Simone Desmaison

Simone Desmaison, born Simone Damiani in Paris in 1926, actress under the name of Simone France at the start of her career, is an actress, writer and screenwriter. Companion of the mountaineer René Desmaison, it is she who, in the shadows, allowed the media coverage of his exploits. Before landing the role of her life and becoming the wife of the great mountaineer who died in 2007, Simone was an actress. Sister of screenwriter and director José Giovanni, the beautiful and talented brunette had notably played alongside Lino Ventura and the young Belmondo in Claude Sautet's "Classe tous risque…