Michel Simon
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Swiss French language actor
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Michel Simon was a Swiss-French actor. He appeared in many notable French films, including La Chienne , Boudu Saved from Drowning , L'Atalante , Port of Shadows , The Head , and The Train . Early years Simon was born on 9 April 1895 in Geneva, Switzerland to a Catholic butcher and a Protestant mother. He left his family and moved to Paris, where he first lived at the Hotel Renaissance, Saint-Martin Street, then in Montmartre. He worked many different jobs to survive, such as giving boxing lessons and peddling smuggled lighters.
