Simone Genevois
French actress (1912–1995)
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Born | Simone Rolande Marthe Genevois 13 February 1912 Paris, France |
Died | 16 December 1995(1995-12-16) (aged 83) Ascona, Switzerland |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1913–1935 (film) |
Simone Genevois (13 February 1912 – 16 December 1995) was a French film actress.[1] She began her career as a child actor. Her best-known role was in the 1929 epic Saint Joan the Maid in which she played the title part of Joan of Arc.[2]
Selected filmography
- Simone (1918)
- The House of Mystery (1923)
- André Cornélis (1927)
- Napoléon (1927)[3]
- Saint Joan the Maid (1929), as Joan of Arc, a role for which her performance was described as follows: "She is magnetic and appealing, suggesting both the force and the frailty of the heroine."[1]
- The Dream (1931)
- The Case of Doctor Brenner (1933)
References
Bibliography
- Marina Warner, Joan of Arc: The Image of Female Heroism, OUP, 2013.
External links
- Simone Genevois at IMDb
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