Simone Simon

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Simone Simon making a radio appearance in Montréal (1942)

Simone Simon (born April 23, 1910 in Marseille , † February 22, 2005 in Paris ) was a French actress .

Life

Simon began her acting career in Parisian theaters . There she was discovered in 1935 by the American film producer Darryl F. Zanuck . It was a successful Hollywood actress and was, among others, in addition to James Stewart in Henry Kings In the seventh heaven ( Seventh Heaven see 1937). She was especially known with Jean Renoir's The Human Beast ( humaine La Bête , 1938) and as a leopard woman in Cat People ( Cat People , 1942), directed by Jacques Tourneur .

After the Second World War, she mainly worked in French films. The Reigen ( La Ronde , 1950) based on Arthur Schnitzler's Reigen and Pläsier ( Le Plaisir , 1952) based on short stories by Guy de Maupassant , both directed by Max Ophüls, attracted particular attention . In 1956 she withdrew from the film business, only for a supporting role in the comedy The Unknown Beauty alongside Michel Piccoli , she returned again in front of the camera.

Simone Simon, who never married despite some love affairs, died of natural causes in 2005 at the age of 94.

Filmography (selection)

  • 1931: Le Chanteur inconnu
  • 1932: La Petite chocolatière
  • 1932: I love you ( Un fils d'Amérique )
  • 1933: Le Voleur
  • 1935: Black eyes ( Les Yeux noirs )
  • 1935: Sylvie (The beautiful days) ( Les Beaux jours )
  • 1936: Ladies in Love
  • 1937: In the seventh heaven ( Seventh Heaven )
  • 1938: Josette
  • 1938: Beast Human ( La Bête humaine )
  • 1940: The Castle of Love ( Cavalcade d'amour )
  • 1941: The Devil and Daniel Webster ( All That Money Can Buy )
  • 1942: Cat People ( Cat People )
  • 1944: Mademoiselle Fifi
  • 1944: The Curse of the Cat People
  • 1946: Buccaneers of Love ( Pétrus )
  • 1947: Port of temptation ( Temptation Harbor )
  • 1950: Women without a name ( Donne senza nome )
  • 1950: The Round Dance ( La Ronde )
  • 1951: Olivia
  • 1952: Pläsier ( Le Plaisir )
  • 1954: The crooks parade ( I tre ladri )
  • 1954: The Second Life ( A Double Life )
  • 1973: The Unknown Beauty ( La Femme en bleu )

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personal data
SURNAME Simon, Simone
BRIEF DESCRIPTION french actress
DATE OF BIRTH April 23, 1910
PLACE OF BIRTH Marseille
DATE OF DEATH February 22, 2005
Place of death Paris