Simone Signoret
Born	Simone Henriette Charlotte Kaminker March 25, 1921(1921-03-25) Wiesbaden, Germany
Died	September 30, 1985 (aged 64) Auteuil-Anthouillet, France
Spouse(s)	Yves Allégret (1944-1949) Yves Montand (1951-1985)

Simone Signoret (pronounced [simɔn siɲɔˈʀɛ] in French) (March 25, 1921 - September 30, 1985), was an Academy Award, Emmy, BAFTA, César and Cannes award-winning Jewish-French actress. Events 1199 - Richard I is wounded by a crossbow bolt while fighting France which leads to his death on April 6. Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar Wiesbaden, a city in southwest Germany, is the capital of the state of Hesse. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Events 1399 - Henry IV is proclaimed King of England. 1744 - France and Spain defeat the Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Yves Allégret ( October 13, 1907 - January 31, 1987) was a French Film director in the Film noir genre Yves Montand (iv mɔ̃ˈtɑ̃ in French ( 13 October 1921 &ndash 9 November 1991) was an Italian -born French Events 1199 - Richard I is wounded by a crossbow bolt while fighting France which leads to his death on April 6. Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar Events 1399 - Henry IV is proclaimed King of England. 1744 - France and Spain defeat the Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA is a British charity that hosts annual awards shows for film television television craft video games and forms of animation Cesar ( Spanish, French and Portuguese - as C é sar - for Caesar) may refer to People César Augusto The Cannes Film Festival (le Festival de Cannes founded in 1946 is one of the world's oldest most influential and prestigious Film festivals alongside Venice, PLEASE TAKE NOTE************ This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works

Early life

Signoret was born Simone-Henriette-Charlotte Kaminker in Wiesbaden, Germany to André and Georgette (Signoret) Kaminker. Wiesbaden, a city in southwest Germany, is the capital of the state of Hesse. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. She was the oldest child of three, with two younger brothers. Her father, a linguist who later worked in the United Nations, was a French-born Jewish army officer of Polish descent^[1], who brought the family to Neuilly-sur-Seine on the fancy outskirts of Paris. Linguistics is the scientific study of Language, encompassing a number of sub-fields The United Nations ( UN) is an International organization whose stated aims are to facilitate cooperation in International law, International security This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. PLEASE TAKE NOTE************ The history of the Jews in Poland dates back over a Millennium. Neuilly-sur-Seine (nœji syʀ sɛn in French) is a commune bordering the western limit of the city of Paris, France. Signoret grew up in Paris in an intellectual atmosphere and studied the English language in school, earning a teaching certificate. Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States She tutored English and Latin and worked part-time as a typist for a French collaborationist newspaper, Le Nouveau Temps, run by Jean Luchaire.

Career

During the German occupation of France, Signoret formed close bonds with an artistic group of writers and actors who met at a café in the Saint-Germain-des-Prés quarter, Café de Flore. Saint-Germain-des-Prés is an area of the 6th arrondissement of Paris, France, located around the church of the former Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés Café de Flore sits on the corner of the Boulevard Saint-Germain and the Rue St By this time, she had developed an interest in acting and was encouraged by her friends, including her lover, Daniel Gélin, to follow her ambition. Daniel Yves Alfred Gélin ( 19 May 1921 - 29 November 2002) was a French actor occasional director and Screenwriter and In 1942, she began appearing in bit parts and was able to earn enough money to support her mother and two brothers as her father, who was a French patriot, had fled the country in 1940 to join General De Gaulle in England. Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle ( ( 22 November 1890 – 9 November 1970) was a French General and statesman who led the Free French She took her mother's maiden name for the screen to help hide her Jewish roots.

Signoret's sensual features and earthy nature led to type-casting and she was often seen in prostitute roles. Prostitution is the act of performing Sexual activity in exchange for Money. She won considerable attention in La Ronde (1950), a film which was banned briefly in New York as immoral. La Ronde ( Roundabout) is a 1950 movie, directed by Max Ophüls based on Schnitzler 's 1897 play of the same New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous She won further raves, including an acting award from the British Film Academy, for her portrayal of yet another prostitute in Jacques Becker's Casque d'or (1951). Jacques Becker ( September 15, 1906 - February 21, 1960) was a French Screenwriter and Film director. Casque d'or ( Golden Helmet) is a 1952 French Film directed by Jacques Becker. She went on to appear in many notable films in France during the 1950s, including Thérèse Raquin (1953), directed by Marcel Carné, Les Diaboliques (1954), and Les Sorcières de Salem (1956), based on Arthur Miller's The Crucible. Marcel Carné ( August 18, 1906 - October 31, 1996) was a French Film director. Les Diaboliques ( 1954) is a black-and-white film directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot, starring Simone Signoret and Véra Clouzot. The Crucible ( French: Les Sorcières de Salem) is a 1957 joint Franco -East German film production directed by Raymond Rouleau Arthur Asher Miller (October 17 1915 &ndash February 10 2005 was an American Playwright and Essayist. The Crucible by Arthur Miller is a play based upon the events in 1692, which led to the Salem Witch Trials, a series of hearings before

Simone Signoret with Laurence Harvey in Room at the Top; the film established her as a major actress. Laurence Harvey ( October 1, 1928 – November 25, 1973) was an Academy Award -nominated Lithuanian born actor who achieved Room at the Top is a 1959 British film based on the novel of the same name by John Braine.

In 1958, Signoret went to England to film Room at the Top (1959), which won her numerous awards including the Best Female Performance Prize at Cannes and the Academy Award for Best Actress. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Room at the Top is a 1959 British film based on the novel of the same name by John Braine. The Best Actress Award ( French: Prix d'interprétation féminine) is an award presented at the Cannes Film Festival. The Cannes Film Festival (le Festival de Cannes founded in 1946 is one of the world's oldest most influential and prestigious Film festivals alongside Venice, Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS to She was the only French cinema actress to receive an Oscar until Juliette Binoche in 1997 (Supporting Actress), and the first woman to win the award appearing in a foreign film. The cinema of France comprises the art of Film making within the nation of France or by French filmmakers abroad Juliette Binoche (in French ʒylijɛt biˈnɔʃ born 9 March 1964 is an Academy Award -winning French film actress. She was offered films in Hollywood but turned them down and continued to work in France and England. She played opposite Laurence Olivier in Term of Trial (1962). Laurence Kerr Olivier Baron Term of Trial is a 1962 British Drama film made by Romulus Films Ltd She did return to America for Ship of Fools (1965) which earned her another Oscar nomination and she went on to appear in several Hollywood films before returning to France in 1969. The ship of fools is an Allegory that has long been a fixture in Western literature and art.

Her one attempt at Shakespeare, playing Lady Macbeth opposite Alec Guinness at the Royal Court Theatre in London in 1966 proved to be ill-advised, although some critics were harsher and one referred to her English as "impossibly Gallic". Macbeth is among the best-known of William Shakespeare 's plays, and is his shortest tragedy, believed to have been written some time between Sir Alec Guinness, CH, CBE (2 April 1914 &ndash 5 August 2000 was an English Actor. Court Theatre The Royal Court Theatre is a non-commercial theatre on Sloane Square, in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. ^[2]

In her later years, she was often criticized for gaining weight and letting her looks go but Signoret, who was never concerned with glamour, ignored the insults and continued giving finely etched performances. She won more acclaim for her portrayal of a weary madam (Madame Rosa) in La Vie devant soi (1977) and as an unmarried sister who unknowingly falls in love with her paralyzed brother via anonymous correspondence in I Sent a Letter to my Love (1980). Madame Rosa is a 1977 French film adaption of the novel La Vie devant soi, written by Romain Gary under the pseudonym

Her memoirs, Nostalgia Isn't What It Used To Be, were published in 1978. She also wrote a novel, Adieu Volodya, published in 1985, the year of her death.

First married to the filmmaker Yves Allégret from 1944 to 1949, with whom she had a daughter Catherine Allégret, herself an actress. Yves Allégret ( October 13, 1907 - January 31, 1987) was a French Film director in the Film noir genre Catherine Allégret (born 16 April 1946 in Neuilly-sur-Seine) is a French Actress. Her second marriage was to the Italian-born French actor Yves Montand in 1950, a union which lasted until her death. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Yves Montand (iv mɔ̃ˈtɑ̃ in French ( 13 October 1921 &ndash 9 November 1991) was an Italian -born French

In Playboy she was shown once in an embrace with Robert Mitchum. Robert Charles Durman Mitchum ( August 6, 1917 &ndash July 1, 1997) was an Academy Award nominated American film She was nude above the waist, and the magazine's caption used the term "a big bare hug. "

She died of pancreatic cancer in Auteuil-Anthouillet, France; and is buried in Le Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris. Pancreatic cancer is a malignant tumor of the Pancreas. Each year about 37680 individuals in the United States are diagnosed with this condition and 34290 Père Lachaise Cemetery (Cimetière du Père-Lachaise officially cimetière de l'Est, "East Cemetery" is the largest Cemetery in the city of Paris Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city

The late American singer, pianist and composer Nina Simone took her stage name from Signoret. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Eunice Kathleen Waymon, better known by her Stage name Nina Simone ( IPA: ninɐ sʌmɞnɑ (February 21 1933 – April 21 2003 was a fifteen-time

Filmography

Awards and nominations

Emmy Awards

• 1966: Won Emmy Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Drama for: Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963) for episode A Small Rebellion

Germany Berlin International Film Festival

• 1971: Won Silver Berlin Bear for Best Actress for: Le Chat (1971) ('Tied with Shirley MacLaine for Desperate Characters)

France Cannes Film Festival

• 1959: Won Best Actress for: Room at the Top

César Awards, France

• 1983: Nominated Best Actress for: L'Étoile du Nord (1982)
• 1978: Won Best Actress for: La Vie devant soi (1977)

Italy David di Donatello Awards, Italy

• 1978 Won Best Foreign Actress for: La Vie devant soi (1977) (Tied with Jane Fonda for Julia)

See also

• Cinema of France
• César Award for Best Actress

References

Bibliography

• Monush, Barry (ed), The Encyclopedia of Hollywood Film Actors From the Silent Era to 1965. New York: Applause Books, 2003. ISBN 1-55783-551-9
• Signoret, Simone, Nostalgia Isn't What It Used To Be. Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1978. ISBN 0-297-77417-4

External links

• Simone Signoret at the Internet Movie Database
• Simone Signoret at Find A Grave