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Simone Silva

Acting

Born August 15, 1928 · Cairo, Egypt

Died November 30, 1957

Also known as Simone Sylva

Biography

Martha Simone de Bouillard, better known as Simone Silva, was an Egyptian and French film actress who appeared in a handful of British B-movies during the 1950s. Silva, who was once quoted as saying she would "do anything" to get in the newspapers, was known however less for her acting than for her voluptuous figure and publicity-seeking activities. She briefly made global headlines following a notorious incident at the 1954 Cannes Film Festival where she posed topless with Robert Mitchum for photographers, causing a sensation when the photographs were flashed around the world.

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