Sim Viva (12 January 1903 – 10 August 1982) was a Belgian
soprano singer and actress prominent in
operetta and film in the 1920s and 1930s. She made several recordings on the Ultraphone,
Pathé, and
Odeon labels.[1][2][3] .
Life and career
Sim Viva was born Simone Poncelet in
Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, Belgium. By 1922 she was already appearing in Paris at
Le Trianon where she sang in revivals
Planquette's Le Paradis de Mahomet and
Terrasse's Cartouche. She returned there the following year in Sylvie.[4]
In operetta
Sim Viva's roles in operetta and musical theatre included:[5]