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Simone Signoret - The Star as Cultural Sign (Paperback)
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Simone Signoret - The Star as Cultural Sign (Paperback)
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In what may be the most in-depth study yet published of a film
star's body of work, Susan Hayward charts the career of Simone
Signoret, one of the great Frech actresses of the 20th
Century.Signoret- who won an Oscar in 1960 for her performance in
Room at the Top- was a key figure in French cinema for 40 years.
But it is not so much her longevity that impresses, as it is the
quality of work she produced as her career progressed. She started
out as a stunningly beautiful woman, winning major international
awards five times for her roles, and yet was only moderately in
demand during those years. From the 1960s onwards, when her looks
began to decline significantly, Signoret was in greater demand, and
produced most of her output. She insisted on playing roles
consonant with her real age, and often chose to play roles that
portrayed wher as even more ugly than she had become.Simore
Signoret: The Star as Cultural Sign is a remarkable achievement, a
labor of love from one of the world's leading scholars of French
cinema.
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