- Born
- Died
- Birth nameRenée Jeanne Deneuve
- Height5′ 4″ (1.63 m)
- Renée Simonot was born on September 10, 1911 in Le Havre, France. She is known for La grande famille (1991) and Avis de recherche (1980). She was married to Maurice Dorléac. She died on July 11, 2021 in Paris, France.
- SpouseMaurice Dorléac(February 8, 1940 - December 4, 1979) (his death, 3 children)
- Children
- RelativesDelphine Cantelli(Grandchild)Igor Divetain-Vadim(Great Grandchild)Chiara Mastroianni(Grandchild)Christian Vadim(Grandchild)Anna Biolay(Great Grandchild)Milo Thoretton(Great Grandchild)
- Renée Simonot was one of the first French actresses to begin the dubbing of American films in France from the beginning of the talkies in 1929 through the 1930s.
- On 1 April 2020 at the age of 108 years, 204 days, Simonot became the the longest-lived French personality ever, after surpassing the previous record of Madame Simone ( = actress Simone Le Bargy).
- She was, after the death of Yvette Lebon in 2014, the oldest actress and actor in the world, ahead of the Belgian Sabine André (born in 1913) and the American Marsha Hunt (1917-2022).
- Mother of Daniele Clariond Tappou with ex-boyfriend, Aimé Clariond; and Françoise Dorléac, Catherine Deneuve and Sylvie Dorléac with her late husband, Maurice Dorléac.
- She was officially engaged when she was eighteen by Firmin Gémier (1863-1933), who took over the management of the Odéon Theater in 1921.
- My old age is not sad. I am lucky to be very surrounded. There is not a day where I don't get a phone call or a visit from my children and grandchildren.
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