Simone Mareuil
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Simone Mareuil born Marie Louise Simone Vacher (25 August 1903 – 24 October 1954) was a French actress born in Perigueux, Dordogne. She appeared in a number of films, most notably director Luis Buñuel's Un chien andalou (An Andalusian Dog, 1929). She was the second wife of French actor Philippe Hersent.
After World War II she returned to Perigueux, where she fell into a deep depression. She committed suicide by self-immolation at the age of 51 by dousing herself in gasoline and burning herself to death in a public square.
