Catherine Allégret Explained

Catherine Allégret
Birth Date:16 April 1946
Birth Place:Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
Occupation:Actress, author
Yearsactive:1964–present
Spouse:
Children:2, including Benjamin Castaldi
Parents: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

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

Notes and References

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