1929 - 2010
Jean Merilyn Simmons, (31 January 1929 – 22 January 2010) was a British actress and singer. One of J. Arthur Rank's "well-spoken young starlets", she appeared predominantly in films, beginning with those made in Great Britain during and after World War II, followed mainly by Hollywood films from 1950 onwards.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). Her other film appearances include Young Bess (1953), The Robe (1953), The Big Country (1958), Elmer Gantry (1960), Spartacus (1960), and the 1969 film The Happy Ending, for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jean Simmons has received more than 4,901,678 page views. Her biography is available in 53 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 51 in 2019). Jean Simmons is the 414th most popular actor (down from 399th in 2019), the 563rd most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 63rd most popular British Actor.
Jean Simmons is most famous for her roles in films such as Guys and Dolls, Spartacus, and Elmer Gantry.
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Among actors, Jean Simmons ranks 414 out of 9,996. Before her are Tobey Maguire, Emmanuelle Riva, George Gaynes, Groucho Marx, Jada Pinkett Smith, and Bob Hoskins. After her are Laurence Fishburne, Charlie Sheen, Lee Marvin, Danny Glover, John Belushi, and Donnie Yen.
1975 - Present
HPI: 63.84
Rank: 408
1927 - 2017
HPI: 63.83
Rank: 409
1917 - 2016
HPI: 63.83
Rank: 410
1890 - 1977
HPI: 63.81
Rank: 411
1971 - Present
HPI: 63.79
Rank: 412
1942 - 2014
HPI: 63.74
Rank: 413
1929 - 2010
HPI: 63.73
Rank: 414
1961 - Present
HPI: 63.72
Rank: 415
1965 - Present
HPI: 63.69
Rank: 416
1924 - 1987
HPI: 63.68
Rank: 417
1946 - Present
HPI: 63.64
Rank: 418
1949 - 1982
HPI: 63.63
Rank: 419
1963 - Present
HPI: 63.60
Rank: 420
Among people born in 1929, Jean Simmons ranks 46. Before her are Bernard Haitink, Lata Mangeshkar, John Cassavetes, Ursula K. Le Guin, James Last, and Mike Hawthorn. After her are Eric Kandel, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Yevgeny Primakov, Lennart Meri, Richard E. Taylor, and Günter Schabowski. Among people deceased in 2010, Jean Simmons ranks 22. Before her are Gennady Yanayev, Ali Hassan al-Majid, Tsutomu Yamaguchi, Maurice Allais, Georges Charpak, and Alois Brunner. After her are Vasily Smyslov, Viktor Chernomyrdin, Dino De Laurentiis, Miep Gies, Francesco Cossiga, and Blake Edwards.
1929 - 2021
HPI: 64.65
Rank: 40
1929 - 2022
HPI: 64.47
Rank: 41
1929 - 1989
HPI: 63.90
Rank: 42
1929 - 2018
HPI: 63.85
Rank: 43
1929 - 2015
HPI: 63.82
Rank: 44
1929 - 1959
HPI: 63.81
Rank: 45
1929 - 2010
HPI: 63.73
Rank: 46
1929 - Present
HPI: 63.65
Rank: 47
1929 - 2016
HPI: 63.60
Rank: 48
1929 - 2015
HPI: 63.46
Rank: 49
1929 - 2006
HPI: 63.36
Rank: 50
1929 - 2018
HPI: 63.29
Rank: 51
1929 - 2015
HPI: 63.27
Rank: 52
1937 - 2010
HPI: 65.20
Rank: 16
1941 - 2010
HPI: 64.97
Rank: 17
1916 - 2010
HPI: 64.73
Rank: 18
1911 - 2010
HPI: 64.50
Rank: 19
1924 - 2010
HPI: 64.47
Rank: 20
1912 - 2010
HPI: 64.43
Rank: 21
1929 - 2010
HPI: 63.73
Rank: 22
1921 - 2010
HPI: 63.68
Rank: 23
1938 - 2010
HPI: 63.49
Rank: 24
1919 - 2010
HPI: 63.17
Rank: 25
1909 - 2010
HPI: 63.02
Rank: 26
1928 - 2010
HPI: 62.28
Rank: 27
1922 - 2010
HPI: 62.25
Rank: 28
Among people born in United Kingdom, Jean Simmons ranks 563 out of 7,765. Before her are Mike Hawthorn (1929), Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester (1532), Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex (1964), Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis (1738), James Clark Ross (1800), and Bob Hoskins (1942). After her are James Dewar (1842), Eric Burdon (1941), James II of Scotland (1430), Thomas Savery (1650), Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (1850), and Frederick Forsyth (1938).
1929 - 1959
HPI: 63.81
Rank: 557
1532 - 1588
HPI: 63.80
Rank: 558
1964 - Present
HPI: 63.79
Rank: 559
1738 - 1805
HPI: 63.79
Rank: 560
1800 - 1862
HPI: 63.77
Rank: 561
1942 - 2014
HPI: 63.74
Rank: 562
1929 - 2010
HPI: 63.73
Rank: 563
1842 - 1923
HPI: 63.72
Rank: 564
1941 - Present
HPI: 63.70
Rank: 565
1430 - 1460
HPI: 63.70
Rank: 566
1650 - 1715
HPI: 63.70
Rank: 567
1850 - 1942
HPI: 63.69
Rank: 568
1938 - Present
HPI: 63.69
Rank: 569
Among actors born in United Kingdom, Jean Simmons ranks 63. Before her are Diana Rigg (1938), Desmond Llewelyn (1914), Richard Griffiths (1947), Helena Bonham Carter (1966), Alfred Molina (1953), and Bob Hoskins (1942). After her are Christian Bale (1974), Gerard Butler (1969), Catherine Zeta-Jones (1969), Sean Bean (1959), Dirk Bogarde (1921), and Leslie Howard (1893).
1938 - 2020
HPI: 64.23
Rank: 57
1914 - 1999
HPI: 64.22
Rank: 58
1947 - 2013
HPI: 64.16
Rank: 59
1966 - Present
HPI: 63.98
Rank: 60
1953 - Present
HPI: 63.86
Rank: 61
1942 - 2014
HPI: 63.74
Rank: 62
1929 - 2010
HPI: 63.73
Rank: 63
1974 - Present
HPI: 63.55
Rank: 64
1969 - Present
HPI: 63.51
Rank: 65
1969 - Present
HPI: 63.43
Rank: 66
1959 - Present
HPI: 63.43
Rank: 67
1921 - 1999
HPI: 63.26
Rank: 68
1893 - 1943
HPI: 63.24
Rank: 69