Simone Genevois

French actress (1912–1995)

Simone Genevois
Genevois in 1930
Born	Simone Rolande Marthe Genevois 13 February 1912 Paris, France
Died	16 December 1995(1995-12-16) (aged 83) Ascona, Switzerland
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1913–1935 (film)

Simone Genevois (13 February 1912 – 16 December 1995) was a French film actress.^[1] She began her career as a child actor. Her best-known role was in the 1929 epic Saint Joan the Maid in which she played the title part of Joan of Arc.^[2]

Selected filmography

Simone (1918)
The House of Mystery (1923)
André Cornélis (1927)
Napoléon (1927)^[3]
Saint Joan the Maid (1929), as Joan of Arc, a role for which her performance was described as follows: "She is magnetic and appealing, suggesting both the force and the frailty of the heroine."^[1]
The Dream (1931)
The Case of Doctor Brenner (1933)

References

^ ^a ^b Warner p.324
^ Wheeler, Bonnie; Wood, Charles T. (2018-10-24). Fresh Verdicts on Joan of Arc. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-73114-6.
^ Parrill, William B. (2015-06-08). European Silent Films on Video: A Critical Guide. McFarland. ISBN 978-1-4766-1021-4.