Simone Mareuil
| 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.[1]
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.[2][3]
After World War II, she returned to Périgueux, where she fell into a deep depression.[4][5] She committed suicide by self-immolation by dousing herself in gasoline and burning herself to death in a public square.[6][7][8][9]
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
- ↑ R. Bruce Elder, DADA, Surrealism, and the Cinematic Effect, p. 615
- ↑ Simone Mareuil (1899-1954)
- ↑ Philippe Hersent (1912–1982)
- ↑ List of actresses who committed suicide
- ↑ A survey of key surrealist films and a look at alternative films that share in the surrealist sensibility. “More disturbingly and strangely surrealistically, Simone Mareuil died via self-immolation with gasoline in a public square in Perigueux, her hometown. She was deeply depressed after World War II and had just returned to her hometown.”
- ↑ ¿Quién es la actriz a la que Buñuel secciona el ojo en el film “Un perro andaluz”?
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Un Chien Andalou
- ↑ Baxter, John (1995). Buñuel. New York: Fourth Estate. p. 137. ISBN 978-1857023534.
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