"I thought acting was just a lark..."

JEAN SIMMONS

Born January 31,1929
Died January 22,2010

Born in London, England, just before the Golden Thirties.
Simmons was actually spotted as a dancer,at the young age of fourteen. She was then recruited and cast in the British film Give Us The Moon in 1944.She appeared in smaller roles in ten films before she was given the part of Ophelia in Laurence Olivier's Hamlet.It was for this role,at the age of eighteen,that she was nominated for her first Oscar.
1950 was a big year for Simmons,who, at twenty years old,made a succesful transition to American films,and married fellow British actor Stewart Granger.She made several movies with her husband,such as Young Bess (1953) and Footsteps in the Fog (1955).
Now a big Hollywood star,Simmons eventually switched from the smaller RKO Studios,to MGM.
Jean Simmons became an American citizen in 1956.
Also,in 1956,Simmons won her first Golden Globe for the musical Guys And Dolls.
In the 1960s and 1970s,she also added theater and television to her accomplishments.She stayed active in her career until 2009.
Jean Simmons died from lung cancer in 2010.

NOW
I've picked one film of Jean Simmons' that I hadn't seen before,and that I think everyone should watch.

SO LONG AT THE FAIR
1950

Starring alongside Dirk Bogarde,So Long At The Fair is set in Paris,France, in the late 1800s.
A young Englishwoman named Vicky Barton (Simmons) is staying at a hotel in Paris with her brother in order to see the Universal Exposition.One morning,Vicky goes to speak with her brother in his hotel room,only to discover,that,not only is he not there,but the room itself is apparently gone too.She appeals to the owners of the hotel,who insist that she checked in alone,and that there has never been a room #20.
Alone,and without a cent to her name,Vicky starts to panic.She goes to the police,but has no evidence that her brother was ever in Paris at all.They suggest she finds a witness to support that her brother ever even existed.She goes to a hotel maid,but before she can speak to her,the girl is killed in an accident at the Exposition.Beginning to give up hope,she goes to see George Hathaway (Bogarde),who gladly admits that he met her and her brother on their first night in Paris.Without the help of the police,Vicky and George begin their own investigation of her brothers whereabouts.In the end,they discover that her brother is alive,and was secretly taken to a nearby abbey in the night,because he was infected with the Plague.Vicky and George leave the abbey together as the movie ends.

Full of suspense,drama and romance,I hereby pick it as the Movie of the Month.
To learn more about Jean Simmons,and her filmography,visit http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/177854%7C80631/Jean-Simmons/

To see the movie clips for So Long At The Fair,visit http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/90651/So-Long-at-the-Fair/videos.html