Simone Simon

1910-2005

Biography: life and films

Simone Simon was a French actress whose birth name was Simone Thérèse Fernande Simone. She was born in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France on 23rd April 1910 and died in Paris, France on 22nd February 2005, aged 94.

Her best films as an actor include Marc Allégret's Lac aux dames (1934), Jean Renoir's La Bête humaine (1938), William Dieterle's The Devil and Daniel Webster (1941), Jacques Tourneur's thriller Cat People (1942) and Gunther von Fritsch's The Curse of the Cat People (1944).

Simone Simon appeared in 38 films.

She has most frequently worked with the following directors: Marc Allégret (5 films), Viktor Tourjansky (2), Max Ophüls (2) and Carmine Gallone (2).

Her most frequent genres include: drama (19 films), comedy (10), comedy-drama (8), romance (7), comedy-romance (5), Horror (3), Fantasy (3) and War (2).

Our average rating for Simone Simon over all films is: 3.0

Filmography

Key: a = actor

Durand contre Durand (1931) [a]

Le Chanteur inconnu (1931) [a]

Mam'zelle Nitouche (1931) [a]

On opère sans douleur (1931) [a]

La Petite chocolatière (1932) [a]

Le Roi des palaces (1932) [a]

Pour vivre heureux (1932) [a]

Un fils d'Amérique (1932) [a]

L'Étoile de Valencia (1933) [a]

Prenez garde à la peinture (1933) [a]

Tire au flanc (1933) [a]

Lac aux dames (1934) [a]

Le Voleur (1934) [a]

Les Beaux jours (1935) [a]

Les Yeux noirs (1935) [a]

Girls' Dormitory (1936) [a]

Ladies in Love (1936) [a]

Love and Hisses (1937) [a]

Seventh Heaven (1937) [a]

Josette (1938) [a]

La Bête humaine (1938) [a]

Cavalcade d'amour (1940) [a]

The Devil and Daniel Webster (1941) [a]

Cat People (1942) [a]

Tahiti Honey (1943) [a]

Johnny Doesn't Live Here Any More (1944) [a]

Mademoiselle Fifi (1944) [a]

The Curse of the Cat People (1944) [a]

Pétrus (1946) [a]

Temptation Harbour (1947) [a]

Donne senza nome (1950) [a]

La Ronde (1950) [a]

Olivia (1951) [a]

Le Plaisir (1952) [a]

Das Zweite Leben (1954) [a]

I tre ladri (1955) [a]

The Extra Day (1956) [a]

La Femme en bleu (1973) [a]



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