Georges Simenon

Personal Info

Know For

Writing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1903-02-13 (86 years old)

Deathday

1989-09-04

Place of Birth

Liège, Belgium

Georges Simenon

Biography

Georges Joseph Christian Simenon (13 February 1903 – 4 September 1989) was a Belgian writer. A prolific author who published nearly 500 novels and numerous short works, Simenon is best known as the creator of the fictional detective Jules Maigret. Simenon was born at 26 rue Léopold (now number 24) in Liège to Désiré Simenon and his wife Henriette Brüll. Désiré Simenon worked in an accounting office at an insurance company and had married Henriette in April 1902. Although Simenon was born on Friday 13 February 1903, superstition resulted in his birth being registered as having been on the 12th. This story of his birth is recounted at the begi...

Acting

2000

Federico Fellini's Autobiography

as Self (archive footage)

Production

2004

Red Lights

as Novel

1989

1998

1963

1982

1963

1947

1952

1968

1961

1958

The Stowaway

as Novel

2022

Maigret

as Novel

2022

2012

Madrid, 1987

as Dialogue

1950

1971

2007

Die Katze

as Novel

1944

1992

Betty

as Novel

2025

Belle

as Novel

1972

2014

1973

1957

2009

2015

2015

2007

2004

1994

1947

Panic

as Novel

1983

Equator

as Novel

1979

Der Mörder

as Novel

1982

1971

The Cat

as Novel

1967

Cop-Out

as Novel

2006

2002

1992

1962

Emile's Boat

as Novel

1956

1954

1952

Full House

as Novel

1950

1947

Last Refuge

as Novel

1947

Barrio

as Novel

1943

Picpus

as Novel

1932

1988

Maigret

as Novel

1943

1933

A Man's Neck

as Novel

1942

1932

The Yellow Dog

as Screenplay

1970

1983

1972

1997

Tangier Cop

as Novel

2006

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