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In 1958, Signoret acted in the English set Room at the Top ( 1959 ), which won her numerous awards including the Best Female Performance Prize at Cannes and the Academy Award for Best Actress.

She was the only French cinema actress to receive an Oscar until Juliette Binoche in 1997 ( Supporting Actress ) and Marion Cotillard in 2008 ( Best Actress ), and the first woman to win the award appearing in a foreign film.

She was offered films in Hollywood, but turned them down and continued to work in France and England.

She played opposite Laurence Olivier in Term of Trial ( 1962 ).

She did work in America for Ship of Fools ( 1965 ), which earned her another Oscar nomination, and appeared in a few other Hollywood films before returning to France in 1969.