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British actress Jean Simmons is dead at 80
Los Angeles Times ^ | January 22, 2010 | By Valerie J. Nelson

Posted on 01/22/2010 7:25:33 PM PST by DJ MacWoW

Jean Simmons, a radiant British actress who as a teenager appeared opposite Laurence Olivier in "Hamlet" and emerged a star whose career flourished in the 1950s and 1960s in such films as "Guys and Dolls, "Elmer Gantry" and "Spartacus," has died. She was 80.

Simmons, who won an Emmy Award for her role in the 1980s miniseries "The Thorn Birds," died Friday evening at her home in Santa Monica, said Judy Page, her agent. She had lung cancer.

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KEYWORDS: hollywood; homebeforedark; jeansimmons; obituary
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To: ALOHA RONNIE
Was just watching her in "Life at the Top" along with Honor Blackman.
They just don't make 'em like they used to.
61 posted on 01/31/2011 3:42:21 PM PST by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: DJ MacWoW
We’re losing good ones and they aren’t being replaced with anyone of value.

Word.

62 posted on 01/31/2011 3:46:14 PM PST by who knows what evil? (G-d saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.org.)
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To: oh8eleven

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JEAN SIMMONS = The Best of the Best

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63 posted on 02/01/2011 11:33:41 AM PST by ALOHA RONNIE ("ALOHA RONNIE" Guyer/Veteran-"WE WERE SOLDIERS" Battle of IA DRANG-1965 http://www.lzxray.com)
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To: oh8eleven

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JEAN SIMMONS = The Best of the Best

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64 posted on 02/01/2011 11:33:47 AM PST by ALOHA RONNIE ("ALOHA RONNIE" Guyer/Veteran-"WE WERE SOLDIERS" Battle of IA DRANG-1965 http://www.lzxray.com)
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