Simone Mareuil
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| Simone Mareuil | |
|---|---|
 Simone Mareuil in Un chien andalou | |
| Born |
Marie Louise Simone Vacher August 25, 1903 Périgueux, Dordogne, France |
| Died |
October 24, 1954 (aged 51) Périgueux, Dordogne, France |
| Other names | Simonne |
| Spouse(s) | Philippe Hersent |
Simone Mareuil (French pronunciation: [simɔn maʁøj]; 25 August 1903 – 24 October 1954) was a French actress best known for appearing in the surrealist film Un Chien Andalou.
Biography
Born Marie Louise Simone Vacher in Périgueux, 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 actor Philippe Hersent.
After World War II, she returned to Périgueux, where she fell into a deep depression. She committed suicide by self-immolation by dousing herself in gasoline and burning herself to death in a public square.[1]
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Other notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1924 | L'Ombre du bonheur | ||
| La Galerie des monstres | Alternative titles: Gallery of Monsters, La Barraca de los monstruos | ||
| 1925 | Chouchou poids plume | ||
| 1926 | Le Juif errant | Céphise | |
| 1927 | Poker d'as | ||
| La Petite chocolatière | Alternative title: The Chocolate Girl | ||
| Genêt d'Espagne | |||
| 1929 | Peau de pêche | Alternative title: Peach Skin | |
| La Fée moderne | |||
| Ces dames aux chapeaux verts | |||
| Un Chien Andalou | Young girl | Alternative title: An Andalusian Dog; credited as Simonne Mareuil | |
| 1930 | Nos maîtres les domestiques | Alternative title: Our Masters, the Servants | |
| 1931 | Le Juif polonais | Annette | Alternative title: Polish Jew |
| Coeur de Paris | Jeannette Durand | Alternative title: Le Coeur de Paris | |
| 1932 | Le Soir des rois | Charlotte Oltendorf | Alternative title: How Shall I Tell My Husband? |
| 1933 | Miss Helyett | Lolotte | |
| Mariage à responsabilité limitée | |||
| L'Héritier du Bal Tabarin | Mademoiselle Longuebois | ||
| 1936 | L'Amant de Madame Vidal | ||
| 1940 | Sur le plancher des vaches | Gaby |
References
- ↑ Powrie, Phil; Rebillard, Eric (2009). "Parody and the avant-garde: Un Chien Andalou". Pierre Batcheff and Stardom in 1920s French Cinema. Edinburgh University Press. p. 151. ISBN 978-0-7486-2197-2. Retrieved 3 June 2009.
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