Editing Simone Signoret

{{Short description|French actress (1921–1985)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}}
{{Infobox person
| name               = Simone Signoret
| image              = Simone Signoret (Harcourt).jpg
| caption            = Signoret in 1947
| birth_name         = Simone Henriette Charlotte Kaminker
| birth_date         = {{Birth date|1921|3|25|df=y}}
| birth_place        = [[Wiesbaden]], Germany
| death_date         = {{Death date and age|1985|9|30|1921|3|25|df=y}}
| death_place        = [[Autheuil-Authouillet]], France
| occupation         = Actress
| years_active       = 1942–1985
| spouse             = {{plainlist|
* {{marriage|[[Yves Allégret]]|1944|1949|reason=divorced}}
* {{marriage|[[Yves Montand]]|1951}}
}}
| children           = [[Catherine Allégret]]
}}

'''Simone Signoret''' ({{IPA|fr|simɔn siɲɔʁɛ|lang}}; born '''Simone Henriette Charlotte Kaminker'''; 25 March 1921 – 30 September 1985) was a  French actress. She received various accolades, including an [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]], three [[British Academy Film Awards|BAFTA Awards]], a [[César Award]], a [[Primetime Emmy Award]], and the [[Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress]], in addition to nominations for two [[Golden Globe Awards]].

== Early life ==
Signoret was born Simone Henriette Charlotte Kaminker in [[Wiesbaden]], Germany, to Georgette (née Signoret) and André Kaminker. She was the eldest of three children, with two younger brothers. Her father, a pioneering interpreter who worked in the [[League of Nations]], was a French-born army officer from an assimilated and middle-class Polish-Jewish and Hungarian-Jewish family,<ref>{{cite book | last = Signoret | first = Simone | title = Nostalgia isn't what it used to be | publisher = Penguin Books | location = Harmondsworth, England New York | year = 1979 | isbn = 978-0-14-005181-0 | url-access = registration | url = https://archive.org/details/nostalgiaisntwha00sign }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | title = Nostalgia Isn't What It Used to Be (Paperback) | work = The Guardian | date = 7 August 2000 | quote = Signoret was descended from Polish/Hungarian Jews }}</ref> who brought the family to [[Neuilly-sur-Seine]] on the outskirts of Paris. Her mother, Georgette, from whom she acquired her stage name, was a French Catholic.<ref>{{Cite journal | last = Hayward | first = Susan | title = Simone Signoret (1921–1985) — The body political | journal = Women's Studies International Forum | volume = 23 | issue = 6 | pages = 739–747 | doi = 10.1016/S0277-5395(00)00147-3 | date = November–December 2000 }}</ref>

Signoret grew up in Paris in an intellectual atmosphere and studied English, German and Latin. After completing secondary school during the [[German military administration in occupied France during World War II|Nazi occupation]], Simone was responsible for supporting her family and forced to take work as a typist for a French collaborationist newspaper ''Les nouveaux temps'', run by [[Jean Luchaire]].<ref>{{Cite book|title = Garden of Dreams: The Life of Simone Signoret|last = DeMaio|first = Patricia A.|publisher = University Press of Mississippi|date = January 2014}}</ref>

== Career ==
During the occupation of France, Signoret mixed with an artistic group of writers and actors who met at the [[Café de Flore]] in the [[Saint-Germain-des-Prés]] quarter. By this time, she had developed an interest in acting and was encouraged by her friends, including her lover [[Daniel Gélin]] to follow her ambition. In 1942, she began appearing in bit parts and was able to earn enough money to support her mother and two brothers as her father, who was a French patriot, had fled the country in 1940 to join General [[Charles de Gaulle|De Gaulle]] in England. She took her mother's maiden name for the screen to help hide her Jewish roots.

Signoret's sensual features and earthy nature led to type-casting and she was often seen in roles as a prostitute. She won considerable attention in ''[[La Ronde (1950 film)|La Ronde]]'' (1950), a film which was banned briefly in New York City as immoral. She won further acclaim, including an acting award from the British Film Academy, for her portrayal of another prostitute, [[Amélie Élie]], in [[Jacques Becker]]'s ''[[Casque d'or]]'' (1951). She appeared in many French films during the 1950s, including ''[[Thérèse Raquin (1953 film)|Thérèse Raquin]]'' (1953), directed by [[Marcel Carné]], ''[[Les Diaboliques (film)|Les Diaboliques]]'' (1954), and ''[[The Crucible (1957 film)|The Crucible]]'' (''Les Sorcières de Salem''; 1956), based on [[Arthur Miller]]'s ''[[The Crucible]]''.
[[File:Room at the Top screenshot.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Simone Signoret with [[Laurence Harvey]] in ''[[Room at the Top (1959 film)|Room at the Top]]''; the film established her as an international actress.]]

In 1958, Signoret acted in the English independent film ''[[Room at the Top (1959 film)|Room at the Top]]'' (1959), and her performance won numerous awards, including the [[Prix d'interprétation féminine|Best Female Performance Prize]] at [[Cannes Film Festival|Cannes]] and the [[Academy Award for Best Actress]]. She was offered films in Hollywood, but turned them down for several years, continuing to work in France and England—for example, with [[Laurence Olivier]] in ''[[Term of Trial]]'' (1962). She earned another Oscar nomination for her work on ''[[Ship of Fools (film)|Ship of Fools]]'' (1965), appeared in a few other Hollywood films, and returned to France in 1969.

In 1962, Signoret translated Lillian Hellman's play ''[[The Little Foxes]]'' into French for a production in Paris that ran for six months at the Theatre Sarah-Bernhardt. She played the Regina role as well. Hellman was displeased with the production, although the translation was approved by scholars selected by Hellman.<ref>Signoret 1978, pp. 324–328.</ref>

Signoret's one attempt at Shakespeare, performing [[Macbeth|Lady Macbeth]] with [[Alec Guinness]] at the [[Royal Court Theatre]] in London in 1966 proved to be ill-advised, with some harsh critics; one referred to her English as "impossibly Gallic".<ref>Sutcliffe, Tom. [http://film.guardian.co.uk/News_Story/Guardian/0,4029,351452,00.html "Sir Alec Guinness".] ''Film Guardian'', 7 August 2000.</ref>

Signoret won acclaim for her portrayal of a weary madam in ''[[Madame Rosa]]'' (1977) and as an unmarried sister who unknowingly falls in love with her paralyzed brother via anonymous correspondence in ''{{Interlanguage link|Chère inconnue|fr|3=Chère inconnue|lt=I Sent a Letter to my Love}}'' (1980). She continued to appear in many movies before her death in 1985.

== Personal life ==
Signoret's memoirs ''Nostalgia Isn't What It Used to Be'', were published in 1978. She also wrote the novel ''Adieu Volodya'', published in 1985, the year of her death.

Signoret first married filmmaker [[Yves Allégret]] (1944–1949), with whom she had a son (Patrick) and a daughter [[Catherine Allégret]]. Patrick died nine days after his birth. Privately, Signoret blamed the hospital for his death as they had taken Patrick to a chapel for baptism and he shortly thereafter caught a cold and died. Signoret never spoke publicly about his death.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Demaio |first1=Patricia A. |title=Garden of Dreams The Life of Simone Signoret |date=2014 |publisher=[[University Press of Mississippi]] |location=[[Jackson, Mississippi]] |isbn=9781604735697 |page=70 |url=https://www.upress.state.ms.us/Books/G/Garden-of-Dreams |access-date=17 April 2025}}</ref>

Her second marriage was to the Italian-born French actor [[Yves Montand]] in 1951, a union which lasted until her death; the couple had no children.

Signoret died of pancreatic cancer in [[Autheuil-Authouillet]], France, aged 64. She was buried in [[Père Lachaise Cemetery]] in Paris, and Yves Montand later was buried next to her.

Signoret identified as Jewish. She was a supporter of a variety of Jewish causes, including the [[Zionism|Zionist]] movement and the [[Soviet Jewry movement]]. She maintained relationships with many Israeli leaders and was critical of antisemitism in the [[French Communist Party]]. Because she was of [[Who is a Jew?|patrilineal]] Jewish ancestry and was therefore not considered Jewish under traditional [[halakha]], there was no religious ceremony at her funeral.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jta.org/archive/simone-signoret-dead-at-64 |title=Simone Signoret Dead at 64 |publisher=[[Jewish Telegraphic Agency]] |accessdate=2024-04-29}}</ref>

== Filmography ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| rowspan="4" | 1942
| ''[[Bolero (1942 film)|Bolero]]''
| Une employée de la maison de couture
| Uncredited
|-
| ''[[Prince Charming (1942 film)|Prince Charming]]''
| Extra
| Uncredited
|-
| ''{{sortname|Les|Visiteurs du Soir}}''
| Extra
| Uncredited
|-
| ''[[The Benefactor (1942 film)|The Benefactor]]''
| La sécrétaire du journal
| Uncredited
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1943
| ''[[Strange Inheritance (film)|Strange Inheritance]]''
| Extra
| Uncredited
|-
| ''[[Goodbye Leonard]]''
| {{sortname|La|gitane|nolink=1}}
| Uncredited
|-
| rowspan="4"| 1944
| ''[[The Angel of the Night]]''
| Une étudiante
| Uncredited
|-
| ''[[Behold Beatrice]]''
| Liliane Moraccini
|
|-
| ''[[Night Shift (1944 film)|Night Shift]]''
| {{sortname|La|danseuse à la taverne|nolink=1}}
| Uncredited
|-
| ''[[Death No Longer Awaits]]'' 
| La maitresse de Firmin
|
|-
| 1945
| ''[[Box of Dreams (film)|Box of Dreams]]''
| {{sortname|Une|femme|nolink=1}}
| Uncredited
|-
| rowspan="3"| 1946
| ''[[Dawn Devils]]'' 
| Lily, la cabaretière
|
|-
| ''[[The Ideal Couple]]''
| Annette
|
|-
| ''[[Back Streets of Paris]]''
| Gisèle
|
|-
| 1947
| ''[[Fantômas (1947 film)|Fantômas]]''
| Hélène
|
|-
| rowspan="3"| 1948
| ''[[Against the Wind (1948 film)|Against the Wind]]''
| Michele Dennis
|
|-
| ''[[Dédée d'Anvers]]''
| Dédée
|
|-
| ''[[Dilemma of Two Angels]]''
| Marianne
|
|-
| rowspan="4"| 1950
| ''[[Manèges]]''
| Dora
|
|-
| ''[[Swiss Tour]]''
| Yvonne
|
|-
| ''{{sortname|La|Ronde|La Ronde (1950 film)}}''
| Leocadie, the Prostitute
|
|-
| ''[[Gunman in the Streets]]''
| Denise Vernon
| (also released as ''[[The Hunted (1950 film)|The Hunted]]'')
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1951
| ''[[...Sans laisser d'adresse]]''
| {{sortname|Une|journaliste|nolink=1}}
| Uncredited
|-
| ''[[Shadow and Light]]''
| Isabelle Leritz
|
|-
| 1952
| ''[[Casque d'or]]''
| Marie 'Casque d'Or'
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role|BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actress]]
|-
| 1953
| ''[[Thérèse Raquin (1953 film)|Thérèse Raquin]]''
| Thérèse Raquin
|
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1955
| ''{{sortname|Les|Diaboliques|Les Diaboliques (film)}}''
| Nicole Horner
|
|-
| ''[[Mother Courage and Her Children]]''
| Yvette, Lagerhure
| (unfinished)
|-
| 1956
| ''[[Death in the Garden]]''
| Djin
|
|-
| 1957
| ''{{sortname|The|Crucible|The Crucible (1957 film)}}''
| Elisabeth Procter
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role|BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actress]]<br />[[Best Actress Award (Karlovy Vary IFF)|Karlovy Vary International Film Festival Award for Best Actress]]
|-
| 1958
| ''[[Room at the Top (1959 film)|Room at the Top]]''
| Alice Aisgill
| {{unbulleted list|[[Academy Award for Best Actress]]|[[BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role|BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actress]]|[[Best Actress Award (Cannes Film Festival)|Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress]]|[[Jussi Award]] for Best Foreign Actress|[[Laurel Award]] for Top Female Dramatic Performance {{small|(3rd Place)}}|[[National Board of Review Award for Best Actress]]|[[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress]] {{small|(2nd Place)}}|Nominated — [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama|Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama]]}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1960
| ''[[General Electric Theater]]''
| Woman
| Episode: ''Don't You Remember?''
|-
| ''[[Adua and Friends]]''
| Adua Giovannetti
| (also released as ''Hungry for Love'')
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1961

| ''{{sortname|Les|Mauvais Coups}}''
| Roberte
|
|-
| ''Famous Love Affairs''
| Jenny
| (segment "Jenny de Lacour")
|-
| 1962
| ''[[Term of Trial]]''
| Anna
|
|-
| rowspan="3"| 1963
| ''[[The Shortest Day]]''
|
|
|-
| ''[[The Day and the Hour]]''
| Therese Dutheil
|
|-
| ''[[Sweet and Sour (1963 film)|Sweet and Sour]]''
| Madame Geneviève
|
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1965
| ''[[Ship of Fools (film)|Ship of Fools]]''
| {{sortname|La|Contessa|nolink=1}}
| {{unbulleted list|Nominated — [[Academy Award for Best Actress]]|Nominated — [[BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role|BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actress]]|Nominated — [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama|Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama]]}}
|-
| ''{{sortname|The|Sleeping Car Murders}}''
| Eliane Darès
|
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1966
| ''[[Is Paris Burning? (film)|Is Paris Burning?]]''
| {{sortname|La|patronne du bistrot / Cafe Owner|nolink=1}}
|
|-
| ''[[Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre]]''
| Sara Lescault
| Episode: "A Small Rebellion"<br />[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie|Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Drama]]
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1967
| ''[[The Deadly Affair]]''
| Elsa Fennan
| Nominated — [[BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role|BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actress]]
|-
| ''[[Games (film)|Games]]''
| Lisa Schindler
| Nominated — [[BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role]]
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1968
| ''[[Mr. Freedom]]''
| Cameo
| Uncredited
|-
| ''{{sortname|The|Sea Gull}}''
| Arkadina, an actress
|
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1969
| ''[[Army of Shadows]]''
| Mathilde
|
|-
| ''{{Interlanguage link|L'Américain|fr|3=L'Américain (film, 1969)|lt=L'Américain}}''
| Léone
|
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1970
|''{{sortname|The|Confession|The Confession (1970 film)}}''
| Mme L. <br /> Lise London
|
|-
| ''A Hostage''
| Meg
| TV movie
|-
| rowspan="3"| 1971
|''{{Interlanguage link|Comptes à rebours|fr}}''
| Léa
|
|-
| ''{{sortname|Le|Chat|Le Chat (film)}}''
| Clémence Bouin
| [[Silver Bear for Best Actress]] {{small|(at the [[21st Berlin International Film Festival]])}}<ref name="berlinale 1971">{{cite web |url=http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1971/03_preistr_ger_1971/03_Preistraeger_1971.html |title=Berlinale 1971: Prize Winners |access-date=14 March 2010 |work=berlinale.de}}</ref>
|-
| ''{{Interlanguage link|La Veuve Couderc (film)|fr|3=La Veuve Couderc (film)|lt=La Veuve Couderc}}''
| Veuve Couderc Tati
|
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1973
| ''[[The Burned Barns]]''
| Rose
|
|-
| ''{{Interlanguage link|Rude journée pour la reine|fr}}''
|Jeanne
|
|-
| 1975
|''{{sortname|La|Chair de l'orchidée}}''
| Lady Vamos
|
|-
| 1976
| ''[[Police Python 357]]''
| Thérèse Ganay
|
|-
| 1977
| ''[[Madame Rosa]]''
| Madame Rosa
| {{unbulleted list|[[César Award for Best Actress]]|[[David di Donatello for Best Foreign Actress|David di Donatello Award for Best Foreign Actress]] {{small|(tied with [[Jane Fonda]] for ''[[Julia (1977 film)|Julia]]'')}}}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1978
| ''{{Ill|Madame le juge|fr}}''
| Elisabeth Massot
| TV series, 6 episodes
|-
| ''[[Judith Therpauve]]''
| Judith Therpauve
|
|-
| 1979
| ''{{sortname|The|Adolescent|The Adolescent (film)}}''
| Mamie
|
|-
| 1980
| ''[[I sent a letter to my love]]''
| Louise Martin
|
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1982
|''[[L'Étoile du Nord (film)|L'étoile du nord]]''
| Mme Louise Baron
| Nominated — [[César Award for Best Actress]]
|-
| ''{{Interlanguage link|Guy de Maupassant (film)|fr|3=Guy de Maupassant (film)|lt=Guy de Maupassant}}''
| Maupassant's mother
|
|-
| 1983
| [[Thérèse Humbert (1983 film)|Thérèse Humbert]]
| Thérèse Humbert
|
|-
| 1985
| ''[[Des terroristes à la retraite]]''
| Narrator
|
|}

== Awards and nominations ==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Award
! Category
! Nominated work
! Result
! Ref.
|-
| [[32nd Academy Awards|1959]]
| rowspan="2"| [[Academy Awards]]
| rowspan="2"| [[Academy Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
| ''[[Room at the Top (1959 film)|Room at the Top]]''
| {{won}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1960 |title=The 32nd Academy Awards (1960) Nominees and Winners |access-date=August 24, 2011 |work=oscars.org}}</ref>
|-
| [[38th Academy Awards|1965]]
| ''[[Ship of Fools (film)|Ship of Fools]]''
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1966 |title=The 38th Academy Awards (1966) Nominees and Winners |access-date=September 4, 2011 |work=oscars.org}}</ref>
|-
| [[21st Berlin International Film Festival|1971]]
| [[Berlin International Film Festival]]
| [[Silver Bear for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
| ''[[Le Chat (film)|Le Chat]]''
| {{won}}{{efn|Tied with [[Shirley MacLaine]] for ''[[Desperate Characters (film)|Desperate Characters]]''.}}
| align="center"| <ref name="berlinale 1971" />
|-
| [[6th British Academy Film Awards|1952]]
| rowspan="6"| [[British Academy Film Awards]]
| rowspan="5"| [[BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role|Best Foreign Actress]]
| ''[[Casque d'Or]]''
| {{won}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/1953/film |title=BAFTA Awards: Film in 1953 |website=[[BAFTA]] |year=1953 |access-date=16 September 2016 |ref={{harvid|BAFTA|1953}}}}</ref>
|-
| [[11th British Academy Film Awards|1957]]
| ''[[The Crucible (1957 film)|The Crucible]]''
| {{won}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/1982/film |title=BAFTA Awards: Film in 1982 |website=[[BAFTA]] |year=1982 |access-date=16 September 2016 |ref={{harvid|BAFTA|1982}}}}</ref>
|-
| [[12th British Academy Film Awards|1958]]
| ''Room at the Top''
| {{won}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/1959/film |title=BAFTA Awards: Film in 1959 |website=[[BAFTA]] |year=1959 |access-date=16 September 2016 |ref={{harvid|BAFTA|1959}}}}</ref>
|-
| [[19th British Academy Film Awards|1965]]
| ''Ship of Fools''
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/1966/film |title=BAFTA Awards: Film in 1966 |website=[[BAFTA]] |year=1966 |access-date=16 September 2016 |ref={{harvid|BAFTA|1966}}}}</ref>
|-
| [[21st British Academy Film Awards|1967]]
| ''[[The Deadly Affair]]''
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/1968/film |title=BAFTA Awards: Film in 1968 |website=[[BAFTA]] |year=1968 |access-date=16 September 2016 |ref={{harvid|BAFTA|1968}}}}</ref>
|-
| [[22nd British Academy Film Awards|1968]]
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role|Best Actress in a Supporting Role]]
| ''[[Games (film)|Games]]''
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/1969/film |title=BAFTA Awards: Film in 1969 |website=[[BAFTA]] |year=1969 |access-date=16 September 2016 |ref={{harvid|BAFTA|1969}}}}</ref>
|-
| [[1959 Cannes Film Festival|1959]]
| [[Cannes Film Festival]]
| [[Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
| ''Room at the Top''
| {{won}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/3430/year/1959.html |title=Festival de Cannes: Room at the Top |access-date=15 February 2009|work=festival-cannes.com}}</ref>
|-
| [[3rd César Awards|1977]]
| rowspan="2"| [[César Awards]]
| rowspan="2"| [[César Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
| ''[[Madame Rosa]]''
| {{won}} 
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.academie-cinema.org/evenements/ceremonie-des-cesar-1978/ |title=The 1978 Caesars Ceremony |publisher=[[César Awards]] |access-date=February 23, 2023}}</ref>
|-
| [[8th César Awards|1982]]
| ''[[L'Étoile du Nord (film)|L'Étoile du Nord]]''
| {{nom}} 
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.academie-cinema.org/evenements/ceremonie-des-cesar-1983/ |title=The 1983 Caesars Ceremony |publisher=[[César Awards]] |access-date=February 23, 2023}}</ref>
|-
| 1977
| [[David di Donatello|David di Donatello Awards]]
| [[David di Donatello for Best Foreign Actress|Best Foreign Actress]]
| ''Madame Rosa''
| {{won}}{{efn|Tied with [[Jane Fonda]] for ''[[Julia (1977 film)|Julia]]''.}}
| align="center"| 
|-
| [[17th Golden Globe Awards|1959]]
| rowspan="2"| [[Golden Globe Awards]]
| rowspan="2"| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama|Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama]]
| ''Room at the Top''
| {{nom}} 
| align="center" rowspan="2"| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/person/simone-signoret |title=Simone Signoret – Golden Globes |website=[[HFPA]] |access-date=February 11, 2023}}</ref>
|-
| [[23rd Golden Globe Awards|1965]]
| ''Ship of Fools''
| {{nom}}
|-
| 1959
| [[Jussi Awards]]
| Best Foreign Actress
| ''Room at the Top''
| {{won}}
| align="center"| 
|-
| 1957
| [[Karlovy Vary International Film Festival]]
| [[Best Actress Award (Karlovy Vary IFF)|Best Actress]]
| ''The Crucible''
| {{won}}{{efn|Tied with Tzvetana Arnaudova for ''Urok istorii''.}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kviff.com/en/history/1957 |title=KVIFF – History (1957) |website=[[Karlovy Vary International Film Festival]] |access-date=February 23, 2023}}</ref>
|-
| 1959
| [[Laurel Awards]]
| Top Female Dramatic Performance
| rowspan="3"| ''Room at the Top''
| {{draw|3rd Place}}
| align="center"| 
|-
| [[National Board of Review Awards 1959|1959]]
| [[National Board of Review|National Board of Review Awards]]
| [[National Board of Review Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
| {{won}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://nationalboardofreview.org/award-years/1959/ |title=1959 Award Winners |website=[[National Board of Review]] |access-date=July 5, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| [[1959 New York Film Critics Circle Awards|1959]]
| [[New York Film Critics Circle|New York Film Critics Circle Awards]]
| [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
| {{draw|2nd Place}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nyfcc.com/awards/?awardyear=1959 |title=1959 New York Film Critics Circle Awards |website=[[New York Film Critics Circle]] |access-date=July 5, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| [[18th Primetime Emmy Awards|1966]]
| [[Primetime Emmy Awards]]
| [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie|Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Drama]]
| ''[[Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre]]'' <br> {{small|(Episode: "A Small Rebellion")}}
| {{won}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.emmys.com/bios/simone-signoret |title=Simone Signoret |website=Emmys.com |publisher=[[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]] |access-date=February 23, 2023}}</ref>
|}

== Popular culture ==
*''Marilyn'' (2011) by Sue Glover premiered at the [[Citizens' Theatre]], [[Glasgow]] on 17 February 2011. The play charted the deteriorating relationship between Signoret and [[Marilyn Monroe]] during the filming of ''[[Let's Make Love]]''. Unable to achieve the recognition of Oscar-winning Signoret, Monroe begins an affair with Signoret's husband, [[Yves Montand]].
*  Singer [[Nina Simone]] (Born Eunice Waymon) took her last name from Simone Signoret.<ref>Source:  "What Happened, Miss Simone", documentary on Nina Simone's life, 2015</ref>

== See also ==
{{Portal|Biography|Film}}
* [[Cinema of France]]
* [[César Award for Best Actress]]
* [[List of actors with two or more Academy Award nominations in acting categories]]
* [[List of French Academy Award winners and nominees]]

== Notes ==
{{Notelist}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

=== Bibliography ===
{{Refbegin}}
* DeMaio, Patricia A. "Garden Of Dreams: The Life of Simone Signoret," 2014
* Monush, Barry (ed). ''The Encyclopedia of Hollywood Film Actors From the Silent Era to 1965''. New York: Applause Books, 2003. {{ISBN|1-55783-551-9}}.
* Signoret, Simone. ''Nostalgia Isn't What It Used To Be''. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1978. {{ISBN|0-297-77417-4}}.
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*[http://www.the-numbers.com/person/132190401-Simone-Signoret Simone Signoret] at [[The Numbers (website)|The-Numbers.com]]

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