SheNacque wasin bornuna intofamiglia aebrea Jewish family indi [[TunisTunisi]] ande attendedfrequentò thela privatescuola Catholiccattolica schoolprivata Notre-Dame de Sion there. SheStudiò studiedfilosofia philosophy at thealla [[University of Paris|SorbonneSorbona]] anded alsoha attendedfrequentato anche [[SciencesIstituto Podi studi politici di Parigi]]. SheHa wentcontinuato ona tolavorare workin atvari variousteatri theatres withcon [[Jean-Louis Barrault]]. FromDal 1957 toal 1989,sheè wasstata editor-in-chiefcaporedattore fordi ''{{ill|Les Cahiers Renaud-Barrault|fr}}''. WhenQuando il Frenchpresidente presidentfrancese [[Charles De Gaulle]] removedrimosse Barrault fromdalla thedirezione directorship of the [[dell'Odéon-Théâtre de l'Europe]]becausea ofcausa hisdel supportsuo forsostegno thealla [[May 1968 events inMaggio Francefrancese|studentrivolta revoltstudentesca ofdel 1968]], la Benmussa wasfu putincaricata indelle chargeopere ofteatrali theatricalpresso works at publisherl'editore [[Éditions Gallimard|Éditions Gallimard.]].<ref name="guardian">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2001/jun/09/guardianobituaries.books1|title=Obituary: Simone Benmussa|newspaper=The Guardian|date=June 9, 2001}}</ref><ref name=fonds/><ref name=premiere/>
Although she wrote her own play narratives, Benmussa was perhaps best known for her play ''[[The Singular Life of Albert Nobbs]]'', which was based on a short story by [[George Moore (novelist)|George Moore]]. Her play was translated into English and performed in [[London]] and [[New York City]]. She also developed plays from the works of [[Henry James]], [[Sigmund Freud]], [[Virginia Woolf]], [[Leo Tolstoy|Tolstoy]], [[Nathalie Sarraute]], [[Edith Wharton]], [[Gertrude Stein]] and others.<ref name=guardian/>
