Artist Info: Simone Simon

Simone Thérèse Fernande Simon (April 23, 1910 (some sources say 1911) – February 22, 2005) was a French film actress who began her film career in 1931.

Born in Béthune, Pas-de-Calais (some sources say Marseilles) France, she was the daughter of Henri Louis Firmin, a French engineer, and Erma Maria Domenica Giorcelli, an Italian housewife. She grew up in Marseille. She went to Paris in 1931 and worked briefly as a singer, model and fashion designer. [read more...]