Cours Simon
The Cours Simon is a state-recognized, private drama school in Paris founded in 1925 by the actor and teacher René Simon (1898–1971) .
It was the first such school in France.
After Simon, his colleague Rosine Margat (1927-2010), who began as a student in 1945 and was built up by Simon as his successor, started the school in 1968. In 2006 her book Je serai comédien! (Editions de La Martinière), which also contains a list of questions she asks acting aspirants. From 2010 Chantal Brière has been running the school.
The normal duration of training at Cours Simon is three years. Special courses are also offered to prepare for the entrance exams to state conservatories. There is also a range of advanced training and acting courses for amateur actors.
The address is 14 rue La Vacquerie near the Pere Lachaise cemetery.
Famous students
- Cecile Aubry
- Jean-Pierre Aumont
- Jean-Pierre Bacri
- Jacques Balutin
- Isaach De Bankolé
- Marie-Christine Barrault
- Nathalie Baye
- Guy Béart
- Guy Bedos
- Claude Berri
- Gérard Blain
- Dany Boon
- Patrick Bouchitey
- Michel Boujenah
- Franck Borde
- Claude Brasseur
- Zabou Breitman
- Bernard Campan
- Roger Carel ,
- Maria Casarès
- Jean-Pierre Cassel
- Jacques Castelot
- Caroline Cellier
- Patrick Chesnais
- François Cluzet
- Jean-Laurent Cochet
- Clotilde Courau
- Nicole Courcel
- Micheline Dax
- Danièle Delorme
- Mylène Demongeot
- Sophie Desmarets
- Arielle Dombasle
- Anny Duperey
- Danièle Evenou
- Françoise Fabian
- Christine Fabrega
- Michel Favory
- Edwige Feuillère
- Dolphins Forest
- Sophie Forte
- Jacques François
- Sami Frey
- Louis de Funès
- Henri Garcin
- Daniel Gélin
- Éric Génovèse
- Claude Gensac ,
- Georges Guétary
- Julien Guiomar
- Jacques Higelin
- Robert Hirsch
- Robert Hossein
- Francis Huster
- Sylvie Joly
- Philippe Khorsand
- Marie Laforêt
- Régis Laspalès
- Jean Lefebvre
- Philippe Lemaire
- Paul Le Person
- Jean Le Poulain
- Xavier Letourneur
- Roland Magdane
- Judith Magre
- Jacqueline Maillan
- Valérie Mairesse
- Marthe Mercadier
- Pierre Mondy
- Guy Montagné
- Jennifer Moret
- Michèle Morgan
- Marie-José Nat
- Hubert Noël
- Gérard Oury
- Maria Pacôme
- Geneviève Page
- Quentin de Palézieux
- François Périer
- Michel Piccoli
- Dominique Pinon
- Patrick Poivey
- Popeck
- Virginie Pradal
- Micheline Presle
- Serge Reggiani
- Jean Reno
- Alain Resnais
- Claude Rich
- Jean Roucas
- Anne Roumanoff
- Yvette Sauvage ,
- Michel Serrault
- Hélène Surgère ,
- Jean-Marc Thibault
- Patrick Timsit
- Charlotte de Turckheim
- Simone Valère
- Pierre Vaneck
- Marthe Villalonga
- Michel Vitold
- Stéphane Grangeaud
- Pierre Trabaud
- Guy Zilberstein
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Coordinates: 48 ° 51 ′ 29.9 " N , 2 ° 23 ′ 6" E