Michel Simon appeared in many notable French films, including La Chienne, Boudu Saved from Drowning, L'Atalante, Port of Shadows, The Head, and The Train.
11 Facts About Michel Simon
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Michel Simon left his family and moved to Paris, where he first lived at the Hotel Renaissance, Saint-Martin Street, then in Montmartre.
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Michel Simon worked many different jobs to survive, such as giving boxing lessons and peddling smuggled lighters.
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Michel Simon's career began modestly in 1912, working as a magician, clown, acrobat, and stooge in a dancers' show called "Ribert's and Simon's", in the Montreuil-sous-Bois Casino.
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Michel Simon worked at this time as the company's photographer.
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Michel Simon quit the company in 1923 to become a light comedy actor in plays by Tristan Bernard, Marcel Achard and Yves Mirande.
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Michel Simon then gave a successful performance in Archard's Jean de la Lune as Cloclo.
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Michel Simon appeared in 55 plays from 1920 to 1965, and 101 from 1965 to 1975.
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Michel Simon died at 80 years of age from a pulmonary embolism and is buried in the Grand-Lancy Cemetery of Geneva, next to his parents.
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Michel Simon lived for a long time in a bohemian house in Noisy-le-Grand, near Paris.
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Michel Simon built a series of exterior wire tunnels that linked the various floors and allowed his pet monkeys freedom to roam around.