- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- November 10, 1926
- Place of Birth
- Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Died
- December 28, 2020
Simone Desmaison
Simone Desmaison, born Simone Damiani in Paris in 1926, actress under the name of Simone France at the start of her career, is an actress, writer and screenwriter. Companion of the mountaineer René Desmaison, it is she who, in the shadows, allowed the media coverage of his exploits. Before landing the role of her life and becoming the wife of the great mountaineer who died in 2007, Simone was an actress. Sister of screenwriter and director José Giovanni, the beautiful and talented brunette had notably played alongside Lino Ventura and the young Belmondo in Claude Sautet's "Classe tous risque". the rocks of Fontainebleau with René Desmaison. He fell in love with the actress, four years his senior. Already married twice and mother of two daughters, Simone did not marry René, who had already founded a family before him, until three years later. She joined the guide in Chamonix and effect…
