Jean Simmons was one of the great beauties of British ... In 1950 she topped a poll as the most popular British actress. Shortly afterwards, she went to Hollywood, where she and Deborah Kerr ...

Jean Simmons is remembered as a luminary of the silver screen, but, according to her daughter Kate Brooks, she played her most cherished role behind the scenes — as a doting mother and wife.

Jean Simmons, whose ethereal screen presence and starring roles with Hollywood's top actors made her a mid-century film icon, has died at age 80. The actress, who sang with Marlon Brando in "Guys ...

Jean Simmons, the English actress who made the covers of Time and Life magazines by the time she was 20 and became a major midcentury star alongside strong leading men like Laurence Olivier ...

That was followed by the exotic "Black Narcissus," and then Olivier's Oscar-winning "Hamlet" in 1948, for which Simmons was nominated as best supporting actress. She would be nominated for another ...

Jean Simmons, the lovely ... minor films followed before British director David Lean gave the London-born actress her breakthrough role of Estella, companion to the reclusive Miss Havisham ...

LOS ANGELES — Jean Simmons, a radiant British actress who as a teenager appeared opposite Sir Laurence Olivier in “Hamlet” and emerged a star whose career flourished in the 1950s and 1960s ...

Jean Simmons, a radiant British actress who as a teenager appeared opposite Laurence Olivier in “Hamlet” and emerged a star whose career flourished in the 1950s and 1960s in such films as ...

LOS ANGELES — Jean Simmons, a radiant British actress who as a teenager appeared opposite Sir Laurence Olivier in “Hamlet” and emerged a star whose career flourished in the 1950s and 1960s ...

British actress Jean Simmons, known as much for her versatility as her stunning beauty, died of lung cancer Saturday at the age of 80. Simmons starred in Spartacus, Guys and Dolls, Elmer Gantry ...

The British film actress Jean Simmons, who played Ophelia in Laurence Olivier's "Hamlet" and performed with Marlon Brando in "Guys and Dolls", has passed on Friday. Video courtesy of Reuters.