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Simone de Beauvoir
Deceased

How Did Simone de Beauvoir Die?

Life & Death

Died aged 78
GenderFemaleNationalityFranceBorn09/01/1908Born inParis, FranceDied14/04/1986 (aged 78)Died in14th arrondissement of ParisCausepulmonary edema, pneumoniaWikidataQ7197 ↗Buried atMontparnasse CemeteryTMDb#39712 ↗

Simone Lucie Ernestine Marie Bertrand de Beauvoir was a French existentialist philosopher, writer, social theorist, and feminist activist. Though she did not consider herself a philosopher, nor was she considered one at the time of her death, she had a significant influence on both feminist existentialism and feminist theory.

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Filmography18 titles

YearTitleCharacterAge at
release
2025Le deuxième sexe : Sur les traces de Simone de BeauvoirMovieSelf (Archive footage)117
2024Looking for SimoneMovieSelf (archive footage)116
2022The Century of IconsSeriesSelf (archive footage)114
2022La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était présidentMovieSelf (archive footage)114
2020Delphine and CaroleMovieSelf (archive footage)112
2015Hôtel La LouisianeMovieSelf (archive footage)107
2012Simone de Beauvoir: Two InterviewsMovie—104
1995Ernesto Che Guevara - Uomo, Compagno, AmicoMovie—87
1992Brothers in ArmsMovieSelf (archive footage)84
1982Aujourd'hui la vieSeriesSelf74
1981Be Pretty and Shut Up!MovieSelf (voice) (archive footage)73
1979Simone de BeauvoirMovieherself71
1978The South Bank ShowSeries—70
1978Walking in the Land of the OldMovieHerself70
1976Sartre by HimselfMovieHerself68
1975Les Rendez-vous du dimancheSeriesSelf67
1975ApostrophesSeriesSelf (archive footage)67
1975Questionnaire - Simone de Beauvoir: pourquoi je suis féministeMovieHerself67