
Lucile Saint-Simon
Acting
Biography
Lucile Saint-Simon (born 19 October 1932) is a French actress from the Paris suburb of Corbeil-Essonnes. She appeared in such feature films as Les Bonnes Femmes (1960), The Hands of Orlac (1962), La donnaccia (Italian, 1965). In 2011, the LA Times called her a "forgotten actress". Source: Article "Lucile Saint-Simon" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Born: October 19, 1932
Place of Birth: Corbeil, Seine-et-Oise [now Corbeil-Essonnes, Essonne], France
Known For

Cinépanorama

Women and War
In 1944, in a small village in Calvados, just as the Allies landed, a British plane was shot down. The wounded pilot seeks help. All the villagers, who speak only of resistance, refuse to help, for fear of reprisals. Only the mayor, Dr. Leproux, takes him in and nurses him back to health, then entrusts him to the Resistance. But the Germans get wind of the story and arrest Leproux. He is saved by Major Frantz. But the budding friendship between these two men "doesn't stop the drums", and the war is on.

Les Bonnes Femmes
Four Parisian women navigate the world of romance and daily life looking to fulfill their dreams.

Le roi des montagnes
A young botanist, an Englishwoman and her daughter are prisoners of a group of bandits operating in the mountains of Albania. A ransom is demanded. The capture of the gang leader's daughter, however, brings the situation to a happy conclusion.

The Virgin of Nuremberg
Women are being tortured to death with various devices in the dungeon of an old castle by a mysterious, hooded figure who may be a notorious executioner from medieval times.

No dispares contra mí
The young law student David is involved in a series of small crimes that led him to discover the corpse of the husband of his French friend Lucile in the trunk of the car in which he runs away to France, which makes her join him of his trip. Film with a clear influence of the Nouvelle Vague

The Hands of Orlac
Famed concert pianist Stephen Orlac survives a plane crash, but his hands are permanently destroyed. Helpful surgeon Volcheff grafts a pair of new hands on the hapless Orlac. Unfortunately, they're the hands of an executed murderer – useless for a pianist, but quite handy for less delicate work...

Ravishing
A womanizing pilot who is asked by a friend to intervene in one of the friend's romantic tangles. The pilot is quite willing to help out but then a confusion about the woman who is the target of the intervention causes a series of unexpected circumstances.

Mannequins of Paris
Véronique Lanier runs one of the most highly rated haute couture houses in Paris. Her first partner is her husband Pierre, who has left aside a promising artist career to design the styles which make their firm a success. The trouble is that Véronique lives only for her job and does not allow herself -and her husband for that matter - a moment's respite. In Cannes, Pierre meets Wanda, a young singer with strange, fascinating eyes. The frustrated husband falls for her but gradually realizes that the light mercurial creature cannot possibly fulfill him. Véronique, feeling miserable, understands she is on the wrong track. She promises Pierre that she will make efforts to reconcile work and married life. Véronique and Pierre will live and work together again, each one forgiving the other for their faults.

Tender and Violent Elisabeth
In L'Alpe d'Huez, Élisabeth falls in love with Christian, who refuses to marry her, claiming that marriage is a crime against love. When she finds him in the company of another woman, Élisabeth breaks up with the young man. Later, she meets him again and becomes pregnant.
Filmography
as Christine (segment "Pour qui sonne le ...")
as Hilde
as Mary-Ann
as Michèle
as Catherine Leproux, la fille du maire
as Lucile
as Françoise
as Louise Cochrane Orlac
as Élisabeth
as Rita
as Self