Simone Mareuil (French pronunciation: [simɔn maʁøj]; 25 August 1903 – 24 October 1954) was a French actress best known for appearing in the surrealist film Un Chien Andalou.
[1] Born Marie Louise Simone Vacher in Périgueux, Dordogne, she appeared in a number of films, most notably director Luis Buñuel's Un Chien Andalou (An Andalusian Dog, 1929).
She was the second wife of actor Philippe Hersent.
[2][3] After World War II, she returned to Périgueux, where she fell into a deep depression.
[4][5] She committed suicide by self-immolation — dousing herself in gasoline and burning herself to death in a public square.