Jean Simmons was a British-American actress. She played Ophelia in the 1948 film adaptation of Hamlet opposite Laurence Olivier and appeared in Great Expectations in 1946. Simmons also starred in Guys and Dolls co-starring Marlon Brando and Frank Sinatra, The Big Country, and Daisies In December. She received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie for her role in the 1983 miniseries The Thorn Birds. She passed away in 2010.