Theodor Dreyer's The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928). Simon's film career was boosted with the advent of talking pictures. People remarked that his elocution and gravelly voice were as original as his appearance. These features were exploited by notable 1930s French directors, including Jean Renoir (La Chienne, Boudu Saved From Drowning), Jean Vigo (L'Atalante) and Marcel Carné (Port of the Shadows, Bizarre, Bizarre). He appeared in 55 plays from 1920 to 1965, and 101 from 1965 to 1975. In the 1950s, Simon reined in his activities following an accident involving a makeup dye that left part of his face and body paralyzed. In 1967, he won the Silver Bear for Best Actor at the 17th Berlin International Film Festival for his role in The Two of Us. He died at 80 years of age from a pulmonary embolism and is buried in the Grand-Lancy Cemetery of Geneva, next to his parents. Eccentricities Simon would say that he preferred "living with animals than humans". He lived for a long time in a bohemian house in Noisy-le-Grand, near Paris. He built a series of exterior wire tunnels that linked the various floors and allowed his pet monkeys freedom to roam around. The house was filled with bric-a-brac, including his large collection of erotic photographs and films. The collection was dispersed after his death. Selected filmography La galerie des monstres (1924) The Vocation of André Carel (1925), Gaston Lebeau Feu Mathias Pascal (1926, directed by Marcel L'Herbier), Jérôme Pomino L'inconnue des six jours (1926), Le valet de chambre The Loves of Casanova (1927), Sbire The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928, directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer), Jean Lemaître Tire au flanc (1928), Joseph Turlot Pivoine (1929) L'enfant de l'amour (1930), Lorédan Jean de la Lune (1931), Clothaire dit Clo-Clo On purge bébé (1931, directed by Jean Renoir), Chouilloux La Chienne (1931, directed by Jean Renoir), Maurice Legrand Baleydier (1932), Baleydier Boudu Saved from Drowning (1932, directed by Jean Renoir), Priape Boudu High and Low (1933, directed by G. W. Pabst), Maximilian Podeletz Léopold le bien-aimé (1934), M. Ponce Miquette (1934), Monchablon Lake of Ladies (1934), Oscar Lyssenhop L'Atalante (1934, directed by Jean Vigo), Old Jules Le Bonheur (1934, directed by Marcel L'Herbier), Noël Malpiaz Adémaï au moyen âge (1935), Lord Pickwickdam Amants et voleurs (1935), Perrot-Joly Under Western Eyes (1936), Lespara Moutonnet (1936), Frècheville The Brighton Twins (1936), Labrosse Girls of Paris