Simone Signoret

See also: Cinema of France. She received Kennedy Center Honors in 1998. The late American singer, pianist and composer Nina Simone took her stage name from Signoret. She went on to hold several diplomatic posts, representing the United States in the United Nations in 1969-70 and serving as American ambassador to Ghana (1974) and Czechoslovakia (1989). She died of pancreatic cancer in Auteuil-Anthouillet, France, and is buried in Le Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris, France. She subsequently became involved in Republican Party politics under her married name, entering a Congressional race in 1967. Her second marriage was to the Italian-born actor Yves Montand. Temple married the California businessman Charles Black in 1950; she may have looked favorably on his admission while dating that he had never seen any of her films.

First married to the filmmaker Yves Allégret, with whom she had a daughter Catherine Allégret, herself an actress. Later appearances on television did not prove as popular as her films. She won the Academy Award for Best Actress in 1959 for her performance in Room at the Top. Temple retired from film acting in her early twenties. She was born in Wiesbaden, Germany. The role of Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz, played by Judy Garland, was originally intended for her. Simone Signoret (March 25, 1921 - September 30, 1985), was the pseudonym (after her mother's last name) of Simone Kaminker, a French actress. By the late 1930s she was the biggest box-office attraction in motion pictures, and the success of her films may have saved more than one major studio from bankruptcy during the Great Depression.

Boléro (1942). She subsequently starred in many films including Heidi, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm and Susannah of the Mounties. Le Prince charmant (1942). It was in that film that she sang "On the Good Ship Lollipop"; though she often sang in her films, that was probably her most famous song. Les Visiteurs du soir (1942). One of her first film roles was in Bright Eyes, for which she won a special Academy Award. Le Voyageur de la Toussaint (1943). Shirley Jane Temple (born April 23, 1928 in Santa Monica, California), later known as Shirley Temple Black, is an American film actress and diplomat who is considered by many to be the most famous child actress in history.

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).