Simone Signoret

Born: 1921-03-25

Simone Signoret (born Simone Henriette Charlotte Kaminker; 25 March 1921 – 30 September 1985) was a French actress. She received various accolades, including an Academy Award, three BAFTA Awards, a César Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress, in addition to nominations for two Golden Globe Awards. Description above from the Wikipedia article Simone Signoret, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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Is Paris Burning?

as Cafe Owner
Released: 1966-10-26

Near the end of World War II, Gen. Dietrich von Choltitz receives orders to burn down Paris if...

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The Deadly Affair

as Elsa Fennan
Released: 1967-01-26

Charles Dobbs is a British secret agent investigating the apparent suicide of Foreign Office...

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Army of Shadows

as Mathilde
Released: 1969-09-10

Betrayed by an informant, Philippe Gerbier finds himself trapped in a torturous Nazi prison...

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Ship of Fools

as La Condesa
Released: 1965-07-29

Passengers on a ship traveling from Mexico to Europe in the 1930s represent society at large in...

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Diabolique

as Nicole Horner
Released: 1955-01-29

The cruel and abusive headmaster of a boarding school, Michel Delassalle, is murdered by an...

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Flesh of the Orchid

as Lady Vamos
Released: 1975-01-29

A disturbed young woman is kept prisoner in a castle by her aunt for her money. The game-keeper,...

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The Burned Barns

as Rose Cateux
Released: 1973-05-30

The body of a young woman is discovered near a farm. The judge, Larcher is in charge and thinks...

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The Devil's Envoys

as Extra (uncredited)
Released: 1942-12-05

At the end of the 15th century, a man and a woman, posing as traveling minstrels, are sent by...

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Room at the Top

as Alice Aisgill
Released: 1958-12-29

An ambitious young accountant schemes to wed a wealthy factory owner's daughter, despite falling...

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The Cat

as Clémence Bouin
Released: 1971-04-24

Julien Bouin, a former typographist, and his wife Clemence, who used to perform in a circus,...

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Casque d'Or

as Marie
Released: 1952-03-13

At the end of the 19th century, during a ball in Joinville, on the outskirts of Paris, Georges,...

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Adua and Her Friends

as Adua
Released: 1960-09-16

When a brothel closes because of new laws, four of the prostitutes decide to go into business...

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The Confession

as Lise (Mme L. / Lise London)
Released: 1970-04-29

The vice-minister of Foreign Affairs of Czechoslovakia, knowing he's being watched and followed,...

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La Ronde

as Léocadie, la prostitutée
Released: 1950-09-27

An all-knowing interlocutor guides us through a series of affairs in Vienna, 1900. A soldier...

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The Widow Couderc

as la veuve Couderc
Released: 1971-09-15

The relationship between a middle-aged French widow and a young drifter takes a turn when her...

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Madame Rosa

as Madame Rosa
Released: 1977-11-02

Madame Rosa lives in a sixth-floor walkup in the Pigalle; she's a retired prostitute, Jewish and...

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The Sleeping Car Murder

as Eliane Darès, l'actrice éventée (Victime #4)
Released: 1965-11-17

Six people travel by train overnight from Marseilles to Paris. When the train arrives at its...

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The Witches of Salem

as Elizabeth Proctor
Released: 1957-04-26

Salem 1692. The young Abigail, seduced and abandoned by John Proctor, accuses John's wife of...

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La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2022-01-07

In May 1974, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing became President of the Republic and wanted to bring about...

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Thérèse Raquin

as Thérèse Raquin
Released: 1953-11-06

Star-crossed lovers Thérèse and Laurent think they've gotten away with murder after Thérèse's...

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Games

as Lisa Schindler
Released: 1967-09-17

A mysterious woman in black moves in with married Manhattan thrill-seekers and helps one trick...

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A Grin Without a Cat

as Narrator (voice)
Released: 1977-11-23

French essay film focusing on global political turmoil in the 1960s and '70s, particularly the...

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Death in the Garden

as Djin
Released: 1956-09-21

In a remote Amazon jungle village, a group of angry diamond prospectors revolt when the local...

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The Shortest Day

as Contadina
Released: 1963-02-14

Two jerks are enlisted in the Italian army during W.W.1 and by pure luck manage to help win an...

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Police Python 357

as Thérèse Ganay
Released: 1976-03-31

A tough but honest cop must clear his name after a corrupt colleague implicates him in a murder...

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The End of a Beautiful Epoch

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Released: 2015-06-07

Drama based on life and stories of one of the most popular Soviet/Russian writers - Sergei Dovlatov.

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Dawn Devils

as Lily, cabaret owner
Released: 1946-11-20

A lieutenant, at the head of a commando ready to land in France, finds among his men a maquisard...

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Terrorists in Retirement

as Narrator (voice)
Released: 1985-07-26

Not just another documentary on the French resistance movement, this film focuses on one...

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Sweet and Sour

as Madame Geneviève
Released: 1963-09-04

Gerard, a young man from a "good family" dreams of becoming an actor. To do this, he follows...

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The Cheat

as Dora
Released: 1949-07-26

The life of a weak-willed man is thrust into a downward spiral by the scheming of his...

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The Day and the Hour

as Thérèse Dutheil
Released: 1963-04-05

It's the spring of 1944 and Therese is in a hurry to get back to Paris. The trains aren't...

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The Lovely Month of May

as Narrator (English version) (voice)
Released: 1963-05-01

Candid interviews of ordinary people on the meaning of happiness, an often amorphous and...

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Term of Trial

as Anna Weir
Released: 1962-08-16

A schoolteacher plagued by alcoholism and his refusal to serve in World War II, Graham Weir...

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The Adolescent

as Mamie
Released: 1979-01-24

In the summer of 1939, 13-year-old Marie goes with her parents to visit her grandparents in a...

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Dedee

as Dédée, une entraîneuse soutenue par Marco
Released: 1948-09-03

Dedee is a prostitute, working in Monsieur Rene's night club on Antwerp's harbour. The porter is...

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Le Voyageur de la Toussaint

as Extra (uncredited)
Released: 1943-04-08

A young man comes back to his hometown to be confronted with a bourgeois obnoxious family who...

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The North Star

as Mme Louise Baron
Released: 1982-03-31

Edouard Binet, an aimless Frenchman, has been travelling in North Africa for many years, and is...

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Making 'The Misfits'

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2002-10-02

A behind-the-scenes and in-depth look at the making of John Huston's The Misfits (1961).

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Against the Wind

as Michèle Denis
Released: 1948-02-01

A disparate group of volunteers are trained as saboteurs and parachuted into Belgium to blow up...

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Without Leaving an Address

as Une journaliste au journal (uncredited)
Released: 1951-01-17

A woman in Paris hires a taxi driver to locate her ex-lover, father to her newborn child, who...

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The Wind Rose

as uncredited
Released: 1957-03-08

An international anthology about the struggles of female workers around the world.

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The Sea Gull

as Irina Arkadina
Released: 1968-12-23

Film adaptation of Anton Chekhov's story of life in rural Russia during the latter part of the...

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Gunman in the Streets

as Denise Vernon
Released: 1950-12-13

An American is on the run in the streets and back alleys of France.

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Guy de Maupassant

as Maupassant's mother
Released: 1982-04-14

The life and times of the famous French writer Guy de Maupassant.

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Famous Love Affairs

as Jenny de Lacour
Released: 1961-11-03

Anthology of four love stories that have some historical basis.

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The American

as Léone
Released: 1969-09-24

A man returns to Rouen, after fifteen years in the United States, and feels like a stranger...

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Lino Ventura, la part intime

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2018-02-04

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Le Parti du cinéma

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2021-02-01

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Judith Therpauve

as Judith Therpauve
Released: 1978-10-06

A former hero of the French anti-Nazi resistance is approached by old comrades to lead a...

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Countdown to Vengeance

as Léa
Released: 1970-01-29

10 years ago, François Nolan and his brother have been betrayed by one of their accomplices...

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I Sent a Letter to My Love

as Louise Martin
Released: 1980-04-09

A middle-aged disabled man unknowingly begins a lonely hearts correspondence with his own...

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Box of Dreams

as Woman (uncredited)
Released: 1945-07-11

Nicole tries to seduce a young man who lead a bohemian life in an untidy flat with his three pals.

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Langlois

as Self
Released: 1970-09-19

Documentary portrait of Henri Langlois, co-founder of the Cinémathèque Française.

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Back Streets of Paris

as Gisèle
Released: 1946-11-27

Madame Rose runs a seedy hotel in a suburb of Paris. Strong-minded but without the least moral...

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Swiss Tour

as Yvonne
Released: 1949-11-29

A sailor on leave meets a beautiful girl on the ski slopes of Switzerland.

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Fantômas

as Hélène
Released: 1947-09-18

The invincible bandit faces his daughter, courageous and honest, who wants to end his criminal...

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Adieu Léonard

as Gypsy (uncredited)
Released: 1943-09-01

A bungling thief is threatened by one target with blackmail, unless the thief will kill his own...

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The Benefactor

as Newspaper secretary (uncredited)
Released: 1942-12-11

A kind and generous village noble, specializing in good works, actually leads a double existence...

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Signoret et Montand, Monroe et Miller : Deux couples à Hollywood

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2020-12-07

In January 1960, Yves Montand and Simone Signoret, one of the most famous star couples of the...

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Impasse of Two Angels

as Anne-Marie / Marianne
Released: 1948-10-03

Stage actress Marianne has decided to give up her career to marry wealthy nobleman Marquis...

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Angel of the Night

as Une étudiante (uncredited)
Released: 1944-01-19

A young sculptor presides over the destinies of a student club where a miserable young girl ends...

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Prince Charming

as uncredited
Released: 1942-03-26

Rosine, who spends her time as a model, has to deal with the advances of a disreputable young man.

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Boléro

as Une employée de maison de couture
Released: 1942-03-25

As her neighbor Rémi Courmont has told her off for making his ears bleed with Ravel's Bolero, a...

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Le Traqué

as Denise Vernon
Released: 1950-11-15

Manhunt in Paris and as far as Belgium to catch an American gangster escaped from a police van.

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Septembre Chilien

as Narrator
Released: 1973-01-01

Bruno Muel's documentary on the coup in Chile in 1973. Muel, who was part of the famed...

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Night Shift

as La danseuse à la taverne
Released: 1944-04-19

A devoted switchboard operator is the village guardian angel.

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Rude journée pour la reine

as Jeanne
Released: 1973-12-06

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Simone Signoret, figure libre

as (archive footage)
Released: 2020-04-05

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Naked Autumn

as Roberte
Released: 1961-05-17

Milan is an ex Formula One driver and now he lives with his wife Roberte in a small country...

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You Speak of Prague: The Second Trial of Artur London

as Self - Interviewee
Released: 1971-06-15

Artur London was arrested in 1951 in a Stalinist purge, imprisoned and tortured for two years...

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Yves Montand is Singing

as uncredited
Released: 1957-04-01

The tour of the French singer Yves Montand and actress Simone Signoret to the USSR in 1956.

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Simone Signoret, un chat est un chat

as elle même
Released: 2019-01-01

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The Ideal Couple

as Annette
Released: 1946-05-31

Diavalo is the popular hero of French serials circa 1912. Diana is an actress who falls in love...

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Le mort ne reçoit plus

as uncredited
Released: 1944-07-07

In his will, the late Jérôme Armandy has expressed the wish to have all the surviving members of...

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Shadow and Light

as Isabelle Leritz
Released: 1951-06-27

A few years ago, Isabelle Leritz, a famous pianist, suffered a fit of madness, in the middle of...

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Manifesto of the 121

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2011-01-01

On September 5, 1960, the trial of about twenty French activists from the "Jeanson Network"...

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Champs-Elysées

as Self
First aired: 1982-01-16

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Apostrophes

as Self
First aired: 1975-01-10

Apostrophes was a live, weekly, literary, prime-time, talk show on French television created and...

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Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

as Self
First aired: 1975-01-12

A talk show presented by Michel Drucker

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Le Grand Échiquier

as Self
First aired: 1972-01-12

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Spécial cinéma

as Self
First aired: 1974-09-25

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What's My Line?

as Self - Mystery Guest
First aired: 1950-02-02

Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while...

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The Oscars

as Self
First aired: 1953-03-19

An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The...

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Cinépanorama

as Self
First aired: 1956-02-04

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Reflets de Cannes

as Self
First aired: 1954-03-25

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Madame le Juge

as Élisabeth Massot
First aired: 1978-03-11

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General Electric Theater

as Woman
First aired: 1953-02-01

General Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was...

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Thérèse Humbert

as Thérèse Humbert
First aired: 1983-11-18

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