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22/01/2010 British actress Jean Simmons dies aged 80

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A Tribute to Jean Simmons

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Jean Simmons (1946)

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Jean Simmons In Sydney (1948)

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Jean Simmons Toasts "The One And Only Spartacus"

Simmons died from lung cancer at her home on 22 January 2010, nine days before her 81st birthday, surrounded by her family. She was among the finest, most beautiful British movie actresses of the postwar years. She was one of only two from that great 1940s flourishing of our native industry under J Arthur Rank to become a major star in Hollywood.