Italian movie tycoon whose list of credits featured as many disasters as hits
February 2010
Letter: Jean Simmons obituary
Maurice Rubens writes: Jean Simmons (obituary, 25 January) made her stage debut in 1949 in an ill-fated production of Tolstoy's The Power of Darkness, with Stewart Granger.
January 2010
Film blog
The Jean Simmons I remember
David Thomson: The late actor was celebrated for her beauty and talent, but she had a streak of mischief that made her unforgettable
Letter: Jean Simmons obituary
W Stephen Gilbert writes: Not being so much of a theatregoer, David Thomson omits one of Jean Simmons's most significant performances in his typically shrewd obituary.
Jean Simmons: a life in pictures
Jean Simmons obituary
Jean Simmons: an unforgettable English rose
June 2009
Shadows in the Sun
Philip French sees a small-scale, British independent movie in which Jean Simmons plays a strong, poetry-loving widow
July 2008
The return of Jean Simmons
Geoffrey Macnab on the return of Jean Simmons in Shadows in the Sun