Jean Simmons Movie Rankings
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Jean Simmons scores a combined 3.6086 out of 4 stars for Spartacus
3.6086
A slave, trained to be a Gladiator, insights a revolt and uprising against the corrupt Roman establishment that imprisons him and his fellow men. ... more about Spartacus
DVD from $11.00 
(6 sellers)
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Jean Simmons scores a combined 3.3124 out of 4 stars for Hamlet
3.3124
Tortured Prince of Denmark who must avenge his father's murder. He swears to his father's ghost that he will wreak revenge by killing Claudius, his uncle and now King. ... more about Hamlet
Actor Awards
Academy Awards, USA - Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Venice Film Festival - Best Actress
DVD from $13.69 
(6 sellers)
3
Jean Simmons scores a combined 3.1679 out of 4 stars for Black Narcissus
3.1679
Anglican nuns, led by the stern Sister Clodagh, attempt to establish a religious community in the Himalayas, and must battle not only suspicious locals and the elements, but their own demons as well. ... more about Black Narcissus
DVD from $13.25 
(5 sellers)
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Jean Simmons scores a combined 3.0336 out of 4 stars for Angel Face
3.0336
When Mrs. Tremayne is mysteriously poisoned with gas, ambulance driver Frank Jessup meets her refined but sensuous stepdaughter Diane, who quickly pursues and infatuates him. ... more about Angel Face
DVD from $10.88 
(7 sellers)
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Jean Simmons scores a combined 3.0008 out of 4 stars for Guys and Dolls
3.0008
All the hot gamblers are in town, and they're all depending on Nathan Detroit to set up this week's incarnation of "The Oldest Established Permanent Floating Crap Game in New York"; the only problem is, he needs $1000 to get the place. ... more about Guys and Dolls
Actor Awards
BAFTA Awards - Best Foreign Actress
Golden Globes, USA - Best Motion Picture Actress - Musical/Comedy
DVD from $4.48 
(9 sellers)
7
Jean Simmons scores a combined 2.9443 out of 4 stars for Great Expectations
2.9443
Charles Dickens' classic tale of Pip, a poor orphan who befriends an escaped convict and who grows up in the company of a bitter old woman, Miss Havisham, and her haughty young ward, Estella. ... more about Great Expectations
DVD from $15.99 
(7 sellers)
8
Jean Simmons scores a combined 2.7592 out of 4 stars for Big Country
2.7592
Retired, wealthy sea Captain Jame McKay (Gregory Peck) arrives in the vast expanse of the West to marry fiancée Pat Terrill (Carroll Baker). ... more about Big Country
DVD from $5.87 
(7 sellers)
9
Jean Simmons scores a combined 2.7120 out of 4 stars for Elmer Gantry
2.7120
Elmer Gantry, salesman, teams up with Sister Sharon Falconer, evangelist, to sell religion to America in the 1920's. They make enough money to build a temple, and Sister Sharon falls for Elmer. ... more about Elmer Gantry
Actor Awards
BAFTA Awards - Best Foreign Actress
Golden Globes, USA - Best Motion Picture Actress - Drama
DVD from $6.05 
(7 sellers)
10
Jean Simmons scores a combined 2.6987 out of 4 stars for Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
2.6987
In the year 2065, the next great assault against an invading race of phantom-like aliens is about to be launched. Dr. ... more about Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
DVD from $0.99 
(7 sellers)
11
Jean Simmons scores a combined 2.6171 out of 4 stars for Egyptian
2.6171
In eighteenth-dynasty Egypt, Sinuhe, a poor orphan, becomes a brilliant physician and with his friend Horemheb is appointed to the service of the new Pharoah. ... more about Egyptian
Not Available on DVD
12
Jean Simmons scores a combined 2.5722 out of 4 stars for How to Make an American Quilt
2.5722
Finn is a young graduate student, finishing a master's thesis, and preparing for marriage to her fiance Sam. But thoughts of the end of the free life, and a potential summer fling, intrude. ... more about How to Make an American Quilt
DVD from $3.92 
(0 sellers)
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Jean Simmons scores a combined 2.5615 out of 4 stars for Caesar and Cleopatra
2.5615
Cleopatra hasn't been on the throne of the pharoahs of Egypt very long when Julius Caesar pays a visit. Caesar finds the prospect of romance more tempting than he expected, since Cleopatra is a rare woman who is bright as well as beautiful. ... more about Caesar and Cleopatra
DVD from $188.19 
(0 sellers)
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Jean Simmons scores a combined 2.5022 out of 4 stars for Way to the Stars
2.5022
Life on a British bomber base, and the surrounding towns, from the opening days of the Battle of Britain, to the arrival of the Americans, who join in the bomber offensive. ... more about Way to the Stars
Not Available on DVD
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Jean Simmons scores a combined 2.3660 out of 4 stars for She Couldn't Say No
2.3660
As usual with most of the RKO films from this era "presented" by RKO-owner Howard Hughes, the PCA number is usually 500-1000 digits lower than the one from other studios being released at the time, indicating it was released a year or more after it was ... more about She Couldn't Say No
Not Available on DVD
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Jean Simmons scores a combined 2.2235 out of 4 stars for Divorce American Style
2.2235
After 17 years, things have got too predictable and stale. They argue, they visit a marriage counselor, Richard (drunk) visits a prostitute. They split up. ... more about Divorce American Style
DVD from $5.99 
(0 sellers)
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Jean Simmons scores a combined 2.1286 out of 4 stars for Clouded Yellow
2.1286
When Secret Service agent David Somers is fired, he takes a quiet job with the Fentons at their country estate - cataloging butterflies, hence the title insect. David grows fond of Jess Fenton's niece, a fragile, fey young woman named Sophie. ... more about Clouded Yellow
Not Available on DVD
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Jean Simmons scores a combined 2.0958 out of 4 stars for Uncle Silas
2.0958
Not Available on DVD
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Jean Simmons scores a combined 2.0799 out of 4 stars for Robe
2.0799
Marcellus is a tribune in the time of Christ. He is in charge of the group that is assigned to crucify Jesus. Drunk, he wins Jesus' homespun robe after the crucifixion. He is tormented by nightmares and delusions after the event. ... more about Robe
Actor Awards
National Board of Review, USA - Best Actress
DVD from $5.90 
(4 sellers)
21
Jean Simmons scores a combined 2.0601 out of 4 stars for Cage of Gold
2.0601
A young bride believes her husband has been killed. After a suitable period of mourning, she re-marries. But then her "dead" husband comes back and tries to extort money from her. ... more about Cage of Gold
Not Available on DVD
22
Jean Simmons scores a combined 2.0190 out of 4 stars for Young Bess
2.0190
Chronicles the life of queen Elizabeth I, before she became the queen of England. Apart from taking part in the court intrigues, she has an unhappy love for admiral Thomas Seymour, and dreams of building a navy to match the Portuguese and the Spanish. ... more about Young Bess
Actor Awards
National Board of Review, USA - Best Actress
Not Available on DVD
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Jean Simmons scores a combined 1.9825 out of 4 stars for Actress
1.9825
Former seaman Clinton Jones now works at a lowly job. His daughter Ruth wants to become an actress. Clinton gets fired and Ruth rejects the advances of Fred Whitmarsh. Her father gives her his seaman's spyglass to sell as she heads for New York City. ... more about Actress
Actor Awards
National Board of Review, USA - Best Actress
Not Available on DVD
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Jean Simmons scores a combined 1.8719 out of 4 stars for All the Way Home
1.8719
In the early 1900's Tennessee, a loving family undergoes the shock of the father's sudden, accidental death. ... more about All the Way Home
Not Available on DVD
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Jean Simmons scores a combined 1.8474 out of 4 stars for Yellow Pages
1.8474
Forever bungling private investigator Henry Brilliant (Chris Lemmon) has been hired by Maxine de la Hunt (Jean Simmons) to protect her step-daughter Marigold (Lea Thompson) during her trip to Denmark. A real caring parent should have hired an army of P.I. ... more about Yellow Pages
DVD from $3.48 
(1 sellers)
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Jean Simmons scores a combined 1.8148 out of 4 stars for Grass Is Greener
1.8148
Victor and Hillary are down on their luck to the point that they allow tourists to take guided tours of their castle. But Charles Delacro, a millionaire oil tycoon, visits, and takes a liking to more than the house. ... more about Grass Is Greener
DVD from $6.99 
(3 sellers)
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Jean Simmons scores a combined 1.7907 out of 4 stars for So Long at the Fair
1.7907
Vicky Barton and her brother, Johnny, take a trip to the 1896 Paris Exhibition. They both sleep in seperate rooms in a hotel. ... more about So Long at the Fair
Not Available on DVD
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Jean Simmons scores a combined 1.6354 out of 4 stars for This Earth Is Mine
1.6354
In 1931, Elizabeth Rambeau comes from England to live in California with her aunt and uncle of a winemaking dynasty, who are still wealthy despite 12 years of Prohibition. ... more about This Earth Is Mine
Not Available on DVD
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Jean Simmons scores a combined 1.5806 out of 4 stars for This Could Be the Night
1.5806
Actor Awards
Golden Globes, USA - Best Motion Picture Actress - Musical/Comedy
Not Available on DVD
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Jean Simmons scores a combined 1.5431 out of 4 stars for Mister Buddwing
1.5431
A well-dressed man wakes up on a bench in New York's Central Park, with no idea of who he is, or how he got there. All he can find in his pockets are a train schedule, a couple of drug capsules, and a piece of paper with a phone number on it. ... more about Mister Buddwing
Not Available on DVD
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Jean Simmons scores a combined 1.3067 out of 4 stars for Trio
1.3067
Not Available on DVD
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Jean Simmons scores a combined 1.2826 out of 4 stars for Dominique
1.2826
The wife of a greedy man comes back to haunt him after he scares her to death in this horror-thriller. He is after her money and must try several times before he finally succeeds. ... more about Dominique
Not Available on DVD
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Jean Simmons scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Affair with a Stranger
0.0001
When a TV gossip columnist wrongly announces that the marriage between now successful playwright William Blakeley and his wife Carolyn is breaking up, New York friends variously reminisce about how the two met and married. ... more about Affair with a Stranger
Not Available on DVD
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Jean Simmons scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Androcles and the Lion
0.0001
Androcles is a Christian who follows that religion's teachings even as they apply to the treatment of animals. Seeing a lion in pain, he removes a huge thorn from the beast's paw, creating a friend for life. ... more about Androcles and the Lion
Not Available on DVD
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Jean Simmons scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Bullet Is Waiting
0.0001
A policeman and his prisoner survive the crash of the plane in the mountains in which they were traveling. They seek shelter in the lonely hut of a man and his daughter... ... more about Bullet Is Waiting
Not Available on DVD
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Jean Simmons scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Desirée
0.0001
Not Available on DVD
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Jean Simmons scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Footsteps in the Fog
0.0001
To his Victorian London friends, Stephen Lowry is a heartbroken widower. ... more about Footsteps in the Fog
Not Available on DVD
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Jean Simmons scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Give Us the Moon
0.0001
Set just after the end of WWII (but filmed in the middle of it) in a time of general euphoria at having won the war, with full employment and general happiness for all (or nearly all). ... more about Give Us the Moon
Not Available on DVD
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Jean Simmons scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Happy Ending
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Actor Awards
Academy Awards, USA - Best Actress in a Leading Role
Golden Globes, USA - Best Motion Picture Actress - Drama
Not Available on DVD
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Jean Simmons scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Hilda Crane
0.0001
Not Available on DVD
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Jean Simmons scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Home Before Dark
0.0001
Actor Awards
Golden Globes, USA - Best Motion Picture Actress - Drama
Not Available on DVD
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Jean Simmons scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Hungry Hill
0.0001
Not Available on DVD
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Jean Simmons scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Life at the Top
0.0001
Joe Lampton thought he had really made it by marrying the boss's daughter in his northern mill town. But he finds he is being sidelined at work and his private life manipulated by his father-in-law. ... more about Life at the Top
Not Available on DVD
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Jean Simmons scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Mr. Emmanuel
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Not Available on DVD
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Jean Simmons scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Mr. Sycamore
0.0001
An unusual but affectionate story of a man's longing for his ideal of peace and serenity. A postman and part-time poet is inspired by the Greek legend of the two elderly guards at Jupiter's temple who are transformed into beautiful trees. ... more about Mr. Sycamore
Not Available on DVD
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Jean Simmons scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Until They Sail
0.0001
Four sisters in New Zealand fall for four U.S. ... more about Until They Sail
Not Available on DVD
 
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Jean Simmons
Birthdate:
January 31, 1929

Jean Simmons

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Career Span:

Decade
# Movies
Movie Score
1940s
13
total ranking of 2.8610  2.8610
1950s
22
total ranking of 2.7414  2.7414
1960s
9
total ranking of 2.6610  2.6610
1970s
3
total ranking of 0.3609  0.3609
1980s
2
total ranking of 0.5939  0.5939
1990s
1
total ranking of 1.3936  1.3936
2000s
3
total ranking of 1.9862  1.9862
Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews & awards.
Overall Actor Score:
2.7249
Jean Simmons is ranked overall as 2.7249 of of 4 stars
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