Michèle Morgan

Michèle Morgan (; born Simone Renée Roussel; 29 February 1920 – 20 December 2016) was a French film actress, who was a leading lady for three decades in both French cinema and Hollywood features. She is considered one of the greatest French actresses of the 20th century. Morgan was the inaugural winner of the Best Actress Award at the Cannes Film Festival. In 1992, she was given an honorary César Award for her contributions to French cinema.

Early life Morgan was born Simone Renée Roussel in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, a suburb of Paris. She grew up in Dieppe, Seine-Maritime, France. She took acting lessons from René Simon while serving as an extra in several films to pay for her drama classes. Morgan did work for Warners, however, in Passage to Marseille (1944) with Humphrey Bogart. In 1977 she released her memoir, titled With Those Eyes (Avec ces yeux-là).

Despite living to the age of 96, she technically only had 24 birthdays due to being born on 29 February.

Filmography

Trivia The former President of Chile Michelle Bachelet was named after Michèle Morgan.

She almost played Ilsa Lund in Casablanca.