Simone Clouseau (Capucine) is an antagonist in the 1963 film "The Pink Panther". Her character appeared in the sequal films "Trail of the Pink Panther" (1982) and the "Curse of the Pink Panther" (1983).
The Pink Panther
Simone is introduced as the wife of Inspecter Jacques Clouseau (Peter Sellers), but is secretly the lover and partner-in-crime to Sir Charles Lytton (David Niven), The Phantom, the world's greatest catburglar. Simone is shown to be a skilled thief and trickster, able to easily and constantly decieve others. She is also a master of disguise, seen as she successfully evades the police using a special coat and bag that she twists inside out to change her appearance from a French woman to a different attire.
Thanks to her intervention, Clouseau can never catch him. She accompanies Clouseau to the ski resort where Princess Dala (Claudia Cardinale), ownder of the world's greatest diamond, The Pink Panther, is staying. Clouseau knows that The Phantom will attempt to steal it there. Simone and Lytton continue their affair, while she is also pursued by Lytton's nephew, George Lytton (Robert Wagner).
Clouseau remains devoted to his wife, unaware of the fact that she is constantly deceiving him. After Lytton and his nephew have been arrested as suspects, Simone teams up with Dala to frame Clouseau and free them. She is shown to feel remorse after Clouseau is arrested, but she never gets back together with him.
Trail of the Pink Panther
Simone has married Charles Lytton and they are interviewed by Marie Jouveat (Joanna Lumley) about Clouseau. She does not speak particularly favorably of her ex-husband.
Curse of the Pink Panther
She alongside Charles Lytton and his nephew George appears on their yacht. The three of them are helping the hero, Sgt. Clifton Sleigh (Ted Wass), on his search for Clouseau and the diamond. At the end of the film they successfully steal the diamond from Clouseau.
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