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Michèle Morgan
Actress
Female
Born
Feb 29, 1920
Age
93
Hometown
Hauts-de-Seine
Other Names
Roussel, Simone R...
Mich%C3%A8le Morgan is a French film actress, who was a leading lady for three decades.
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Timeline
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CHILDHOOD
1920
Birth
Born on February 29, 1920.
TEENAGE

1937
17 Years Old
Her beauty was noticed by director Marc Allégret who offered her a major role in the film Gribouille in 1937, opposite Raimu.

1938
18 Years Old
Then came the film Le Quai des brumes by Marcel Carné in 1938, opposite the great French actor Jean Gabin, and Remorques in 1941.
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TWENTIES
1940
20 Years Old
Upon the invasion of France in 1940 by the Germans, Morgan left for the United States and Hollywood where she was contracted to RKO Pictures.

Her career there proved rather disappointing, apart from Joan of Paris opposite Paul Henreid in 1942, Higher and Higher opposite Frank Sinatra in 1943.
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1946
26 Years Old
The war over, Morgan returned to France and quickly picked up her career with the 1946 film, La Symphonie Pastorale by Jean Delannoy, which earned her the "Best Actress" award at the Cannes Film Festival.
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THIRTIES
1950
30 Years Old
She married in 1950 French actor Henri Vidal (1919 - 1959) with whom she remained until his unexpected early death in 1959.
FORTIES
1969
49 Years Old
In 1969, the government of France awarded her the Legion of Honor.
LATE ADULTHOOD

1992
72 Years Old
For her long service to the French motion picture industry, in 1992 she was given an Honorary César Award.

1996
76 Years Old
In 1996, she also received the Career Golden Lion for lifetime achievement at the Venice Film Festival.
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2006
86 Years Old
She then lived with film director and actor/writer Gérard Oury until his death in 2006.
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