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Simone Simon
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Actor Born: April 23, 1910 in Bethune, France Death: February 22, 2005 in Paris, France Biography:Born in Bethune, France, "Simone Simon" grew up in Marseille and went to Paris in 1930. She worked for a time as a designer and model before making her screen debut in 1931 in a comedy by "Marc Allegret", who made his own debut as a feature filmmaker that same year. Simon displayed an innocent, girl/woman sensuality that anticipated "Brigitte Bardot" (ironically, also a discovery of Allegret) by several decades, and it wasn't long before she was discovered by the American movie industry. In 1935 she was signed by Fox studios in Hollywood. However, soon after arriving things began to go wrong for her with an abortive attempt to cast her in "Message To Garcia" with "Wallace Beery", during the filming of which she was hospitalized. "Girls' Dormitory" (1936) became her first American film, but despite the fact that she enjoyed working on it, she didn't get along with her director. After making a handful... Full Biography
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