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rsmith6621 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-23-10 06:13 AM
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Jean Simmons Has Died....
Edited on Sat Jan-23-10 06:15 AM by rsmith6621
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8476400.stm?ls

British film actress Jean Simmons, who played Ophelia in Laurence Olivier's Hamlet and sang with Marlon Brando in Guys and Dolls, has died aged 80.

Simmons, who won an Emmy Award for her role in The Thorn Birds in the 1980s, died at her home in Santa Monica on Friday, her agent told the LA Times.

She had been suffering from lung cancer for some time.

The actress, who moved to Hollywood in 1950, first made her name playing Estella in 1946's Great Expectations.

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Drunken Irishman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-23-10 06:13 AM
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1. You sumbitch.
:P
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Tabasco_Dave Donating Member (744 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-23-10 06:48 AM
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2. Does this mean KISS will break up?
;)
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liberal N proud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-23-10 08:01 AM
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6. aged 80
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area51 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-25-10 07:51 AM
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18. You're bad.
:spank:


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NecklyTyler Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-23-10 07:05 AM
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3. Detroit - Rock City


This Gene Simmons wasn't in the Thorn Birds

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgsoJrzplUI


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dipsydoodle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-23-10 07:13 AM
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4. Gorgeous
wasn't she.
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calico1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-23-10 07:23 AM
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5. She was a very beautiful lady in her heyday.
And not a bad actress either.

RIP
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sabbat hunter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-23-10 08:07 AM
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7. on the radio last night
in a news brief they said Jean Simmons died. At first I thought they meant Gene Simmons, until they told the full story a few minutes later.
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BlueJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-23-10 09:02 AM
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8. Intelligent and good looking Woman.
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AndyA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-23-10 09:18 AM
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9. Simmons was a real beauty and a very good actress.
Her performance in The Happy Ending (1969) was quite good, I believe she was nominated for it.

She had a lot more depth to her performance than many of her contemporaries.

RIP, Jean. Thanks for all the great works you leave behind.
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eShirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-23-10 09:23 AM
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10. loved her in "The Big Country" with Gregory Peck
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jberryhill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-23-10 03:04 PM
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11. One of my all time favorite movie scenes
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Sky Masterson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-25-10 04:26 AM
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14. +1
:)
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BrklynLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-23-10 03:58 PM
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12. She was very lovely...
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Sky Masterson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-25-10 04:24 AM
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13. NOOOOOOOOOO!!! Not Sister Sarah
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Touchdown Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-25-10 05:41 AM
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15. She's Richard Simmons' Mom. He must be heartbroken
ACTING!

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MrScorpio Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-25-10 06:25 AM
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16. Farewell, Mrs Spartacus
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Vidar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-25-10 07:00 AM
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17. RIP Ms. Simmons,
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proud2BlibKansan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-25-10 08:05 AM
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19. Spartacus, your son is free!
One of the greatest movie lines ever.
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Faygo Kid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-25-10 07:30 PM
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20. I missed this completely. K&R, for those who may also have missed it.
Just a great beauty. She was fantastic, also, in an episode of Star Trek: Next Generation, called Drumhead, as Admiral Satie. Any here who saw it will remember it. One of the best and most thoughtful episodes.

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