Jean Simmons

Jean Simmons

Born: January 31, 1929
Died: January 22, 2010
in Crouch Hill, London, England, UK
Jean Merilyn Simmons, OBE (January 31, 1929 – January 22, 2010) was an English actress. She appeared predominantly in motion pictures, beginning with films made in Great Britain during and after World War II – she was one of J. Arthur Rank's 'well-spoken young starlets' – followed mainly by Hollywood films from 1950.

Movies for Jean Simmons...

Discovering Hamlet
Title: Discovering Hamlet
Character: Ophelia (archive footage)
Released: November 1, 2011
Type: Movie
Journey into "Hamlet"-the play and the man-through the experiences of some of the major actors and directors who have brought Shakespeare's great tragedy to life. Christopher Plummer, David Tennant, John Nettles, John Simm, Sir Trevor Nunn, Franco Zeffirelli, Philip Saville, and others explore the enduring appeal of the Prince of Denmark more than 400 years after his stage debut.
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Shadows in the Sun
Title: Shadows in the Sun
Character: Hannah
Released: June 15, 2009
Type: Movie
A mysterious young loner changes the lives of one family and helps them rediscover their roots and deep affection for one another.
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Winter Solstice
Title: Winter Solstice
Character: Countess Lucinda Rhives
Released: December 25, 2003
Type: Movie
When Elfrida Philips abandons London for a country village, she settles in quickly. She is very poor, but has a tiny cottage, her four-legged friend Horace, and friendships of good neighbors. Tragedy upsets her newfound tranquillity, and she takes refuge in a rambling house with a new gentleman friend in Corrydale. But the group proves to be greater than the sum of its ill-fitting parts, and as the solstice passes, and as Christmas approaches, the healing power of love, begins to work its magic. (Filmed at Dunrobin Castle, Golspie, Sutherland)
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Title: Winter Solstice
Released: December 25, 2003
Type: TV
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Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
Title: Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
Character: Council Member (voice)
Released: July 2, 2001
Type: Movie
Led by a strange dream, scientist Aki Ross struggles to collect the eight spirits in the hope of creating a force powerful enough to protect the planet. With the aid of the Deep Eyes Squadron and her mentor, Dr. Sid, Aki must save the Earth from its darkest hate and unleash the spirits within.
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On Cukor
Title: On Cukor
Character: Narrator
Released: November 22, 2000
Type: Movie
Widely thought of as “a woman’s director,” legendary film director George Cukor is profiled with the use of film clips and interviews with his friends and colleagues to provide a picture of the director’s unique accomplishments and to trace the arc of his career.
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Her Own Rules
Title: Her Own Rules
Character: Katherine Stratton
Released: January 1, 1998
Type: Movie
Melissa Gilbert stars as Marygold/Meredith. A sad and lonely writer returning to her home town in England for the first time since she was about 6 or 7 years old,after being adopted and raised in America. While there she decides to look for her mother's grave,and finds out her memories are not exactly what she thought they were,her mother is alive. She then sets out to find her mother and some answers and finds both. She also falls in love, of course, but has a problem with long term commitments...
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Daisies in December
Title: Daisies in December
Character: Katherine Palmer
Released: December 3, 1995
Type: Movie
A seaside hotel for senior citizens is the setting for late-season love as costars Jean Simmons and Joss Ackland meet and make a match in this romantic human drama. Gerald's a stuffy ex-stockbroker who's been placed in the facility for his own best interest. Katherine's a warm and friendly resident with a soaring spirit and a zest for life. Their union is a transforming one, and also timely, as Katherine stands on the threshhold of a painful and very frightening battle with cancer. Poignant storytelling with a winning pair of costars.
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How to Make an American Quilt
Title: How to Make an American Quilt
Character: Em
Released: October 6, 1995
Type: Movie
Soon-to-be-wed graduate student Finn Dodd develops cold feet when she suspects her fiancé is cheating on her. In order to clear her head, Finn visits her grandmother, Hy, and great aunt, Glady Joe Cleary, in Grasse, Calif. There, Finn learns that Hy and Glady Joe are members of a group of passionate quilters, and over the course of her visit she is regaled with tales of love and life by women who have collected rich experiences and much wisdom.
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Title: Mysteries of the Bible
Released: March 25, 1994
Type: TV
Mysteries of the Bible is an hour-long television series that was originally broadcast by A&E from March 25, 1994 until June 13, 1998 and aired reruns until 2002. The series was about biblical mysteries and was produced by FilmRoos. The Discovery Channel and BBC also released a series of the same name in 2003. National Geographic produced a series with this title in 2006.
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Title: Angel Falls
Character: Irene Larson
Released: August 26, 1993
Type: TV
Angel Falls is a drama series that aired from August 26, 1993 to September 30, 1993. The premise of the series is Rae Dawn Snow and her teenage son moving back to her Montana hometown after the death of her father.
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Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors
Title: Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors
Character: Carrie-Louise Serrocold
Released: December 29, 1991
Type: Movie
At the insistence of Ruth Van Rydock, an old schoolfriend who is convinced that there is something wrong, Miss Marple agrees to visit 'Stonygates', the country house of Ruth's sister.
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Title: Great Expectations
Character: Miss Havisham
Released: June 21, 1991
Type: TV
Miniseries based on Charles Dickens' novel of the same title.
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Title: Dark Shadows
Character: Elizabeth Collins Stoddard / Naomi Collins
Released: January 13, 1991
Type: TV
Dark Shadows is a primetime television series which aired on NBC from January to March 1991. A re-imagining of the 1966–1971 ABC daytime gothic soap opera Dark Shadows, the revival was developed by Dan Curtis, creator of the original series.
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People Like Us
Title: People Like Us
Character: Peach Prindible Bailey
Released: May 13, 1990
Type: Movie
When a wealthy scriptwriter and socialite's daughter is murdered, he feels let down by the courts, and so decides to use his powerful position to enable his own form of justice.
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Laker Girls
Title: Laker Girls
Character: Connie Harrison
Released: April 3, 1990
Type: Movie
Three hopefuls — a college grad, a dance teacher from Watts, and an incognito heiress — vie for a spot on the Los Angeles Lakers cheerleading team.
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Sensibility and Sense
Title: Sensibility and Sense
Character: Older Elinor
Released: January 24, 1990
Type: Movie
Three friends who bonded over their radical beliefs in the 1930s reunite after becoming estranged over a book one of them wrote.
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A Friendship in Vienna
Title: A Friendship in Vienna
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: August 27, 1988
Type: Movie
Inge Dournenvald and Lise Mueller are best friends in pre-WW2 Austria, despite the fact that Inge is Jewish and Lise is the daughter of a Nazi sympathizer. When they are forbidden to see each other, they meet secretly. After the Germans invade Austria in 1938, Inge and her family escape to America with the help of Lise
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Going Undercover
Title: Going Undercover
Character: Maxine de la Hunt
Released: June 17, 1988
Type: Movie
Forever bungling private investigator Henry Brilliant (Chris Lemmon) has been hired by Maxine de la Hunt (Jean Simmons) to protect her step-daughter Marigold (Lea Thompson) during her trip to Denmark. A real caring parent should have hired an army of P.I.s to protect Marigold from Mr. Brilliant. His name, he's not.
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The Dawning
Title: The Dawning
Character: Aunt Mary
Released: June 8, 1988
Type: Movie
An IRA gunman on the run from the government meets an idealistic young woman and attempts to win her support for his cause.
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Inherit the Wind
Title: Inherit the Wind
Character: Lucy Brady
Released: March 20, 1988
Type: Movie
Based on a real-life case in 1925, two great lawyers argue the case for and against a science teacher accused of the crime of teaching evolution.
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Title: Star Trek: The Next Generation
Character: Admiral Nora Satie
Released: September 28, 1987
Type: TV
Follow the intergalactic adventures of Capt. Jean-Luc Picard and his loyal crew aboard the all-new USS Enterprise NCC-1701D, as they explore new worlds.
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Perry Mason: The Case of the Lost Love
Title: Perry Mason: The Case of the Lost Love
Character: Laura Robertson
Released: February 23, 1987
Type: Movie
Perry must defend the husband of an old flame from a murder charge.
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Title: North and South
Character: Clarissa Main
Released: November 3, 1985
Type: TV
The story of the enduring friendship between Orry Main of South Carolina and George Hazard of Pennsylvania, who become best friends while attending the United States Military Academy at West Point but later find themselves and their families on opposite sides of the American Civil War.
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Title: The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Character: Margaret Lowen
Released: September 29, 1985
Type: TV
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents is an American anthology series that aired on NBC from 1985 to 1986, and on the USA Network from 1987 to 1989. The series is an updated re-imagining of the classic 1955 series Alfred Hitchcock Presents.
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Midas Valley
Title: Midas Valley
Character: Molly Hammond
Released: June 27, 1985
Type: Movie
Set in Silicon Valley, California, follows the lives of a group of people involved in the competitive world of computer electronics and the greed, passion and intrigue amongst them.
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The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio
Title: The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 1985
Type: Movie
Documentary - After starting his career producing religious film shorts, J. Arthur Rank went on to become Britain's first and only movie mogul with his establishment of the legendary Pinewood Studios. Narrated by Michael Caine, THE GOLDEN GONG chronicles Pinewood's rise to success. - Richard Attenborough, Dirk Bogarde, Betty E. Box
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Title: Miss Marple
Character: Carrie-Louise Serrocold
Released: December 26, 1984
Type: TV
Miss Marple, the spinster detective who is one of the most famous characters created by English crime writer Agatha Christie, is portrayed by Joan Hickson who starred in a dozen television mysteries about Miss Marple over the course of a decade.
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December Flower
Title: December Flower
Character: Etta Marsh
Released: December 23, 1984
Type: Movie
Newly widowed Etta visits her beloved Aunt M and discovers her bedridden and listless. Etta's struggle to restore her aunt's dignity and cheer brings renewed meaning to the lives of both women, but also reveals family secrets and forces confrontations with her aunt's indifferent son and hostile daughter-in-law.
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Title: Murder, She Wrote
Character: Eudora McVeigh Shipton
Released: September 30, 1984
Type: TV
An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases.
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Down at the Hydro
Title: Down at the Hydro
Character: Diedre
Released: September 4, 1983
Type: Movie
Diedre and The Colonel separately attend a health spa and find themselves falling in love.
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Title: The Thorn Birds
Character: Fee Cleary
Released: March 27, 1983
Type: TV
The story based on a novel by Colleen McCullough focuses on three generations of the Cleary family living on a sheep station in the Australian outback.
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Title: The Thorn Birds
Character: Fiona 'Fee' Cleary
Released: March 27, 1983
Type: TV
The story based on a novel by Colleen McCullough focuses on three generations of the Cleary family living on a sheep station in the Australian outback.
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A Moment in Time
Title: A Moment in Time
Character: Deidre Mackay
Released: January 1, 1983
Type: Movie
Colonel Hunt is a widower in his 60s. It is in search of health, not romance, that he books in for a week at the Elm Park Hydro and submits himself to a regime of rest, exercise, and starvation rations. When he meets the attractive Deidre Mackay, he finds himself experiencing emotions he never thought he'd feel again. From each other they learn how to live and how to love. They relive their youths-pulling pranks, laughing and dreaming. With a love so powerful, their time together is of no consequence. For it is a moment that stands still in time. A Moment In Time will make you laugh and cry and share a love that you'll never forget!
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Title: Hotel
Released: August 21, 1982
Type: TV
Hotel is an American prime time drama series which aired on ABC from September 21, 1983 to May 5, 1988 in the timeslot following Dynasty. Based on Arthur Hailey's 1965 novel of the same name, the series was produced by Aaron Spelling and set in the elegant and fictitious St. Gregory Hotel in San Francisco. Establishing shots of the hotel were filmed in front of The Fairmont San Francisco atop the Nob Hill neighborhood. Episodes followed the activities of passing guests, as well as the personal and professional lives of the hotel staff.
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A Small Killing
Title: A Small Killing
Character: Margaret Lawrence
Released: November 24, 1981
Type: Movie
A college professor is recruited by an undercover cop to pose as a bag lady to track down a drug connection following the brutal killing of a skid row crone.
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Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls
Title: Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls
Character: Helen Lawson
Released: October 19, 1981
Type: Movie
Updated version of the Jacqueline Susann best selling 1960's novel shows the lives of three very different women who come to New York City to achieve fame and fortune in show business and get all messed up in the process.
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Golden Gate
Title: Golden Gate
Character: Jane Kingsley
Released: September 25, 1981
Type: Movie
A venerable San Francisco publishing family becomes embroiled in a bitter power struggle between the iron-fisted, but ailing, patriarch's son and a ruthless businessman who tries for a takeover.
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Dominique
Title: Dominique
Character: Dominique Ballard
Released: March 6, 1980
Type: Movie
The wife of a greedy man comes back to haunt him after he scares her to death.
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Beggarman, Thief
Title: Beggarman, Thief
Character: Gretchen Jordache Burke
Released: November 26, 1979
Type: Movie
In this sequel to "Rich Man, Poor Man," moviemaker Gretchen Jordache, the until-now unseen sister, strives to pull the family together after the murder of brother Tom and the disappearance of brother Rudy by first reestablishing contact with her soldier son, and then patching things up with her sister-in-law, Kate, Tom's widow.
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Title: The Dain Curse
Character: Aaronia Haldorn
Released: May 22, 1978
Type: TV
Hard-boiled private dick Hamilton Nash is hired to investigate a case of stolen diamonds, which leads him to a lovely and odd young woman named Gabrielle, who believes she has been stricken with the ancient curse of the Dain family. The curse has historically caused its victims to die prematurely.
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Mr. Sycamore
Title: Mr. Sycamore
Character: Estelle Benbow
Released: December 12, 1975
Type: Movie
Jason Robards is a man who decides he'd rather be a tree.
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The Easter Promise
Title: The Easter Promise
Character: Constance Payne
Released: March 26, 1975
Type: Movie
Addie and her friends are excited over the visit of a celebrity, a local woman who became a successful Broadway actress and has returned home for a short time following the death of her mother. She brings the woman home for the family Easter celebration, and the little girl's concern and kindness help the woman see the promise of better days ahead.
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Decisions! Decisions!
Title: Decisions! Decisions!
Character: Phoebe Masterson
Released: September 11, 1971
Type: Movie
A precedent-setting comedy-drama special in which a salesman (Bob Newhart) and a sexologist (Jill St. John) have misadventures with plot development determined by the votes of the studio audience.
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Say Hello to Yesterday
Title: Say Hello to Yesterday
Character: Woman
Released: January 14, 1971
Type: Movie
Approaching middle-age and stuck in an unfulfilled marriage, a suburban British housewife allows herself a sexual fling with a brash young hunk she meets on a commuter train.
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Title: The Odd Couple
Character: Princess
Released: September 24, 1970
Type: TV
Felix and Oscar are two divorced men. Felix is neat and tidy while Oscar is sloppy and casual. They share a Manhattan apartment, and their different lifestyles inevitably lead to conflicts.
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The Happy Ending
Title: The Happy Ending
Character: Mary Wilson
Released: December 21, 1969
Type: Movie
The triumphs and failures of middle age as seen through the eyes of runaway American housewife Mary Wilson, a woman who believes that ultimate reality exists above and beyond the routine procedures of conscious, uninspired, everyday life. She feels cheated by an older generation that taught her to settle for nothing less than storybook finales, people who are disillusioned and restless and don't know why, people for whom life holds no easy answers.
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Heidi
Title: Heidi
Character: Frl. Rottenmeier
Released: November 17, 1968
Type: Movie
Heidi is an orphaned girl initially raised by her aunt Dete in Maienfeld, Switzerland. In order to get a job in Frankfurt, Dete brings 5-year-old Heidi to her grandfather, who has been at odds with the villagers for years and lives in seclusion on the alm. He at first resents Heidi's arrival, but the girl manages to penetrate his harsh exterior and subsequently has a delightful stay with him and her best friend, young Peter the goat-herd.
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Title: Hawaii Five-O
Character: Terri O'Brien
Released: September 20, 1968
Type: TV
Hawaii Five-O is an American police procedural drama series produced by CBS Productions and Leonard Freeman. Set in Hawaii, the show originally aired for 12 seasons from 1968 to 1980, and continues in reruns. Jack Lord portrayed Detective Lieutenant Steve McGarrett, the head of a special state police task force which was based on an actual unit that existed under martial law in the 1940s. The theme music composed by Morton Stevens became especially popular. Many episodes would end with McGarrett instructing his subordinate to "Book 'em, Danno!", sometimes specifying a charge such as "murder one".
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Rough Night in Jericho
Title: Rough Night in Jericho
Character: Molly Lang
Released: August 1, 1967
Type: Movie
The only business in the Wild West town of Jericho that corrupt sheriff Alex Flood doesn't control behind the scenes is the stagecoach owned by tough-willed widow Molly Lang and her right-hand man, Hickman. Former marshal Dolan, recently hired by Lang and Hickman as a driver, wants to stay out of the mess, but when he sees Flood's henchman Yarbrough assault Lang, he steps up to fight the corruption.
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Divorce American Style
Title: Divorce American Style
Character: Nancy Downes
Released: June 21, 1967
Type: Movie
After 17 years of marriage in American suburbia, Richard and Barbara Harmon step into the new world of divorce.
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Soldier in Love
Title: Soldier in Love
Character: Sarah Jennings
Released: April 26, 1967
Type: Movie
The story of the Churchills in the court of Queen Anne.
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The Lady Is My Wife
Title: The Lady Is My Wife
Character: Ruth Bannister
Released: February 1, 1967
Type: Movie
After the Civil War ends, a rich horse rancher out West hires the Bannisters, a married Southern couple who lost everything in the war, to help run his ranch. What the Bannisters don't know is that their new boss has more on his mind than breeding horses, and his plans include the pretty Mrs. Bannister.
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Mister Buddwing
Title: Mister Buddwing
Character: The Blonde
Released: July 15, 1966
Type: Movie
An amnesiac wanders the streets of Manhattan, trying to solve the mystery of who he is.
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Life at the Top
Title: Life at the Top
Character: Susan Lampton
Released: December 14, 1965
Type: Movie
Successful businessman Joe Lampton is married to the wealthy Susan, has two children, and lives in the mill town of Warley in northern England. But his career seems to have plateaued, leaving him disillusioned. This feeling is only exacerbated when he discovers his wife's infidelity with local man Mark. So he takes up with attractive TV host Norah and moves with her to London, aiming to reignite the fire that drove him to the top.
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All the Way Home
Title: All the Way Home
Character: Mary Follet
Released: October 17, 1963
Type: Movie
In the early 1900's Tennessee, a loving family undergoes the shock of the father's sudden, accidental death. The widow and her young son must endure the heartache of life following the tragedy, but slowly rise up from the ashes to face the hope of renewed life.
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Title: The Danny Kaye Show
Character: Self
Released: September 25, 1963
Type: TV
The Danny Kaye Show is an American variety show hosted by Danny Kaye that aired on CBS from 1963 to 1967 on Wednesday nights. Directed by Robert Scheerer, the show premiered in black-and-white, but later switched to color broadcasts. At the time, Kaye was at the height of his popularity, having starred in a string of successful films in the 1940s and '50's, made successful personal appearances at such venues as the London Palladium, and appeared many times on television. His most recent films had been considered disappointing, but the television specials he starred in were triumphant, leading to this series. Prior to his television and film career, Kaye had made a name for himself with his own radio show, and numerous other guest appearances on other shows.
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The Grass Is Greener
Title: The Grass Is Greener
Character: Hattie Durant
Released: December 23, 1960
Type: Movie
Victor and Hillary are down on their luck to the point that they allow tourists to take guided tours of their castle. But Charles Delacro, a millionaire oil tycoon, visits, and takes a liking to more than the house. Soon, Hattie Durant gets involved and they have a good old fashioned love triangle.
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Spartacus
Title: Spartacus
Character: Varinia
Released: October 13, 1960
Type: Movie
The rebellious Thracian Spartacus, born and raised a slave, is sold to Gladiator trainer Batiatus. After weeks of being trained to kill for the arena, Spartacus turns on his owners and leads the other slaves in rebellion. As the rebels move from town to town, their numbers swell as escaped slaves join their ranks. Under the leadership of Spartacus, they make their way to southern Italy, where they will cross the sea and return to their homes.
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Elmer Gantry
Title: Elmer Gantry
Character: Sister Sharon Falconer
Released: July 7, 1960
Type: Movie
When hedonistic but charming con man Elmer Gantry meets the beautiful Sister Sharon Falconer, a roadside revivalist, he feigns piousness to join her act as a passionate preacher. The two make a successful onstage pair, and their chemistry extends to romance. Both the show and their relationship are threatened, however, when one of Gantry's ex-lovers decides that she has a score to settle with the charismatic performer.
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This Earth Is Mine
Title: This Earth Is Mine
Character: Elizabeth Rambeau
Released: July 8, 1959
Type: Movie
Set during the Prohibition era, when wine makers were financially challenged and had to decide whether or not they wanted to cooperate with bootleggers to survive.
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Home Before Dark
Title: Home Before Dark
Character: Charlotte Bronn
Released: November 16, 1958
Type: Movie
A young woman returns home after being institutionalized in a mental hospital.
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The Big Country
Title: The Big Country
Character: Julie Maragon
Released: September 30, 1958
Type: Movie
Retired wealthy sea captain Jim McKay arrives in the Old West, where he becomes embroiled in a feud between his future father-in-law, Major Terrill, and the rough and lawless Hannasseys over a valuable patch of land.
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Fun in the Big Country
Title: Fun in the Big Country
Character: Self (narrator)
Released: January 1, 1958
Type: Movie
Behind-the-scenes look during the filming of William Wyler's 1958 western, "The Big Country."
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Until They Sail
Title: Until They Sail
Character: Barbara Leslie Forbes
Released: October 8, 1957
Type: Movie
Four sisters in New Zealand fall for four U.S. soldiers en route to the Pacific theater in WWII.
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This Could Be the Night
Title: This Could Be the Night
Character: Anne Leeds
Released: May 14, 1957
Type: Movie
To earn extra money, a prim schoolteacher takes a second job as secretary to the uncouth owner of a boisterous nightclub.
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Hilda Crane
Title: Hilda Crane
Character: Hilda Crane Burns
Released: May 8, 1956
Type: Movie
After two failed marriages, a disillusioned woman returns to her hometown to start life anew.
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Guys and Dolls
Title: Guys and Dolls
Character: Sarah Brown
Released: December 23, 1955
Type: Movie
Gambler Nathan Detroit has few options for the location of his big craps game. Needing $1,000 to pay a garage owner to host the game, Nathan bets Sky Masterson that Sky cannot get virtuous Sarah Brown out on a date. Despite some resistance, Sky negotiates a date with her in exchange for bringing people into her mission. Meanwhile, Nathan's longtime fiancée, Adelaide, wants him to go legit and marry her.
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Footsteps in the Fog
Title: Footsteps in the Fog
Character: Lily Watkins
Released: September 14, 1955
Type: Movie
A Victorian-era murder mystery about a parlour maid who discovers that her employer may have killed his first wife.
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Désirée
Title: Désirée
Character: Desiree Clary
Released: November 16, 1954
Type: Movie
In Marseilles, France in 1794, Desiree Clary, a young millinery clerk, becomes infatuated with Napoleon Bonaparte, but winds up wedding Genaral Jean-Baptiste Berandotte, an aid to Napoleon who later joins the forces that bring about the Emperor's downfall. Josephine Beauharnais, a worldly courtesan marries Napoleon and becomes Empress of France, but is then cast aside by her spouse when she proves unable to produce an heir to the throne.
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A Bullet Is Waiting
Title: A Bullet Is Waiting
Character: Cally Canham
Released: September 4, 1954
Type: Movie
A plane carrying a sheriff and a man indicted for manslaughter is wrecked on a lonely California beach and the prisoner manages to escape, after a struggle, only to be taken in hand by the female manager of a remote sheep ranch.
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The Egyptian
Title: The Egyptian
Character: Merit
Released: August 25, 1954
Type: Movie
In eighteenth-dynasty Egypt, Sinuhe, a poor orphan, becomes a brilliant physician and with his friend Horemheb is appointed to the service of the new Pharoah. Sinuhe's personal triumphs and tragedies are played against the larger canvas of the turbulent events of the 18th dynasty. As Sinuhe is drawn into court intrigues he learns the answers to the questions he has sought since his birth.
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She Couldn't Say No
Title: She Couldn't Say No
Character: Corby Lane (Corby Johnson)
Released: February 15, 1954
Type: Movie
An heiress decides to pass out anonymous gifts in a small town.
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The Actress
Title: The Actress
Character: Ruth Gordon Jones
Released: September 25, 1953
Type: Movie
The true story of Ruth Gordon's early struggles on the road to stage stardom.
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The Robe
Title: The Robe
Character: Diana
Released: September 16, 1953
Type: Movie
Marcellus is a tribune in the time of Christ. He is in charge of the group that is assigned to crucify Jesus. Drunk, he wins Jesus' homespun robe after the crucifixion. He is tormented by nightmares and delusions after the event. Hoping to find a way to live with what he has done, and still not believing in Jesus, he returns to Palestine to try and learn what he can of the man he killed.
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Affair with a Stranger
Title: Affair with a Stranger
Character: Carolyn Parker
Released: June 20, 1953
Type: Movie
Director Roy Rowland's 1953 drama, depicting the rocky marriage of a young model and her Broadway playwright-husband, stars Victor Mature, Jean Simmons, Jane Darwell, Dabbs Greer, Nicholas Joy, Lillian Bronson and George Cleveland.
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Young Bess
Title: Young Bess
Character: Young Bess (Queen Elizabeth I)
Released: May 29, 1953
Type: Movie
The mother died under the executioner's axe; the daughter rose to become England's greatest monarch -- the brilliant and cunning Queen Elizabeth I. Jean Simmons portrays young Bess in this rich tapestry of a film that traces the tumultuous, danger-fraught years from Elizabeth's birth to her unexpected ascension to the throne at a mere 25. Charles Laughton reprises his Academy Award®-winning* role as her formidable father Henry VIII. Deborah Kerr plays her last stepmother (and Henry's last of six wives), gentle Catherine Parr. And Simmons' then real-life husband, Stewart Granger, adds heroics as Lord Admiral Thomas Seymour. In a resplendent world of adventure, romance and court intrigue, Young Bess reigns.
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Title: The Oscars
Character: Self
Released: March 19, 1953
Type: TV
An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The various category winners are awarded a copy of a statuette, officially the Academy Award of Merit, that is better known by its nickname Oscar.
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Angel Face
Title: Angel Face
Character: Diane Tremayne Jessup
Released: January 2, 1953
Type: Movie
An ambulance driver gets involved with a rich girl that might have a darker side.
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Androcles and the Lion
Title: Androcles and the Lion
Character: Lavinina
Released: December 1, 1952
Type: Movie
George Bernard Shaw’s breezy, delightful dramatization of this classic fable—about a Christian slave who pulls a thorn from a lion’s paw and is spared from death in the Colosseum as a result of his kind act—was written as a meditation on modern Christian values. Pascal’s final Shaw production is played broadly, with comic character actor Alan Young as the titular naïf. He’s ably supported by Jean Simmons, Victor Mature, Robert Newton, and Elsa Lanchester.
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Title: Hallmark Hall of Fame
Character: Sarah
Released: December 24, 1951
Type: TV
Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark Cards, a Kansas City based greeting card company. The longest-running primetime series in the history of television, it has a historically long run, beginning during 1951 and continuing into 2013. From 1954 onward, all of its productions have been shown in color, although color television video productions were extremely rare in 1954. Many television movies have been shown on the program since its debut, though the program began with live telecasts of dramas and then changed to videotaped productions before finally changing to filmed ones. The series has received eighty Emmy Awards, twenty-four Christopher Awards, eleven Peabody Awards, nine Golden Globes, and four Humanitas Prizes. Once a common practice in American television, it is the last remaining television program such that the title includes the name of the sponsor. Unlike other long-running TV series still on the air, it differs in that it broadcasts only occasionally and not on a weekly broadcast programming schedule.
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The Clouded Yellow
Title: The Clouded Yellow
Character: Sophie Malraux
Released: November 21, 1950
Type: Movie
After leaving the British Secret Service, David Somers (played by Trevor Howard) finds work cataloging butterflies at the country house of Nicholas and Jess Fenton. After the murder of a local gamekeeper, suspicion (wrongfully) falls on their niece, Sophie Malraux (Jean Simmons). Somers helps Sophie to escape arrest and they go on the run together. After a cross-country chase they arrive at a coastal city with the intention of leaving the country by ship. All's well that ends well after the true identity of the murderer is revealed.
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Cage of Gold
Title: Cage of Gold
Character: Judith
Released: October 23, 1950
Type: Movie
The love that Judy, a young painter, feels for Alan, a promising doctor to whom she is engaged, falters when Bill, an old friend, suddenly appears.
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Trio
Title: Trio
Character: Evie Bishop (segment Sanatorium)
Released: October 10, 1950
Type: Movie
W. Somerset Maugham introduces three more of his stories about human foibles.
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So Long at the Fair
Title: So Long at the Fair
Character: Vicky Barton
Released: May 31, 1950
Type: Movie
Vicky Barton and her brother Johnny travel from Naples to visit the 1889 Paris Exhibition. They both sleep in seperate rooms in their hotel. When the she gets up in the morning she finds her brother and his room have disappeared and no one will even acknowledge that he was ever there. Now Vicky must find out what exactly happened to her brother.
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Title: What's My Line?
Character: Self - Mystery Guest
Released: February 2, 1950
Type: TV
Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while blindfolded, their identity - by asking only "yes" or "no" questions.
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Adam and Evelyne
Title: Adam and Evelyne
Character: Evelyne Wallace
Released: May 31, 1949
Type: Movie
The father of a girl in an orphanage, who doesn't remember him, has been writing to her with tales of his success in business. Actually, he is impersonating a friend, a handsome gambler. When the father dies, the gambler takes the girl from the orphanage and tells her the truth. But the girl is now a full-grown beauty and complications arise, including those provided by a black-sheep brother.
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The Blue Lagoon
Title: The Blue Lagoon
Character: Emmeline Foster
Released: March 1, 1949
Type: Movie
In the Victorian period, two British children survive a shipwreck in the South Pacific. After days afloat, they are marooned on a lush tropical island in the company of kindly old sailor. Together they survive solely on their resourcefulness and the bounty of their remote paradise.
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Hamlet
Title: Hamlet
Character: Ophelia - His Daughter
Released: December 10, 1948
Type: Movie
Winner of four Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Actor, Sir Laurence Olivier’s Hamlet continues to be the most compelling version of Shakespeare’s beloved tragedy. Olivier is at his most inspired—both as director and as the melancholy Dane himself—as he breathes new life into the words of one of the world’s greatest dramatists.
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Title: The Ed Sullivan Show
Character: Self
Released: June 20, 1948
Type: TV
The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June 20, 1948 to Sunday June 6, 1971, and was hosted by New York entertainment columnist Ed Sullivan. It was replaced in September 1971 by the CBS Sunday Night Movie, which ran only one season and was eventually replaced by other shows. In 2002, The Ed Sullivan Show was ranked #15 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.
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Title: The Ed Sullivan Show
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: June 20, 1948
Type: TV
The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June 20, 1948 to Sunday June 6, 1971, and was hosted by New York entertainment columnist Ed Sullivan. It was replaced in September 1971 by the CBS Sunday Night Movie, which ran only one season and was eventually replaced by other shows. In 2002, The Ed Sullivan Show was ranked #15 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.
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Title: Bambi Awards
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: January 1, 1948
Type: TV
The Bambi, often called the Bambi Award and stylised as BAMBI, is a German award presented annually by Hubert Burda Media to recognize excellence in international media and television to personalities in the media, arts, culture, sports, and other fields "with vision and creativity who affected and inspired the German public that year", both domestic and foreign. First held in 1948, it is the oldest media award in Germany. The trophy is named after Felix Salten's book Bambi, A Life in the Woods and its statuettes are in the shape of the novel's titular fawn character. They were originally made of porcelain until 1958, when the organizers switched to using gold, with the casting done by the art casting workshop of Ernst Strassacker in Süßen.
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The Woman in the Hall
Title: The Woman in the Hall
Character: Jay Blake
Released: October 27, 1947
Type: Movie
Lorna Blake, (Ursula Jeans) is a widow with two daughters. She augments her slender income by using her children to extort money - visiting the houses of the rich to tell a pathetic story and beg for help. And Lorna makes a rich capture when Sir Halmar Bernard, (Cecil Parker), proposes to her. She tells him that she has only one daughter, Molly (Jill Freud, credited as Jill Raymond). When her other daughter, Jay (Jean Simmons), is arrested for forging a cheque, she refuses to help her.
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Uncle Silas
Title: Uncle Silas
Character: Caroline Ruthyn
Released: October 8, 1947
Type: Movie
Following her father's death, a teenage heiress moves in with her guardian uncle who is broke and schemes to murder his niece for her vast inheritance.
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Black Narcissus
Title: Black Narcissus
Character: Kanchi
Released: May 26, 1947
Type: Movie
A group of Anglican nuns, led by Sister Clodagh, are sent to a mountain in the Himalayas. The climate in the region is hostile and the nuns are housed in an odd old palace. They work to establish a school and a hospital, but slowly their focus shifts. Sister Ruth falls for a government worker, Mr. Dean, and begins to question her vow of celibacy. As Sister Ruth obsesses over Mr. Dean, Sister Clodagh becomes immersed in her own memories of love.
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Hungry Hill
Title: Hungry Hill
Character: Jane Brodrick
Released: January 7, 1947
Type: Movie
Life becomes a tragedy for the wife of an Irish heir to a 19th-century family feud and fortune.
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Great Expectations
Title: Great Expectations
Character: Young Estella
Released: December 26, 1946
Type: Movie
In this Dickens adaptation, orphan Pip discovers through lawyer Mr. Jaggers that a mysterious benefactor wishes to ensure that he becomes a gentleman. Reunited with his childhood patron, Miss Havisham, and his first love, the beautiful but emotionally cold Estella, he discovers that the elderly spinster has gone mad from having been left at the altar as a young woman, and has made her charge into a warped, unfeeling heartbreaker.
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Caesar and Cleopatra
Title: Caesar and Cleopatra
Character: Harpist (uncredited)
Released: December 11, 1945
Type: Movie
The aging Caesar finds himself intrigued by the young Egyptian queen. Adapted by George Bernard Shaw from his own play.
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The Way to the Stars
Title: The Way to the Stars
Character: A Singer
Released: June 16, 1945
Type: Movie
Life on a British bomber base, and the surrounding towns, from the opening days of the Battle of Britain, to the arrival of the Americans, who join in the bomber offensive. The film centres around Pilot Officer Peter Penrose, fresh out of a training unit, who joins the squadron, and quickly discovers about life during war time. He falls for Iris, a young girl who lives at the local hotel, but he becomes disillusioned about marriage, when the squadron commander dies in a raid, and leaves his wife, the hotel manageress, with a young son to bring up. As the war progresses, Penross comes to terms that he has survived, while others have been killed.
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Meet Sexton Blake
Title: Meet Sexton Blake
Character: Eva Watkins
Released: February 5, 1945
Type: Movie
The famous detective and his trusty side-kick, Tinker, are called in by the War Office to find some important papers that were stolen from a man killed during an air raid.
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Kiss the Bride Goodbye
Title: Kiss the Bride Goodbye
Character: Molly Dodd
Released: January 28, 1945
Type: Movie
Working-class girl Joan Dodd's plan to marry Jack Fowler is thwarted when her mother Gladys interferes. Hoping to improve her daughter's social status, Gladys arranges for Joan to wed her boss Adolphus Pickering while Jack is away at war. Jack arrives home to discover his love is engaged to another man. Who will Joan decide to marry?
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Mr. Emmanuel
Title: Mr. Emmanuel
Character: Sally Cooper
Released: August 2, 1944
Type: Movie
An elderly Jewish man from Manchester, travels to Nazi Germany to seek the mother of a young German refugee that has attempted suicide. In Germany, Mr. Emmanuel’s efforts to seek out Hertha Rosenhein are greeted by a wall of silence from the scared Jewish community and anti-Semitic hatred from many Germans.
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Give Us the Moon
Title: Give Us the Moon
Character: Heidi
Released: July 31, 1944
Type: Movie
Set just after the end of WWII (but filmed in the middle of it) in a time of general euphoria at having won the war, with full employment and general happiness for all (or nearly all). Peter, the young wastrel son of a hard working hotel owner doesn't like the idea of having to work for a living. He discovers a society of "White Elephants" who are quite willing to be poor as long as they don't have to work. They are protected and guided by Nina (Margaret Lockwood) and her precocious sister Heidi (Jean Simmons).