Aimé Simon-Girard
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Aimé Simon-Girard in Paris
, France
was a French
film actor. He was the son of the tenor Nicholas Simon-Max
and the soprano Juliette Simon-Girard
.
He played a leading role as d'Artagnan
in the silent film Les Trois Mousquetaires (1921), the first film adaptation of the novel and his screen breakthrough role.
He starred in 20 films between 1921 and 1948.
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
was a French
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
film actor. He was the son of the tenor Nicholas Simon-Max
Simon-Max
Nicolas-Marie Simon Simon-Max, born Reims in 1852, died 1923, was a French tenor, mainly active in Paris in the field of opera-bouffe.After musical studies in Reims he made his debut in 1875 at the Théâtre de la Renaissance as Janio in La reine Indigo then on 9 September that year at the Théâtre...
and the soprano Juliette Simon-Girard
Juliette Simon-Girard
Juliette-Joséphine Simon-Girard was a French soprano, principally in operetta. Her father was Philippe Lockroy, an actor at the Comédie Française, and her mother was Caroline Girard, of the Opéra-Comique.-Career:...
.
He played a leading role as d'Artagnan
D'Artagnan
Charles Ogier de Batz de Castelmore, Comte d'Artagnan served Louis XIV as captain of the Musketeers of the Guard and died at the Siege of Maastricht in the Franco-Dutch War. A fictionalized account of his life by Gatien de Courtilz de Sandras formed the basis for the d'Artagnan Romances of...
in the silent film Les Trois Mousquetaires (1921), the first film adaptation of the novel and his screen breakthrough role.
He starred in 20 films between 1921 and 1948.