Acting

Simone Simon

Born April 23, 1911 · Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

Died February 22, 2005 · aged 93

French screen actress Simone Simon's film career spanned the years 1931-1973. She is best remembered, regarding her English language roles, for the Hollywood films The Devil and Daniel Webster [originally titled All That Money Can Buy] (1941), Cat People (1942), and The Curse of the Cat People (1944). Simon died in Paris in 2005.

Known For

Cat People

Cat People · 1942

MovieMysteryHorror

A Serbian émigré in Manhattan believes that, because of an ancient curse, any physical intimacy with the man she loves will turn her into a feline predator.

Le Plaisir

Le Plaisir · 1952

MovieDramaComedy

Three stories about pleasure. The first one is about a man hiding his age behind a mask to keep going to balls and fancying women - pleasure and youth. Then comes the long tale of Madame Tellier taking her girls (whores) to the country for attending her niece's communion - pleasure and purity. And lastly, Jean the painter falls in love with his model - pleasure and death.

The Curse of the Cat People

The Curse of the Cat People · 1944

The Curse of the Cat People

MovieFantasyDrama

Amy, the young, friendless daughter of Oliver and Alice Reed, befriends her father's late first wife and an aging, reclusive actress.

All That Money Can Buy

All That Money Can Buy · 1941

All That Money Can Buy

MovieDramaFantasy

Farmer Jabez Stone, about to lose his land, agrees to sell his soul to the devil, known as Mr. Scratch, who gives Jabez seven years to enjoy the fruits of his sale before he collects. Over that time, Jabez pays off his debts and helps many neighboring farmers, then becomes an advocate for the upstanding Sen. Daniel Webster. When Jabez's contract with Mr. Scratch concludes, he desperately turns to Webster to represent him in a trial for his soul.

Mademoiselle Fifi

Mademoiselle Fifi · 1944

Mademoiselle Fifi

In occupied France during the Franco-Prussian War, a young French laundress shares a coach ride with several of her condescending social superiors. But when a Prussian officer holds the coach over, social standings are leveled and integrity and spirit are put to the test.

Seventh Heaven

Seventh Heaven · 1937

MovieDramaRomance

A Parisian sewer worker longs for a rise in status and a beautiful wife. He rescues a girl from the police, lives with her in a barren flat on the seventh floor, and then marches away to war.

La Bête Humaine

La Bête Humaine · 1938

La Bête Humaine

MovieDramaRomance

Returning by train to the French port of Le Havre, Jacques Lantier, a tormented railwayman, meets by chance the impulsive stationmaster Roubard and Séverine, his wife.

Ladies in Love

Ladies in Love · 1936

MovieRomanceComedy

Three young women in Budapest share living quarters while searching for romance.

Filmography

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Cat People

Cat People · 1942

MovieMysteryHorror

A Serbian émigré in Manhattan believes that, because of an ancient curse, any physical intimacy with the man she loves will turn her into a feline predator.

Irena Dubrovna Reed

Le Plaisir

Le Plaisir · 1952

MovieDramaComedy

Three stories about pleasure. The first one is about a man hiding his age behind a mask to keep going to balls and fancying women - pleasure and youth. Then comes the long tale of Madame Tellier taking her girls (whores) to the country for attending her niece's communion - pleasure and purity. And lastly, Jean the painter falls in love with his model - pleasure and death.

Joséphine

The Curse of the Cat People

The Curse of the Cat People · 1944

The Curse of the Cat People

MovieFantasyDrama

Amy, the young, friendless daughter of Oliver and Alice Reed, befriends her father's late first wife and an aging, reclusive actress.

Ghost of Irena

All That Money Can Buy

All That Money Can Buy · 1941

All That Money Can Buy

MovieDramaFantasy

Farmer Jabez Stone, about to lose his land, agrees to sell his soul to the devil, known as Mr. Scratch, who gives Jabez seven years to enjoy the fruits of his sale before he collects. Over that time, Jabez pays off his debts and helps many neighboring farmers, then becomes an advocate for the upstanding Sen. Daniel Webster. When Jabez's contract with Mr. Scratch concludes, he desperately turns to Webster to represent him in a trial for his soul.

Belle

Mademoiselle Fifi

Mademoiselle Fifi · 1944

Mademoiselle Fifi

In occupied France during the Franco-Prussian War, a young French laundress shares a coach ride with several of her condescending social superiors. But when a Prussian officer holds the coach over, social standings are leveled and integrity and spirit are put to the test.

Elizabeth Bousset

Seventh Heaven

Seventh Heaven · 1937

MovieDramaRomance

A Parisian sewer worker longs for a rise in status and a beautiful wife. He rescues a girl from the police, lives with her in a barren flat on the seventh floor, and then marches away to war.

Diane

La Bête Humaine

La Bête Humaine · 1938

La Bête Humaine

MovieDramaRomance

Returning by train to the French port of Le Havre, Jacques Lantier, a tormented railwayman, meets by chance the impulsive stationmaster Roubard and Séverine, his wife.

Séverine

Ladies in Love

Ladies in Love · 1936

MovieRomanceComedy

Three young women in Budapest share living quarters while searching for romance.

Marie Armand

La Ronde

La Ronde · 1950

MovieRomanceComedy

An all-knowing interlocutor guides us through a series of affairs in Vienna, 1900. A soldier meets an eager young lady of the evening. Later he has an affair with a young lady, who becomes a maid and does similarly with the young man of the house. The young man seduces a married woman. On and on, spinning on the gay carousel of life.

Marie, la femme de chambre

The Woman in Blue

The Woman in Blue · 1973

The Woman in Blue

Leading man Michel Piccoli plays Pierre, a young musician who briefly catches sight of a beautiful woman dressed in blue and soon spends all of his time trying to track her down. After roaming the streets of Paris in search of the mystery woman, he recruits an old friend to help find her.

la dame de Meudon

Girls' Dormitory

Girls' Dormitory · 1936

Girls' Dormitory

MovieDramaRomance

When a busybody teacher in a girls' finishing school finds a love letter from a student to an unknown man, a minor scandal erupts.

Marie Claudel

Temptation Harbour

Temptation Harbour · 1947

Temptation Harbour

MovieCrimeDrama

The story of a harbor signalman who retrieves a suitcase full of money after witnessing a murder, fails to report it to the police, and finds himself the object of murderous and mercenary interest.

Camelia

Pétrus

Pétrus · 1946

MovieRomanceDrama

Petrus, a Montmartre photographer, is accidentally wounded by Migo, a dancer at the Frou Frou night club, when she is trying to shoot her faithless lover Rodrigue, a counterfeiter. Though Petrus tries to reconcile the lovers, Migo lands up with him after Rodrigue is finally killed by another jealous dancer.

Migo

Mind the Paint

Mind the Paint · 1933

The maid of a doctor, he had some canvases he didn't care for bestowed on him once by an unknown artist, thankfully has saved them as the paintings are now worth some money and others want them.

Love and Hisses

Love and Hisses · 1937

Love and Hisses

As part of their public feud, Bandleader Bernie pretends a girl singer is no good so columnist Winchell promotes her in his column.

Yvett Guerin

L'Étoile de Valencia

L'Étoile de Valencia · 1933

L'Étoile de Valencia

Because a sailor once told Pedro Savedra his wife, Marion, cheated on him, he left her. Learning later that it was nothing but a practical joke, Pedro decides to find her and win her back. He finally traces her in Palma de Mallorca, where she has become a cabaret singer. To set her free, he needs money and accepts a job. But Palesco, the nightclub owner, does not agree to let Marion go and will not shy about throwing a wrench in the gears.

Rita

King of Hotels

King of Hotels · 1932

A hotel worker who is really an aristocrat falls for a lady customer but instead of getting married he prefers to stay at work and get what female company he can from the staff.

Double Destiny

Double Destiny · 1954

A soldier fighting for France loses his memory and has a second career as a national leader, but in Germany.

Françoise Dunoyer

Olivia

MovieDramaRomance

"Olivia" captures the awakening passions of an English adolescent sent away for a year to a small finishing school outside Paris. The innocent but watchful Olivia develops an infatuation for her headmistress Julie and through this screen of love observes the tense romance between Julie and the other head of the school Cara in its final months.

Mademoiselle Cara

The Three Thieves

The Three Thieves · 1954

The Three Thieves

Tapioca, a small-time thief, hides out in an elegant apartment, where he is soon joined by Cascarilla, one of his apprentices who has become better than his master. When the owners arrive home, the latter offers the wife a bunch of love letters she has written to various lovers for ten million.

Doris Ornano

Josette

Josette · 1938

MovieComedyCrime

Two young men try to wrest their father from the clutches of a gold digger but by mistake think the woman is a young nightclub singer with whom they both fall in love.

Renee LeBlanc

Ladies Lake

Ladies Lake · 1934

A handsome but penniless young man takes a summer job as a swimming instructor in a picturesque Alpine lake resort. He falls in love with a young heiress who is staying there with her father, but he also grabs the attention of tomboyish Puck who lives on the other side of the lake and who saves him from drowning one foggy night. Further havoc is caused by the arrival of Eric's old sweetheart whose husband is wanted by the police.

Puck

Happy Days

Happy Days · 1935

MovieComedyDrama

Sylvie, a rich girl, learns at the same time the death and the ruin of her father. Forced to find work in Paris, she is given shelter by a medical student who soon falls for her. Another young man falls in love with her. When her benefactor gets ill and finally dies, Sylvie refuses to give the other man her heart out of faithfulness for the dearly departed. But youth commands and after a time love -but not oblivion - triumphs.

Sylvie

The Extra Day

The Extra Day · 1956

MovieDramaComedy

Director William Fairchild's 1956 British comedy takes a peek into the private lives of various performers employed as extras in a new film that's currently shooting.

Michele Blanchard