- Jean Simmons, the lovely, ethereal film star who played Ophelia to Laurence Olivier's Hamlet, sang with Marlon Brando in "Guys and Dolls" and costarred with Gregory Peck, Paul Newman and Kirk ...

British-born actress Jean Simmons, who came to America via her role in Laurence Olivier’s “Hamlet” and was a leading actress in the ’50s and early ’60s, died Friday at her home in Santa Monica after ...

Jean Simmons, the English actress who made the covers of Time and Life magazines by the time she was 20 and became a major mid-century star alongside such strong leading men as Laurence Olivier, ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - British actress Jean Simmons, who starred opposite Laurence Olivier in "Hamlet" during a career spanning 60 years, has died in California, Los Angeles Times reported on Saturday ...