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Simone Silva is a Actor born on 15 august 1928 at Cairo (Egypte)
Simone Silva (15 August 1928 – 30 November 1957) was an Egyptian-born French film actress who appeared in a handful of British B-movies during the 1950s. Silva, who was once quoted as saying she would "do anything" to get in the newspapers, was known however less for her acting than for her voluptuous figure and shameless publicity-seeking activities. She briefly made global headlines following a notorious incident at the 1954 Cannes Film Festival where she posed topless with Robert Mitchum for photographers, causing a sensation when the photographs were flashed around the world.
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Birth name Martha Simone de Bouillard
Birth 15 august 1928 at Cairo (Egypte)
Death 30 november 1957 (at 29 years) at London (United-kingdom)
Birth 15 august 1928 at Cairo (Egypte)
Death 30 november 1957 (at 29 years) at London (United-kingdom)
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The Gelignite Gang (1956)
, 1h15Directed by Terence Fisher, Francis Searle
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Wayne Morris, Sandra Dorne, Patrick Holt, Eric Pohlmann, Arthur Young, Hugh Miller
Roles Simone (Nightclub Singer) (uncredited)
Rating58%
À Londres, Jimmy Baxter, un détective américain, est embauché par des sociétés d'assurances pour trouver "Mr. G", le chef d'un gang de perceurs de coffres-forts connu sous le nom du "gang de la gelignite". Jimmy accepte le cas, malgré les conseils de son associé anglais John Rutherford, qui le prévient que l'affaire est très dangereuse. Sally Morton, la secrétaire de Jimmy, va découvrir des éléments qui vont l'aider à résoudre l'affaire.
Duel in the Jungle (1954)
, 1h38Directed by George Marshall
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Adventure
Themes Films set in Africa
Actors Dana Andrews, Jeanne Crain, David Farrar, Patrick Barr, George Coulouris, Charles Goldner
Roles Redhead (unconfirmed, uncredited)
Rating58%
Its plot involves an American insurance investigator who is sent to Southern Rhodesia to investigate the suspicious death of a major diamond dealer.
Third Party Risk (1954)
, 1h10Directed by Daniel Birt
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Lloyd Bridges, Simone Silva, Finlay Currie, Jane Asher, Maureen Swanson, Ferdy Mayne
Roles Mitzi Molnaur
Rating51%
While holidaying in Spain, Philip Graham (Bridges) by chance runs into an old wartime RAF colleague Tony Roscoe (Peter Dyneley), now a society photographer. The pair spend some time reminiscing, before Tony is urgently called back to England on business. Tony is required to fly home, so Philip offers to drive Tony's car back from Spain at the end of his holiday. Tony asks him to also pick up an envelope he has left in the hotel safe.
The Weak and the Wicked (1954)
, 1h21Directed by J. Lee Thompson
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Themes Prison films
Actors Glynis Johns, Diana Dors, John Gregson, Olive Sloane, Rachel Roberts, Jane Hylton
Roles Tina
Rating63%
Frank "women in prison" story that sympathetically tracks several inmates through their imprisonment and subsequent return to society. Some are successfully rehabilitated; some are not.
Escape by Night (1953)
, 1h19Directed by John Gilling
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Bonar Colleano, Patrick Barr, Sid James, Avice Landone, Andrew Ray, Ronald Adam
Roles Rosetta Mantania
Rating57%
Tom Buchan (Colleano) is an alcoholic journalist whose once memorable work has been destroyed by his constant drunken antics that have cost him his future. Buchan boasts to his colleagues that they report news, whilst he makes it. He sees a chance for redemption by getting the life story of Gino Rossi (James), an Italian crime boss on the run. He wins Rossi's confidence by tipping him off to the police coming to arrest them (after Buchnan himself tipped off the police).
South of Algiers (1953)
, 1h28Directed by Jack Lee
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Adventure
Themes Films set in Africa
Actors Van Heflin, Wanda Hendrix, Eric Portman, Charles Goldner, Jacques François, Aubrey Mather
Roles Zara
Rating53%
Doctor Burnet (Portman), a scholar of ancient history at the British Museum, is obsessed with finding the legendary and priceless Golden Mask of Moloch, believed to be buried in the lost tomb of a Roman general somewhere in the Algerian desert. He plans his latest expedition of discovery, but lacks funds to pay for an archaeologist to accompany him. He learns from the museum curator that Nicholas Chapman (Heflin), an American author of popular archaeology books, is eager to go along and work without pay, on the understanding that he will be able to publish his experiences in magazine articles and book form. Burnet is dubious of Chapman's expertise and good-faith, but finally agrees to let him join the party.
Turn the Key Softly (1953)
, 1h21Directed by Jack Lee
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Prison films
Actors Yvonne Mitchell, Joan Collins, Kathleen Harrison, Terence Morgan, Dame Thora Hird, Dorothy Alison
Roles Marie (uncredited)
Rating68%
Three women of widely differing backgrounds walk out of the gates of London's Holloway Prison together at the end of their respective sentences. Monica Marsden (Mitchell) is a well-bred young woman, led into the world of crime by her smooth-talking but crooked lover David (Terence Morgan); Monica martyred herself by taking the fall for a crime he masterminded. Stella Jarvis (Collins) is a beautiful working-class girl who found her attractive appearance made West End prostitution a source of easy money, and was imprisoned after disregarding numerous cautions for soliciting. Mrs. Quilliam (Harrison) is a kindly elderly widow, who lived in poverty and was jailed for repeat shoplifting offences. Monica proposes that the three should meet up later for a fancy dinner, for which she will pay, to discuss how their first day of freedom has gone.
Desperate Moment (1953)
, 1h28Directed by Compton Bennett
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller
Actors Dirk Bogarde, Mai Zetterling, Philip Friend, Albert Lieven, Carl Jaffe, Fritz Wendhausen
Roles Mink, Valentin's girl
Rating65%
A Dutchman wrongly accused of a crime goes on the run through Germany in search of the only witness who can clear him.
Street of Shadows (1953)
, 1h24Directed by Richard Vernon
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Cesar Romero, Kate Kendall, Bill Travers, Kay Kendall, Simone Silva, Edward Underdown
Roles Angele Abbé
Rating59%
Luigi, the owner of a Soho saloon, is romancing an unhappily married socialite, Barbara Gale. He finds himself accused for the murder of ex-girl friend, Angela, who was found stabbed in his apartment. He evades the police and asks his friend Limpy for help. It turns out Limpy was the real killer of Angela.
Secret People (1952)
, 1h36Directed by Thorold Dickinson
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Spy, Crime
Themes Spy films
Actors Audrey Hepburn, Valentina Cortese, Serge Reggiani, Charles Goldner, Megs Jenkins, Reginald Tate
Roles Undetermined (Minor Role - Paris Sequence) (uncredited)
Rating61%
In 1930, Maria Brentano (Valentina Cortese) and her younger sister Nora (Audrey Hepburn) flee to London as their father is about to executed by his country's dictator. Seven years later, Maria unexpectedly meets Louis (Serge Reggiani), her childhood sweetheart, who is engaged in a plot to assassinate the dictator. Maria is persuaded to play an active part in the plan, but it all goes horribly wrong when the bomb they plant kills an innocent waitress, causing Maria much distress.
Song of Paris (1952)
, 1h23Directed by John Guillermin
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Dennis Price, Anne Vernon, Mischa Auer, Hermione Baddeley, Brian Worth, Michael Ward
Roles Marie-Louise (Perfume seller) (uncredited)
Rating53%
The Sleepwalker (1951)
, 1h29Directed by Denys de La Patellière, Maurice Labro
Origin France
Genres Comedy
Themes Gangster films
Actors Fernandel, Louis de Funès, Andrex, Yves Deniaud, Gaby Andreu, André Roanne
Roles Louise (uncredited)
Rating58%
Irréprochable détective privé aux magasins Berthès et spécialement au rayon bijouterie, Victor Boniface est somnambule. Ce qui l'amène à dérober la nuit ce qu'il surveille si brillamment le jour. Ce travers va le conduire à faire arrêter héroïquement trois gangsters : Charlie, René et leur complice, qui l'avaient repéré et abusaient de sa crédulité. M Thomas, la sous-directrice de la bijouterie lui confiera son cœur et deviendra la mère de ses nombreux enfants qui seront, eux aussi, somnambules.
Lady Godiva Rides Again (1951)
, 1h30Directed by Frank Launder
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Alastair Sim, Dennis Price, Diana Dors, John McCallum, Stanley Holloway, Joan Collins
Roles Beauty Queen Contestant (uncredited)
Rating58%
Le Tampon du capiston (1950)
, 1h35Directed by Maurice Labro
Origin France
Genres Comedy
Themes Théâtre, Films about the labor movement, Films based on plays, Harcèlement au travail
Actors Rellys, Jean Tissier, Pauline Carton, Yves Robert, Véra Norman, Olivier Mathot
Roles Undetermined (as Simone Sylva)
Cochu, un paysan, est le souffre-douleur de ses camarades de régiment. Il est nommé « tampon du capiston », c'est-à-dire ordonnance du capitaine. Mais il se retrouve au service d'Hortense, la sœur du capitaine.