Marcel Simon (August 31, 1872 – October 16, 1958) was a Belgian

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and

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, active in France. His screen career began in the

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lasting until his final appearance in '' The Treasure of Cantenac'' (1950). An early role was that of Joseph Rouletabille in two films by

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, but during the

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he played

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s as a character. On stage he originated several parts in the

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Georges Feydeau Georges-Léon-Jules-Marie Feydeau (; 8 December 1862 – 5 June 1921) was a French playwright of the Belle Époque era, remembered for his farces, written between 1886 and 1914. Feydeau was born in Paris to middle-class parents and raised in a ...

, of whom he was a friend. Baker p.122

Selected filmography

* '' The Mystery of the Yellow Room'' (1913) * '' Wedding Night'' (1920) * '' The Man at Midnight'' (1931) * '' The Invisible Woman'' (1933) * '' Paris-Soleil'' (1933) * ''

Donogoo ''Donogoo'' is a 1936 French-German comedy film directed by Henri Chomette and Reinhold Schünzel and starring Renée Saint-Cyr, Raymond Rouleau and Marcel Simon (actor), Marcel Simon. It was produced and distributed by the French subsidiary of Ge ...

'' (1936) * '' Sacré Léonce'' (1936) * ''

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'' (1936) * '' With a Smile'' (1936) * '' The Club of Aristocrats'' (1937) * '' Mademoiselle ma mère'' (1937) * '' Alexis, Gentleman Chauffeur'' (1938) * ''

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'' (1938) * '' Trois artilleurs en vadrouille'' (1938) * '' Café de Paris'' (1938) * ''

Monsieur Breloque Has Disappeared ''Monsieur Breloque Has Disappeared'' (French: ''Monsieur Breloque a disparu'') is a 1938 French comedy film directed by Robert Péguy and starring Lucien Baroux, Junie Astor and Suzy Pierson. Rège p.677 It is an adaptation of the 1923 stage ...

'' (1938) * '' Behind the Facade'' (1939) * '' Paris-New York'' (1940) * ''

Moulin Rouge Moulin Rouge (, ; ) is a cabaret in Paris, on Boulevard de Clichy, at Place Blanche, the intersection of, and terminus of Rue Blanche. In 1889, the Moulin Rouge was co-founded by Charles Zidler and Joseph Oller, who also owned the Olympia (Par ...

'' (1941) * '' Boule de Suif'' (1945) * '' The Treasure of Cantenac'' (1950)

References

Bibliography

* Baker, Stuart Eddy. ''Georges Feydeau and the Aesthetics of Farce''. UMI Research Press, 1981. * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. * Sassoon, Donald. The Culture of the Europeans: From 1800 to the Present''. HarperPress, 2006.

External links

* 1872 births 1958 deaths Belgian male film actors Belgian male stage actors French male film actors French male stage actors Belgian emigrants to France People from Brussels {{Belgium-bio-stub