Jean Simmons

Beauty, Brains, and British Cool

I got to know Jean Simmons first as Patrick Swayze’s characters mother Clarissa Main in North and South. Later I dreamt about becoming her flamboyant character in the Cary Grant movie The Grass is Greener. This twice Academy Award nominated actress was a star in Britain and also a star in the US.

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