Jean Simmons
Actor
- Way to the Stars, The (1945)
- Dir. Anthony Asquith
Feat. John Mills, Michael Redgrave, Douglas Montgomery…
- An RAF airfield in WWII is the setting of this unassuming war–drama, set around the lives of the ‘flyers’ and the ground–crew. Given…
- Hamlet (1948)
- Dir. Laurence Olivier
Feat. Laurence Olivier, Eileen Herlie, Basil Sydney…
- The Oscar winner of Best Picture, Actor, Art direction and Costume, Laurence Olivier's version soars with vitality and atmosphere. A classic.
- Clouded Yellow, The (1950)
- Dir. Ralph Thomas
Feat. Jean Simmons, Trevor Howard, Kenneth More…
- Superior British noir with Howard as a jaded ex–secret service agent pressed into service when he falls for the charms of mysterious young…
- So Long at the Fair (1950)
- Dir. Antony Damborough, Terence Fisher
Feat. Jean Simmons, Dirk Bogarde, David Tomlinson…
- Spooky urban legend gets the cinematic treatment in this accomplished chiller. At the 1896 World Fair in Paris two siblings check into a hotel, in…
- Angel Face (1952)
- Dir. Otto Preminger
Feat. Robert Mitchum, Jean Simmons
- Jean Simmons is a woman possessed in this quietly unconventional film noir, playing a take–no–prisoners femme fatale who systematically…
- Androcles and the Lion (1952)
- Dir. Chester Erskine
Feat. Jean Simmons, Victor Mature, Alan Young…
- George Bernard Shaw's satire of ancient Rome in which a Christian fugitive pulls a thorn from a lions paw whilst hiding in the forest, only to…
- Desiree (1954)
- Dir. Henry Koster
Feat. Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons
- Marlon Brando plays a young Napoleon whose first romance, with Desiree Clay (Jean Simmons), is strained when he is swept into the cut–throat…
- Egyptian, The (1954)
- Dir. Michael Curtiz
Feat. Jean Simmons, Victor Mature, Edmund Purdom…
- Epic "CinemaScope" drama set in ancient Egypt where a poor orphan becomes a genial physician and is eventually appointed at the Pharaoh's court where…
- Until They Sail (1957)
- Dir. Robert Wise
Feat. Jean Simmons, Joan Fontaine, Paul Newman…
- 1950s Christchurch is the novelty star of this MGM prestige picture set entirely in Canterbury, New Zealand, with landmarks such as the Christchurch…
- Grass Is Greener, The (1960)
- Dir. Stanley Donen
Feat. Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr, Robert Mitchum…
- The wife of an English Earl falls in love with an American millionaire tourist. Songs by Noel Coward.