Simone Mareuil

Infobox actor
name = Simone Mareuil

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caption = Simone Mareuil in "Un chien andalou"
birthname = Marie Louise Simone Vacher
birthdate = birth date|1903|8|25|mf=y
birthplace = Perigueux, Dordogne, France
deathdate = death date and age|1954|10|24|1886|9|9|mf=y
deathplace = Perigueux, Dordogne, France
othername = Simonne
spouse = Philippe Hersent

Simone Mareuil (25 August, 1903 – 24 October, 1954) was a French actress.

Born Marie Louise Simone Vacher in Perigueux, Dordogne, she appeared in a number of films, most notably director Luis Buñuel's "Un chien andalou" ("An Andalusian Dog", 1929). She was the second wife of actor Philippe Hersent.

After World War II, she returned to Perigueux where she fell into a deep depression. She committed suicide by self-immolation by dousing herself in petrol and burning herself to death in a public square.

Filmography

External links

*imdb name|0546540
*Find A Grave|id=11611825

Persondata
NAME= Mareuil, Simone
ALTERNATIVE NAMES= Vacher, Marie Louise Simone; Mareuil, Simonne
SHORT DESCRIPTION= Actress
DATE OF BIRTH= 25 August, 1903
PLACE OF BIRTH= Perigueux, Dordogne, France
DATE OF DEATH= 24 October, 1954
PLACE OF DEATH= Perigueux, Dordogne, France