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Jean Simmons

American actress
Also known as: Jean Merilyn Simmons
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Jean Simmons (born January 31, 1929, London, England—died January 22, 2010, Santa Monica, California, U.S.) was a British-born American actress who was known for her cool elegance. At age 14, soon after she entered the Aida Foster School of Dancing, Simmons was persuaded by a talent scout to audition for what would be her debut film role, in Give Us the Moon (1943). Over the next several years she appeared in more than a dozen...

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