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Michel Simon

1895 - 1975

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Michel Simon (French: [miʃɛl simɔ̃]; 9 April 1895 – 30 May 1975) was a Swiss actor of German origin active primarily in France. He appeared in many notable French films, including La Chienne (1931), Boudu Saved from Drowning (1932), L'Atalante (1934), Port of Shadows (1938), The Head (1959), and The Train (1964). Charlie Chaplin said he was ‘the greatest actor in the world’. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Michel Simon is the 1,397th most popular actor (down from 1,245th in 2019), the 188th most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 173rd in 2019) and the 6th most popular Swiss Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Michel Simon ranks 1,397 out of 13,578. Before him are Cüneyt Arkın, Michael Biehn, Debra Winger, Jason Bateman, Christiane Martel, and Donna Murphy. After him are John de Lancie, Madeleine Lebeau, Kirsten Dunst, Luis Guzmán, Ida Kamińska, and Michael Redgrave.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1895, Michel Simon ranks 94. Before him are Henry de Montherlant, Walter Stennes, Paul Muni, René Mayer, Archduke Wilhelm of Austria, and Marcel Janco. After him are Louis Raymond, Max Koegel, Princess Margaret of Denmark, Hanns Albin Rauter, Prescott Bush, and Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco. Among people deceased in 1975, Michel Simon ranks 66. Before him are Elijah Muhammad, Guy Mollet, Hideo Shinojima, Eugen Fink, Kazimierz Fajans, and Robert Stolz. After him are Lyubov Orlova, Luigi Carlo Borromeo, Hiroshi Ōshima, Leroy Anderson, Madeleine Vionnet, and Avery Brundage.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Michel Simon ranks 188 out of 1,015. Before him are Marina Doria (1935), Kurt Huber (1893), Werner Leimgruber (1934), Isabelle Eberhardt (1877), Ruth Dreifuss (1940), and Jonas Furrer (1805). After him are Rudolf I, Duke of Bavaria (1274), Matthias Zurbriggen (1856), Johann Jakob von Tschudi (1818), Jo Siffert (1936), Charles Bally (1865), and Joachim Raff (1822).

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Among ACTORS In Switzerland

Among actors born in Switzerland, Michel Simon ranks 6. Before him are Bruno Ganz (1941), Ursula Andress (1936), Emil Jannings (1884), Marthe Keller (1945), and Mario Adorf (1930). After him are Vincent Perez (1964), Liselotte Pulver (1929), Kate Burton (1957), Kat Graham (1989), Daniel Bernhardt (1965), and Sofia Milos (1969).

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