British actress Jean Simmons, pictured in this 1956 photo, has died. Photograph by: File photo, AFP/Getty Images WASHINGTON a ' British actress Jean Simmons, who starred opposite Laurence Olivier in Hamlet during a career spanning 60 years, has died in California, Los Angeles Times reported on Saturday.

A POPULAR Hollywood actress who once lived in North Somerset has died. Golden Globe and Emmy award winner Jean Simmons died on January 22 after a battle with cancer.

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HOLLYWOOD legend Jean Simmons, who had family connections in South Devon, has died aged 80.

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British actress Jean Simmons, who starred opposite Laurence Olivier in Hamlet during a career spanning 60 years, has died in California, Los Angeles Times reported on Saturday.

British actress Jean Simmons, who starred in historical epics and costume dramas but perhaps made her biggest splash as a Salvation Army member in the musical "Guys and Dolls," died Friday, Jan.

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Actress Jean Simmons. She was born in London and starred in her first film aged 14.

W Stephen Gilbert writes: Not being so much of a theatregoer, David Thomson omits one of Jean Simmons 's most significant performances in his typically shrewd obituary .

HOME > FEATURES > EXPRESS YOURSELF > Jean Simmons: I have had a lovely life Jean's luminous beauty made her a Hollywood star SHE was one of the great treasures of British cinema, a screen goddess who melted hearts for more than 60 years.

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Jean Simmons outside her Santa Monica home in 2007 with Michael Armstrong, chairman of the Regal Experience group based at Wymondham.

So much in love with movies, it's Awesome! << 'Repo Men' Newest Posters We lost Jean Simmons this weekend and a lot has been posted about her.A Therefore, I will not go into detail about her life.

Jean Simmons: British actress who has died from lung cancer aged 80 was bought up by Howard Hughes 'like a piece of meat' at the age of 22 Jean Simmons was a movie star, no doubt about that.

This version of Hamlet remains definitive, perhaps rivaled only by the longer version produced by Kenneth Branagh decades later.

Hollywood contemporaries have paid tribute to veteran actress Jean Simmons, who has died, aged 80, from lung cancer.

In memorium: Jean Simmons at her Santa Monica home in 1980. AP photo. In Memorium: Jean Simmons.

Published: Sunday, January 24, 2010 at 1:00 a.m. Last Modified: Saturday, January 23, 2010 at 10:57 p.m. Jean Simmons, 80, the English actress who made the covers of Time and Life magazines by the time she was 20 and became a major midcentury star alongside strong leading men like Laurence Olivier, Richard Burton and Marlon Brando, often playing ...