Catherine Allégret (born 16 April 1946) is a French actress. She is the daughter of Simone Signoret and Yves Allégret.[1]
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| Born | 16 April 1946 Neuilly-sur-Seine, France |
| Occupation(s) | Actress, author |
| Years active | 1964–present |
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| Children | 2, including Benjamin Castaldi |
| Parent(s) | Simone Signoret Yves Allégret |
In 2007, she portrayed Édith Piaf's grandmother Louise Gassion in Olivier Dahan's biopic La Vie En Rose (La Môme in French).
Personal life edit
Allégret has been married twice. Her first marriage was to Jean-Pierre Castaldi, with whom she has a son, Benjamin Castaldi. Her second husband is Maurice Vaudaux, with whom she has a daughter, Clémentine.
In 2004, Allégret published a memoir titled World Upside Down (Un monde à l'envers) in which she wrote that she was sexually abused by her stepfather Yves Montand for many years from the age of 5.[2]
Selected filmography edit
- Lady L (1965)
- The Sleeping Car Murders (1965)
- An Ace and Four Queens (1966)
- Time to Live (1969)
- Elise, or Real Life (1970)
- Smic Smac Smoc (1971)
- It Only Happens to Others (1971)
- Last Tango in Paris (1972)
- Paul and Michelle (1974)
- Vincent, François, Paul and the Others (1974)
- Dear Fatherland Be at Peace (1976)
- Le braconnier de Dieu (1983)
- The Round Up (2010)
- Capitaine Marleau (2017), 1 episode
- Josephine, Guardian Angel (2018)
- Tomorrow Is Ours (2018-2021), 122 episodes
References edit
- ^ Becker, Frawley (2004) And the Stars Spoke Back: A Dialogue Coach Remembers Hollywood Players of the Sixties in Paris, Scarecrow Press, ISBN 978-0810851573, p. 105
- ^ Bremne, Charles (30 September 2004). "Actress says cinema idol stepfather abused her". Irish Independent. The Times (London). Retrieved 20 November 2013.
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