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Michel Simon

Actor / Photographer | * 04/09/1895 († 80, 05/30/1975) | Geneva (Switzerland)
Michel Simon (French: [miʃɛl simɔ̃]; 9 April 1895 – 30 May 1975) was a Swiss-French actor. He appeared in many notable French films, including La Chienne (1931), Boudu Saved from Drowning (1932), L'Atalante (1934), Port of Shadows (1938), The Head (1959), and The Train (1964). ()
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Michel Simon (9 April 1895 – 30 May 1975) was a Swiss actor. He appeared in the notable films La Chienne (1931), Boudu Saved from Drowning (1932), L'Atalante (1934), Port of Shadows (1938), The Head (1959), and The Train (1964).

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Crime

Known for these Movies & Shows

As the Allied forces approach Paris in August 1944, German Colonel Von Waldheim is desperate to take all of France's greatest paintings to Germany. He manages to secure a train to transport the valuab ...

The Train

NR

1964 | 3.8/5 | 2h 13min
Thriller, War, Action
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Henri Faust, retiring after 50 years as a professor in a circa-1700 French university, despairs at the ravages of old age ... whereupon Mephistopheles, agent of Lucifer, appears as a virile, handsome ...

The Beauty of the Devil

Certification unknown

1950 | 3.7/5 | 1h 36min
Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
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Down a foggy, desolate road to the port city of Le Havre travels Jean, an army deserter looking for another chance to make good on life. Fate, however, has a different plan for him, as acts of both re ...

Port of Shadows

Certification unknown

1938 | 3.8/5 | 1h 33min
Crime, Drama, Romance / Love
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Capricious small-town girl Juliette and barge captain Jean marry after a whirlwind courtship, and she comes to live aboard his boat, L'Atalante. As they make their way down the Seine, Jean grows weary ...

L'Atalante

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1934 | 3.8/5 | 1h 29min
Romance / Love, Drama, Comedy
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Awards & Nominations for Michel Simon

Silver Bear Hans-Reinhart-Ring
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Movies with Michel Simon as Actor(104)

as Self (archive footage)2023 Journey Through History
as himself2012 Cinéastes de notre temps: Jean Vigo
as Le père Jules (archive footage)2001 Jean Vigo : le son retrouvé
as Zizi1975 The Red Ibis
as Attorney Zorn1972 The Most Wonderful Evening of My Life
as Master1972 Blanche
as Cavazza1970 Let's Have a Riot
as Louis Compiegne1970 The House
as Le vieux Jéricho1968 The Marriage Came Tumbling Down
as Pépé1967 The Two of Us
as Self - Interviewee1967 Jean Renoir le patron, 2e partie: La direction d'acteur
as Locker Attendant1966 Deux heures à tuer
as Self - Interviewee1965 Cinéastes de notre temps: Sacha Guitry
as Le Grognard1964 Cyrano and d'Artagnan
as Papa Boul1964 The Train
as himself1963 Ecco
as Charles-Edmond Larmentiel1962 Emile's Boat
as Jérôme Chambard1962 The Devil and the Ten Commandments
as Alboise1960 The Battle of Austerlitz
as Colonel Nanar, du cadre de réserve1960 Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century
as Pierrot1960 Pete the Tender
as Prof. Dr. Abel1959 The Head
as Joseph "Jo" Guardini1958 Un certain Monsieur Jo
as Jacquier1958 It Happened in Broad Daylight
as Commissaire Bernard1957 Three Make a Pair
as Principal Commissioner Henri Dominique1955 Mémoires d'un flic
as Maurice Martin, concierge d'immeuble1955 The Impossible Mr. Pipelet
as General von Sayn-Wittgenstein1954 Hungarian Rhapsody
as Prince de Sayn-Wittgenstein1954 At the Order of the Czar
as Padre Silvio1954 A Slice of Life
as Auguste Bard1954 Strange Desire of Mr. Bard
as Professeur Charles Buisson1953 Femmes de Paris
as Albert et Alain Ménard-Lacoste1953 The Virtuous Scoundrel
as Shylock1953 The Merchant of Venice
as Bou Rezza1953 Saadia
as Caïphe1952 The Road to Damascus
as Bürgermeister1952 Das Geheimnis vom Bergsee
as Récitant / Narrator (voice)1952 Hôtel des Invalides
as Le commissaire Jules Maigret1952 Full House
as Le tuteur1952 The Girl with the Whip
as Pierre Verger1952 Mister Taxi
as Cidoni1952 The Two Truths
as Lucien Bertal / Léonard, his understudy / Banquo1952 Crimson Curtain
as Paul Louis Victor Braconnier1951 Poison
as Mephistopheles / Elderly Henri Faust1950 The Beauty of the Devil
as Senator Fabius Severus1949 Fabiola
as Joseph Ferdinand Anselme Midot,aka 'Le tord-cou'1948 La Carcasse et le Tord-cou
as Alcide Garonne1947 The Lovers of the Pont Saint-Jean
as Captain Palmer1947 The Crowned Fish Tavern
as Monsieur Hire1947 Panic
as Docteur Ancelin1947 Not Guilty
as Michel Lemaret1946 A Friend Will Come Tonight
as Vautrin1943 Vautrin the Thief
as Baudu1943 Shop Girls of Paris
as Butler1942 Girl of the Golden West
as Il barone Scarpia1941 Tosca
as Rigoletto1941 The King's Jester
as Monsieur Jourdain1940 Comedy of Happiness
as Le capitaine Simon1940 The Musicians of the Sky
as Le commissaire Boucheron1940 Paris-New York
as Jo1939 Fric-Frac
as M. Gaetan, "Le Sentencier"1939 Extenuating Circumstances
as Cabrissade, l'éternelle doublure1939 The End of the Day
as Diogène, Monseigneur de Beaupré & Lacouret1939 Cavalcade of Love
as Eusèbe Bonbonneau1939 Deputy Eusèbe
as Nick Marino1939 The Last Turning
as Picking1939 Behind the Facade
as Josserand1939 Cocoanut
as le comte Edouard de Bourgogne1938 The Stream
as Martinet1938 The New Rich
as Lemel, le professeur de dessin1938 Boys' School
as Zabel1938 Port of Shadows
as Michel Quercy1938 Mother Love
as Michel1938 Mirages
as Léon1938 Beautiful Star
1937 Boulot aviateur
as Laverdac1937 Le choc en retour
as Michel1937 Naples Under the Kiss of Fire
as Irwin Molyneux, alias Félix Chapel1937 Bizarre, Bizarre
as Sauvin1937 La bataille silencieuse
1936 Girls of Paris
as Un Invité (Prologue)1936 Let's Make a Dream
as Labrosse1936 The Twins of Brighton
as Achille Baluchet1936 The Fleeing Dead
as Lespara1936 Under Western Eyes
as Frècheville1936 Moutonnet
as Lord Pickwickdam1935 Adémaï au Moyen Âge
as Perrot-Joly1935 Le bébé de l'escadron
as Le père Jules1934 L'Atalante
as Monchablon, un médiocre acteur de tournées, qui fait la cour à Miquette1934 Miquette et sa mère
as Oscar Lyssenhop1934 Ladies Lake
1934 Léopold le bien-aimé
as Noël Malpiaz1934 Le Bonheur
as M. Bodeletz1933 High and Low
as Priape Boudu1932 Boudu Saved from Drowning
1932 Baleydier
as Chouilloux1931 Baby's Laxative
as Jean de la Lune1931 Jean of the Moon
as Maurice Legrand1931 La Chienne
as Lorédan1930 Illegitimate Child
as Jean Lemaître1928 The Passion of Joan of Arc
as Joseph Turlot1928 The Sad Sack
as Jérôme Pomino1925 The Late Mathias Pascal
as Gaston Lebeau1925 The Vocation of André Carel

TV Shows/Series with Michel Simon as Actor(6)

as Self (archive footage)1978 Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma
as himself1972 Le Grand Échiquier
as himself1971 Samedi soir
as himself1965 Dim Dam Dom
as himself1959 Discorama
as himself1956 Cinépanorama

Movies with Michel Simon as Crew(2)

Writing/Screenplay1941 The King's Jester
Production/Producer1932 Boudu Saved from Drowning

Citizenships: France, Switzerland
Born: Tuesday, 04/09 1895 (April) in Geneva (Switzerland)
Died: Friday, 05/30 1975 (May) in Bry-sur-Marne (aged: 80)
Zodiac sign: Aries (Chinese zodiac sign: Goat)
Languages: French (FR)
Children: François Simon
Other names for Michel Simon (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Мишель Симон"
"Michel François Joseph Simon"
"François Joseph Simon"
Michel Simon frequently works together with these people:
René Génin (11x, Actor)
Sacha Guitry (11x, Crew)
Jean Renoir (10x, Crew)
Robert Ozanne (10x, Actor)
Pauline Carton (9x, Actress)
Louis de Funès (7x, Actor)
Pierre Brasseur (7x, Actor)
Pierre Labry (7x, Actor)
Marcel L'Herbier (7x, Crew)
Georges Paulais (7x, Actor)
Guy Bedos (6x, Actor)
Marguerite Moreno (6x, Actress)
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