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Michèle Morgan
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French actress (1920-2016)
Film & TV
Neuilly-sur-Seine, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], France
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Michèle Morgan (born Simone Renée Roussel; 29 February 1920 – 20 December 2016) was a French film actress, who was a leading lady for three decades in both French cinema and Hollywood features. She is considered one of the greatest French actresses of the 20th century. Morgan was the inaugural winner of the Best Actress Award at the Cannes Film Festival. In…
Known for
- Rat Pack — Self (archive footage)2022
- Hervé Guibert, la mort propagande — Self (archive footage)2021
- A Night at the Opera2020
- Danielle Darrieux : Il est poli d'être gai ! — Self (archive footage)2019
- Michèle Morgan, une vie — Self (archive footage)2017
- Vivement dimanche — Self1998
- Des gens si bien élevés — Geneviève1997
- La Veuve de l'architecte — Helena Kramp1995
- Carné, You Said Carné? — Self1994
- Everybody's Fine — Femme dans le train1990
via TMDB
Key facts
- Born
- Simone Renée Roussel , ( 1920-02-29 ) 29 February 1920, Neuilly-sur-Seine , France
- Died
- 20 December 2016 (2016-12-20) (aged 96), Neuilly-sur-Seine , France
- Resting place
- Montparnasse Cemetery , Paris , France
- Occupation
- Actress
- Years active
- 1935–1999
- Spouses
- William Marshall , ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1942 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1948 ) Henri Vidal , ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1950 ; died 1959 ) Gérard Oury , ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1960 ; died 2006 )
- Children
- Mike Marshall
- Relatives
- Sarah Marshall (granddaughter)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Renée
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Neuilly-sur-Seine
- Place of death
- Neuilly-sur-Seine
- Spouse
- Gérard Oury
- Child
- Mike Marshall
- Sibling
- Hélène Roussel
- Occupation
- actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Image
- Morgan michele.jpg
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- Commons category
- Michèle Morgan
- date of birth
- 1920-02-29
- date of death
- 2016-12-20
- place of burial
- Montparnasse Cemetery
- start of work period
- 1935-00-00
- birth name
- Simone Renée Roussel
- end of work period
- 2001-00-00
- pseudonym
- Michèle Morgan
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Encyclopedic overview
Michèle Morgan ( French: [miʃɛl mɔʁɡan]; born Simone Renée Roussel; 29 February 1920 – 20 December 2016) was a French film actress, who was a leading lady for three decades in both French cinema and Hollywood features. She is considered one of the greatest French actresses of the 20th century. Morgan was the inaugural winner of the Best Actress Award at the Cannes Film Festival. In 1992, she was given an honorary César Award for her contributions to French cinema.
Early life
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