Simone Signoret Net Worth
Simone Signoret Net Worth is
$19 Million
Simone Signoret Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Simone Signoret (French pronunciation: [simɔn siɲɔˈʁɛ]; 25 March 1921 – 30 September 1985) was a French cinema actress often hailed as one of France's greatest film stars. She became the first French person to win an Academy Award, for her role in Room at the Top (1959). In her lifetime she also received a César, three BAFTAs, an Emmy, Cannes Film Festival recognition, the Silver Bear for Best Actress awards and a Golden Globe nomination. | Full Name | Simone Signoret |
| Date Of Birth | March 25, 1921 |
| Died | 1985-09-30 |
| Place Of Birth | Wiesbaden, Hesse, Germany |
| Height | 5' 6" (1.68 m) |
| Profession | Actress |
| Nationality | French |
| Spouse | Yves Allégret |
| Children | Catherine Allégret, Patrick Allégret |
| Parents | Georgette Signoret Kaminker, André Kaminker |
| Siblings | Alain Kaminker, Jean-Pierre Kaminker |
| Awards | Academy Award for Best Actress, César Award for Best Actress, Cannes Best Actress Award, BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actress, David di Donatello for Best Foreign Actress, National Board of Review Award for Best Actress, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress in a Lea... |
| Nominations | Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture – Drama, BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role |
| Movies | Diabolique, Room at the Top, Casque D'Or, Ship of Fools, Army of Shadows, The Deadly Affair, The Sleeping Car Murders, Madame Rosa, The Widow Couderc, The Cat, Thérèse Raquin, La Ronde, The Sea Gull, The Confession, Police Python 357, Dédée d'Anvers, L'Étoile du Nord, Term of Trial, Against the... |
| TV Shows | Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre |
| Star Sign | Aries |
| # | Trademark |
|---|---|
| 1 | Heavy cigarette smoking |
| 2 | Often played liberated women |
| 3 | Often played gold-hearted prostitutes |
| # | Quote |
|---|---|
| 1 | [on Ship of Fools (1965)] Parts of the film are intentionally unsubtle as life was unsubtle then - rough, tough, incredible, unbelievable, but true. I have a European attitude toward this picture, I suppose. I think it says more than most, a picture that will be seen twice. |
| 2 | [on Jack L. Warner] He bore no grudge against those he had wronged. |
| 3 | I got old the way that women who aren't actresses grow old. |
| 4 | I collect all the reviews of the films I turned down. And when they're bad - I have to smile. |
| 5 | In films as well as life, " said Jack Lang, French minister of culture September 30, 1985, "Miss Signoret was an unshakeable militant, in the front rank of all the battles for human rights, under all regimes and on all horizons. It was faith that sustained her, faith in her ideals of liberty and progress. |
| 6 | Hordes of young girls never copied my hairdoes or the way I talk or the way I dress. I have, therefore, never had to go through the stress of perpetuating an image that's often the equivalent of one particular song that forever freezes a precise moment of one's youth. |
| 7 | In Hollywood, in 1964, Vivien Leigh gave elegant dinners in the big house she had rented from London. ...She was no longer Laurence Olivier's wife, but she wanted to remain Lady Olivier...At the end of these evenings the phonograph played the theme from Gone with the Wind (1939). |
| 8 | [Marilyn Monroe in 1960] She seemed to have no other happy professional memories. None of those moments of uproarious giggles among pals, none of those practical jokes, none of the noisy hugs and kisses after a scene when everyone knows all have acted well together. |
| 9 | There's an odd quirk inside that didn't change with 'success' (after "Dedee d'Anvers") and still hasn't. I think: It worked this time. I put it over on them. I made them believe I could do it. But one of these days they're going to discover the fakery. They're going to find out I'm only an amateur. |
| # | Fact |
|---|---|
| 1 | Played by Jordan Mohr in the stage play "Two Simones: de Beauvoir and Signoret in Hollywood.". |
| 2 | Her last name is pronounced "Seen-yor-ay". |
| 3 | Great friends with Jane Fonda, who credits her with getting Fonda interested in politics. |
| 4 | Was great friends with her look-a-like Romy Schneider and convinced her to do her last film, La passante du Sans-Souci (1982) after the death of her son. Her daughter, Catherine Allégret, starred opposite Schneider in the film L'enfer (1964). |
| 5 | Was featured on the poster of the 2013 César awards. |
| 6 | In 1966, she played Lady Macbeth in a British stage production of 'Macbeth' at the Royal Court Thatre opposite Alec Guinness as the title character. She accepted the role on Guinness' wishes, as the actor himself had thought that she could 'convey the sexual magnetism that might hold a husband in thrall'. Having promised him that she would take lessons to improve her English, Signoret was however unable to keep the appointments with her coach. The production turned out to be a disaster and Simone's performance in particular was legendarily catastrophic, with the Guardian calling her 'the worst Lady Macbeth ever' and critic Alan Brien getting in the famous joke 'Simone Signoret: A conical bell-tented matron who moves on wheels like a draped Dalek surmounted by a beautiful Medusa head.'. |
| 7 | Is one of 3 actresses to have won the Best Actress Oscar for playing a character called Alice. The others are Ellen Burstyn for Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974) and Julianne Moore for Still Alice (2014). |
| 8 | Simone Signoret won an Emmy in 1966 under the category of Single Performance by an actress for the TV movie A Small Rebellion. |
| 9 | [Actor Philippe Noiret on working with Simone Signoret in a 1983 interview] It was quite an experience because she is a fabulous actress, because she knows absolutely everything about movies, about what an actor can do on the screen. It's a real challenge to have someone like that in front of you. But she is quite hard to work with because she wants to be at the head of everything, and you have to remain very alert because otherwise she can eat you. Alas, it makes things difficult. You have to stay a bit out of her reach because otherwise she might just manage to devour you. |
| 10 | Was the 51st actress to receive an Academy Award; she won the Best Actress Oscar for Room at the Top (1959) at The 32nd Annual Academy Awards (1960) on April 4, 1960. |
| 11 | For her performance in Room at the Top (1959), she become the first French actress to win a BAFTA and a Best Actress Oscar for the same performance. Marion Cotillard is the second French actress to win both awards for her performance in La Vie en Rose (2007). |
| 12 | Gave birth to her 2nd child at age 25, a daughter Catherine Allégret on April 16, 1946. Child's father was her then-married lover [and later 1st husband], Yves Allégret. |
| 13 | Was originally cast as Madame Hortense in Zorba the Greek (1964) but she quit the production before filming began. Lila Kedrova, who went on to win the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her performance, was cast instead. |
| 14 | Gave birth to her 1st child at age 24, a son in 1945, with her then-married lover Yves Allégret, who would go on to be her 1st husband. However her son died at 9 days old. |
| 15 | With 3 wins (out of 6 nominations), she's the French actress most recognized by BAFTA. |
| 16 | Good friends with Delphine Seyrig. |
| 17 | Is one of 12 French actresses to have received an Academy Award nomination. The others in chronological order are: Claudette Colbert, Colette Marchand, Leslie Caron, Anouk Aimée, Isabelle Adjani, Marie-Christine Barrault, Catherine Deneuve, Juliette Binoche, Marion Cotillard, Bérénice Bejo and Emmanuelle Riva. |
| 18 | Is one of 5 French actors to have won an Academy Award. The others in chronological order are: Claudette Colbert for It Happened One Night (1934), Juliette Binoche for The English Patient (1996), Marion Cotillard for La Vie en Rose (2007) and Jean Dujardin for The Artist (2011). |
| 19 | Original choice to co-star with Elvis Presley in Wild in the Country (1961) but turned down the offer and the role went to Hope Lange. |
| 20 | Grandmother of Benjamin Castaldi. |
| 21 | Tutored English and Latin, while working part-time for "Le Nouveau Temps", a newspaper published during the German occupation. |
| 22 | Born to André Kaminker (1888-1961), a Polish linguist, and his French wife Georgette Signoret, she had two younger brothers, Alain and Jean-Pierre. |
| 23 | Published her autobiography "La nostalgie n'est plus qu'elle était" ("Nostalgia Isn't What It Used To Be") in 1976. |
| 24 | The late American singer and composer Nina Simone took her stage name from Signoret. |
| 25 | Buried in Père-Lachaise Cemetery in Paris with her husband Yves Montand. |
| 26 | Portrayed on a postage stamp issued on 3 October 1998 by the French Post Office. |
| 27 | Author of 'Adieu Volodia', a novel about a group of Jewish immigrants from Ukraine and Russia and their children, working in the theatre/film industry in Paris during the years 1926-1945. |
| 28 | Was able to speak French, German, and English. |
| 29 | First woman to win an Oscar for "Best Actress in a Leading Role" for a non-American film, Room at the Top (1959). Also the first French actress to win a Best Actress Oscar, the second and last one is Marion Cotillard for La Vie en Rose (2007). Signoret's daughter, Catherine Allégret, appeared in "La Vie en Rose" playing Édith Piaf's grandmother. Signoret and Cotillard have both played Lady Macbeth. |
| 30 | Mother of Catherine Allégret |
| 31 | Born at 2:30am-CET |
| 32 | The spring and summer of 1960, Signoret and Montand were neighbors in a three-apartment bungalow at the Beverly Hills Hotel with Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller across the hall and Howard Hughes upstairs. Monroe told her dresser, who wrote a biography, that Miller liked to talk to Signoret because she was so intelligent and that after Signoret went back to France to make a film and Miller went to New York to work on a play that Monroe and Montand did indeed have the affair that was speculated about in the press. |
| 33 | Signoret, her mother's maiden name, was chosen for films in the early 1940s to raise fewer questions with the Nazi authorities than her real surname Kaminker. |
Actress
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Music Hall | 1986 | TV Movie | Yvonne Pierre |
| Thérèse Humbert | 1983 | TV Movie | Thérèse Humbert |
| Guy de Maupassant | 1982 | Maupassant's mother | |
| L'étoile du Nord | 1982 | Mme Louise Baron | |
| I Sent a Letter to My Love | 1980 | Louise Martin | |
| The Adolescent | 1979 | Mamie | |
| Judith Therpauve | 1978 | Judith Therpauve | |
| Madame le juge | 1978 | TV Series | Élisabeth Massot / Le juge d'instruction Élisabeth Massot |
| Madame Rosa | 1977 | Madame Rosa | |
| Police Python 357 | 1976 | Thérèse Ganay | |
| La chair de l'orchidée | 1975 | Lady Vamos | |
| Rude journée pour la reine | 1973 | Jeanne | |
| Les granges brûlées | 1973 | Rose | |
| La veuve Couderc | 1971 | Veuve Couderc Tati | |
| Le chat | 1971 | Clémence Bouin | |
| Comptes à rebours | 1971 | Léa | |
| Un otage | 1970 | TV Movie | Meg |
| The Confession | 1970 | Lise | |
| Mr. Freedom | 1969 | Cameo appearance (uncredited) | |
| L'américain | 1969 | Léone | |
| Army of Shadows | 1969 | Mathilde | |
| The Sea Gull | 1968 | Arkadina | |
| Games | 1967 | Lisa Schindler | |
| A Small Rebellion | 1966 | TV Movie | Sara Lescaut |
| Paris brûle-t-il? | 1966 | Cafe Owner | |
| The Deadly Affair | 1966 | Elsa Fennan | |
| Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | 1966 | TV Series | Sara Lescault |
| Compartiment tueurs | 1965 | Eliane Darrès | |
| Ship of Fools | 1965 | La Condesa | |
| Sweet and Sour | 1963 | Madame Geneviève | |
| The Day and the Hour | 1963 | Therese Dutheil | |
| The Shortest Day | 1963 | Unconfirmed | |
| Term of Trial | 1962 | Anna | |
| Amours célèbres | 1961 | Jenny (segment "Jenny de Lacour") | |
| Les mauvais coups | 1961 | Roberte | |
| Adua e le compagne | 1960 | Adua Giovannetti | |
| General Electric Theater | 1960 | TV Series | Woman |
| Room at the Top | 1959 | Alice Aisgill | |
| The Crucible | 1957 | Elisabeth Proctor | |
| Un matin comme les autres | 1956 | Short | Janine Alix |
| Death in the Garden | 1956 | Djin | |
| Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder | 1955 | Short | Yvette, Lagerhure |
| Diabolique | 1955 | Nicole Horner | |
| The Adultress | 1953 | Thérèse Raquin | |
| Confidences en zig-zag sur l'amour | 1953 | Short | |
| Casque d'Or | 1952 | Marie 'Casque d'Or' | |
| Ombre et lumière | 1951 | Isabelle Leritz | |
| ...Sans laisser d'adresse | 1951 | Une journaliste (uncredited) | |
| Gunman in the Streets | 1950 | Denise Vernon | |
| Le traqué | 1950 | Denise Vernon | |
| La ronde | 1950 | Léocadie, la prostitutée | |
| Four Days Leave | 1950 | Yvonne | |
| Manèges | 1950 | Dora | |
| Impasse des deux anges | 1948 | Anne-Marie Marianne | |
| Dédée d'Anvers | 1948 | Dédée | |
| Against the Wind | 1948 | Michèle | |
| Fantômas | 1947 | Hélène | |
| Macadam | 1946 | Gisele | |
| Le couple idéal | 1946 | Annette | |
| Les démons de l'aube | 1946 | Lily, la cabaretière | |
| La boîte aux rêves | 1945 | Une femme (uncredited) | |
| Le mort ne reçoit plus | 1944 | La maitresse de Firmin | |
| Service de nuit | 1944 | Une danseuse à la taverne (uncredited) | |
| Béatrice devant le désir | 1944 | Liliane Moraccini | |
| L'ange de la nuit | 1944 | Une étudiante (uncredited) | |
| Adieu Léonard | 1943 | La gitane (uncredited) | |
| Le voyageur de la Toussaint | 1943 | Extra (uncredited) | |
| Le bienfaiteur | 1942 | La sécrétaire du journal (uncredited) | |
| Les Visiteurs du Soir | 1942 | Extra (uncredited) | |
| Le prince charmant | 1942 | ||
| Boléro | 1942 | Une employée de la maison de couture (uncredited) |
Self
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Des terroristes à la retraite | 1985 | Documentary | Récitante / Narrator (voice) |
| 7 sur 7 | 1985 | TV Series | Herself |
| La nuit des Césars | 1977-1985 | TV Series documentary | Herself / Herself - La présidente des Césars |
| Apostrophes | 1976-1985 | TV Series | Herself |
| Le cinéma de l'ombre | 1984 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
| Champs-Elysées | 1982 | TV Series | Herself |
| Les rendez-vous du dimanche | 1977-1980 | TV Series | Herself |
| Good Morning America | 1978 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| A Grin Without A Cat | 1977 | Documentary | Narrator (voice) |
| Septembre chilien | 1973 | Short documentary | Récitante / Narrator (voice) |
| A Musical Celebration to Stephen Sondheim | 1973 | TV Movie | Herself - Performer |
| V.I.P.-Schaukel | 1971 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| Langlois | 1970 | Documentary | Herself |
| The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | 1965-1968 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| Cinéastes de notre temps | 1967 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| Bibliothèque de poche | 1966 | TV Series | Herself |
| The 38th Annual Academy Awards | 1966 | TV Special | Herself - Recalling Her Award: Pre-Recorded |
| Late Show London | 1966 | TV Series | Herself |
| Le joli mai | 1963 | Documentary | Narrator (English version) (voice) |
| Cinépanorama | 1956-1963 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| What's My Line? | 1961 | TV Series | Herself - Mystery Guest |
| Here's Hollywood | 1961 | TV Series | Herself |
| Face to Face | 1960 | TV Series | Herself |
| Cinq colonnes à la une | 1960 | TV Series | Herself |
| The 32nd Annual Academy Awards | 1960 | TV Special | Herself - Winner: Best Actress in a Leading Role |
| Small World | 1959 | TV Series | Herself |
| The Jack Paar Tonight Show | 1959 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| Die Windrose | 1957 | Documentary | |
| Jouons le jeu | 1952 | Herself (segment 'La Jalousie') |
Archive Footage
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yves Montand, l'ombre au tableau | 2016 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
| The End of a Great Era | 2015 | Herself (uncredited) | |
| In the cutting room: An interview with Françoise Bonnot | 2015 | Documentary short | Lise London |
| Nous nous sommes tant aimés | 2010-2014 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| René Clément, témoin et poète | 2013 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
| Les artistes et le parti, 1945 - 1968 | 2013 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
| Le goût de l'amour | 2012 | Documentary | Herself |
| Casque d'Or: Au coeur des sentiments | 2012 | Video documentary short | Herself |
| Cinéphiles de notre temps | 2012 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| Ivo Livi, dit Yves Montand | 2011 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
| Un jour, un destin | 2008-2011 | TV Series documentary | Herself / Various roles |
| Moy otets Evgeniy | 2010 | Documentary | Herself |
| Thé ou café | 2010 | TV Series | Herself |
| Deux de la Vague | 2010 | Documentary | Herself |
| Marilyn, dernières séances | 2008 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
| House of Harrington | 2008 | Documentary short | |
| Spisok korabley | 2008 | Documentary | |
| Cannes, 60 ans d'histoires | 2007 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
| Vivement dimanche | 2007 | TV Series | Herself |
| Gabin intime, aristocrate et paysan | 2006 | Video documentary | Herself |
| Les 40 ans de la 2 | 2004 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
| Le fantôme d'Henri Langlois | 2004 | Documentary | Herself |
| Great Performances | 2002 | TV Series | Herself |
| Simone Signoret | 2001 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
| ... y otras mujeres de armas tomar | 1998 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
| Empire of the Censors | 1995 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
| Kleiner Mann ganz groß | 1994 | TV Movie documentary uncredited | |
| Cinema Paradiso | 1988 | Alice Aisgill (uncredited) | |
| Le cinéma dans les yeux | 1987 | Herself | |
| Mémoires pour Simone | 1986 | Documentary | Herself |
| The Love Goddesses | 1965 | Documentary | Herself |
Won Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | César | César Awards, France | Best Actress (Meilleure actrice) | La vie devant soi (1977) |
| 1978 | David | David di Donatello Awards | Best Foreign Actress (Migliore Attrice Straniera) | La vie devant soi (1977) |
| 1971 | Silver Berlin Bear | Berlin International Film Festival | Best Actress | Le chat (1971) |
| 1966 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Drama | Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963) |
| 1960 | Oscar | Academy Awards, USA | Best Actress in a Leading Role | Room at the Top (1959) |
| 1959 | Best Actress | Cannes Film Festival | Room at the Top (1959) | |
| 1959 | Diploma of Merit | Jussi Awards | Foreign Actress | Room at the Top (1959) |
| 1959 | NBR Award | National Board of Review, USA | Best Actress | Room at the Top (1959) |
| 1959 | BAFTA Film Award | BAFTA Awards | Best Foreign Actress | Room at the Top (1959) |
| 1958 | BAFTA Film Award | BAFTA Awards | Best Foreign Actress | Les sorcières de Salem (1957) |
| 1957 | Best Actress | Karlovy Vary International Film Festival | Les sorcières de Salem (1957) | |
| 1953 | BAFTA Film Award | BAFTA Awards | Best Foreign Actress | Casque d'or (1952) |
| 1947 | Suzanne Bianchetti Award | SACD Awards |
Nominated Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | César | César Awards, France | Best Actress (Meilleure actrice) | L'étoile du Nord (1982) |
| 1969 | BAFTA Film Award | BAFTA Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Games (1967) |
| 1968 | BAFTA Film Award | BAFTA Awards | Best Foreign Actress | The Deadly Affair (1967) |
| 1966 | Oscar | Academy Awards, USA | Best Actress in a Leading Role | Ship of Fools (1965) |
| 1966 | Golden Globe | Golden Globes, USA | Best Actress - Drama | Ship of Fools (1965) |
| 1966 | BAFTA Film Award | BAFTA Awards | Best Foreign Actress | Ship of Fools (1965) |
| 1960 | Golden Globe | Golden Globes, USA | Best Actress - Drama | Room at the Top (1959) |
2nd Place Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | NYFCC Award | New York Film Critics Circle Awards | Best Actress | Room at the Top (1959) |
3rd Place Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | Golden Laurel | Laurel Awards | Top Female Dramatic Performance | Room at the Top (1959) |
Known for movies
Diabolique (1955)
as Nicole Horner
Room at the Top (1959)
as Alice Aisgill
Army of Shadows (1969)
as Mathilde
Casque d'Or (1952)
as Marie 'Casque d'Or'