Jean Simmons

(jeansimmons.net - a fan website) (http://www.jeansimmons.net). She died in Las Vegas, Nevada at age sixty-four. In 1989, she again starred in a miniseries version of Great Expectations, where she performed the role of Miss Havisham, Estella's adopted mother. After filming the notorious DuBarry, Woman of Passion (1930), Norma Talmadge retired a wealthy woman. For her appearance in the mini-series, The Thorn Birds, she won an Emmy award. She married influential movie executive Joseph Schenck, who set his wife up with her own production company. in "A little night music," then took the show to London. She had her first cinema success in the small role of the seamstress in the silent movie A Tale of Two Cities (1911).
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Fortunately, the screen's loss was the stage and television's gain: to glowing reviews, Simmons toured the U.S. Her mother, Peg, encouraged her to become a movie actress. By the 70s, her screen career had tapered off. Norma began her career as a model for illustrated slides. Among her best-known leading roles are Guys and Dolls (1955), Elmer Gantry (directed by her second husband, Richard Brooks) and Spartacus, and The Happy Ending, again directed by Brooks and for which she received her second Oscar nomination. Her younger sister were Constance Talmadge and Natalie Talmadge. In 1950, she married the British actor, Stewart Granger, with whom she appeared in several films, successfully making the transition to Hollywood. She was born in Jersey City, New Jersey, the daughter of Fred and Margaret (Peg) Talmage.

In 1948, she was nominated for an Academy Award for her performance as Ophelia in Hamlet, opposite Laurence Olivier. Norma Talmadge (May 26, 1893 – December 24, 1957) was an American actress. Her first major film was Great Expectations, in which she played the young Estella. Du Barry, Woman of Passion (1930). She was born in Crouch End, London and began acting while still in her teens. New York Nights (1929). Jean Simmons (born January 31, 1929) is a British actress. Woman Disputed (1928).

Show People (1928). Camille (1927). Dove (1927). Kiki (1926).

Graustark (1925). The Lady (1925). Secrets (1924). In Hollywood with Potash and Perlmutter (1924).

The Only Woman (1924). Within the Law (1923). Voice from the Minaret (1923).