Catherine Allégret | |
Birth Date: | 16 April 1946 |
Birth Place: | Neuilly-sur-Seine, France |
Occupation: | Actress, author |
Yearsactive: | 1964–present |
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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).
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]