Simone Berriau
Simone Berriau (21 July 1896 – 26 February 1984) was a French stage and film actress. She appeared in more than ten films from 1933 to 1942, after which she moved to theatre pieces and became the director of the Antoine Theatre in Paris; the venue was later renamed in her honour.
Simone Berriau
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- Name
- Simone Berriau
- Born
- 21 July 1896
- Birthplace
- Touques, Calvados, France
- Died
- 26 February 1984
- Place of death
- Paris, France
- Occupation
- Actress
- Full name
- Simonne Blanche Eugénie Bossis.
- Nationality
- France.
- Languages
- French.
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Simone Berriau (21 July 1896 – 26 February 1984) was a French stage and film actress. She appeared in more than ten films from 1933 to 1942, after which she moved to theatre pieces and became the director of the Antoine Theatre in Paris; the venue was later renamed in her honour.
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• Name — Simone Berriau • Born — 21 July 1896 • Birthplace — Touques, Calvados, France • Died — 26 February 1984 • Place of death — Paris, France • Occupation — Actress • Years Active — 1933–1942 (film) 1943–? (stage)
Selected filmography
Selected filmography
• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1933 — Ciboulette • 1934 — Itto • 1936 — The Tender Enemy • 1938 — Café de Paris • 1939 — Behind the Facade • 1940 — Paris-New York • They Were Twelve Women • 1941 — Moulin Rouge • 1942 — The Woman I Loved Most
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Touques.
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10ᵗʰ arrondissement of Paris.
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- 1.État civil sur le fichier des personnes décédées en France depuis 1970
- 2.Regards, bulletin municipal d'information de la ville de Machecoul.
- 3.Simone est comme ça. éditions Robert Laffont. 1973.
- 4.Stéphane Wolff, Un demi-siècle d'Opéra-Comique (1900-1950), éd. André Bonne, Paris, 1953.
- 5.Christian Destrumeau et Jean Moncelon, Louis Massignon, le cheikh admirable, éd. du Capucin, 2005 .
- 6.Profession : menteur. Belfond - Le Pré aux Clercs. 1990. 2-7144-2084-2.
- 7.Rebaptisé en son honneur Théâtre Antoine-Simone Berriau après sa mort par sa fille.
- 8.Lettres à Nelson Algren. Folio.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 3
- Simone Berriau, Simone est comme ça, autobiographie, éditions Robert Laffont, 1973.
- Maurice Guénot, La Chance apprivoisée, éditions Robert Laffont, 1991.
- Jean-Luc Pouliquen, La Plage des comédiens - En souvenir de Simone Berriau, CIPP, 2017.
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