Simmons had a big success, though, in The Big Country (1958), directed by Wyler. She starred in Home Before Dark (1958) at Warner Bros. and This Earth Is Mine (1959) with Rock Hudson at Universal.

Jean Simmons, a beautiful young & talent actress was born this day in 1929 - London, England. She began her acting career at the age of 14, in 1944. She appeared in 56 feature films and 31 television …

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 …

Young Bess: Directed by George Sidney. With Jean Simmons, Stewart Granger, Deborah Kerr, Charles Laughton. The early life of Elizabeth I, from her childhood until her accession to the throne of …

The Big Country: Directed by William Wyler. With Gregory Peck, Jean Simmons, Carroll Baker, Charlton Heston. A New England sea captain in the 1880s arrives at his fiancée's sprawling Texas ranch, …

Until They Sail: Directed by Robert Wise. With Jean Simmons, Paul Newman, Joan Fontaine, Piper Laurie. During WWII, unmarried New Zealand women meet and marry American soldiers who are …

A series of television movies based on the works of Rosamunde Pilcher, a popular British writer of romance novels and short stories.

The Grass Is Greener: Directed by Stanley Donen. With Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr, Robert Mitchum, Jean Simmons. Victor and Hilary have guided tours in their English mansion. A US oil tycoon …

A Bullet Is Waiting: Directed by John Farrow. With Rory Calhoun, Jean Simmons, Stephen McNally, Brian Aherne. After their small plane crashes in the wilderness, a sheriff's deputy and his prisoner …

Angel Face: Directed by Otto Preminger. With Robert Mitchum, Jean Simmons, Mona Freeman, Herbert Marshall. Ambulance driver Frank Jessup is ensnared in the schemes of the sensuous but …