Yves Allégret

Yves Allégret (French: [aleɡʁɛ]; 13 October 1905 – 31 January 1987) was a French film director, often working in the film noir genre. He was born in Asnières-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine and died in Paris.

Between the years 1944–1949, he was the husband of actress Simone Signoret, whose career he encouraged. He was the father of her daughter Catherine Allégret, an actress.

He was the younger brother of Marc Allégret, also a film director.

Selected filmography

• Dédée d'Anvers (1948)
• Une si jolie petite plage (1949)
• Manèges (1950)
• Les Miracles n'ont lieu qu'une fois (1951)
• The Proud and the Beautiful (1953)
• Mam'zelle Nitouche (1954)
• Oasis (1955)
• Méfiez-vous fillettes (1957)
• Quand la femme s'en mêle (1957)
• La fille de hambourg (1958)
• The Restless and the Damned (1959)
• Chien de pique (1960)
• Konga Yo (1962)
• Germinal (1963)
• Johnny Banco (1967)

External links

• Yves Allégret at the Internet Movie Database