Martine Simonet

Biography

Martine Simonet was born on January 26, 1943, in Bayonne, to an old Bayonne family on her father's side and from the Landes region (Mugron) on her mother's. She spent her childhood and adolescence in Rouen. After her film career, she moved to Jamaica in the mid-1980s, where she spent the rest of her life, running a small hotel on Negril Beach. She died in Montego Bay, Jamaica, on July 2, 2024.

Known For

The Last Metro

as Martine, the thief

Simone Barbès or Virtue

as Martine

Holy Beasts

as Nora Legri (archive footage)

Fine Manners

as Dominique Maillard

The Theatre of the Matters

as Martine

Short Memory

as L'assistante aux Ballets Roses

Melodrama

as Nora Legri

Scopitone

as Nelly