# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/albert-simonin
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:17:23.413Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/albert-simonin"
name: "Albert Simonin"
slug: "albert-simonin"
description: "Albert Simonin (1905–1980) was a French novelist and scriptwriter. He was born in the La Chapelle quarter of the 18th arrondissement of Paris. His father was a florist. Albert was orphaned by the age of 16. His novel Touchez Pas au Grisbi featuring the Parisian gangster Max le Menteur was turned into a movie starring Jean Gabin. Simonin co-authored the screenplay for the movie. After World War II, he spent five years in prison for collaboration."
tagline: "French writer (1905-1980)"
image: "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/qx0wLVu0gGboNiXGZ1A14glmi13.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "France"
  isoCode: "FR"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1905-04-18"
deathDate: "1980-02-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.71
  momentum:             5.25
  historical:           10.76800133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0800631/"
    handle:    "nm0800631"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1192661"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "البيرت سيمونين"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Simonin"
    title: "Albert Simonin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Simonin"
    title: "Albert Simonin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Simonin"
    title: "Albert Simonin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Simonin"
    title: "Albert Simonin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AB%E3%83%99%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A2%E3%83%8A%E3%83%B3"
    title: "アルベール・シモナン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Simonin"
    title: "Albert Simonin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Simonin"
    title: "Albert Simonin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%BD%2C_%D0%90%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%80"
    title: "Симонен, Альбер"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q533171"
    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump