Died Today (January 22nd): Jean Simmons (1929–2010)

Jean Simmons (1929–2010)

Born: January 31, 1929 in Crouch Hill, London, England, UK
Died: January 22, 2010 (age 80) in Santa Monica, California, USA

[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.

[on the studio system] I had to do four pictures for [Howard Hughes], and then I was free. I never signed a contract with a studio after.

Great Expectations 1946 dir. David Lean starring John Mills Alec Guinness Simmons Black Narcissus 1947 dir. Michael Powell Emeric Pressberger Starring Deborah Kerr

Spartacus 1960 dir…