Simone Signoret Biography

Simone Signoret biography

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NAME: Simone Henriette Charlotte Kaminker
OCCUPATION: Film Actress, Theater Actress
BIRTH DATE: March 25, 1921
DEATH DATE: September 30, 1985
PLACE OF BIRTH: Wiesbaden, Germany

PLACE OF DEATH: Auteuil-Anthouillet, France
Originally: Simone Kaminker

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Simone Signoret was a French actress who was the first French person to win an Academy Award (for Room at the Top, 1959). She was married to Yves Montand.

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Simone Signoret was a French actress who was the first French person to win an Academy Award (for Room at the Top, 1959). She was married to the actor Yves Montand, for whom she divorced her first husband. During World War II, she changed her original last name of Kaminker to avoid being persecuted as a Jew. After the war, she earned leading roles in a number of films, including Les Diaboliques.