- published: 01 May 2015
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Simone Signoret (French pronunciation: [simɔn siɲɔˈʁɛ]; 25 March 1921 – 30 September 1985) was a French cinema actress often hailed as one of France's greatest film stars. She became the first French person to win an Academy Award, for her role in Room at the Top (1959). In her lifetime she also received a César, three BAFTAs, an Emmy, Cannes Film Festival recognition, the Silver Bear for Best Actress awards and a Golden Globe nomination.
Signoret was born Simone Henriette Charlotte Kaminker in Wiesbaden, Germany, to André and Georgette (Signoret) Kaminker, as the eldest of three children, with two younger brothers. Her father, a pioneering interpreter who worked in the League of Nations, was a French-born Jewish army officer of Polish descent, who brought the family to Neuilly-sur-Seine on the outskirts of Paris. Her mother, Georgette, from whom she acquired her stage name, was a French Catholic. Signoret grew up in Paris in an intellectual atmosphere and studied English, German and Latin. After completing secondary school during the Nazi Occupation, Simone was responsible for supporting her family and forced to take work as a typist for a French collaborationist newspaper, Les nouveaux temps, run by Jean Luchaire.
Actors: Christophe Louis (producer), Christophe Louis (producer), Martin Metz (miscellaneous crew), Gilles Waterkeyn (producer), Bastien Sirodot (miscellaneous crew), Iwona Sellers (miscellaneous crew), Adrian Politowski (producer), André Marcon (actor), Johan Leysen (actor), Olivier Claverie (actor), Laurent Claret (actor), Pascal Demolon (actor), Michel Israel (actor), Catherine Rigault (costume designer), Bruno Paviot (actor),
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