How old was Jean Simmons in her first movie: Give Us the Moon?
Jean Simmons was 14 in Give Us the Moon when she played the character 'Heidi'.
That was over 80 years ago in 1944.
This was her first recorded movie acting credit (although may not technically be her first actual acting role).
In 2010 she died aged 81, starring in 75 films in her career, 75 of those after Give Us the Moon was first released. If she were alive today she would be 95.
How old do you think she looks in the movie?
In Give Us the Moon, I think Jean Simmons looks:
Did you know?
- Director Val Guest has worked with Jean Simmons just once in her career.
- Jean Simmons' first movie was as 'Heidi' in Give Us the Moon, released in 1944 when she was 14
- Give Us the Moon scores 6.2 out of 10 on TMDB.
