Indeed, she might have done Jean Brodie. She attended the Telluride Film Festival, Colorado, in 2008 and she was interviewed at a Lean centenary celebration in Los Angeles where she was still as pretty, seductive and mischievous as she had been as Estella in Great Expectations. He also made her appear in She Couldn't Say No (1954), a comedy with Mitchum. Jean Simmons is UPDATE SOON. I was too young for it all really, very naive, she revealed. Several other films followed, with modest roles: Mr Emmanuel; Kiss the Bride Goodbye; Meet Sexton Blake; a singer in The Way to the Stars; and a slave girl for Leigh in Caesar and Cleopatra. Her father had died when she was just 16, but she said: "They were really nothing like my father at all. so exciting to work for and very encouraging and then I made Hamlet with Laurence Olivier which was mind-blowing. Who is Kate Brooks? Emmerdales Michelle Hardwick has married producer Kate Brooks in Memphis and the ceremony looks adorable. Simmons was born on 31 January 1929, in Islington, London,[4] to Charles Simmons, a bronze medalist in gymnastics at the 1912 Summer Olympics, and his wife, Winifred Ada (ne Loveland). In truth, she always seemed too strong-willed and amused for weepy material. Her favorite role, though , was Sister Sarah in the 1955 musical Guys and Dolls. Asked what Jean considered her greatest accomplishment, Kate quickly responds, Marrying my dad. Jean and Richard Brooks divorced in 1977 shortly after her lengthy London stage triumph in A Little Night Music. All quotes delayed a minimum of 15 minutes. Initially she had. Every time you get up in the morning, you are ahead., Sadly, busy work schedules drove Jean and Richard apart, and their marriage ended in 1980. Simmons went into Elmer Gantry (1960), directed by Richard Brooks, who became her second husband. Among these were The Thorn Birds (1983), for which she won an Emmy Award for outstanding supporting actress in a limited series or special; Great Expectations (1989); Her Own Rules (1998); and Winter Solstice (2003). And so, aged only 21, she went to Hollywood. She was a very exuberant and lively child and grew up with her three siblings Edna, Lorna and Harold. Mom always put us first, Kate tells, . her two cats and a dog. Jean would seek treatment years later at the Betty Ford Center, quipping, All I can say is thank God for Mrs. Ford!, After many decades in the spotlight, Jean began to embrace her solitude. Privacy Policy, Emmerdale spoilers: Belles new romance as villain returns after 10 years, Emmerdale spoilers: Major character return confirmed and fans will be delighted, Emmerdale star Chelsea Halfpenny expecting first baby with fiancJames Baxter, Emmerdale spoilers: Lydia lets rip at Samson amid grief over death. The brilliant picture was directed by Otto Preminger and photographed by the great veteran Harry Stradling. RM EC7KN3 - Elmer Gantry is a 1960 drama film about a con man and a female evangelist selling religion to small town America. I didnt do anything, she confessed. They remained in contact until his death in 1992 but she admitted that when the roles were less interesting she battled alcoholism. She returned to London in 1943 and started attending Ada Foster School of Dance along with her sister Edna. In 1961, their daughter Kate Brooks was born. This image can't be licensed for personal use (e.g. If you've got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the Metro.co.uk entertainment team by emailing us celebtips@metro.co.uk, calling 020 3615 2145 or by visiting our Submit Stuff page - we'd love to hear from you. [23] Simmons also agreed to make three more movies under the auspices of RKO, but not actually at that studioshe would be lent out. I like to think of myself as a very positive thinker, like to think of the glass as being half full., In the film Hannah suggests she may write a book about her life. Emmerdale's Michelle Hardwick has married producer Kate Brooks in Memphis and the ceremony looks adorable. However, she was by then an expert at the Oscars, for she attended the previous year and four times was on stage to accept awards on behalf of Great Expectations and Black Narcissus. [6] Her father, a physical education teacher,[7] taught briefly at Sidcot School, and some time during this period, Simmons followed her eldest sister onto the village stage and sang popular songs such as "Daddy Wouldn't Buy Me a Bow Wow". On her return to London, Simmons enrolled at the Aida Foster School of Dance. She got married for the second time on November 1, 1960, to American film director and screenwriter Richard Brooks. Jean Simmons reflected on touching way second husband propelled her confidence in acting . Jean certainly had a revolving door of leading men to choose from, but she only had eyes for screenwriter and director Richard Brooks, Jeans second husband and Kates father. Jean Merilyn Simmons, OBE (31 January 1929 22 January 2010) was a British actress and singer. Her favorite role, though , was Sister Sarah in the 1955, Singing with Marlon Brando and acting with, Frank Sinatra and Marlon Brando's Feud and 'Disdain' Started Over Role. According to Richard, there was hidden turmoil beneath the surface of their happy union Jeans struggle with alcohol. Small $175.00 Medium $375.00 Large 2955 x 2013 px (41.04 x 27.96 in) She had lung cancer. 1st September 1975: Actress Jean Simmons, with her daughters, Kate and Tracy, on a boat trip on the River Thames in London. Every time you get up in the morning, you are ahead.'. Thus it contains and she sustains some of the most luminous close-ups ever given to a femme fatale. Simmons won a best supporting actress Oscar nomination for playing Ophelia in Hamlet in 1948 and a best actress nomination for her role in The Happy Ending -- a 1969 film directed by her second husband Richard Brooks. Jean's luminous beauty made her a Hollywood star. Emmerdale star Michelle Hardwich revealed she has given birth to her baby boy with wife Kate Brooks over the weekend. Jean certainly had a revolving door of leading men to choose from, but she only had eyes for screenwriter and director Richard Brooks, Jeans second husband and Kates father. She made it to the covers of the Time and Life magazines in her twenties. Its like a child breaking away from an overprotective parent. Hughes acquired promising young beauties the way other people capture butterfies and pin them to a page. Personal life. They made it work for so long. In a 1984 interview, Jean said, It was Richard Brooks who tried to make me stand on my own two feet. How far she understood the picture is unclear. According to Richard, there was hidden turmoil beneath the surface of their happy union Jeans struggle with alcohol. Jean Simmons was in 11 on-screen matchups, including Burt Lancaster in Elmer Gantry (1960), Ken Howard in Murder, She Wrote (1984), Kirk . [13], Simmons had the lead in Frank Launder's The Blue Lagoon (1949), based on the novel by Henry De Vere Stacpoole and co-produced with Launder's partner Sidney Gilliat, a project originally announced for Lockwood a decade earlier. She was always so happy to see us around those dramatic Christmases.. For a number of years, British film exhibitors voted Simmons among the top ten British stars at the box office via an annual poll in the Motion Picture Herald. [16], Simmons made two films that were popular at the local box office: So Long at the Fair (1950) with Dirk Bogarde and Trio (1950), where she was one of several stars. In a career span of over six decades, she worked with many renowned directors like Val Guest, David Lean and Stanley Kubrick and starred opposite leading actors like Laurence Olivier, Marlon Brando and Richard Burton. Michelle, 45, was last seen on our screens 19 months ago after exiting the ITV soap as she prepared to welcome son Teddy, one, with wife Kate Brooks. She lent her voice as Grandma Sophie in the Japanese animated fantasy film, Howl's Moving Castle (2004) and also as Shepway in the Hong Kongproduced 3D-CGI feature film, Thru the Moebius Strip (2005). Simmons won her fi rst Oscar nomination for Hamlet when she was just 19 and moved to Hollywood in 1950 with first husband Stewart Granger, who was 16 years her senior and already married when they fi rst met. According to Richard, there was hidden turmoil beneath the surface of their happy union Jeans struggle with alcohol. She is a production manager and producer, known for Pitch (1997), Superstars (2008) and Grand Slam (2003). He wasnt easy; she was a trouper. For a while she remained in Britain. 2023 Getty Images. Simmons had two daughters, Tracy Granger (a film editor since 1990), and Kate Brooks (a TV production assistant and producer), one by each marriage - their names bearing witness to Simmons' friendship with Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn. They in turn have spoken affectionately of a woman they found sweet, easy-going and immensely approachable. Since early 1950s, she made a transition from a predominantly British film career to an American one. By clicking Sign Up, you agree to our Terms and Conditions and that you have read our Privacy Policy. Jean was the youngest of four children, with siblings Lorna, Harold, and Edna. 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 . My father was a gentle, softly spoken man. Hughes eventually got the message and Jean finally found some roles worthy of her abilities including TheActress opposite Spencer Tracy. 355,253,348 stock photos, 360 panoramic images, vectors and videos, Share Alamy images with your team and customers. Alamy and its logo are trademarks of Alamy Ltd. and are registered in certain countries. Then, in the same year, she played the adopted daughter of Stewart Granger in Adam and Evelyne. Photo shows 46-year-old actress Jean Simmons with her daughters Tracy, 18, and Kate 14, on the launch which took them and members of the cast of ''A Little Night Music'', in which Jean is appearing, on an outing from Westminster to Hampton Court yesterday. After the film was released in the US, she was featured on the cover of Time magazine. Tracy was quite extraordinary, she revealed. Sorry, we are unable to accept comments about this article at the moment. They divorced in 1960.[29]. She also previously worked as a story liner on Hollyoaks and shows like A League of their Own. According to her, this film changed her perception about filming, which till such time was only fun and games for her, and from that time onwards she seriously contemplated taking up acting as a career. (Photo by Gary Merrin/Keystone/Getty Images) Embed Save PURCHASE A LICENSE Standard editorial rights Custom rights How can I use this image? Her star continued to rise once she moved to Hollywood, where she expertly tackled parts ranging from Shakespearean maidens to devilish femme fatales. Emmerdale spoilers: Marys exit confirmed amid fire horror? She had the lead in Columbia's A Bullet Is Waiting (1954). She married English film actor Stewart Granger on December 20, 1950, in Tucson, Arizona. the role of the incognito princess in Roman Holiday which earned a best actress Oscar for promising newcomer Audrey Hepburn. Their wedding comes nine months after Michelle popped the question to Kate, following months of planning. In 1960 Simmons and Granger were divorced, Granger describing her as "'like a child breaking away from an over-protective parent", and she married Brooks, with whom she had a daughter, Kate (after . In 1969, he cast her in the role of an alcoholic wife in his film The Happy Ending, a not so-subtle hint at his concern for her. The producer, Sam Goldwyn, had wanted Grace Kelly for the part. [12], Simmons was married and divorced twice. Id whine: Im afraid. And hed say: Never be afraid to fail. Biography [ edit ] At age 20, while studying Russian and photography, Kate became actively involved in the plight of Russian orphans, starting a non-profit aid group to help the children at an institution . Simmons, who herself faced challenges and fought her own battle with alcohol addiction, never shied away from speaking publicly about her own ordeal due to the addiction. Hamlet won the Oscar for best picture, and Simmons was nominated for best supporting actress; in fact, she lost to Claire Trevor in Key Largo. Jan. 23, 2010. She received treatment at the Betty Ford clinic. In the cute shot, Michelle rocks a white flared jumpsuit that Elvis himself would be proud of as well as some killer sunglasses. The British-born actress got her start early, garnering international renown at just 17 for her portrayal of Estella in David Leans Great Expectations. The couple divorced in 1980. Simmons did Heidi (1968) for TV, then Brooks wrote and directed The Happy Ending (1969) for her, and she received her second Oscar nomination. He introduced her to the cream of the movie capital with a party at the Beverly Hills Hotel. She starred with Granger in many films. Her star continued to rise once she moved to Hollywood, where she expertly tackled parts ranging from Shakespearean maidens to devilish femme fatales. Lancaster and Shirley Jones won Oscars in that film, but Simmons was not even nominated. It had one of the most prolonged production periods in Hollywood history as Kirk Douglas fired original director Anthony Mann and hired Stanley Kubrick and called on Jean to replace Sabina Bethman as Varinia. Jean Simmons. Pascal saw potential in Simmons, and in 1945 he signed her to a seven-year contract to the J. Arthur Rank Organisation. Her star continued to rise once she moved to Hollywood, where she expertly tackled parts ranging from Shakespearean maidens to devilish femme fatales. For me, even at the grand old age of 80, she was the abiding proof that Britain does indeed have talent, her radiant good looks and rare intelligence making her one of Hollywoods brightest stars in the Fifties when she appeared opposite Marlon Brando in Guys And Dolls, Gregory Peck in The Big Country and Kirk Douglas in Spartacus. About. But eventually the lure of stardom proved just too tantalising. In 1969, he cast her in the role of an alcoholic wife in his film The Happy Ending, a not so-subtle hint at his concern for her. Have something to tell us about this article? On 1 November 1960, Simmons married director Richard Brooks; their daughter, Kate Brooks, was born a year later in 1961. The latter won her Primetime Emmy Awards. But then the films grew more routine: Affair With a Stranger (with Victor Mature); with Richard Burton and CinemaScope in The Robe there may have been a fling with Burton; She Couldn't Say No she should have; the dreary The Egyptian; A Bullet Is Waiting, in which she was expected to take Rory Calhoun as co-star; Dsire ruined by the languid mockery of co-star Marlon Brando; and Footsteps in the Fog (with Granger). At this point, her ambition was to be an acrobatic dancer.[8]. I really dont have a bad word to say about her., Despite Jeans demanding work schedule, she always managed to make time for her family, especially at Christmas. Simmons and Brooks divorced in 1980. The two confirmed they were dating in September 2017 with an Instagram selfie on National Coming Out Day. One notable exception to this trend was Home Before Dark (1958), where Simmons was outstanding as a woman who has had a nervous breakdown. a 1969 film directed by her second husband Richard Brooks. A cast of Laurence Olivier, Charles Laughton and Peter Ustinov proved impossible to resist. Hughes yielded in the courts in 1952, and Simmons was able to begin a run of costume films, some of them important productions (such as The Robe), but many of them giving her too little to do: in Androcles and the Lion; as Elizabeth I in Young Bess (with Granger, Deborah Kerr and Charles Laughton); very good, though too pretty, as the young Ruth Gordon in George Cukor's The Actress she worked especially well with Spencer Tracy. Copyright 18/04/2023 Alamy Ltd. All rights reserved. She is interred in Highgate Cemetery, north London.[38][39][40]. Simmons played the title role in Hilda Crane (1956) at Fox, a box-office disappointment. But nothing worked out smoothly, and it is somehow typical of Simmons that her most astonishing work in Angel Face (1952) is not very well known. In 2005, she signed a petition to British Prime Minister Tony Blair asking him not to upgrade cannabis from a class C drug to class B. After we had been filming a year Kirk Douglas sent me a magnum of champagne with a note saying, I hope our second year will be as happy as our first. IN Shadows In The Sun, Jean plays Hannah, a grandmother who still retains an adventurous spirit as she reaches the twilight of her years. However, you will find some great articles which you can comment on right now in our Comment section. It was only when I worked with David Lean on Great Expectations that I began to get the bug. The pair wed in 1960 following Jeans decade-long marriage to the British actor Stewart Granger, with whom she had her first daughter, Sadly, busy work schedules drove Jean and Richard apart, and their marriage ended in 1980. Later on in life, she turned rather hermit-like, Kate says. They remained in contact until his death in 1992 but she admitted that when the. I thought Id get married, have children and lead a normal life. But its the guy she chose that got me. https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/jean-simmons-7274.php, British Female Film & Theater Personalities, 20th Century Film & Theater Personalities, 20th Century British Film & Theater Personalities, Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or a Special. It was working with David Lean that convinced me to go on. [36], In 2003, she became the patron of the British drugs and human rights charity Release. But I figured I'd just go off and get married and have children like my mother. As a 14-year-old dance student she was plucked from her school to play Margaret Lockwoods precocious sister in Give Us the Moon (1944), according to a biography of the actress on IMDb.COM movies website. More or less, in the early 1970s, she seemed to retire. A court case freed Simmons from the contract with Hughes in 1952. Simmons, who was 80 and had lung cancer, died at her home in Santa Monica on Friday night, it quoted her agent Judy Page as saying. . Olivier offered her the chance to work and study at the Old Vic, advising her to play anything they offered her to get experience; but she was under contract to Rank, which vetoed the idea. He was searching for a vivacious young girl to cast as Heidi, the precocious sister of Nina played by Margaret Lockwood, for his upcoming comedy film, Give Us the Moon (1944). Simmons then did The Grass Is Greener (1960) with Mitchum, Cary Grant, and Deborah Kerr. My mother would wrap every little, tiny [present], Kate recalls. During this time, little Simmons used to accompany her elder sister and sing songs at the village stage. Yes, in many ways. [9] Simmons and Brooks divorced in 1980. The British-born actress got her start early, garnering international renown at just 17 for her portrayal of Estella in David Leans Great Expectations. Born July 9, 1961 Add photos, demo reels Add to list More at IMDbPro Contact info Agent info Known for Pitch 6.5 Producer 1997 Superstars 5.1 TV Series Producer 2008 3 eps [11], Simmons had support roles in Hungry Hill (1947) with Margaret Lockwood and the Powell-Pressburger film Black Narcissus (1947), playing an Indian woman in the latter alongside Sabu. She wasnt yearning for anything but maybe her marriage back, Kate says. "[21] Smarting over his rebuff from Granger, Hughes instructed Preminger to treat Simmons as roughly as possible, leading the director to demand that costar Mitchum repeatedly slap the actress harder and harder, until Mitchum turned and punched Preminger, asking if that was how he wanted it.[22]. Showing a good deal of flesh for its day (Brooke Shields took her role in the 1980 remake), this was reckoned as a rather daring film and it was almost certainly viewed, and re-viewed, by Howard Hughes. Her star continued to rise once she moved to Hollywood, where she expertly tackled parts ranging from Shakespearean maidens to devilish femme fatales. That same year she starred in a remake of Great Expectations , this time playing the role of Miss Havisham, Estella's adoptive mother, and as Elizabeth Collins Stoddard/Naomi Collins, in the short-lived revival of the 1960s daytime series Dark Shadows, in roles originally played by Joan Bennett. Search with an image file or link to find similar images. So, too, were This Could Be the Night (1957) and Until They Sail (1957), both at MGM. On January 22, 2010, she succumbed to lung cancer at her home. Mom always put us first, Kate tells Closer. Simmons was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Hamlet (1948), and won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress for Guys and Dolls (1955). Simmons made her television debut in Soldier in Love (1967) and in the late 1970s began appearing chiefly in television movies. 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