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{{Short description|French actress (1921–1985)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}}
{{Infobox person
| name               = Simone Signoret
| image              = Simone Signoret (Harcourt).jpg
| caption            = Signoret in 1947
| birth_name         = Simone Henriette Charlotte Kaminker
| birth_date         = {{Birth date|1921|3|25|df=y}}
| birth_place        = [[Wiesbaden]], Germany
| death_date         = {{Death date and age|1985|9|30|1921|3|25|df=y}}
| death_place        = [[Autheuil-Authouillet]], France
| occupation         = Actress
| years_active       = 1942–1985
| spouse             = {{plainlist|
* {{marriage|[[Yves Allégret]]|1944|1949|reason=divorced}}
* {{marriage|[[Yves Montand]]|1951}}
}}
| children           = [[Catherine Allégret]]
}}

'''Simone Signoret''' ({{IPA|fr|simɔn siɲɔʁɛ|lang}}; born '''Simone Henriette Charlotte Kaminker'''; 25 March 1921 – 30 September 1985) was a  French actress. She received various accolades, including an [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]], three [[British Academy Film Awards|BAFTA Awards]], a [[César Award]], a [[Primetime Emmy Award]], and the [[Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress]], in addition to nominations for two [[Golden Globe Awards]].

== Early life ==
Signoret was born Simone Henriette Charlotte Kaminker in [[Wiesbaden]], Germany, to Georgette (née Signoret) and André Kaminker. She was the eldest of three children, with two younger brothers. Her father, a pioneering interpreter who worked in the [[League of Nations]], was a French-born army officer from an assimilated and middle-class Polish-Jewish and Hungarian-Jewish family,<ref>{{cite book | last = Signoret | first = Simone | title = Nostalgia isn't what it used to be | publisher = Penguin Books | location = Harmondsworth, England New York | year = 1979 | isbn = 978-0-14-005181-0 | url-access = registration | url = https://archive.org/details/nostalgiaisntwha00sign }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | title = Nostalgia Isn't What It Used to Be (Paperback) | work = The Guardian | date = 7 August 2000 | quote = Signoret was descended from Polish/Hungarian Jews }}</ref> who brought the family to [[Neuilly-sur-Seine]] on the outskirts of Paris. Her mother, Georgette, from whom she acquired her stage name, was a French Catholic.<ref>{{Cite journal | last = Hayward | first = Susan | title = Simone Signoret (1921–1985) — The body political | journal = Women's Studies International Forum | volume = 23 | issue = 6 | pages = 739–747 | doi = 10.1016/S0277-5395(00)00147-3 | date = November–December 2000 }}</ref>

Signoret grew up in Paris in an intellectual atmosphere and studied English, German and Latin. After completing secondary school during the [[German military administration in occupied France during World War II|Nazi occupation]], Simone was responsible for supporting her family and forced to take work as a typist for a French collaborationist newspaper ''Les nouveaux temps'', run by [[Jean Luchaire]].{{sfn|David|1993|pp=24-26}}<ref>{{Cite book|title = Garden of Dreams: The Life of Simone Signoret|last = DeMaio|first = Patricia A.|publisher = University Press of Mississippi|date = January 2014}}</ref>

== Career ==
During the occupation of France, Signoret mixed with an artistic group of writers and actors who met at the [[Café de Flore]] in the [[Saint-Germain-des-Prés]] quarter.{{sfn|David|1993|pp=28-29}} By this time, she had developed an interest in acting and was encouraged by her friends, including her lover [[Daniel Gélin]] to follow her ambition.{{cn|date=May 2025}} In 1942, she began appearing in bit parts and was able to earn enough money to support her mother and two brothers as her father, who was a French patriot, had fled the country in 1940 to join General [[Charles de Gaulle|De Gaulle]] in England. She took her mother's maiden name for the screen to help hide her Jewish roots.{{sfn|David|1993|pp=30-31}}

Signoret's sensual features and earthy nature led to type-casting and she was often seen in roles as a prostitute.<ref name="nytobit">{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/10/01/movies/simone-signoret-dies-in-france-at-64.html | work=[[The New York Times]] | title=Simone Signoret Dies in France at 64 | first=Eric | last=Pace | date=1 October 1985 |url-access=subscription | access-date=25 May 2025}}</ref><ref name="timesobit">{{Cite news |date=1 October 1985 |title=Obituary: Simone Signoret, Well-loved French actress |work=[[The Times]] |issue=62257 |page=18}}</ref>{{sfn|David|1993|p=8}}<ref name="monush">{{cite book |last=Monush |first=Barry |year=2003 |title=The Encyclopedia of Hollywood Film Actors: From the Silent Era to 1965 |location=New York |url=https://archive.org/details/screenworldprese0000monu |url-access=registration |publisher=[[Applause Books]] |page=680 |isbn=1-55783-551-9}}</ref> She won considerable attention in ''[[La Ronde (1950 film)|La Ronde]]'' (1950),{{sfn|Bouchardeau|2005|pp=65-67}} a film which was banned briefly in New York City as immoral.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1954/01/06/archives/court-sees-banned-film-u-s-justices-view-la-ronde-in-state.html | work=[[The New York Times]] | title=Court Sees Banned Film: U.S. Justices View 'La Ronde' in State Censorship Case | date=6 January 1954 |url-access=subscription | access-date=26 May 2025}}</ref> She won further acclaim, including an acting award from the [[British Film Academy]], for her portrayal of another prostitute, [[Amélie Élie]], in [[Jacques Becker]]'s ''[[Casque d'or]]'' (1951), which in France became a signature role for her.<ref name="1953bafta">{{cite web|url=https://www.bafta.org/awards/film/foreign-actress|title=BAFTA {{!}} Film / Foreign Actress {{!}} Through the Years {{!}} 1953|website=bafta.org|access-date=2025-05-26}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=30 September 1990 |title=Scarred by a great beauty |first=Robin |last=Smyth |work=[[The Observer]] |page=56}}</ref> She appeared in many French films during the 1950s, including ''[[Thérèse Raquin (1953 film)|Thérèse Raquin]]'' (1953), directed by [[Marcel Carné]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cinematheque.fr/film/47326.html|title=Thérèse Raquin|language=French|website=cinematheque.fr|access-date=2025-05-28}}</ref> ''[[Les Diaboliques (film)|Les Diaboliques]]'' (1954),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cinematheque.fr/film/47752.html|title=Les Diaboliques|language=French|website=cinematheque.fr|access-date=2025-05-28}}</ref> and ''[[The Crucible (1957 film)|The Crucible]]'' (''Les Sorcières de Salem''; 1956), based on [[Arthur Miller]]'s ''[[The Crucible]]''.{{sfn|Bouchardeau|2005|pp=93-101}}
[[File:Room at the Top screenshot.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Simone Signoret with [[Laurence Harvey]] in ''[[Room at the Top (1959 film)|Room at the Top]]''; the film established her as an international actress.]]

In 1958, Signoret acted in the English independent film ''[[Room at the Top (1959 film)|Room at the Top]]'' (1959),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/440778/index.html |title=Room at the Top (1958) |first=Phil|last=Wickham |work=[[Screenonline]] |access-date=25 May 2025}}</ref> and her performance won numerous awards, including the [[Prix d'interprétation féminine|Best Female Performance Prize]] at [[Cannes Film Festival|Cannes]]<ref name="timesobit" /> and the [[Academy Award for Best Actress]].<ref name="1960oscars" /> She was offered films in Hollywood,<ref name="monush" /> but for the next few years worked in Europe—for example, with [[Laurence Olivier]] in ''[[Term of Trial]]'' (1962).<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1963/01/31/archives/screen-term-of-trialoliviers-acting-fails-to-save-new-film-the-cast.html | work=[[The New York Times]] | title=Screen: 'Term of Trial' | first=Bosley | last=Crowther | author-link=Bosley Crowther | date=31 January 1963 |url-access=subscription | access-date=29 May 2025}}</ref>{{efn|Signoret was to appear in ''[[The Lion (film)|The Lion]]'', for [[Twentieth-Century Fox]], but the film ultimately starred [[Capucine]]; another Fox movie she was offered, ''[[Justine (1969 film)|Justine]]'', finally appeared with [[Anouk Aimée]] in the title role.<ref>{{cite book |last=Monserrat |first=Joëlle |year=1983 |title=Simone Signoret |language=French |location=Paris |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9782853361934 |url-access=registration |publisher=PAC |page=127 |isbn=9782853361934}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Crowther |first=Bosley |author-link=Bosley Crowther |title=Screen: A Child's Dream Fulfilled |date=22 December 1962 |url-access=subscription |work=[[The New York Times]] |page=5 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1962/12/22/archives/screen-a-childs-dream-fulfilledfilm-the-lion-offers-colorful-wild.html |access-date=15 June 2025}}</ref><ref name="afi">{{cite web|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/22989|title=Justine|website=afi.com|access-date=2025-06-15}}</ref>}} She earned another Oscar nomination for her work on ''[[Ship of Fools (film)|Ship of Fools]]'' (1965);<ref name="1966oscars" /> was part of a cast of international stars recreating the [[liberation of Paris]] in [[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]]'s epic ''[[Is Paris Burning? (film)|Is Paris Burning?]]'';<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1966/11/11/archives/the-screen-is-paris-burning-takes-great-documentaryworld-war-ii.html | work=[[The New York Times]] |page=36 | title=The Screen: 'Is Paris Burning?' Takes Great Documentary Material and Turns It Into a Garble | first=Bosley | last=Crowther | author-link=Bosley Crowther | date=11 November 1966 |url-access=subscription | access-date=15 June 2025}}</ref> then, after working with [[Sidney Lumet]] on ''[[The Deadly Affair]]'' and ''[[The Sea Gull]]'', she returned permanently to France in 1969.<ref name="latobit" /><ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1968/12/24/archives/chekhovs-the-sea-gull-brought-to-the-screen-by-lumet.html | work=[[The New York Times]] | title=Chekhov's 'The Sea Gull' Brought to the Screen by Lumet | first=Vincent | last=Canby | author-link=Vincent Canby | date=24 December 1968 |url-access=subscription | access-date=15 June 2025}}</ref><ref name="monush" />

In November 1960, Signoret was interviewed by [[John Freeman (British politician)|John Freeman]], about her career and life for BBC television series [[Face to Face (British TV programme)|''Face to Face'']].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000th87|title='Face to Face,Simone Signoret|publisher=BBC. 13 November 1960. Retrieved 12 September 2025.}}.</ref> Signoret was one of only two women to be interviewed as part of the first iteration of the series, the other being renowned poet Dame [[Edith Sitwell]]. 

In 1962, Signoret translated [[Lillian Hellman]]'s play ''[[The Little Foxes]]'' into French for a production in Paris that ran for six months at the [[Théâtre Sarah-Bernhardt]]. She played the Regina role as well. Hellman was displeased with the production, although the translation was approved by scholars selected by Hellman.<ref>Signoret 1978, pp. 324–328.</ref> Signoret's one attempt at Shakespeare, performing [[Macbeth|Lady Macbeth]] with [[Alec Guinness]] at the [[Royal Court Theatre]] in London in 1966 proved to be ill-advised, with some harsh critics; one referred to her English as "impossibly Gallic".<ref>Sutcliffe, Tom. [https://www.theguardian.com/news/2000/aug/07/guardianobituaries.filmnews "Sir Alec Guinness".] ''Film Guardian'', 7 August 2000.</ref>

Signoret won acclaim for her portrayal of a weary madam in ''[[Madame Rosa]]'' (1977)<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1978/03/19/archives/screen-moishe-mizrahis-rosa.html | work=[[The New York Times]] | title=Moishe Mizrahi's 'Rosa' | first=Vincent | last=Canby | author-link=Vincent Canby | date=19 March 1978 |url-access=subscription | access-date=25 May 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=12 April 1979 |title=An age of decision |first=Eric |last=Shorter |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |issue=38522 |page=15}}</ref>{{sfn|Bouchardeau|2005|p=242}} and as an unmarried sister who unknowingly falls in love with her paralyzed brother via anonymous correspondence in ''{{Interlanguage link|Chère inconnue|fr|3=Chère inconnue|lt=I Sent a Letter to my Love}}'' (1980).<ref>{{Cite news |date=4 November 1980 |title=Distinctive style in a sturdy retrospective |first=David |last=Robinson |author-link=David Robinson (film critic) |work=[[The Times]] |issue=60767 |page=8}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/05/03/movies/moshe-mizrahi-s-i-sent-a-letter-to-my-love.html | work=[[The New York Times]] | title=Moshe Mizrahi's 'I Sent a Letter to My Love' | first=Vincent | last=Canby | author-link=Vincent Canby | date=3 May 1981 |url-access=subscription | access-date=25 May 2025}}</ref> She continued to act until her death, working on the [[miniseries]] ''Music-Hall'' while terminally ill.<ref name="latobit" />{{sfn|Bouchardeau|2005|pp=265-267}}

== Personal life ==
Signoret's memoirs, ''Nostalgia Isn't What It Used to Be'', were published in 1976.<ref name="timesobit" /> She also wrote the novel ''Adieu Volodya'', published in 1985, the year of her death: this was autobiographical in its depiction of Jewish immigrants in France between the wars.<ref name="latobit">{{cite news| url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-10-01-mn-19173-story.html | work=[[The Los Angeles Times]] | title=French Actress Simone Signoret Dies at 64 | first=Stanley | last=Meisler | date=1 October 1985 | access-date=26 May 2025}}</ref> Both books were best-sellers in France.<ref name="latobit" />

Signoret first married filmmaker [[Yves Allégret]] (1944–1949), with whom she had a son (Patrick) and a daughter [[Catherine Allégret]]. Patrick died nine days after his birth. Privately, Signoret blamed the hospital for his death as they had taken Patrick to a chapel for baptism and he shortly thereafter caught a cold and died. Signoret never spoke publicly about his death.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Demaio |first1=Patricia A. |title=Garden of Dreams The Life of Simone Signoret |date=2014 |publisher=[[University Press of Mississippi]] |location=[[Jackson, Mississippi]] |isbn=9781604735697 |page=70 |url=https://www.upress.state.ms.us/Books/G/Garden-of-Dreams |access-date=17 April 2025}}</ref>

Her second marriage was to the Italian-born French actor [[Yves Montand]] in 1951, a union which lasted until her death; the couple had no children.<ref name="nytobit" />{{sfn|David|1993|p=205}} They were both active in left-wing and humanitarian causes, although as they grew older she gravitated towards the political centre and he to the right.<ref name="timesobit" /><ref name="latobit" /><ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/11/10/world/yves-montand-sage-charmer-of-french-film-and-politics-dies-at-70.html | work=[[The New York Times]] | title=Yves Montand, Sage Charmer of French Film and Politics, Dies at 70 | first=Alan | last=Riding | author-link=Alan Riding | date=10 November 1991 |url-access=subscription | access-date=25 May 2025}}</ref>

Signoret died of colon cancer in [[Autheuil-Authouillet]], France, aged 64.{{sfn|Bouchardeau|2005|pp=266-267}}<ref name="latobit" /> She was buried in [[Père Lachaise Cemetery]] in Paris,<ref name="nytobit" /> and Yves Montand later was buried next to her.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/03/12/world/paris-journal-beyond-the-grave-dna-haunts-yves-montand.html | work=[[The New York Times]] | title=Beyond the Grave, DNA Haunts Yves Montand | first=Craig R. | last=Whitney | date=12 March 1998 |url-access=subscription | access-date=25 May 2025}}</ref>

Signoret identified as Jewish. She was a supporter of a variety of Jewish causes, including the [[Zionism|Zionist]] movement and the [[Soviet Jewry movement]]. She maintained relationships with many Israeli leaders and was critical of antisemitism in the [[French Communist Party]]. Because she was of [[Who is a Jew?|patrilineal]] Jewish ancestry and was therefore not considered Jewish under traditional [[halakha]], there was no religious ceremony at her funeral.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jta.org/archive/simone-signoret-dead-at-64 |title=Simone Signoret Dead at 64 |date=2 October 1985 |publisher=[[Jewish Telegraphic Agency]] |accessdate=2024-04-29}}</ref>

== Filmography ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| rowspan="4" | 1942
| ''[[Bolero (1942 film)|Bolero]]''
| Une employée de la maison de couture
| Uncredited
|-
| ''[[Prince Charming (1942 film)|Prince Charming]]''
| Extra
| Uncredited
|-
| ''{{sortname|Les|Visiteurs du Soir}}''
| Extra
| Uncredited
|-
| ''[[The Benefactor (1942 film)|The Benefactor]]''
| La sécrétaire du journal
| Uncredited
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1943
| ''[[Strange Inheritance (film)|Strange Inheritance]]''
| Extra
| Uncredited
|-
| ''[[Goodbye Leonard]]''
| {{sortname|La|gitane|nolink=1}}
| Uncredited
|-
| rowspan="4"| 1944
| ''[[The Angel of the Night]]''
| Une étudiante
| Uncredited
|-
| ''[[Behold Beatrice]]''
| Liliane Moraccini
|
|-
| ''[[Night Shift (1944 film)|Night Shift]]''
| {{sortname|La|danseuse à la taverne|nolink=1}}
| Uncredited
|-
| ''[[Death No Longer Awaits]]'' 
| La maitresse de Firmin
|
|-
| 1945
| ''[[Box of Dreams (film)|Box of Dreams]]''
| {{sortname|Une|femme|nolink=1}}
| Uncredited
|-
| rowspan="3"| 1946
| ''[[Dawn Devils]]'' 
| Lily, la cabaretière
|
|-
| ''[[The Ideal Couple]]''
| Annette
|
|-
| ''[[Back Streets of Paris]]''
| Gisèle
|
|-
| 1947
| ''[[Fantômas (1947 film)|Fantômas]]''
| Hélène
|
|-
| rowspan="3"| 1948
| ''[[Against the Wind (1948 film)|Against the Wind]]''
| Michele Dennis
|
|-
| ''[[Dédée d'Anvers]]''
| Dédée
|
|-
| ''[[Dilemma of Two Angels]]''
| Marianne
|
|-
| rowspan="4"| 1950
| ''[[Manèges]]''
| Dora
|
|-
| ''[[Swiss Tour]]''
| Yvonne
|
|-
| ''{{sortname|La|Ronde|La Ronde (1950 film)}}''
| Leocadie, the Prostitute
|
|-
| ''[[Gunman in the Streets]]''
| Denise Vernon
| (also released as ''[[The Hunted (1950 film)|The Hunted]]'')
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1951
| ''[[...Sans laisser d'adresse]]''
| {{sortname|Une|journaliste|nolink=1}}
| Uncredited
|-
| ''[[Shadow and Light]]''
| Isabelle Leritz
|
|-
| 1952
| ''[[Casque d'or]]''
| Marie 'Casque d'Or'
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role|BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actress]]
|-
| 1953
| ''[[Thérèse Raquin (1953 film)|Thérèse Raquin]]''
| Thérèse Raquin
|
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1955
| ''{{sortname|Les|Diaboliques|Les Diaboliques (film)}}''
| Nicole Horner
|
|-
| ''[[Mother Courage and Her Children]]''
| Yvette, Lagerhure
| (unfinished)
|-
| 1956
| ''[[Death in the Garden]]''
| Djin
|
|-
| 1957
| ''{{sortname|The|Crucible|The Crucible (1957 film)}}''
| Elisabeth Procter
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role|BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actress]]<br />[[Best Actress Award (Karlovy Vary IFF)|Karlovy Vary International Film Festival Award for Best Actress]]
|-
| 1958
| ''[[Room at the Top (1959 film)|Room at the Top]]''
| Alice Aisgill
| {{unbulleted list|[[Academy Award for Best Actress]]|[[BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role|BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actress]]|[[Best Actress Award (Cannes Film Festival)|Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress]]|[[Jussi Award]] for Best Foreign Actress|[[Laurel Award]] for Top Female Dramatic Performance {{small|(3rd Place)}}|[[National Board of Review Award for Best Actress]]|[[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress]] {{small|(2nd Place)}}|Nominated — [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama|Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama]]}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1960
| ''[[General Electric Theater]]''
| Woman
| Episode: ''Don't You Remember?''
|-
| ''[[Adua and Friends]]''
| Adua Giovannetti
| (also released as ''Hungry for Love'')
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1961

| ''{{sortname|Les|Mauvais Coups}}''
| Roberte
|
|-
| ''Famous Love Affairs''
| Jenny
| (segment "Jenny de Lacour")
|-
| 1962
| ''[[Term of Trial]]''
| Anna
|
|-
| rowspan="3"| 1963
| ''[[The Shortest Day]]''
|
|
|-
| ''[[The Day and the Hour]]''
| Therese Dutheil
|
|-
| ''[[Sweet and Sour (1963 film)|Sweet and Sour]]''
| Madame Geneviève
|
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1965
| ''[[Ship of Fools (film)|Ship of Fools]]''
| {{sortname|La|Contessa|nolink=1}}
| {{unbulleted list|Nominated — [[Academy Award for Best Actress]]|Nominated — [[BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role|BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actress]]|Nominated — [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama|Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama]]}}
|-
| ''{{sortname|The|Sleeping Car Murders}}''
| Eliane Darès
|
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1966
| ''[[Is Paris Burning? (film)|Is Paris Burning?]]''
| {{sortname|La|patronne du bistrot / Cafe Owner|nolink=1}}
|
|-
| ''[[Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre]]''
| Sara Lescault
| Episode: "A Small Rebellion"<br />[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie|Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Drama]]
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1967
| ''[[The Deadly Affair]]''
| Elsa Fennan
| Nominated — [[BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role|BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actress]]
|-
| ''[[Games (film)|Games]]''
| Lisa Schindler
| Nominated — [[BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role]]
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1968
| ''[[Mr. Freedom]]''
| Cameo
| Uncredited
|-
| ''{{sortname|The|Sea Gull}}''
| Arkadina, an actress
|
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1969
| ''[[Army of Shadows]]''
| Mathilde
|
|-
| ''{{Interlanguage link|L'Américain|fr|3=L'Américain (film, 1969)|lt=L'Américain}}''
| Léone
|
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1970
|''{{sortname|The|Confession|The Confession (1970 film)}}''
| Mme L. <br /> Lise London
|
|-
| ''A Hostage''
| Meg
| TV movie
|-
| rowspan="3"| 1971
|''{{Interlanguage link|Comptes à rebours|fr}}''
| Léa
|
|-
| ''{{sortname|Le|Chat|Le Chat (film)}}''
| Clémence Bouin
| [[Silver Bear for Best Actress]] {{small|(at the [[21st Berlin International Film Festival]])}}<ref name="berlinale 1971">{{cite web |url=http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1971/03_preistr_ger_1971/03_Preistraeger_1971.html |title=Berlinale 1971: Prize Winners |access-date=14 March 2010 |work=berlinale.de}}</ref>
|-
| ''{{Interlanguage link|La Veuve Couderc (film)|fr|3=La Veuve Couderc (film)|lt=La Veuve Couderc}}''
| Veuve Couderc Tati
|
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1973
| ''[[The Burned Barns]]''
| Rose
|
|-
| ''{{Interlanguage link|Rude journée pour la reine|fr}}''
|Jeanne
|
|-
| 1975
|''{{sortname|La|Chair de l'orchidée}}''
| Lady Vamos
|
|-
| 1976
| ''[[Police Python 357]]''
| Thérèse Ganay
|
|-
| 1977
| ''[[Madame Rosa]]''
| Madame Rosa
| {{unbulleted list|[[César Award for Best Actress]]|[[David di Donatello for Best Foreign Actress|David di Donatello Award for Best Foreign Actress]] {{small|(tied with [[Jane Fonda]] for ''[[Julia (1977 film)|Julia]]'')}}}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1978
| ''{{Ill|Madame le juge|fr}}''
| Elisabeth Massot
| TV series, 6 episodes
|-
| ''[[Judith Therpauve]]''
| Judith Therpauve
|
|-
| 1979
| ''{{sortname|The|Adolescent|The Adolescent (film)}}''
| Mamie
|
|-
| 1980
| ''[[I sent a letter to my love]]''
| Louise Martin
|
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1982
|''[[L'Étoile du Nord (film)|L'étoile du nord]]''
| Mme Louise Baron
| Nominated — [[César Award for Best Actress]]
|-
| ''{{Interlanguage link|Guy de Maupassant (film)|fr|3=Guy de Maupassant (film)|lt=Guy de Maupassant}}''
| Maupassant's mother
|
|-
| 1983
| [[Thérèse Humbert (1983 film)|Thérèse Humbert]]
| Thérèse Humbert
|
|-
| 1985
| ''[[Des terroristes à la retraite]]''
| Narrator
|
|-
| 1986
| ''Music-Hall''
| Yvonne Pierre
| Broadcast posthumously
|
|}

== Awards and nominations ==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Award
! Category
! Nominated work
! Result
! {{Refh}}
|-
| [[32nd Academy Awards|1959]]
| rowspan="2"| [[Academy Awards]]
| rowspan="2"| [[Academy Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
| ''[[Room at the Top (1959 film)|Room at the Top]]''
| {{won}}
| align="center"| <ref name="1960oscars">{{Cite web |url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1960 |title=The 32nd Academy Awards (1960) Nominees and Winners |access-date=August 24, 2011 |work=oscars.org}}</ref>
|-
| [[38th Academy Awards|1965]]
| ''[[Ship of Fools (film)|Ship of Fools]]''
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| <ref name="1966oscars">{{Cite web |url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1966 |title=The 38th Academy Awards (1966) Nominees and Winners |access-date=September 4, 2011 |work=oscars.org}}</ref>
|-
| [[21st Berlin International Film Festival|1971]]
| [[Berlin International Film Festival]]
| [[Silver Bear for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
| ''[[Le Chat (film)|Le Chat]]''
| {{won}}{{efn|Tied with [[Shirley MacLaine]] for ''[[Desperate Characters (film)|Desperate Characters]]''.}}
| align="center"| <ref name="berlinale 1971" />
|-
| [[6th British Academy Film Awards|1952]]
| rowspan="6"| [[British Academy Film Awards]]
| rowspan="5"| [[BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role|Best Foreign Actress]]
| ''[[Casque d'Or]]''
| {{won}}
| align="center"| <ref name="1953bafta" />
|-
| [[11th British Academy Film Awards|1957]]
| ''[[The Crucible (1957 film)|The Crucible]]''
| {{won}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bafta.org/awards/film/foreign-actress|title=BAFTA {{!}} Film / Foreign Actress {{!}} Through the Years {{!}} 1958|website=bafta.org|access-date=2025-06-15}}</ref>
|-
| [[12th British Academy Film Awards|1958]]
| ''Room at the Top''
| {{won}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bafta.org/awards/film/foreign-actress|title=BAFTA {{!}} Film / Foreign Actress {{!}} Through the Years {{!}} 1959|website=bafta.org|access-date=2025-06-15}}</ref>
|-
| [[19th British Academy Film Awards|1965]]
| ''Ship of Fools''
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bafta.org/awards/film/foreign-actress|title=BAFTA {{!}} Film / Foreign Actress {{!}} Through the Years {{!}} 1966|website=bafta.org|access-date=2025-06-15}}</ref>
|-
| [[21st British Academy Film Awards|1967]]
| ''[[The Deadly Affair]]''
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bafta.org/awards/film/foreign-actress|title=BAFTA {{!}} Film / Foreign Actress {{!}} Through the Years {{!}} 1968|website=bafta.org|access-date=2025-06-15}}</ref>
|-
| [[22nd British Academy Film Awards|1968]]
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role|Best Actress in a Supporting Role]]
| ''[[Games (film)|Games]]''
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bafta.org/awards/film/supporting-actress|title=BAFTA {{!}} Film / Supporting Actress {{!}} Through the Years {{!}} 1969|website=bafta.org|access-date=2025-06-15}}</ref>
|-
| [[1959 Cannes Film Festival|1959]]
| [[Cannes Film Festival]]
| [[Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
| ''Room at the Top''
| {{won}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/p/simone-signoret/ |title=Simone Signoret, Actress {{!}} Awards |access-date=3 August 2025|work=festival-cannes.com}}</ref>
|-
| [[3rd César Awards|1977]]
| rowspan="2"| [[César Awards]]
| rowspan="2"| [[César Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
| ''[[Madame Rosa]]''
| {{won}} 
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.academie-cinema.org/evenements/ceremonie-des-cesar-1978/ |title=The 1978 Caesars Ceremony |publisher=[[César Awards]] |access-date=February 23, 2023}}</ref>
|-
| [[8th César Awards|1982]]
| ''[[L'Étoile du Nord (film)|L'Étoile du Nord]]''
| {{nom}} 
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.academie-cinema.org/evenements/ceremonie-des-cesar-1983/ |title=The 1983 Caesars Ceremony |publisher=[[César Awards]] |access-date=February 23, 2023}}</ref>
|-
| 1977
| [[David di Donatello|David di Donatello Awards]]
| [[David di Donatello for Best Foreign Actress|Best Foreign Actress]]
| ''Madame Rosa''
| {{won}}{{efn|Tied with [[Jane Fonda]] for ''[[Julia (1977 film)|Julia]]''.}}
| align="center"| 
|-
| [[17th Golden Globe Awards|1959]]
| rowspan="2"| [[Golden Globe Awards]]
| rowspan="2"| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama|Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama]]
| ''Room at the Top''
| {{nom}} 
| align="center" rowspan="2"| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/person/simone-signoret |title=Simone Signoret – Golden Globes |website=[[HFPA]] |access-date=February 11, 2023}}</ref>
|-
| [[23rd Golden Globe Awards|1965]]
| ''Ship of Fools''
| {{nom}}
|-
| 1959
| [[Jussi Awards]]
| Best Foreign Actress
| ''Room at the Top''
| {{won}}
| align="center"| 
|-
| 1957
| [[Karlovy Vary International Film Festival]]
| [[Best Actress Award (Karlovy Vary IFF)|Best Actress]]
| ''The Crucible''
| {{won}}{{efn|Tied with Tzvetana Arnaudova for ''Urok istorii''.}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kviff.com/en/history/1957 |title=KVIFF – History (1957) |website=[[Karlovy Vary International Film Festival]] |access-date=February 23, 2023}}</ref>
|-
| 1959
| [[Laurel Awards]]
| Top Female Dramatic Performance
| rowspan="3"| ''Room at the Top''
| {{draw|3rd Place}}
| align="center"| 
|-
| [[National Board of Review Awards 1959|1959]]
| [[National Board of Review|National Board of Review Awards]]
| [[National Board of Review Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
| {{won}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://nationalboardofreview.org/award-years/1959/ |title=1959 Award Winners |website=[[National Board of Review]] |access-date=July 5, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| [[1959 New York Film Critics Circle Awards|1959]]
| [[New York Film Critics Circle|New York Film Critics Circle Awards]]
| [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
| {{draw|2nd Place}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nyfcc.com/awards/?awardyear=1959 |title=1959 New York Film Critics Circle Awards |website=[[New York Film Critics Circle]] |access-date=July 5, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| [[18th Primetime Emmy Awards|1966]]
| [[Primetime Emmy Awards]]
| [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie|Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Drama]]
| ''[[Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre]]'' <br> {{small|(Episode: "A Small Rebellion")}}
| {{won}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.emmys.com/bios/simone-signoret |title=Simone Signoret |website=Emmys.com |publisher=[[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]] |access-date=February 23, 2023}}</ref>
|}

== Popular culture ==
* A BBC TV film, ''Madame Montand and Mrs Miller'' (1992), depicted the relationship between Signoret and [[Marilyn Monroe]]  during the filming of ''[[Let's Make Love]]'', when Monroe had an affair with Yves Montand. [[Sue Glover (playwright)|Sue Glover]] wrote the script and Pauline Larrieu played Signoret.<ref>{{Cite news |date=24 August 1992 |title=Chasing after the manner of women |first=John |last=Lyttle |work=[[The Independent]] |issue=1826 |page=12}}</ref>
* Glover's subsequent stage-play on the same subject, ''Marilyn'', premiered at the [[Citizens' Theatre]], [[Glasgow]] in 2011, with Dominique Hollier playing Signoret.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2011/mar/01/marilyn-review-citizens-glasgow | work=[[The Guardian]] | title=Marilyn - review | first=Mark | last=Fisher | date=1 March 2011 | access-date=25 May 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/features/monroe-miller-montand-signoret-when-golden-couples-meet-2221677.html | work=[[The Independent]] | title=Monroe, Miller, Montand, Signoret: When golden couples meet | first=Anna | last=Burnside | date=22 February 2011 | access-date=26 May 2025}}</ref>
*  Singer [[Nina Simone]] (born Eunice Waymon) took her last name from Simone Signoret.<ref>Source:  "What Happened, Miss Simone", documentary on Nina Simone's life, 2015</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-apr-22-me-simone22-story.html | work=[[The Los Angeles Times]] | title=Nina Simone, 70; Maverick Singer, Pianist Performed Collages of Protest, Heartbreak | first=Geoff | last=Boucher | date=22 April 2003 | access-date=19 June 2025}}</ref>

== See also ==
{{Portal|Biography|Film}}
* [[Cinema of France]]
* [[César Award for Best Actress]]
* [[List of actors with two or more Academy Award nominations in acting categories]]
* [[List of French Academy Award winners and nominees]]

== Notes ==
{{Notelist}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==Works cited==
* {{cite book |last=Bouchardeau |first=Huguette |author-link=Huguette Bouchardeau |year=2005 |title=Simone Signoret: Biographie |language=French |location=Paris |url=https://archive.org/details/simonesignoretbi0000bouc |url-access=registration |publisher=[[Groupe Flammarion|Flammarion]] |isbn=2-08-068749-2}}
* {{cite book |last=David |first=Catherine |author-link=Catherine David (writer) |year=1993 |title=Simone Signoret |location=[[Woodstock, New York]] |url=https://archive.org/details/simonesignoret0000davi |url-access=registration |translator-last=Sampson|translator-first=Sally|publisher=[[Overlook Press]] |isbn=0-87951-491-4}}

=== Further reading ===
{{Refbegin}}
* DeMaio, Patricia A. "Garden Of Dreams: The Life of Simone Signoret," 2014
* Signoret, Simone. ''Nostalgia Isn't What It Used To Be''. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1978. {{ISBN|0-297-77417-4}}.
{{Refend}}

== External links ==
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*{{Rotten Tomatoes person|simone_signoret}}
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*[http://www.the-numbers.com/person/132190401-Simone-Signoret Simone Signoret] at [[The Numbers (website)|The-Numbers.com]]

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