Simone Signoret

See also: Cinema of France. In tribute, David Lynch dedicated his film Mulholland Dr. to her memory. The late American singer, pianist and composer Nina Simone took her stage name from Signoret. Jennifer Symes was buried next to her daughter. She died of pancreatic cancer in Auteuil-Anthouillet, France, and is buried in Le Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris, France. Syme's relationship with Reeves ended shortly after the child's death but they remained friends until her own untimely passing as a result of an automobile accident in the spring of 2001 in Los Angeles. Her second marriage was to the Italian-born actor Yves Montand. The photo depicted here is of Syme and Reeves attending the internment at the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles.

First married to the filmmaker Yves Allégret, with whom she had a daughter Catherine Allégret, herself an actress. In December of 1999 she was expecting their daughter, to have been named Eva Archer Syme-Reeves, when the infant was still-born a few weeks premature. She won the Academy Award for Best Actress in 1959 for her performance in Room at the Top. Syme had performed in a few minor film roles including for Lynch in his Lost Highway. She was born in Wiesbaden, Germany. Born Jennifer Maria Syme in Pico Rivera, California, she was working as an assistant to film director David Lynch when she began dating actor Keanu Reeves. Simone Signoret (March 25, 1921 - September 30, 1985), was the pseudonym (after her mother's last name) of Simone Kaminker, a French actress. Jennifer Syme, (December 7, 1972 – April 2, 2001), was an entertainment industry employee, best known as the companion of actor Keanu Reeves.

Boléro (1942). Le Prince charmant (1942). Les Visiteurs du soir (1942). Le Voyageur de la Toussaint (1943).

Adieu Léonard (1943). L'Ange de la nuit (1944). Béatrice devant le désir (1944). Service de nuit (1944).

Le Mort ne reçoit plus (1944). La Boîte aux rêves (1945). Les Démons de l'aube (1946). Le Couple idéal (1946).

Macadam (1946). Fantômas (1947). Against the Wind (1948). Dédée d'Anvers (1948).

Impasse des deux anges (1948). Manèges (1949). Swiss Tour (1950). La Ronde (1950).

Le Traqué (1950). Gunman in the Streets (1950). Sans laisser d'adresse (1951). Ombre et lumière (1951).

Casque d'or (1952). Thérèse Raquin (1953). Les Diaboliques (1955) (Diabolique). Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder (1955).

La Mort en ce jardin (1956). Un matin comme les autres (1956). Die Windrose (1957). Les Les Sorcières de Salem (1957).

Room at the Top (1959). Les Mauvais coups (1960). Adua e le compagne (1960). Amours célèbres (1961).

Barabbas (1962). Term of Trial (1962). Il Giorno più corto (1962). Le Jour et l'heure (1963).

Dragées au poivre (1963). Ship of Fools (1965). Compartiment tueurs (1965). Paris brûle-t-il? (1966).

The Deadly Affair (1966). Games (1967). The Sea Gull (1968). Freedom (1969).

Mr. L'Armée des ombres (1969). L'Américain (1969). L'Aveu (1970).