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Jean Simmons (1929-2010) was a two-time Oscar® nominated British actress. Her IMDb page shows 95 acting credits from 1944-2009. This page will rank 37 Jean Simmons movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Her television appearances, and some movies made between 1944 and 1954, and movies not released in North American theaters were not included in the rankings. This page comes from a request by Syndi.
Jean Simmons Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.
Year
Movie (Year)
Rating
S
Year Movie (Year) Rating S
1948
Hamlet (1948)
AA Best Picture Win
AA Best Supp Actress Nom
1960
Spartacus (1960)
1960
Elmer Gantry (1960)
AA Best Picture Nom
1958
The Big Country (1958)
1946
Great Expectations (1946)
AA Best Picture Nom
1955
Guys and Dolls (1955)
1953
The Robe (1953)
AA Best Picture Nom
1954
Désirée (1954)
1954
The Egyptian (1954)
1960
The Grass is Greener (1960)
1959
This Earth Is Mine (1959)
1947
Black Narcissus (1947)
1967
Divorce American Style (1967)
1953
Angel Face (1953)
1958
Home Before Dark (1958)
1953
Young Bess (1953)
2004
Howl's Moving Castle (2004)
Voice Only
1957
This Could Be The Night (1957)
1956
Hilda Crane (1956)
1949
The Blue Lagoon (1949)
1995
How to Make an American Quilt (1995)
1963
All The Way Home (1963)
1955
Footsteps in the Fog (1955)
1950
Trio (1950)
1957
Until They Sail (1957)
1952
Androcles and the Lion (1952)
2001
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001)
1967
Rough Night in Jericho (1967)
1950
The Clouded Yellow (1950)
1945
Johnny In The Clouds/The Way to the Stars (1945)
1969
The Happy Ending (1969)
AA Best Actress Nom
1950
So Long At The Fair (1950)
1966
Mister Buddwing (1966)
1965
Life At The Top (1965)
1953
Affair With A Stranger (1953)
1953
The Actress (1953)
1954
A Bullet Is Waiting (1954)
1947
The Inheritance/Uncle Silas (1947)
Limited Release
1975
Mr. Sycamore (1975)
1944
Mr. Emmanuel (1944)
2009
Shadows In The Sun (2009)
1988
The Dawning (1988)
1953
She Couldn't Say No (1953)
Jean Simmons Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table
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| R | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) | Review | Oscar Nom / Win | UMR Score | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Actual B.O. Domestic (mil) | Adj. B.O. Domestic (mil) | Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) | B.O. Rank by Year | Review | Oscar Nom / Win | UMR Score | S |
| 1 | Hamlet (1948) AA Best Picture Win AA Best Supp Actress Nom |
Laurence Olivier | 8.90 | 241.1 | 241.10 | 15 | 81 | 07 / 04 | 99.8 | |
| 2 | Spartacus (1960) | Kirk Douglas & Tony Curtis |
31.70 | 495.5 | 495.50 | 2 | 91 | 06 / 04 | 99.6 | |
| 3 | Elmer Gantry (1960) AA Best Picture Nom |
Burt Lancaster | 13.20 | 206.4 | 206.40 | 15 | 87 | 05 / 03 | 99.5 | |
| 4 | The Big Country (1958) | Gregory Peck & Charlton Heston |
10.60 | 191.2 | 191.20 | 11 | 89 | 02 / 01 | 98.8 | |
| 5 | Great Expectations (1946) AA Best Picture Nom |
Alec Guinness & Directed by David Lean |
5.40 | 166.5 | 166.50 | 62 | 84 | 05 / 02 | 98.5 | |
| 6 | Guys and Dolls (1955) | Marlon Brando & Frank Sinatra |
19.60 | 407.2 | 407.20 | 7 | 77 | 04 / 00 | 97.4 | |
| 7 | The Robe (1953) AA Best Picture Nom |
Richard Burton & Victor Mature |
39.20 | 704.8 | 1,216.60 | 1 | 62 | 05 / 02 | 96.3 | |
| 8 | Désirée (1954) | Marlon Brando & Merle Oberon |
12.90 | 301.3 | 301.30 | 15 | 67 | 02 / 00 | 94.8 | |
| 9 | The Egyptian (1954) | Gene Tierney & Victor Mature |
12.90 | 301.3 | 301.30 | 17 | 65 | 01 / 00 | 93.9 | |
| 10 | The Grass is Greener (1960) | Cary Grant & Robert Mitchum |
8.60 | 133.9 | 133.90 | 32 | 77 | 00 / 00 | 91.1 | |
| 11 | This Earth Is Mine (1959) | Rock Hudson & Claude Rains |
9.70 | 174.5 | 174.50 | 24 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 90.1 | |
| 12 | Black Narcissus (1947) | Deborah Kerr & Flora Robson |
2.40 | 70.9 | 70.90 | 129 | 85 | 02 / 02 | 88.3 | |
| 13 | Divorce American Style (1967) | Debbie Reynolds & Van Johnson |
13.80 | 122.5 | 122.50 | 23 | 68 | 01 / 00 | 86.9 | |
| 15 | Angel Face (1953) | Robert Mitchum | 3.00 | 54.4 | 54.40 | 132 | 76 | 00 / 00 | 80.1 | |
| 14 | Home Before Dark (1958) | Rhonda Fleming | 3.50 | 62.8 | 102.10 | 63 | 72 | 00 / 00 | 79.1 | |
| 17 | Young Bess (1953) | Charles Laughton & Deborah Kerr |
5.00 | 89.6 | 222.90 | 63 | 62 | 02 / 00 | 78.9 | |
| 17 | Howl's Moving Castle (2004) Voice Only |
Christian Bale & Lauren Bacall |
4.70 | 8.2 | 408.30 | 167 | 87 | 01 / 00 | 77.8 | |
| 18 | This Could Be The Night (1957) | Joan Blondell | 2.50 | 47.8 | 83.60 | 99 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 70.2 | |
| 19 | Hilda Crane (1956) | Guy Madison | 2.90 | 56.0 | 56.00 | 110 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 67.8 | |
| 22 | The Blue Lagoon (1949) | Donald Houston | 2.70 | 68.6 | 68.60 | 120 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 67.7 | |
| 20 | How to Make an American Quilt (1995) | Winona Ryder | 23.60 | 58.5 | 58.50 | 73 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 67.5 | |
| 21 | All The Way Home (1963) | Robert Preston | 1.90 | 23.3 | 23.30 | 95 | 71 | 00 / 00 | 65.2 | |
| 23 | Footsteps in the Fog (1955) | Stewart Granger | 1.20 | 25.2 | 25.20 | 161 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 64.1 | |
| 25 | Trio (1950) | James Hayter | 1.00 | 23.3 | 23.30 | 182 | 68 | 01 / 00 | 62.3 | |
| 25 | Until They Sail (1957) | Paul Newman & Joan Fontaine |
2.10 | 41.0 | 78.10 | 111 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 61.2 | |
| 26 | Androcles and the Lion (1952) | Victor Mature | 3.10 | 61.0 | 61.00 | 114 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 60.9 | |
| 27 | Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001) | Alec Baldwin & Donald Sutherland |
32.10 | 61.3 | 162.40 | 74 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 58.5 | |
| 28 | Rough Night in Jericho (1967) | Dean Martin & George Peppard |
4.40 | 39.0 | 39.00 | 56 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 58.4 | |
| 27 | The Clouded Yellow (1950) | Trevor Howard | 0.90 | 19.2 | 19.20 | 191 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 57.8 | |
| 29 | Johnny In The Clouds/The Way to the Stars (1945) | Michael Redgrave & John Mills |
0.20 | 5.4 | 5.40 | 169 | 71 | 00 / 00 | 55.7 | |
| 29 | The Happy Ending (1969) AA Best Actress Nom |
Teresa Wright | 1.80 | 13.3 | 13.30 | 112 | 66 | 02 / 00 | 55.0 | |
| 31 | So Long At The Fair (1950) | Dirk Bogarde | 0.40 | 10.0 | 10.00 | 204 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 54.6 | |
| 33 | Mister Buddwing (1966) | James Garner & Angela Lansbury |
2.10 | 20.8 | 20.80 | 95 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 52.6 | |
| 34 | Life At The Top (1965) | Laurence Harvey | 1.50 | 15.8 | 15.80 | 114 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 48.7 | |
| 35 | Affair With A Stranger (1953) | Victor Mature & Linda Douglas |
1.70 | 29.9 | 29.90 | 176 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 47.1 | |
| 36 | The Actress (1953) | Spencer Tracy & Anthony Perkins |
1.80 | 32.3 | 49.80 | 173 | 57 | 01 / 00 | 46.0 | |
| 38 | A Bullet Is Waiting (1954) | Rory Calhoun | 2.20 | 51.9 | 51.90 | 117 | 49 | 00 / 00 | 41.0 | |
| 37 | The Inheritance/Uncle Silas (1947) Limited Release |
Katina Paxinou | 0.10 | 4.0 | 4.00 | 181 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 40.9 | |
| 37 | Mr. Sycamore (1975) | Jason Robards | 1.60 | 8.4 | 8.40 | 127 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 39.2 | |
| 39 | Mr. Emmanuel (1944) | Felix Aylmer | 0.90 | 31.0 | 31.00 | 151 | 53 | 00 / 00 | 34.7 | |
| 40 | Shadows In The Sun (2009) | Jamie Dornan | 0.00 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 428 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 23.2 | |
| 41 | The Dawning (1988) | Hugh Grant & Trevor Howard |
0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 277 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 20.6 | |
| 42 | She Couldn't Say No (1953) | Robert Mitchum | 1.90 | 33.5 | 33.50 | 169 | 40 | 00 / 00 | 13.2 |
Possibly Interesting Facts About Jean Simmons
- Jean Merilyn Simmons was born in Lower Holloway, London in 1929.
2. Jean Simmons trained to be an actress from early childhood. She began showing up in movies at the age of 15 in 1944.
3. Jean Simmons was nominated for two Oscars®: She was nominated for Best Supporting Actress in 1948’s Hamlet and was nominated for Best Actress in 1969’s The Happy Ending.
4. Jean Simmons was nominated for five Golden Globes®: She won the Golden Globe® for Best Actress in 1956’s Guys & Dolls.
5. Jean Simmons was married two times and had two children.
6. Jean Simmons’ first husband was actor, Stewart Granger. Her second husband was director and writer Richard Brooks.
7. Jean Simmons was the only guest star on the television series Murder, She Wrote to receive an Emmy Award® nomination.
8. Director Richard Brooks claimed that he wrote 1969’s The Happy Ending, the filmed story of an alcoholic wife (played by Jean 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.
9. Jean Simmons was William Wyler’s first choice for the role of Princess Ann in 1953’s Roman Holiday (1953), but Howard Hughes, who owned her contract, would not loan her out to Paramount to do the film.
10. Check out Jean Simmons’ movie career compared to current and classic actors. Most 100 Million Dollar Movies of All-Time.
Friend of website….Steve Lensman’s Jean Simmons You Tube Video is worth checking out.
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More bad internet, now from Martha’s Vineyard. Jean Simmons is no longer on the Oracle of Bacon Top 1000 Center of the Hollywood Universe list. She was 972 on the original list in 2000. Here are the people on the 2016 list who appeared in a film with her.
9 DONALD SUTHERLAND Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001)
29 KEITH DAVID Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001)
32 ANTHONY HOPKINS The Dawning (1988)
35 CHRISTOPHER LEE Hamlet (1948)
50 STEVE BUSCEMI Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001)
76 ALEC BALDWIN Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001)
124 RICHARD JENKINS How to Make an American Quilt (1995)
164 VING RHAMES Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001)
181 RIP TORN How to Make an American Quilt (1995)
199 JOHN RHYS-DAVIES Shadows in the Sun (2005)
217 JAMES WOODS Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001)
247 CHARLTON HESTON The Big Country (1958)
313 GEORGE KENNEDY Spartacus (1960)
335 JAMES REBHORN How to Make an American Quilt (1995)
419 ELLEN BURSTYN How to Make an American Quilt (1995)
440 WINONA RYDER How to Make an American Quilt (1995)
445 DERMOT MULRONEY HOW TO MAKE AN AMERICAN QUILT (1995)
468 JASON ROBARDS Mr. Sycamore (1975)
523 HARRY FIELDER Say Hello to Yesterday (1971)
720 HARRY SHEARER The Robe (1953)
740 TIM GUINEE HOW TO MAKE AN AMERICAN QUILT (1995)
809 ROBERT MITCHUM Angel Face (1952)
809 ROBERT MITCHUM She Couldn’t Say No (1954)
809 ROBERT MITCHUM The Grass Is Greener (1960)
840 LOIS SMITH How to Make an American Quilt (1995)
848 ROGER MOORE Caesar and Cleopatra (1945)
885 MARK HAMILL Thru the Moebius Strip (2005)
897 TONY CURTIS Spartacus (1960)
912 ARTHUR TOVEY Affair with a Stranger (1953)
912 ARTHUR TOVEY The Robe (1953)
914 CLIFF ROBERTSON Dominique (1978)
936 MYKELTI WILLIAMSON HOW TO MAKE AN AMERICAN QUILT (1995)
937 ROBERT EASTON Mr. Sycamore (1975)
953 ALFIE WOODARD HOW TO MAKE AN AMERICAN QUILT (1995)
959 HUGH GRANT The Dawning (1988)
Now the people who fell off the original 2000 list with their rank who appeared in a film with Jean.
14 JOHN CARRADINE The Egyptian (1954)
32 KIRK DOUGLAS Spartacus (1960)
45 BURT LANCASTER Elmer Gantry (1960)
61 TREVOR HOWARD The Clouded Yellow (1950)
61 TREVOR HOWARD The Dawning (1988)
61 TREVOR HOWARD The Way to the Stars (1945)
65 VIVECA LINDFORS Yellow Pages (1988)
67 PAUL NEWMAN Until They Sail (1957)
75 CAMERON MITCHELL Desirée (1954)
75 CAMERON MITCHELL The Robe (1953)
90 JOHN IRELAND Spartacus (1960)
94 ROBERT MORLEY Life at the Top (1965)
96 FERDY MAYNE Meet Sexton Blake (1945)
98 HERBERT LOM Cage of Gold (1950)
98 HERBERT LOM Spartacus (1960)
100 IAN WOLFE Mr. Sycamore (1975)
100 IAN WOLFE The Actress (1953)
100 IAN WOLFE Young Bess (1953)
118 WOODY STRODE Androcles and the Lion (1952)
118 WOODY STRODE Spartacus (1960)
122 JOHN MILLS Great Expectations (1946)
122 JOHN MILLS The Way to the Stars (1945)
137 CARROLL BAKER The Big Country (1958)
141 ANNE BANCROFT How to Make an American Quilt (1995)
144 PETER USTINOV Spartacus (1960)
144 PETER USTINOV The Egyptian (1954)
146 MIKE MAZURKI The Egyptian (1954)
147 LLOYD BRIDGES The Happy Ending (1969)
153 JAMES GARNER Mister Buddwing (1966)
156 GREGORY PECK The Big Country (1958)
175 MICHAEL HORDERN Trio (1950)
188 MARLON BRANDO Desirée (1954)
188 MARLON BRANDO Guys and Dolls (1955/I)
216 LAURENCE OLIVIER Hamlet (1948)
216 LAURENCE OLIVIER Spartacus (1960)
222 BESS FLOWERS Angel Face (1952)
222 BESS FLOWERS Desirée (1954)
222 BESS FLOWERS Guys and Dolls (1955/I)
222 BESS FLOWERS This Could Be the Night (1957)
227 RICHARD BURTON The Robe (1953)
245 SLIM PICKENS Rough Night in Jericho (1967)
248 ARTHUR KENNEDY Elmer Gantry (1960)
249 PAT HINGLE All the Way Home (1963)
270 FRANK SINATRA Guys and Dolls (1955/I)
271 PETER BROCCO Elmer Gantry (1960)
271 PETER BROCCO Spartacus (1960)
287 RICHARD FARNSWORTH Spartacus (1960)
289 ANTHONY PERKINS The Actress (1953)
291 LEE GRANT Divorce American Style (1967)
296 KENNETH TOBEY Angel Face (1952)
315 JEAN-PIERRE AUMONT Hilda Crane (1956)
321 LAUREN BACALL Hauru no ugoku shiro (2004)
326 ANGELA LANSBURY Mister Buddwing (1966)
354 CYRIL CUSACK The Blue Lagoon (1949)
375 PETER CUSHING Hamlet (1948)
389 LEON ASKIN The Robe (1953)
392 ALEC GUINNESS Great Expectations (1946)
421 MICHAEL ANSARA The Egyptian (1954)
421 MICHAEL ANSARA The Robe (1953)
431 MARIANNE STONE Adam and Evelyne (1949)
431 MARIANNE STONE The Clouded Yellow (1950)
459 DABBS GREER Affair with a Stranger (1953)
459 DABBS GREER She Couldn’t Say No (1954)
467 VAN JOHNSON Divorce American Style (1967)
517 WILFRID HYDE-WHITE Adam and Evelyne (1949)
517 WILFRID HYDE-WHITE Trio (1950)
524 RICHARD WATTIS The Clouded Yellow (1950)
532 JIM BACKUS Androcles and the Lion (1952)
532 JIM BACKUS Angel Face (1952)
544 LEO GORDON The Egyptian (1954)
549 STROTHER MARTIN Androcles and the Lion (1952)
553 DAN O’HERLIHY Home Before Dark (1958)
553 DAN O’HERLIHY Hungry Hill (1947)
589 ROCK HUDSON This Earth Is Mine (1959)
599 JOHN DOUCETTE The Robe (1953)
606 ALBERTO MORIN This Earth Is Mine (1959)
610 EDWARD FOX Life at the Top (1965)
636 GREGOIRE ASLAN Cage of Gold (1950)
645 LAURENCE HARVEY Life at the Top (1965)
657 DEBBIE REYNOLDS Divorce American Style (1967)
680 TONY FRANCIOSA This Could Be the Night (1957)
691 GEORGE PEPPARD Rough Night in Jericho (1967)
712 FINLAY CURRIE Footsteps in the Fog (1955)
712 FINLAY CURRIE Great Expectations (1946)
712 FINLAY CURRIE Trio (1950)
731 JOHN HOYT Androcles and the Lion (1952)
731 JOHN HOYT Desirée (1954)
731 JOHN HOYT Spartacus (1960)
744 DEAN JAGGER Elmer Gantry (1960)
744 DEAN JAGGER The Robe (1953)
746 HERB VIGRAN Hilda Crane (1956)
753 MAURICE DENHAM The Blue Lagoon (1949)
777 ERIC POHLMANN The Clouded Yellow (1950)
790 ROLAND CULVER Give Us the Moon (1944)
790 ROLAND CULVER Trio (1950)
793 PATRICK MACNEE Hamlet (1948)
793 PATRICK MACNEE Until They Sail (1957)
806 NINA FOCH Spartacus (1960)
809 DIRK BOGARDE So Long at the Fair (1950)
816 CARLETON YOUNG Spartacus (1960)
821 PIPER LAURIE Until They Sail (1957)
824 FRANK WILCOX Affair with a Stranger (1953)
854 MICHAEL MEDWIN Trio (1950)
864 JERRY ORBACH Guys and Dolls (1955/I)
867 RORY CALHOUN A Bullet Is Waiting (1954)
871 DESMOND LLEWELYN Adam and Evelyne (1949)
871 DESMOND LLEWELYN Hamlet (1948)
874 DEAN JONES Until They Sail (1957)
882 DEAN MARTIN Rough Night in Jericho (1967)
901 BERNARD LEE Cage of Gold (1950)
906 GEOFFREY KEEN The Clouded Yellow (1950)
915 IVAN TRIESAULT Young Bess (1953)
917 ROBERT J. WILKE Spartacus (1960)
932 NIGEL DAVENPORT Life at the Top (1965)
935 STEWART GRANGER Adam and Evelyne (1949)
935 STEWART GRANGER Caesar and Cleopatra (1945)
935 STEWART GRANGER Footsteps in the Fog (1955)
935 STEWART GRANGER Young Bess (1953)
959 LEON AMES Angel Face (1952)
961 NICKY BLAIR Until They Sail (1957)
963 FRANK FERGUSON This Could Be the Night (1957)
965 MARY WICKES The Actress (1953)
972 RICHARD BOONE The Robe (1953)
977 ANTHONY QUAYLE Hamlet (1948)
980 VICTOR MATURE Affair with a Stranger (1953)
980 VICTOR MATURE Androcles and the Lion (1952)
980 VICTOR MATURE The Egyptian (1954)
980 VICTOR MATURE The Robe (1953)
985 NIALL MACGINNIS Hamlet (1948)
26 Oscar winners for Jean.
ALEC GUINNESS Great Expectations (1946)
ANNE BANCROFT How to Make an American Quilt (1995)
ANTHONY HOPKINS The Dawning (1988)
BURL IVES The Big Country (1958)
BURT LANCASTER Elmer Gantry (1960)
CHARLES LAUGHTON Spartacus (1960)
CHARLES LAUGHTON Young Bess (1953)
CHARLTON HESTON The Big Country (1958)
CLIFF ROBERTSON Dominique (1978)
DEAN JAGGER Elmer Gantry (1960)
DEAN JAGGER The Robe (1953)
ELLEN BURSTYN How to Make an American Quilt (1995)
FRANK SINATRA Guys and Dolls (1955/I)
GEORGE KENNEDY Spartacus (1960)
GREGORY PECK The Big Country (1958)
JANE DARWELL Affair with a Stranger (1953)
JASON ROBARDS Divorce American Style (1967)
JASON ROBARDS Mr. Sycamore (1975)
JOAN FONTAINE Until They Sail (1957)
JOHN MILLS Great Expectations (1946)
JOHN MILLS The Way to the Stars (1945)
LAURENCE OLIVIER Hamlet (1948)
LAURENCE OLIVIER Spartacus (1960)
LEE GRANT Divorce American Style (1967)
MARLON BRANDO Desirée (1954)
MARLON BRANDO Guys and Dolls (1955/I)
PETER USTINOV Spartacus (1960)
PETER USTINOV The Egyptian (1954)
SANDY DENNIS Mr. Sycamore (1975)
SHIRLEY JONES Elmer Gantry (1960)
SHIRLEY JONES The Happy Ending (1969)
SPENCER TRACY The Actress (1953)
TERESA WRIGHT The Actress (1953)
TERESA WRIGHT The Happy Ending (1969)
VIVIEN LEIGH Caesar and Cleopatra (1945)
Hey Dan
1. If you are going to continue to vacation in areas with poor internet availability….we here at UMR.com are going to stop giving you permission to go on these trips…..lol.
2. Wow…she barely made the Top 1000 in 2000…..so it is not surprising that she is not on the list anymore.
3. I see Howl’s Moving Castle did not make your lists….that movie would give her Christian Bale and Lauren Bacall on her Oscar winning co-stars.
4. Seeing Hugh Grant sitting in 959th place makes me mention…..that I just saw Hugh in the Paddington 2 trailer….two thoughts….he is not aging well…and how low is his career going….playing a cartoon like bad guy in a kid’s movie….then again….he is pretty much replacing Nicole Kidman in the sequel.
5. Good ole Bess Flowers showing up 4 times in the second list….the most…I think…lol.
6. 28 Oscar winner co-stars is a little lower than average.
As always….fascinating lists to look at…enjoy the rest of your time at Martha’s Vineyard…been there once…and was awesome!
Actually Lauren never won an Oscar but you are correct. My listings for Howl’s Moving Castle did not have either Jean or Lauren down but I did have Christian Bale so they both get him as a connection. Both also get connected to number 626 Emily Mortimer and both get connected to #957 Billy Crystal on the 2000 list.
Thank you for doing an article on the beautiful and talented Jean Simmons. She was so underrated and gifted and could do any type of role: comedy with Cary Grant; Shakespeare with Sir Laurence Olivier; and drama with Spencer Tracy. She was the equal of any of her legendary male luminaries: Kirk Douglas, Marlon Brando (twice); Victor Mature (four times and most frequent co-star), Richard Burton; Robert Mitchum (twice); Frank Sinatra; Charlton Heston; Gregory Peck; and Stewart Granger (her great true love and co-star), among others.
She is greatly missed.
Hey Frank. Glad you liked our Jean Simmons page. I agree with you about her being underrated. Seems not too many people are aware of her awesome career these days. Her list of co-stars is filled with some of the greatest stars ever. I wish I had all of the Granger/Simmons movies listed here….though I am still digging trying to find out more information on their movies. Thanks for the visit, the comment and the nice words about this page.
I always liked Jean Simmons, and her films ran frequently on german TV. Of your listed movies, I have seen 23, but add a handful of british ones that were not popular or distributed in the US, like Hungry Hill, So Long at the Fair, Adam and Evelyne or Uncle Silas. Of the films listed above, I really love Black Narcissus, Trio, Young Bess, Mr. Emmanuel, Footsteps in the Fog, The Actress, Home before Dark, Elmer Gantry and Mr. Buddwing. My first memory of her is in Angel Face, and she was a really good femme fatale. This one has remained a favorite ever since. As much as I love her, I think I will forever be grateful to Mr. Hughes for NOT letting her play the Princess in Roman Holiday- one of Audrey Hepburns iconic roles and her only Oscar winning one. Thanks to Syndi for the suggestion and Cogey for the impeccable execution 🙂
Hey Lupino.
1. Thanks for the feedback on our Jean Simmons movie page.
2. Well your tally of 23 Simmons movies breaks out three tie at the top with 13 movies….with me having only seen 11 of her movies.
3. I reallly really wanted to include So Long At The Fair….but I can not find anything on it’s North American box office run.
4. I have only seen a couple of your favorite Simmons’ movies….Black Narcissus and Elmer Gantry….I liked Elmer…not a huge fan of Narcissus….though with so many people mentioning how much they like this movie…maybe I need to re-watch it.
5. Footsteps in the Fog and Mr. Buddwing are two of her movies that I want to watch in the near future.
6. I imagine Simmons not getting the Roman Holiday role….really changed the life path of Audrey Hepburn….it makes you wonder what would have happened to Hepburn if Simmons got that role.
7. Good stuff.
I have seen 13 of Jean Simmons movies. Were you unable to find box office information for some films between 1944 and 1954?
My favourite movies of Jean’s career are:
Guys and Dolls
Hamlet
The Actress
Spartacus
Elmer Gantry
Hey Flora….between 1944 and 1950 Jean Simmons made 17 movies…most made in England and either did not get released in North America or they had limited screens. Of those 17…..6 made the page….meaning 11 did not. From 1951 to the end of her career….I have all of her movies with the exception of An Affair With a Stranger.
Tally count….3 way tied with you, Steve and John being at 13 movies watched….with me bringing up the rear with 11. I have seen 4 of your favorites…with the Actress being the only one I have not seen. I like Spartacus and Guys and Dolls the best of those 5. Thanks for the comment, visit and tally count. It is always appreciated.
Cogerson
I have seem 13 of the movies listed. My favorites would be the 1940’s English films-Great Expectations, Black Narcissus, and Hamlet, and of course The Big Country and Spartacus. I want to give a nod to Footsteps in the Fog, a color “crime” (it is not really a mystery) film based on a clever W. W. Jacobs short story.
Hey John.
1. Thanks for the tally count, visit and comment.
2. So you and Steve are tied at 13…with me already in 3rd place with 11.
3. Glad we were able to find box office grosses on your favorite movies….our success percentage on researching her 1940s movies was not too impressive. I have seen and enjoyed 4 of your Top 5 favorites.
4. I was really really bored with Black Narcissus……it looked awesome…but the pace was brutally slow….but the other 4 are highly rated in my book….it is no fun to agree on everything….lol.
Hey John….Footsteps in the Fog….sounds like a movie I would like to see. I read the Wiki plot summary on that one while researching this page and it sounds like it has some nice twists and turns. Good feedback.