Simone Signoret

Birth Name:

Simone Henriette Charlotte Kaminker

Birth Date:

March 25, 1921

Birth Place:

Wiesbaden, Germany

Death Date:

September 30, 1985

Place of Death:

Autheuil-Authouillet, Normandy, France

Age:

Cause of Death:

Pancreatic cancer

Cemetery Name:

Cimetière du Père Lachaise

Claim to Fame:

Show Business

Associates:

Yves Montand

Legendary French actress Simone Signoret had a five-decade career of more than sixty films; her unassailable talent in creating not only memorable but iconic female characters. From 1950 to 1955 Signoret created the roles with which she is most identified in the early stage of her career, a moody, sensual, scintillating presence that made her first a national and then an international symbol: La Ronde (Max Ophuls, 1950), Thérèse Raquin (Marcel Carné, 1953), Diabolique (Henri-Georges Clouzot, 1955), and Casque d’Ôr (Jacques Becker, 1952). The latter film not only established Signoret as an actress of range and complexity, but also galvanized her career as a first-rate star; it remained her favorite rôle, along with Room at the Top (Jack Clayton, 1958, for which she received an Oscar). Room at the Top marked the next phase of Signoret’s career and truly launched her on the international scene; she was honored as Best Actress by both British and American film academies and by the Cannes Film Festival. During her illustrious career 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.

Fun Facts

In 1960 Simone Signoret won the Oscar for Best Actress beating out Katharine Hepburn (Suddenly, Last Summer), Doris Day (Pillow Talk), Elizabeth Taylor (Suddenly, Last Summer) and Audrey Hepburn (The Nun’s Story).

Let’s Make Love is the title of a movie which, according to commentators at the time, was taken a little too seriously by the two main actors. Marilyn Monroe and Yves Montand started a highly-publicized affair during filming according to the tabloid press at that time. In the private bungalows 20 and 21 of the famous Beverly Hills Hotel, the actors would meet together despite their respective spousal commitments. The affair reportedly shattered the Miller / Monroe couple, but Simone Signoret, and then-wife of Yves Montand, later said she would have liked to tell Marilyn Monroe that she didn’t blame her for the affair.

Cemetery Information:

Final Resting Place:

Cimetière du Père Lachaise

16 Rue du Repos, 6ème division, Chemin Lesseps

Paris, , 75020

France

Europe

Map:

Cemetery map of Cimetière du Père Lachaise in Paris, France

Grave Location:

Division 44, Avenue Aguado, Line 1

Grave Location Description

As you walk through the cemetery, make your way to the Crèmatorium du Père Lachaise. From here find Avenue Transversale N 2 and Avenue Aguado. The final resting place of Simone Signoret and Yves Montand can be found approximately 20 feet from the intersection of both avenues on Avenue Aguado.