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| Age: | 24 years old |
| Sex: | Female |
| Location: | Marseille, Rhône-Alpes |
| Country: |  France |
| Height: | 5' 4" |
| BodyType: | Average |
| Zodiac: |  Taurus (Apr 20 - May 20) |
| Last Login: | Jul 12, 2008 (531 days back) |
| I am Here For Dating, Friends and Networking. | |
About Me |
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Simone Simon was born April 23, 1910 to a French engineer and an Italian housewife in Marseille. Her complete birth name was Simone Thérèse Fernande Simon. Her parents' marriage didn't last very long after her birth, for at the age of three Simon moved to Madagascar, where her mother's new husband managed a graphite mine. She spent her formative years there and in Marseilles, and later attended schools in Berlin, Budapest, and Turin. In 1931 she went to Paris and worked briefly as a singer, model and fashion designer.As the story goes, in 1931 the 21-year-old Simon was drinking coffee on the terrace of the Café de la Paix in Paris when she was discovered by exiled Russian director Victor Tourjansky, who cast her in “Le Chanteur inconnu” (“The Unknown Singer” 1931), starring opera singer Lucien Muratore. By the time Tourjansky and Simon worked together again, in “Les Yeux noirs” (“Dark Eyes”) in 1935, Simon had already established herself as a popular young player in the French film industry. After seeing her in the 1934 film “Lac Aux Dames” (“Ladies' Lake”), Darryl F. Zanuck brought her to Hollywood in 1936 with a widespread publicity campaign.Publicity dubbed her "La Sauvage Tendre," a label that must have appealed to 20th Century-Fox talent scouts. Fox mogul Darryl F. Zanuck had Simon shipped to Hollywood—billed as "Europe's Sweetheart"—to star in a series of films for the studio. The Fox publicity department taught Americans to pronounce her name "See-moan See-moan," but the studio was having problems getting the Tender Savage to speak proper English.However her films for 20th Century Fox were only moderately successful. She lost the role of Cigarette in “Under Two Flags” (1936) to Claudette Colbert, and found herself cast instead in smaller productions such as “Girls' Dormitory” (1936), competing with Ruth Chatterton for the attentions of Herbert Marshall; “Ladies in Love” (1936), fourth-billed after Janet Gaynor, Loretta Young, and Constance Bennett; and “Seventh Heaven” (1937) with James Stewart. Simon returned, dissatisfied, to France. There she appeared with Jean Gabin in Jean Renoir’s “La Bête Humaine” (“The Human Beast”) in 1938.With the outbreak of World War II she returned to Hollywood to work for William Dieterle, at RKO, to play one of the tormentors in the comedic “The Devil and Daniel Webster” (1941). That was followed with the Tourneur/Lewton “Cat People” (1942). While with RKO she made two more films for Lewton, “The curse of the Cat People” (1944) and “Mademoiselle Fifi” (1944). These films, however, did not lead to greater success and she languished in mediocre films until the end of the war. After the defeat of the Germans, she returned to France and worked in 11 films, , including “La ronde” (1950) of Max Ophüls. Following the British comedy “The Extra Day” in 1956, Simon retired from films but continued working onstage. In 1973, she made a brief comeback in Michel Deville's “La Femme en bleu” (“The Woman in Blue”), her final film.She lived in Montmartre of Paris until her death on February 22, 2005. French Minister of Culture Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres issued a statement after her death in which he extolled Simon's "charm, her irresistible smile... With Simone Simon's passing, we have lost one of the most seductive and most brilliant stars of the French cinema of the first half of the 20th century." |
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My Interests |
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| Movies, theatre, music, fashion, art |
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I'd like to meet:Anyone who wants to share an interest in Simone Simon and in good Cinema |
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Movies:La Femme En Bleu (1973) * The Extra Day (1956) * Das Zweite Leben (1954) * I Tre Ladri (1954) * Le Plaisir (1952) * Olivia (1951) * La Ronde (1950) * Donne Senza Nome (1949) * Temptation Harbour (1947) * Pétrus (1946) * Johnny Doesn't Live Here Any More (1944) * The Curse Of The Cat People (1944) * Mademoiselle Fifi (1944) * Tahiti Honey (1943) * Cat People (1942) * The Devil And Daniel Webster (1941) * Cavalcade D'amour (1940) * La Bête Humaine (1938) * Josette (1938) * Love And Hisses (1937) * Seventh Heaven (1937) * Ladies In Love (1936) * Girls' Dormitory (1936) * Under Two Flags (1936) * Les Yeux Noirs (1935) * Les Beaux Jours (1935) * Lac Aux Dames (1934) * Le Voleur (1934) * Prenez Garde A La Peinture (1933) * L’Étoile De Valencia (1933) * Tire Au Flanc (1933) * Un Fils d'Amérique (1932) * La Petite Chocolatière (1932) * Pour Vivre Heureux (1932) * Le Roi Des Palaces (1932) * Le Chanteur Inconnu (1931) * Mam'zelle Nitouche (1931) * Durand Contre Durand (1931) * On Opère Sans Douleur (1931) |
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Books:Women in Horror Films - 1940s * Hollywood Players - The Thirties * Sunkissed - Sunwear And The Hollywood Beauty 1930-1950 * Icons of Grief Val Lewtons Home Front Pictures * Inoubliables!: Visages du cinéma français 1930-1950 * Dreams of Darkness: Fantasy and the Films of Val Lewton * Movie Fantastic: Beyond the Dream Machine * The Celluloid Muse: Hollywood Directors Speak |
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My Background and Lifestyle |
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| MaritalStatus: | In a Relationship |
| Ethnicity: | White / Caucasian |
| SexualOrientation: | Straight |
| Religion: | Catholic |
| Smoker: | Yes |
| Drinker: | No |
| Occupation: | Actress |
My Pictures |
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My Blog |
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Trivia about Curse of the cat people |
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| I've just found these nice trivia about Ann Carter in Curse of the cat people:" Carter recalls her time on the Curse of the Cat People set as the most fun she had ever had making a movie. She also enj... Posted by Simone Simon on Sun, 16 Dec 2007 11:02:00 PST |
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Simone Simon on the radio (1945) |
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| Here you can find The Black Art, an episode of horror radio show Inner Sanctum (year 1945) with Simone http://www.podshow.com/shows/index.php?mode=deta
il&episode_id=21712Simone also starred ... Posted by Simone Simon on Tue, 27 Nov 2007 03:45:00 PST |
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Pics! Pics! Pics! |
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| ... Posted by Simone Simon on Thu, 04 Oct 2007 05:17:00 PST |
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Olivia clips |
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| I've just found on YouTube this clips from rare movie Olivia (1951) with Simone
Enjoy!... Posted by Simone Simon on Wed, 18 Jul 2007 07:55:00 PST |
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Script of Curse of the cat people |
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| Thanks to my wonderful friend Jillian, I could found the original script of Curse of the cat people, and it was a great and pleasant surprise to discover some very interesting differences between the ... Posted by Simone Simon on Sun, 27 May 2007 03:50:00 PST |
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La Bte Humaine images |
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| ... Posted by Simone Simon on Wed, 02 May 2007 04:04:00 PST |
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La Bte Humaine (1938) |
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| La Bte Humaine (The Human Beast) Directed by Jean Renoir Produced by Raymond Hakim, Robert Hakim Written by Emile Zola, Jean Renoir Music by Joseph Kosma Starring: Jean ... Posted by Simone Simon on Tue, 01 May 2007 03:28:00 PST |
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New pics! |
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| Here are some new pics from Miss Simone... hope you'll enjoy them &nbs... Posted by Simone Simon on Fri, 13 Apr 2007 04:08:00 PST |
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The curse of the cat people video |
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| ... Posted by Simone Simon on Thu, 15 Mar 2007 03:03:00 PST |
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The curse of the cat people images |
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| ... Posted by Simone Simon on Thu, 15 Mar 2007 02:57:00 PST |
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