FrameThrower · Actors · Jean Simmons
Jean Simmons
4 films · 185 frames · top-billed in 3 · 1947–1960
Born 31 January 1929 · Crouch Hill, London, England, UK · died 22 January 2010
Jean Merilyn Simmons, OBE was an English actress. She appeared predominantly in motion pictures, beginning with films made in Great Britain during and after World War II – she was one of J. Arthur Rank's 'well-spoken young starlets' – followed mainly by Hollywood films from 1950.
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 4 films · 185 frames · top-billed in 3 · 1947–1960
- Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy1955
- Volpi Cup for Best Actress
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie1983
- Officer of the Order of the British Empire2003
- Targa d'Oro1956
- National Board of Review Award for Best Actress1953
How their films are shot
Measured across 185 frames from the 4 films we hold. This is the look of the work Jean takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 4 films we hold, 53% of their frames are day, 42% natural — the look of the work Jean takes.
Time of day
Lighting
Shot size
Camera angle
Mood
Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 185 frames from Jean Simmons's 4 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.