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Martine Simonet

Martine Simonet

Martine Simonet was born on January 26, 1943, in Bayonne, to an old Bayonne family on her father's side and from the Landes region (Mugron) on her mother's. She spent her childhood and adolescence in Rouen. After her film career, she moved to Jamaica in the mid-1980s, where she spent the rest of her life, running a small hotel on Negril Beach. She died in Montego Bay, Jamaica, on July 2, 2024.

Known for

Holy Beasts
Holy Beasts
2019 • Nora Legri (archive footage)
Short Memory
Short Memory
1982 • L'assistante aux Ballets Roses
The Last Metro
The Last Metro
1980 • Martine, the thief
Scopitone
Scopitone
1980 • Nelly
Simone Barbès or Virtue
Simone Barbès or Virtue
1980 • Martine
Fine Manners
Fine Manners
1978 • Dominique Maillard
The Theatre of the Matters
The Theatre of the Matters
1977 • Martine
Melodrama
Melodrama
1976 • Nora Legri

Full filmography

Holy Beasts
Holy Beasts
2019 • Nora Legri (archive footage)
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Short Memory
Short Memory
1982 • L'assistante aux Ballets Roses
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The Last Metro
The Last Metro
1980 • Martine, the thief
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Scopitone
Scopitone
1980 • Nelly
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Fine Manners
Fine Manners
1978 • Dominique Maillard
View movie
Melodrama
Melodrama
1976 • Nora Legri
View movie