Spartacus has been one of my favorite movies of all times. First time I saw it when I was 13 so I would like to share it with you.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spartacus_%281960_film%29
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Jan 23, 2010
British actress Jean
Simmons, an Emmy Award winner whose career included roles in Hamlet and
Spartacus, has died in California, the Los Angeles Times reported. She
was 80.
The Times said Simmons, who earned two Oscar nominations
during a long career that spanned seven decades, died at her home in
Santa Monica after losing a battle to lung cancer.
The movie star's manager could not immediately be reached for comment.
Although
she worked mostly in television in her later years, appearing in the
hit 1983 mini-series The Thorn Birds, for which she obtained an Emmy
Award, Simmons gained fame in the 1950s and 1960s after starring in
several hit films.
Her career took off after she appeared as the
doomed Ophelia opposite Laurence Olivier in the legendary actor's 1948
production of Hamlet. Simmons's performance earned her the first of two
Academy Award nominations.
Among her notable early roles were playing the young Estella in David Lean's classic 1946 adaptation of Great Expectations.
Later
films included Guys and Dolls, Spartacus and 1969's The Happy Ending,
which earned her a second Oscar nod for her portrayal of an alcoholic
wife.
Simmons married twice - to actor Stewart Granger from 1950
to 1960 and to director Richard Brooks from 1960 to 1977. Both
marriages ended in divorce.
