Jean Simmons biography
Jean Merilyn Simmons (January 31, 1929 – January 22, 2010) was an English
movies actress, received Academy Award for Best Actress for The Happy Ending
and Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Hamlet (1948). Was born in
Lower Holloway, London, England. Became a U.S. citizen in 1956. She and Marlon
Brando were originally supposed to lip - sync their songs in the musical movie Guys
and Dolls (1955/I). Samuel Goldwyn heard them during rehearsal and decided the
untrained stars should do their own singing for authenticity.
Personal Quotes
Every actress has to face the facts there are younger, more beautiful girls
right behind you. Once you've gone beyond the vanity of the business, you'll
take on the tough roles.[on Spartacus (1960)] Making "Spartacus" was enough acting to last anybody
a lifetime. You know, after we had been filming a year Kirk Douglas sent me a
magnum of champagne with a little note saying, "I hope our second year will
be as happy as our first."[on Spartacus (1960)] I remember a long, long day of filming and it took
forever to get Kirk Douglas up on his cross. We played a terrible joke on him
when, as he was safely installed, the assistant director called lunch and left
him up there. He could have had the lot of us fired but he was very good about
it. You have to have a sense of humor in this industry.Natural hair color: Brown; Eye color: Hazel; Height: 5' 6" / 1.68cm;
Measurements: ; Shoe size: 11; Zodiac Sign: Aquarius;
Filmography
1995 - How to Make an American Quilt
1990 - Laker Girls
1989 - Great Expectations
1989 - The Dawning
1988 - Going Undercover
1988 - A Friendship in Vienna
1988 - Inherit the Wind
1987 - Perry Mason: The Case of
the Lost Love
1986 - North and South, Book II
1985 - Midas Valley
1985 - North and South
1985 - Yellow Pages
1984 - A Moment in Time
1983 - The Thorn Birds
1981 - A Small Killing
1981 - Jacqueline Susann's Valley
of the Dolls
1981 - Golden Gate
1979 - Dominique Is Dead
1979 - Beggarman, Thief
1978 - The Dain Curse
1974 - Mr. Sycamore
1971 - Say Hello to Yesterday
1969 - The Happy Ending
1968 - Heidi
1967 - Divorce American Style
1967 - Rough Night in Jericho
1967 - Soldier in Love
1966 - Mister Buddwing
1965 - Life at the Top
1964 - Crazier Than Cotton
1963 - All the Way Home
1961 - The Grass Is Greener
1960 - Spartacus
1960 - Elmer Gantry
1959 - This Earth Is Mine
1958 - Home Before Dark
1958 - The Big Country
1957 - This Could Be the Night
1957 - Until They Sail
1956 - Hilda Crane
1955 - Guys and Dolls
1955 - Footsteps in the Fog
1954 - Desiree
1954 - A Bullet Is Waiting
1954 - The Egyptian
1954 - Demetrius and the Gladiators
1953 - The Robe
1953 - The Actress
1953 - Affair with a Stranger
1953 - Angel Face
1953 - Young Bess
1952 - She Couldn't Say No
1952 - Androcles and the Lion
1950 - The Home Front
1950 - Trio
1950 - So Long at the Fair
1950 - Cage of Gold
1950 - The Clouded Yellow
1949 - The Blue Lagoon
1949 - Adam and Evelyne
1948 - The Woman in the Hall
1948 - Hamlet
1947 - Hungry Hill
1947 - Black Narcissus
1947 - The Inheritance
1946 - Great Expectations
1946 - Caesar and Cleopatra
1945 - The Way to the Stars
1944 - Meet Sexton Blake
1944 - Mr. Emmanuel
1944 - Give Us the Moon
1944 - Kiss the Bride Goodbye
Marlene Dietrich biography
Marlene Dietrich ( 27 December 1901 – 6 May 1992) was a German - American
actress , American Film Institute named Dietrich the ninth greatest female star
of all time. She was born in Schöneberg, a district of Berlin, Germany. Became
a US citizen in 1937. Never worked without a mirror on the set so she could
constantly check her makeup and hair. The only show-business friend she ever
had was Mae West. First German actress to be Oscar-nominated. Lived out her
life in apartment #12E at 993 Park Avenue in Manhattan.Personal Quotes
I'm not an movies actress -- I'm a personality.
In 1964: "I had no desire to be a movies actress, to always play somebody else, to
be beautiful with somebody constantly straightening out your every eyelash. It was
always a big bother to me."To be completely a woman you need a master, and in him a compass for your life.
You need a man you can look up to and respect. If you dethrone him it's no wonder
that you are discontented, and discontented women are not loved for long.A man would prefer to come home to an unmade bed and a happy woman than to a
neatly made bed and an angry woman.Natural hair color: Blonde; Eye color: Blue; Height: 5' 6" / 1.68cm;
Measurements: 35-24-33; Shoe size: 7; Zodiac Sign: Capricorn;
Filmography
1964 - Paris When It Sizzles
1957 - The Monte Carlo Story
1957 - Witness for the Prosecution
1958 - Touch of Evil
1956 - Around the World in 80 Days
1952 - Rancho Notorious
1951 - No Highway in the Sky
1950 - Stage Fright
1949 - Jigsaw
1948 - A Foreign Affair
1947 - Golden Earrings
1946 - Martin Roumagnac
1944 - Follow the Boys
1944 - Kismet
1943 - Show Business at War
1942 - The Spoilers
1942 - Pittsburgh
1942 - The Lady Is Willing
1941 - Manpower
1941 - The Flame of New Orleans
1940 - Seven Sinners
1939 - Destry Rides Again
1937 - Angel
1937 - Knight Without Armour
1936 - The Garden of Allah
1936 - Desire
1936 - I Loved a Soldier
1935 - The Devil Is a Woman
1934 - The Scarlet Empress
1933 - Song of Songs
1932 - Shanghai Express
1932 - Blonde Venus
1931 - Dishonored
1930 - The Blue Angel
1930 - Morocco
1929 - Das Schiff Der Verlorenen Menschen
1929 - Gefahren Der Brautzeit
1929 - The Woman Men Yearn For
1929 - I Kiss Your Hand, Madame
1929 - Eine DuBarry Von Heute
1926 - Madame wunscht keine Kinder
1926 - Kopf Hoch, Charly!
1926 - Manon Lescaut
1925 - Die Freudlose Gasse
1919 - Comradeship
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