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Catherine Allégret

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Catherine Allégret
Born (1946-04-16) 16 April 1946 (age 78)
Occupation(s)Actress, author
Years active1964–present
Spouses
Children2, including Benjamin Castaldi
Parent(s)Simone Signoret
Yves Allégret

Catherine Allégret (born 16 April 1946) is a French actress. She is the daughter of Simone Signoret and Yves Allégret.[1]

In 2007, she portrayed Édith Piaf's grandmother Louise Gassion in Olivier Dahan's biopic La Vie En Rose (La Môme in French).

Personal life

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Allégret has been married twice. Her first marriage was to Jean-Pierre Castaldi, with whom she has a son, Benjamin Castaldi. Her second husband is Maurice Vaudaux, with whom she has a daughter, Clémentine.

In 2004, Allégret published a memoir titled World Upside Down (Un monde à l'envers) in which she wrote that she was sexually abused by her stepfather Yves Montand for many years from the age of 5.[2]

Selected filmography

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References

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  1. ^ Becker, Frawley (2004) And the Stars Spoke Back: A Dialogue Coach Remembers Hollywood Players of the Sixties in Paris, Scarecrow Press, ISBN 978-0810851573, p. 105
  2. ^ Bremne, Charles (30 September 2004). "Actress says cinema idol stepfather abused her". Irish Independent. The Times (London). Retrieved 20 November 2013.
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