1. Simone Therese Fernande Simon was a French film actress who began her film career in 1931.
18 Facts About Simone Simon
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Simone Simon is perhaps best remembered for her role in the American horror film Cat People, and its sequel The Curse of the Cat People.
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Simone Simon went to Paris in 1931 and worked briefly as a singer, model, and fashion designer.
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Simone Simon worked chiefly for the Theatre des Bouffes Parisiens and then managed to get more serious work with Sacha Guitry in O mon bel inconnu.
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Simone Simon made her screen debut in Le chanteur inconnu, and quickly established herself as one of the country's most successful film actresses.
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Simone Simon later told a reporter that she had no acting experience when making her first screen test for The Unknown Singer.
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In later interviews, Simone Simon expressed her gratitude towards Allegret, feeling that he was responsible for her glory.
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Simone Simon was scheduled to make her American film debut in A Message to Garcia, playing a Spanish girl, but was replaced by Rita Hayworth.
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Simone Simon herself claimed in a 1936 interview that she fell ill after weeks of tests and rehearsing for the film.
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Simone Simon was attracted to the story and saw "great possibilities" in her character.
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Reportedly, she again showed a temperament, which led to difficulties with Ruth Chatterton, the film's star, who felt that Simone Simon was receiving more attention.
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Simone Simon confessed that she was nervous during production, because studio executives were closely watching her every step.
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Nonetheless, Simone Simon was hailed a sensation and critics applauded her performance.
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Simone Simon shared the female lead with Janet Gaynor, Loretta Young and Constance Bennett, some of whom objected to the large number of scenes that Simon was getting.
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At the time, due to her relative obscurity in the United States, Simone Simon generated a series of apocryphal rumors about her origins, such as that she was the love child of Marion Davies and William Randolph Hearst, and that she had been a Paramount stock player from Salem, Oregon.
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Simone Simon returned to France to act, and appeared in La Ronde.
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Simone Simon was at one time in a relationship with World War II double agent Dusko Popov, codenamed "Tricycle".
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Simone Simon died in Paris, France, on 22 February 2005 from natural causes.