Jean marie simon biography for kids

What was actually striking in the first few days after the coup was a sense of euphoria and relief. That was a pre-technological era in many ways. I was working on a film with a Finnish film crew and we hiked on to Nebaj, a town about about 7 hours from Guatemala City. The town was completely occupied by the army as were dozens of other communities.

Armed soldiers occupied the main plaza, the bell tower, they had taken over the convent and the local rectory, the nuns and priests had fled a year or two earlier. At one point, this man came up to us. He was teaching in Acul, a town near Nebaj when the army came in and rounded up all the men there.

Jean marie simon biography for kids

The war is now over, the peace accords have been signed and 30 years on, a lot of people feel some comfort in telling these stories. How can you anticipate a healthy social and political future for a country where there has been no closure on this? Because although there have been convictions of a few military leaders, it was only the tip of the iceberg.

Shortly after she had decided to return to France, the studio assigned her to a third billing role in Girls' Dormitory Simon was attracted to the story and saw "great possibilities" in her character. Reportedly, she again showed a temperament, which led to difficulties with Ruth Chattertonthe film's star, who felt that Simon was receiving more attention.

Simon confessed that she was nervous during production, because studio executives were closely watching her every step. Although thought to be one of the highlights of the year, Girls' Dormitory was soon forgotten by the public, making Simon's American film debut less than impressive. Nonetheless, Simon was hailed a sensation and critics applauded her performance.

Furthermore, magazines reported that it brought the actress overnight fame. Shortly after the film's release she was cast in White Huntera B movie that would reunite her with producer Irving Cummings. During filming, she was again stricken by flu, and she ultimately had to be replaced by actress June Lang. Instead, the studio rushed her in the romantic comedy Ladies in Lovewhich was filmed in mid She shared the female lead with Janet GaynorLoretta Young and Constance Bennettsome of whom objected to the large number of scenes that Simon was getting.

It was a heavyweight lineup in which Simon's role left her little chance to compete effectively. Trying to avoid quarrels, she hired an assistant to prevent her from making headlines with her behavior. Despite a big build-up, which included a weekly salary even though her first American film was released more than a year after her arrival in the country, Simon's films for 20th Century Fox were only moderately successful.

Among others, she was cast in the Janet Gaynor role in the remake of the silent classic Seventh Heavenwhich co-starred James Stewart and flopped. Afterwards, she was cast in Danger — Love at Workbut due to her heavy French accent she had to be replaced by Ann Sothern. Failing in finding her appropriate roles, the studio allowed her to go on an eight-week vacation to France, and following her return in Juneshe was assigned to Suezbut the project was shelved and she was eventually replaced.

In the late s, Simon returned to France, dissatisfied with the development of her American film career and the backfiring of its related publicity. At the time, due to her relative obscurity in the United States, Simon generated a series of apocryphal rumors about her origins, such as that she was the love child of Marion Davies and William Randolph Hearstand that she had been a Paramount stock player from Salem, Oregon.

These films did not lead to greater success and she languished in mediocre films until the end of the war. She returned to France to act, and appeared in La Ronde Roundabout Her film roles were few after this and she made her final film appearance in Simon never married. It was alleged by her secretary that she gave a gold key to her boudoir to any man she was interested in, including George Gershwin.