London, Jun 24 : English actress Jean Simmons has opened up about her affair with late American actor Robert Mitchum.

Simmons, 80, and the tough-guy actor had acted together in the Fifties in films such as Otto Preminger's `Angel Face' and Stanley Donen's `Grass Is Greener'.

The actress had previously spoken only about her fondness for her late co-star, but she now has revealed that there was more than just friendship between them.

"All right, then - Robert Mitchum," the Daily Express quoted her as saying when asked if she had off-screen dalliances.

"He was a real man. He was a ladies' man and a man's man. He was also extremely bright, despite those sleepy eyes," she added.

Jean added that she admired other Hollywood leading men.

"I had two big loves: Spencer Tracy, whom I adored, and Larry Olivier," she told Saga magazine, "but they were not sexual relationships." (ANI)