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Jean Simmons was an English actress who had a successful career in both British and American films. She was born on 31 January 1929 in Crouch Hill, London, England, UK. She began her career as a child actress in the 1940s and went on to appear in a number of films, including Great Expectations (1946), Hamlet (1948), and Spartacus (1960). She also appeared in television series such as The Avengers (1961-1969) and The Thorn Birds (1983). Simmons was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in The Robe (1953). She was also nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress for her performance in The Happy Ending (1969). Simmons was married twice, first to actor Stewart Granger from 1950 to 1960, and then to writer/director Richard Brooks from 1960 until his death in 1992. She had two children with Granger and one with Brooks. Simmons died on 22 January 2010 at the age of 80.

Popular As Jean Merilyn Simmons
Occupation actress,soundtrack
Age 81 years old
Zodiac Sign Aquarius
Born 31 January 1929
Birthday 31 January
Birthplace Crouch Hill, London, England, UK
Date of death 22 January, 2010
Died Place Santa Monica, California, USA
Nationality United Kingdom

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Jean Simmons Height, Weight & Measurements

At 81 years old, Jean Simmons height is 5' 4" (1.63 m) .

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Height 5' 4" (1.63 m)
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Who Is Jean Simmons's Husband?

Her husband is Richard Brooks (1 November 1960 - 1977) ( divorced) ( 1 child), Stewart Granger (20 December 1950 - 12 August 1960) ( divorced) ( 1 child)

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Husband Richard Brooks (1 November 1960 - 1977) ( divorced) ( 1 child), Stewart Granger (20 December 1950 - 12 August 1960) ( divorced) ( 1 child)
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Jean Simmons Net Worth

Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2022-2023. So, how much is Jean Simmons worth at the age of 81 years old? Jean Simmons’s income source is mostly from being a successful Actress. She is from United Kingdom. We have estimated Jean Simmons's net worth , money, salary, income, and assets.

Net Worth in 2023 $1 Million - $5 Million
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Source of Income Actress

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2013

As of 2013, she is one of six women who has received a Best Actress Oscar nomination for a performance directed by her spouse, namely for The Happy Ending (1969) directed by Richard Brooks. The other five are Elisabeth Bergner for Escape Me Never (1935) (directed by Paul Czinner), Joanne Woodward for Rachel, Rachel (1968) (directed by Paul Newman), Gena Rowlands for A Woman Under the Influence (1974) and Gloria (1980) (both directed by John Cassavetes), Julie Andrews for Victor Victoria (1982) (directed by Blake Edwards), and Frances McDormand for Fargo (1996) (directed by Joel Coen). Jules Dassin also directed his future wife Melina Mercouri in a Best Actress Oscar nominated performance (Never on Sunday (1960)), but they were not married yet at the time of the nomination.

2010

A memorial service was held for her at St. Paul's Church, Covent Garden on 29th June 2010.

2009

Quit smoking while filming Shadows in the Sun (2009).

2003

She was awarded the OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2003 Queen's New Year Honours List for her services to drama.

1995

She made a comeback to films in 1995 in How to Make an American Quilt (1995) co-starring Winona Ryder and Anne Bancroft, and most recently played the elderly Sophie in the English version of Hayao Miyazaki's Howl's Moving Castle (2004). She now resided in Santa Monica, California, with her dog, Mr. Gates, and her two cats, Adisson and Megan.

1992

Turned down the role of Jean Pargetter on the British television series As Time Goes By (1992), which went to Judi Dench.

1986

Becoming depressed at the lack of quality parts being offered her, Jean became addicted to alcohol. In 1986, she sought professional treatment.

1984

She was the only guest star on the television series Murder, She Wrote (1984) to receive an Emmy Award nomination (1989).

1980

In the 1980s, she appeared mainly in television miniseries, such as North and South, Book I (1985) and The Thorn Birds (1983).

1970

Jean continued making films well into the 1970s.

1969

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.

1965

However, after that, she found quality projects somewhat harder to come by, and took work in Life at the Top (1965), Mister Buddwing (1966), Divorce American Style (1967), Rough Night in Jericho (1967), The Happy Ending (1969) (a Richard Brooks film for which she was again Oscar-nominated, this time as Best Actress).

1963

Off the screen for a few years, Jean captivated moviegoers with a brilliant performance as the mother in All the Way Home (1963), a literate, tasteful adaptation of James Agee's "A Death in the Family".

1960

Simmons divorced Granger in 1960 and almost immediately married writer-director Richard Brooks, who cast her as Sister Sharon opposite Burt Lancaster in Elmer Gantry (1960), a memorable adaptation of the Sinclair Lewis novel.

That same year, she co-starred with Kirk Douglas in Stanley Kubrick's Spartacus (1960) and played a would-be homewrecker opposite Cary Grant in The Grass Is Greener (1960).

1958

In 1958, she accepted the Oscar for Best Actor in a Leading Role on behalf of Alec Guinness, who was not present at the awards ceremony.

1956

Gave birth to her 1st child at age 27, a daughter Tracy Stewart Granger, aka Tracy Granger, on September 10, 1956. Child's father is her 1st ex-husband, Stewart Granger.

1955

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.

1953

Was William Wyler's first choice for the role of Princess Ann in Roman Holiday (1953), but Howard Hughes, who owned her contract, would not loan her out to Paramount to do the film.

1950

In 1950, she married actor Stewart Granger, and that same year, starred in the Frank Sinatra/Marlon Brando musical Guys and Dolls (1955); she used her own singing voice and earned her first Golden Globe Award.

1949

She was one of Cecil B. DeMille's favorite actresses and he wanted to cast her in the role of Delilah in Samson and Delilah (1949), but she was too busy making films in England and the role went to Hedy Lamarr. Simmons later narrated the TV episode Mysteries of the Bible: Samson and Delilah (1998).

1948

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.

1946

Received her first on-screen kiss from Tony Wager in Great Expectations (1946).

1944

As a 14-year-old dance student, she was plucked from her school to play Margaret Lockwood's precocious sister in Give Us the Moon (1944), and she went on to make a name for herself in such major British productions as Caesar and Cleopatra (1945), Great Expectations (1946) (as the spoiled, selfish Estella), Black Narcissus (1947) (as a sultry native beauty), Hamlet (1948) (playing Ophelia to Laurence Olivier's great Dane and earning a Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination), The Blue Lagoon (1949) and So Long at the Fair (1950), among others.

1929

Demure British beauty Jean Simmons was born January 31, 1929 in Crouch End, London.