Michele Morgan

Birth Name:

Simone Renée Roussel

Birth Place:

Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, Île-de-France, France

Profession

Actress

Was awarded a Legion of Honor by the French government in 1969 and an honorary Cesar Award by the French motion picture industry in 1992
Won a Cannes Film Festival Award for "Pastoral Symphony" in 1946
Won the Career Golden Lion, a lifetime achievement award, at the Venice Film Festival in 1996
Took drama lessons with Rene Simon at the age of 15 and paid for her training by working as a film extra
Made her screen acting debut in the film "Meet Miss Mozart" in 1936
After Germany invaded France in 1940, she moved to Hollywood and appeared in "Higher and Higher" with Frank Sinatra and "Passage to Marseille" with Humphrey Bogart
After she retired from acting, she became a painter and still occasionally holds exhibitions in France
Best known for her role as Julie in "The Fallen Idol" and as Nelly in "Port of Shadows․"

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