Simone Renant (19 March 1911 – 29 March 2004) was a French film actress. She appeared in more than 40 films between 1934 and 1983. She was born in
Amiens
Amiens (English: or ; ; pcd, Anmien, or ) is a city and commune in northern France, located north of Paris and south-west of Lille. It is the capital of the Somme department in the region of Hauts-de-France. In 2021, the population of ...
, France and died in
Garches, France.
Partial filmography
* ''La folle nuit'' (1932)
* ''Escale'' (1935)
* ''
You Can't Fool Antoinette'' (1936) - Antoinette
* ''L'école des journalistes'' (1936) - Simone Dubreuil
* ''
The Mysterious Lady'' (1936) - La secrétaire
* ''L'ange du foyer'' (1937)
* ''
The Pearls of the Crown
''The Pearls of the Crown'' (french: Les Perles de la couronne) is a 1937 French comedy film of historically based fiction by Sacha Guitry who plays four roles in it (many of the other performers play multiple roles, as well). Guitry's Jean Mar ...
'' (1937) - Madame Du Barry
* ''
Rail Pirates
''Rail Pirates'' (French: ''Les pirates du rail'') is a 1938 French adventure film directed by Christian-Jaque and starring Charles Vanel, Suzy Prim and Erich von Stroheim. It was shot at the Victorine Studios in Nice and on location in the ...
'' (1938) - Marie Pierson
* ''
They Were Twelve Women'' (1940) - Gaby
* ''
Miss Bonaparte'' (1942) - Adèle Rémy
* ''
The Duchess of Langeais'' (1942) - La vicomtesse Emilie de Fontaines
* ''Romance à trois'' (1942) - Huguette
* ''Lettres d'amour'' (1942) - La préfète Hortense de la Jacquerie
* ''
Domino
Dominoes is a family of tile-based games played with gaming pieces, commonly known as dominoes. Each domino is a rectangular tile, usually with a line dividing its face into two square ''ends''. Each end is marked with a number of spots (also c ...
'' (1943) - Laurette
* ''
Voyage Without Hope
''Voyage Without Hope'' (French: ''Voyage sans espoir'') is a French 1943 French crime drama film directed by Christian-Jaque and starring Simone Renant, Jean Marais and Paul Bernard. It was shot at the Saint-Maurice Studios in Paris. The film's ...
'' (1943) - Marie-Ange
* ''
La tentation de Barbizon'' (1946) - L'ange et Eva Parker / Angel
* ''L'ange qu'on m'a donné'' (1946) - Claire Girard
* ''
The Mysterious Monsieur Sylvain'' (1947) - Françoise Dastier
* ''
Quai des Orfèvres
''Quai des Orfèvres'' (; "Goldsmiths' Quay"; also known as ''Jenny Lamour'') is a 1947 French police procedural drama film based on the book ''Légitime défense'' by Stanislas-Andre Steeman. Directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot the film stars S ...
'' (1947) - Dora Monier
* ''
After Love'' (1947) - Nicole Mésaule
* ''
The Cupid Club
''The Cupid Club'' (French: ''Bal Cupidon'') is a 1949 comedy crime film directed by Marc-Gilbert Sauvajon and starring Pierre Blanchar, Simone Renant and Yves Vincent.Rège p.913 It was shot during 1948, but released the following year. It was ma ...
'' (1949) - Isabelle
* ''
No Pity for Women
''No Pity for Women'' (French: ''Pas de pitié pour les femmes'') is a 1950 French mystery film directed by Christian Stengel and starring Simone Renant, Michel Auclair and Marcel Herrand.Rège p.940 It was adapted by Jean Giltène from his own no ...
'' (1950) - Marianne Séverin
* ''L'homme de joie'' (1950) - Madeleine Jolivet
* ''Tapage nocturne'' (1951) - Marie Varescot
* ''
Son of the Hunchback
''Son of the Hunchback'' (Italian: ''Il Figlio di Lagardere'') is a 1952 French-Italian historical adventure film directed by Fernando Cerchio and starring Rossano Brazzi, Milly Vitale and Gabrielle Dorziat.Parish p.498
The film's sets were desi ...
'' (1952) - Mathilde Pérolle
* ''
The Night Is Ours'' (1953) - Françoise Clozat
* ''
Stopover in Orly
''Stopover in Orly'' (French: ''Escale à Orly'', German: ''Zwischenlandung in Paris'') is a 1955 French-West German romantic comedy crime film directed by Jean Dréville and starring Dany Robin, Dieter Borsche, Simone Renant and Heinz Rühmann. ...
'' (1955) - Gloria Morena
* ''
Bedevilled'' (1955) - Francesca
* ''
If Paris Were Told to Us
''If Paris Were Told to Us'' (french: Si Paris nous était conté) is a 1956 French historical film directed and written by Sacha Guitry. The admissions in France were 2,813,682 people.https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048616/business
Principal cas ...
'' (1956) - Marquise de V...
* ''
The Ostrich Has Two Eggs
''The Ostrich Has Two Eggs'' (French: ''Les oeufs de l'autruche'') is a 1957 French comedy film directed by Denys de La Patellière and starring Pierre Fresnay, Simone Renant and Georges Poujouly.Goble p.892 It was based on a play by André Roussi ...
'' (1957) - Thérèse Barjus
* ''Échec au porteur'' (1958) - Denise Giraucourt
* ''The Adventures of Remi'' (1958) - Lady Mary Milligan
* ''
Women Are Weak'' (1959) - Marguerite Maroni, Helene's mother
* ''
Les liaisons dangereuses
''Les Liaisons dangereuses'' (; English: ''Dangerous Liaisons'') is a French epistolary novel by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, first published in four volumes by Durand Neveu from March 23, 1782.
It is the story of the Marquise de Merteuil and ...
'' (1959) - Mme Volanges
* ''
Love and the Frenchwoman'' (1960) - Desire's advocate (segment "Femme seule, La")
* ''Vive Henri IV... vive l'amour!'' (1961) - Charlotte de Trémoille
* ''Cadavres en vacances'' (1963) - L'hôtelière
* ''
That Man from Rio'' (1964) - Lola, Cabaret Singer
* ''
Love Is a Funny Thing
''Love Is a Funny Thing'' (french: Un homme qui me plaît, a.k.a. ''A Man I Like'') is a 1969 French romantic drama film directed by Claude Lelouch.
Plot
An accidental meeting in the United States between an actress and a composer, both French. Le ...
'' (1969) - Françoise's friend - cameo appearance
* ''Dear Inspector'' (1977) - Suzanne
* ''
Three Men to Kill
''Three Men to Kill'' (French: ''Trois hommes à abattre'') is a French crime film released in 1980, directed by Jacques Deray, starring Alain Delon with Dalila Di Lazzaro. The screenplay is written by Jacques Deray, Alain Delon and Christopher ...
'' (1980) - Mme. Gerfaut
References
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French film actresses
1911 births
2004 deaths
People from Amiens
20th-century French actresses
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