Jean Simmons

Dead Folks 2010: Everyone's Pushing Up Roses

Tallulah Morehead | Posted 05.25.2011

Tallulah Morehead

Happy New Year, darlings. All of you reading this piece have something in common: you survived 2010. Not everyone was so lucky, and a lot of people, as always, took the off-ramp from Life.

The Our Gang Oscars

Tallulah Morehead | Posted 05.25.2011

Tallulah Morehead

This year's Oscar producers, Adam Shankman and Bil Mechanic, were so dedicated to the quixotic task of luring in young viewers, that we were given a show full of presenters that appeared to have gone through puberty during the rehearsals.

All About Her Mother: Cindy Kleine's Phyllis and Harold & Actress Jean Simmons: Leading Lady in Her Final Film

Penelope Andrew | Posted 05.25.2011

Penelope Andrew

Cindy Kleine's film has captured something quietly but essentially tragic about many American women who were born in the 1920s and 30s.

Remembering Jean Simmons

Sam Wasson | Posted 05.25.2011

Sam Wasson

Remembering Jean Simmons, who died Friday, January 22, of lung cancer at 80, the first thing I thought of is her performance in Angel Face.