Actress Simone Signoret, 64, known for the sensuality and gutsy wisdom she projected on the screen, died Monday of cancer, her family said. Miss Signoret died at her country home, said her daughter, ...

Signoret straddled the classic era of French cinema, 1960s Hollywood and British kitchen-sink drama in a series of brilliant performances. On the 100th anniversary of her birth, we look back at the ...

Simone Signoret spent so much time on her off-screen and off-stage life that the French actress who died in 1985 is not as well known today as she should be. The performer was a lifelong political ...