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Jean Simmons

1929 to 2010 3 documented presences 3 places

Quo Fuit places 3 dated presences for Jean Simmons across 3 places, from 1929 to 2010. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.

Jean Merilyn Simmons (31 January 1929 – 22 January 2010) was a British actress and singer.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Jean Simmons was documented, and when

31 January 1929exact date
Islingtonattested “Simmons was born on 31 January 1929, in Islington, London, to Charles Simmons, a physical education teacher, and his wife, Winifred Ada (née Loveland).” source: Wikipedia: Jean Simmons
1950year
Los Angelesattested “Granger became a Hollywood star in King Solomon's Mines (1950) and was signed to a contract by MGM, so Simmons moved to Los Angeles with him.” source: Wikipedia: Jean Simmons
22 January 2010exact date
Santa Monicaattested “Simmons, aged 80, died from lung cancer at her home in Santa Monica on 22 January 2010.” source: Wikipedia: Jean Simmons

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Places Jean Simmons is documented in

Los Angeles1 presence · 1950
Islington1 presence · 1929
Santa Monica1 presence · 2010

Other places tied to Jean Simmons in the record

In each of these, a source puts Jean Simmons and the place in the same dated sentence without stating that Jean Simmons was there. They are kept apart from the timeline above for exactly that reason: a mention is not a presence, and Quo Fuit does not quietly promote one into the other.

1947year
Hungry Hillmentioned “The experience of working on Great Expectations caused her to pursue an acting career more seriously: Simmons had support roles in Hungry Hill (1947) with Margaret Lockwood and the Powell-Pressburger film Black Narcissus (1947), playing…” source: Wikipedia: Jean Simmons
20 December 1950exact date
Tucsonmentioned “At 21, she married Stewart Granger in Tucson, Arizona, on 20 December 1950.” source: Wikipedia: Jean Simmons
1955year
Englandmentioned “Simmons and Granger returned to England to make the thriller Footsteps in the Fog (1955).” source: Wikipedia: Jean Simmons
1965year
Jerichomentioned “She did Life at the Top (1965) with Laurence Harvey, Mister Buddwing (1966) with James Garner, Divorce American Style (1967) with Dick Van Dyke, and Rough Night in Jericho (1967) with George Peppard and Dean Martin.” source: Wikipedia: Jean Simmons
1984year
Copenhagenmentioned “In a 1984 interview, given in Copenhagen at the time she was shooting the film Going Undercover (1988, a.k.a.” source: Wikipedia: Jean Simmons

Documented at the same place, the same year

Ray CharlesLos Angeles · 1950Vinicius de MoraesLos Angeles · 1950Richard SorgeUnited Kingdom · 1929Raymond CattellUnited Kingdom · 1929Leslie HowardUnited Kingdom · 1929Marcel PagnolUnited Kingdom · 1929John GielgudUnited Kingdom · 1929Sebastian Shaw (actor)United Kingdom · 1929Dorothy L. SayersUnited Kingdom · 1929

Two people documented in the same place in the same year is a correlation, not a meeting. Quo Fuit will never say they met without a source that says so.

How to read this page

Every line above is a dated fact taken from a source, with the sentence it came from and a link back to it. Nothing is inferred, and a gap in the record is not evidence that someone was elsewhere.

A tag says how the fact is carried by its source: documented a structured, explicitly dated record, attested a sentence that states the person was there, mentioned a sentence that ties the person to the place without stating presence.

Sources

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