Garden of dreams

This is a fascinating biography of the revered French movie star, Simone Signoret, and her complex personal life and career. The incomparable Simone Signoret (1921-1985), one of the grand actresses of the 20th-century and one of France's most notable stars, considered herself the "oldest discovery" [...]
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This is a fascinating biography of the revered French movie star, Simone Signoret, and her complex personal life and career. The incomparable Simone Signoret (1921-1985), one of the grand actresses of the 20th-century and one of France's most notable stars, considered herself the "oldest discovery" in Hollywood. After years of blacklisting during the McCarthy era, she was 38 years old when she entered Hollywood through the back door in the 1959 British blockbuster Room at the Top. Her portrayal of the endearing Alice Aisgill earned her the Academy Award in 1960, the first French actor to win a coveted Oscar. She was fiercely protective of her privacy. But after winning the Oscar, she was dragged through the gutter when her second husband, Yves Montand, had a widely publicized affair with Marilyn Monroe. Many attributed her rapid aging and alcoholism to this betrayal. She endured this perception in silence, all the while demonstrating a remarkable capacity to reinvent herself as a best-selling author, respected social activist, and revered actress who remained in the cinema, her "garden of dreams," for over four decades.