Simone Mareuil

Simone Mareuil
Simone Mareuil in Un chien andalou
Born	Marie Louise Simone Vacher August 25, 1899 Périgueux, Dordogne, France
Died	October 24, 1954 (aged 55) Périgueux, Dordogne, France
Other names	Simonne
Occupation	Actress
Spouse(s)	Philippe Hersent

Simone Mareuil (French pronunciation: ​[simɔn maʁøj]; 25 August 1899 – 24 October 1954) was a French actress best known for appearing in the surrealist film Un Chien Andalou.^[1]

Born Marie Louise Simone Vacher in Périgueux, 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.^[2][3]

After World War II, she returned to Périgueux, where she fell into a deep depression.^[4][5] She committed suicide by self-immolation — dousing herself in gasoline and burning herself to death in a public square.^[6][7][8][9]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Other notes
1924	L'Ombre du bonheur
	La Galerie des monstres		Alternative titles: Gallery of Monsters, La Barraca de los monstruos
1925	A Gentleman of the Ring
1926	Le Juif errant	Céphise
1927	Poker d'as
	La Petite chocolatière		Alternative title: The Chocolate Girl
	Genêt d'Espagne
1929	Peau de pêche		Alternative title: Peach Skin
	La Fée moderne
	The Ladies in the Green Hats
	Un Chien Andalou	Young girl	Alternative title: An Andalusian Dog; credited as Simonne Mareuil
1930	Nos maîtres les domestiques		Alternative title: Our Masters, the Servants
1931	Le Juif polonais	Annette	Alternative title: Polish Jew
	Coeur de Paris	Jeannette Durand	Alternative title: Le Coeur de Paris
1932	Le Soir des rois	Charlotte Oltendorf	Alternative title: How Shall I Tell My Husband?
1933	Miss Helyett	Lolotte
	Mariage à responsabilité limitée
	L'Héritier du Bal Tabarin	Mademoiselle Longuebois
1936	L'Amant de Madame Vidal
1940	Sur le plancher des vaches	Gaby

References

1. R. Bruce Elder, DADA, Surrealism, and the Cinematic Effect, p. 615
2. Simone Mareuil (1899-1954)
3. Philippe Hersent (1912–1982)
4. List of actresses who committed suicide
5. A survey of key surrealist films and a look at alternative films that share in the surrealist sensibility. “More disturbingly and strangely surrealistically, Simone Mareuil died via self-immolation with gasoline in a public square in Perigueux, her hometown. She was deeply depressed after World War II and had just returned to her hometown.”
6. ¿Quién es la actriz a la que Buñuel secciona el ojo en el film “Un perro andaluz”?
7. Powrie, Phil; Rebillard, Eric (2009). "Parody and the avant-garde: Un Chien Andalou". Pierre Batcheff and Stardom in 1920s French Cinema. Edinburgh University Press. p. 151. ISBN 978-0-7486-2197-2. Retrieved 3 June 2009.
8. Un Chien Andalou
9. Baxter, John (1995). Buñuel. New York: Fourth Estate. p. 137. ISBN 978-1857023534.

External links

• Simone Mareuil at the Internet Movie Database

Simone Mareuil at Find a Grave