's Moving Castle
2005- Rated:
- U
The tale of an industrious young milliner magically transformed into an old woman and her involvement with the household of a dashing wizard. From the genius behind Spirited Away, Hayao Miyazaki
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Life at the Top
1965- Rated:
- X
Having married into north-country brass, Joe Lampton (Harvey) finds, a decade or so later, that life on top of the money tree is not that exciting. It's hard to sympathize with Joe (or indeed anyone
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Spartacus
1960- Rated:
- A
The essential historical epic, and a forebear of Gladiator, this tale of a slave rebellion from Kubrick and producer/star Kirk Douglas is a true classic, despite its wearying length
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The Grass Is Greener
1960- Rated:
- U
Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr, Robert Mitchum and Jean Simmons star in Stanley Donen's adaption of a once popular play
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Elmer Gantry
1960- Rated:
- PG
Lancaster puts in a thrilling, Oscar-winning performance in this cynical satire on religious evangelism which was considered extremely controversial at the time of its release. He is quick-talking sa
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Big Country, The
1958- Rated:
- PG
No, not that 80s Scottish band with the checked shirts, but Wyler's dramatic western (from which, no doubt, they pinched their moniker) which is made in the very grandest of styles. Jack McKay (Peck)
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Until They Sail
1957- Rated:
- TBC
Set in New Zealand during World War II, this love story focuses on four sisters - Barbara Leslie Forbes (Jean Simmons), Anne Leslie (Joan Fontaine), Delia Leslie (Piper Laurie) and Everly Leslie (San
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Guys and Dolls
1955- Rated:
- TBC
A wonderful, lavish adaptation of the hit musical that boasts a score of classic production numbers ('Luck Be a Lady', 'Sit Down You're Rocking the Boat', etc.). The plot, involving Sinatra's Nathan
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Young Bess
1953- Rated:
- TBC
Lavish historical drama set in Tudor times, with Jean Simmons starring as the eponymous future queen of England. Stewart Granger plays the man rumoured to be having an affair with her while Deborah K
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The Robe
1953- Rated:
- U
Oscar winning biblical epic, and the first ever film to be shot in CinemaScope. Roman Richard Burton kills Christ, goes insane and then converts to Christianity
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Angel Face
1952- Rated:
- TBC
Casting Simmons against type in this movie was a gamble that paid off for director Preminger - she is perfect as the scheming psychopath whose angelic looks belie her true character. When she murders
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The Clouded Yellow
1951- Rated:
- TBC
Vintage manhunt movie in which ex-spy Trevor Howard and his lover Jean Simmons frantically cross Britain to avoid a murder wrap
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Cage of Gold
1950- Rated:
- TBC
A smart little Brit drama, with Simmons as a young artist obsessed with a dashing ex-RAF officer (Farrar) who turns out to be a real cad, getting her pregnant and marrying her in an attempt to get hi
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Hamlet
1948- Rated:
- U
Hamlet has been filmed many times, but few can hold a candle to Olivier's portrayal of the Danish prince in 1948. For one thing, this version was actually filmed in Elsinore, the Scandinavian setting
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Black Narcissus
1947- Rated:
- TBC
Classic thriller from Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger set in a remote Himalayan convent. Stars Deborah Kerr
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Uncle Silas
1947- Rated:
- A
Atmospheric period melodrama starring Jean Simmons as a 17-year-old who goes to live with her uncle (Derrick de Marney) and finds she is marked for murder.
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Black Narcissus
1946- Rated:
- TBC
Classic thriller from Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger set in a remote Himalayan convent. Stars Deborah Kerr
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