Michel Simon Net Worth is $1.5 Million Michel Simon Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
The son of a sausage-maker, Michel Simon was conscripted into the Swiss Army at the start of World War I, but was thrown out through a combination of tuberculosis and general insubordination. He was variously a boxer, photographer, general handyman and right-wing anarchist, finally becoming a stage actor in Geneva in 1920. His reputation soon grew...
Date Of Birth April 9, 1895 Died 1975-05-30 Place Of Birth Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland Height 5' 10" (1.78 m) Profession Actor, Writer, Soundtrack Star Sign Aries
# Trademark 1 Bear-like characters: Hairy, dirty and ugly with a deep voice 2 Eccentric lower class types who end up being oddly endearing 3 Frequently used to comic effect in otherwise serious films
# Fact 1 Father of actor François Simon . 2 Denounced as Jewish, his photo was on view at the anti-Semite exhibition at the Berlitz Palace. 3 In the 1920's/30's Michel Simon, enjoyed associating with people of the lower classes in Paris and for a while, at a time when prostitution was legal, he lived in a brothel.
Actor Title Year Status Character Le théâtre de Tristan Bernard 1975 TV Movie L'Ibis rouge 1975 Zizi Le boucher, la star et l'orpheline 1975 L'érotologue La più bella serata della mia vita 1972 Attorney Zorn Blanche 1971 Master La maison 1970 Louis Compiegne Contestazione generale 1970 Cavazza The Marriage Came Tumbling Down 1968 Le vieux Jéricho The Two of Us 1967 Pépé Deux heures à tuer 1966 L'employé de la consigne Ecce Homo 1965 Récitant / Narrator (voice) Du vent dans les branches de Sassafras 1965 TV Movie John-Emery Rokefeller Steinlein 1964 Short Récitant / Narrator (voice) Cyrano et d'Artagnan 1964 Le Grognard The Train 1964 Papa Boule Marco Polo 1962/II The Devil and the Ten Commandments 1962 Jérôme Chambard (segments "Dieu en vain ne jureras" / "Les Dimanches tu garderas") Le bateau d'Émile 1962 Charles-Edmond Larmentiel Mon ami Lazlo 1960 Short Candide 1960 Colonel Nanar, du cadre de réserve Pierrot la tendresse 1960 Pierrot The Battle of Austerlitz 1960 Alboise The Head 1959 Prof. Dr. Abel It Happened in Broad Daylight 1958 Jacquier Un certain Monsieur Jo 1958 Joseph 'Jo' Guardini Les 3 font la paire 1957 Commissaire Bernard La joyeuse prison 1956 Benoit - le surveillant-chef Mémoires d'un flic 1956 Le commissaire principal Henri Dominique L'impossible Monsieur Pipelet 1955 Maurice Martin Par ordre du tsar 1954 Prince de Sayn-Wittgenstein Ungarische Rhapsodie 1954 General von Sayn-Wittgenstein The Anatomy of Love 1954 Il professore L'étrange désir de Monsieur Bard 1954 Auguste Bard Femmes de Paris 1953 Professeur Charles Buisson Saadia 1953 Bou Rezza La vie d'un honnête homme 1953 Albert Ménard-Lacoste / Alain Ménard-Lacoste Le marchand de Venise 1953 Shylock Le chemin de Damas 1952 Caïphe Le rideau rouge 1952 Bertal / Banquo The Temptress 1952 Cidoni Das Geheimnis vom Bergsee 1952 Bürgermeister (french version) La fille au fouet 1952 Le tuteur d'Angelina Brelan d'as 1952 Le commissaire Jules Maigret (segment (segment "Le témoignage d'un enfant de choeur") Monsieur Taxi 1952 Pierre Verger (Monsieur Taxi) La Poison 1951 Paul Louis Victor Braconnier Beauty and the Devil 1950 Mephistopheles
Old Prof. Henri Faust Fabiola 1949 Senator Fabius Severus La carcasse et le tord-cou 1948 Joseph Ferdinand Anselme Midot, dit 'Le tord-cou' Les amants du pont Saint-Jean 1947 Alcide Garonne Non coupable 1947 Le docteur Michel Ancelin La taverne du poisson couronné 1947 Capitaine Palmer Panic 1946 Monsieur Hire A Friend Will Come Tonight 1946 Michel Lemaret Vautrin the Thief 1943 Vautrin Shop Girls of Paris 1943 Baudu Una signora dell'ovest 1942 Butler / Carras The King's Jester 1941 Rigoletto Tosca 1941 Il barone Scarpia Ecco la felicità 1940 Giambattista Giordano La comédie du bonheur 1940 M. Jourdain Paris New-York 1940 L'inspecteur Boucheron Les musiciens du ciel 1940 Le capitaine Simon Cavalcade d'amour 1939 Diogène, Monseigneur de Beaupré & Lacouret Circonstances atténuantes 1939 M. Gaetan Le Sentencier, 'La Sentence' Fric-Frac 1939 Jo 'Les bras coupés' Le dernier tournant 1939 Nick Marino La fin du jour 1939 Cabrissade Derrière la façade 1939 Picking Eusèbe député 1939 Eusèbe Bonbonneau Noix de coco 1939 Josserand Le règne de l'esprit malin 1938 Luc La chaleur du sein 1938 Michel Quercy Le ruisseau 1938 Le comte Edouard de Bourgogne dit 'L'Escargot' Belle étoile 1938 Léon Les nouveaux riches 1938 Martinet Port of Shadows 1938 Zabel Les disparus de St. Agil 1938 Lemel, prof. de dessin Mirages 1938 Michel The Kiss of Fire 1937 Michel Bizarre, Bizarre 1937 Irwin Molyneux La bataille silencieuse 1937 Sauvin Boulot aviateur 1937 Baron Gobèche Le choc en retour 1937 Laverdac Faisons un rêve... 1936 Un invité (prologue) Le mort en fuite 1936 Achille Baluchet Jeunes filles de Paris 1936 Baron de Beaupoil and his brother Les jumeaux de Brighton 1936 Labrosse Moutonnet 1936 Frècheville Under Western Eyes 1936 Lespara Le bébé de l'escadron 1935 Perrot-Joly Amants et voleurs 1935 Doizeau Adémaï au moyen âge 1935 Lord Pickwickdam Le bonheur 1935 Noël Malpiaz L'Atalante 1934 Le père Jules Ladies Lake 1934 Oscar Lyssenhop Miquette et sa mère 1934 Monchablon Léopold le bien-aimé 1934 M. Ponce Du haut en bas 1933 Maximilian Podeletz Boudu Saved from Drowning 1932 Priape Boudu Baleydier 1932 Baleydier La Chienne 1931 Maurice Legrand On purge bébé 1931 Chouilloux Jean de la Lune 1931 Clothaire dit Clo-Clo L'enfant de l'amour 1930 Lorédan Pivoine 1929 Tire au flanc 1928 Joseph Turlot The Passion of Joan of Arc 1928 Jean Lemaître Casanova 1927 Sbire L'inconnue des six jours 1926 Le valet de chambre Feu Mathias Pascal 1926 Jérôme Pomino The Vocation of André Carel 1925 Gaston Lebeau La galerie des monstres 1924
Writer Title Year Status Character The King's Jester 1941 adaptation / screenplay
Soundtrack Title Year Status Character De Serge Gainsbourg à Gainsbarre de 1958 - 1991 1994 Video documentary performer: "L'herbe tendre" Les amants du pont Saint-Jean 1947 performer: "Boire un petit coup, c'est agréable"
Director Title Year Status Character Jean de la Lune 1931 uncredited
Producer Title Year Status Character Boudu Saved from Drowning 1932 producer - uncredited
Self Title Year Status Character Histoire du cinéma français par ceux qui l'ont fait 1975 TV Series documentary Himself Apropos Film 1974 TV Series documentary Himself Samedi soir 1971-1974 TV Series Himself Tid til at leve 1974 TV Series documentary Himself Gala de l'union 1973 TV Series Himself Bienvenue 1973 TV Series Himself - Main guest Le grand échiquier 1973 TV Series Himself Pariser Journal 1967-1971 TV Series documentary Himself Monsieur Cinéma 1970 TV Series Himself D'hier et d'aujourd'hui 1969 TV Series Himself Cinéastes de notre temps 1964-1969 TV Series documentary Himself Dim Dam Dom 1968 TV Series Himself Tilt 1967 TV Series Himself Bibliothèque de poche 1966 TV Series Himself La nuit écoute 1965 TV Series short Himself Cinépanorama 1960-1965 TV Series documentary Himself Grock - König hinter der Maske 1965 TV Movie documentary Himself Michel Simon 1964 Short Himself Il mondo di notte numero 3 1964 Documentary Je connais une blonde 1963 TV Movie Himself (uncredited) Dans la vie faut pas s'en faire 1962 TV Movie documentary Himself Voeux à tous vents 1961 TV Movie Himself Discorama 1960 TV Series Himself Simenon 1959 Short Himself Hôtel des Invalides 1952 Documentary short Récitant / Narrator (voice) La cité du midi 1951 Documentary short Récitant / Narrator (voice) Vedettes sans maquillage 1951 Documentary short Himself Michel Simon sous le plâtre 1939 Documentary short Himself
Won Awards Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie 1967 Silver Berlin Bear Berlin International Film Festival Best Actor Le vieil homme et l'enfant (1967) 1950 Silver Ribbon Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists Best Foreign Actor (Migliore Attore Straniero) La beauté du diable (1950)
Known for movies L'Atalante (1934) as Le père Jules
The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) as Jean Lemaître
Port of Shadows (1938) as Zabel
Boudu Saved from Drowning (1932) as Priape Boudu