Peggy Ryan

She was continuing to teach tap-dance up to two days before her death from the effects of a stroke. (jeansimmons.net - a fan website) (http://www.jeansimmons.net). She was brought back to the small screen to play a minor role, as a secretary, in Hawaii Five-0. In 1989, she again starred in a miniseries version of Great Expectations, where she performed the role of Miss Havisham, Estella's adopted mother. Her third wedding, in 1958, was to Hawaiian columnist Eddie Sherman, following which she left movies for choreography and semi-retirement. For her appearance in the mini-series, The Thorn Birds, she won an Emmy award. They toured together in a nightclub act before being divorced in 1957. in "A little night music," then took the show to London.

She left Universal and was paired up with dancer Ray McDonald for 1949's Shamrock Hill and 1953's All Ashore, and married him in 1953. Fortunately, the screen's loss was the stage and television's gain: to glowing reviews, Simmons toured the U.S. She married James Cross in 1945; they were divorced in 1952. By the 70s, her screen career had tapered off. Her first pairing with O'Connor was 1942's What's Cookin'?, and they appeared in films together throughout World War II. 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 singing, acting, and dancing skills were noticed by George Murphy, who helped her get a role in 1937's Top of the Town. In 1950, she married the British actor, Stewart Granger, with whom she appeared in several films, successfully making the transition to Hollywood.

Her parents were the Vaudeville team "The Merry Dancing Ryans," and Peggy joined them onstage before she was two years old. In 1948, she was nominated for an Academy Award for her performance as Ophelia in Hamlet, opposite Laurence Olivier. Peggy Ryan (born Margaret O'Rene Ryan on 28 August 1924 in Long Beach, California - 30 October 2004 in Las Vegas, Nevada) was an American dancer who starred in a series of movie musicals at Universal Studios tapping with Donald O'Connor. Her first major film was Great Expectations, in which she played the young Estella. Hawaii Five-O - 1968 (television series). She was born in Crouch End, London and began acting while still in her teens. All Ashore - 1953. Jean Simmons (born January 31, 1929) is a British actress.

Shamrock Hill - 1949. There's a Girl in My Heart - 1949. Men in Her Diary - 1945. On Stage Everybody - 1945.

That's the Spirit - 1945. Patrick the Great - 1945. Here Come the Co-eds - 1945. Bowery to Broadway - 1944.

Babes on Swing Street - 1944. The Merry Monahans - 1944. This Is the Life - 1944. Chip Off the Old Block - 1944.

Top Man - 1943. Mister Big - 1943. When Johnny Comes Marching Home - 1942. Get Hep to Love - 1942.

Give Out, Sisters - 1942. Private Buckaroo - 1942. Miss Annie Rooney - 1942. Girls' Town - 1942.

What's Cookin'? - 1942. Sailor's Lady - 1940. The Grapes of Wrath - 1940. She Married a Cop - 1939.

The Flying Irishman - 1939. Billy Rose's Casa Maņana Revue - 1938. Women Men Marry - 1937. Top of the Town - 1937.

The Wedding of Jack and Jill - 1930.