Actress Jean Simmons died yesterday of lung cancer. She was 80.
Simmons first appeared in Give Us the Moon and got her big break in Great Expectations. She was nominated for an Oscar for Sir Lawrence Olivier's Hamlet. She also appeared in Black Narcissus, the original version of The Blue Lagoon, Elmer Gantry, Guys and Dolls, Spartacus, The Happy Ending (nominated for Best Actress Oscar), and other films.