Catherine Allégret

Catherine Allégret
Born (1946-04-16) 16 April 1946
Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
Occupation actress, author
Years active 1964-present
Spouse(s) Jean-Pierre Castaldi (1 child)
Maurice Vaudaux (?-present) (1 child)
Children Benjamin Castaldi
Parent(s) Simone Signoret
Yves Allégret

Catherine Allégret (born 16 April 1946) is a French actress. She is the daughter of Simone Signoret and Yves Allégret.[1]

In 2004, she published a book titled World Upside Down (Un monde à l'envers ISBN 2-253-11442-1) in which she contended that she had been sexually abused by her stepfather Yves Montand since the age of 5.[2]

In 2007, she portrayed Édith Piaf's grandmother Louise Gassion, in Olivier Dahan's take at the famous chanteuse's biopic La Vie En Rose (La Môme in French).

Selected filmography

References

  1. Becker, Frawley (2004) And the Stars Spoke Back: A Dialogue Coach Remembers Hollywood Players of the Sixties in Paris, Scarecrow Press, ISBN 978-0810851573, p. 105
  2. "Actress says cinema idol stepfather abused her", Irish Independent, 30 September 2004. Retrieved 20 November 2013

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