Simone Simon
Simone Simon, the star of Cat People and La Bête humaine, died of undisclosed causes in Paris on the night of February 22, according to an announcement made by her family. She was 94.
Yesterday, French Minister of Culture Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres issued a statement 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.”
The film career of pretty, kittenish Simone Simon spanned more than four decades, from the early 1930s to the early 1970s, during which time she appeared in nearly 40 motion pictures in France, Italy, Germany, Britain, [...]
by Andre Soares | February 24, 2005
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Tags: All That Money Can Buy, Cat People, Jacques Tourneur, Jean Gabin, Jean Renoir, La Bête humaine, La Ronde, Le Plaisir, Seventh Heaven, Simone Simon
