Renée Simonot
| Renée Simonot | |
|---|---|
| Renée Deneuve | |
| Born | Jeanne Renée Deneuve 10 September 1911 Le Havre, France |
| Occupation | Child, stage and voice and film actress, |
| Years active | 1918－ |
| Spouse(s) | Maurice Dorléac (1940－1979, his death) |
| Partner(s) | Aimé Clariond |
| Children | Danielle (1936.12.15－) Françoise (1942.03.21－1967.06.26) Catherine (1943.10.22－) Sylvie (1946.12.14－) |
| Relatives | Christian Vadim (grandson) Chiara Mastroianni (granddaughter) |
Renée Simonot (born 10 September 1911) is a French actress. She was married to actor Maurice Dorléac, and is the mother of actresses Catherine Deneuve and Françoise Dorléac, and grandmother of actors Christian Vadim and Chiara Mastroianni.
Personal life and career
Born Jeanne Renée Deneuve in Le Havre, France. She debuted at the Odeon Theatre in 1918 at the age of 7. Primarily a stage actress, she remained there for 28 years, holding the post of "leading lady". Her daughter Catherine chose to use her maiden name, Deneuve, as her stage name. Simonot is Renée's stage name, which she took from an opera singer and family friend.[1]
Renée Simonot was one of the first French actresses to begin the dubbing of American films in France from the beginning of the talkies in 1929 through the 1930s. She was the voice of Olivia de Havilland (in most of her films), Sylvia Sidney, Judy Garland and Esther Williams, among others.
She had her first daughter, Danielle, out of wedlock on 15 December 1936 with actor Aime Clariond.[2][3] She met Maurice Dorléac while dubbing for MGM, whom she married in 1940 and she had three daughters: Françoise (21 March 1942 – 26 June 1967; car accident), Catherine (born 22 October 1943) and Sylvie (born 14 December 1946). Simonot has been a widow since 1979 and lives in Paris as of 2012.
Select Theater
- 1921: Les Misérables Paul Meurice and Charles Hugo based on the novel by Victor Hugo, Odeon Theatre
- 1922: Henry Dupuy-Molière and Jean-José Mazuel Frappa, directed Gémier Firmin, Odeon Theatre
- 1928: La Belle Aventure Gaston Arman de Caillavet, Robert de Flers, Stephen Rey, Odeon Theatre
- 1932: The Favorite Martial Piéchaud, Odeon Theatre
- 1934: Joan of Arc in Saint-Georges de Bouhélier, Odeon Theatre
