She played the evangelist Sister Sharon Falconer, who comes under the influence of Burt Lancaster's fast-talking, hard-drinking travelling salesman, in the 1960 film Elmer Gantry, written and directed by her new husband Richard Brooks. Lancaster, Brooks and Shirley Jones (as the jilted temptress who returns to haunt Gantry) won Oscars for their work, but Simmons was not even nominated
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The Guardian
Que buena película!
Recuerdo que la vi en mi adolescencia y este año la vi en TV
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