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Catherine Deneuve, born Catherine Fabienne Dorléac, (October 22 1943 in Paris, France), is an Academy Award-nominated France actress.
A model of Gallic elegance and one of the best-respected actresses in the French film industry, Catherine Deneuve made her reputation playing a series of beautiful ice maidens for directors such as Luis Buñuel and Roman Polanski. The daughter of French stage and film actor Maurice Dorléac, Deneuve was born in Paris on October 22, 1943.
Early Career
She made her screen debut at the age of 13, with a role in the 1956 film Les Collégiennes, and went on to make a string of films with directors such as Roger Vadim (with whom she had a child) before getting her breakthrough role in Jacques Demy's charming musical, Les Parapluies de Cherbourg (1964). The burst of stardom that accompanied her portrayal led to two of her archetypal ice maiden roles, first in Roman Polanski's terrifying Repulsion in 1965 and then in Buñuel's 1967 Belle de Jour. Deneuve's startling portrayal of an icy, sexually adventurous housewife in the latter film helped to establish her as one of the most remarkable and compelling actresses of her generation. She further demonstrated her talent that year in Demy's Umbrellas musical follow-up, Les Demoiselles de Rochefort, which she starred in with her sister, Françoise Dorléac.
Deneuve continued to work steadily through the 1960s and 1970s in films such as the 1970 Tristana (her second collaboration with Buñuel) and A Slightly Pregnant Man (1973), in which she starred with her lover at the time, Marcello Mastroianni. Despite or perhaps because of her stardom, Deneuve chose to avoid Hollywood, limiting her appearances in American films to The April Fools (1969) and Hustle (1975). Deneuve also did prolific work through the 1980s, appearing in such films as François Truffaut's Le Dernier Métro (1980) and Tony Scott's The Hunger (1983). The latter film saw Deneuve playing a bisexual vampire alongside David Bowie and Susan Sarandon, and her performance won her an indelible cult status in the States among lesbians, goths, and artistically inclined teenage boys.
Later Roles
In the 1990s, Deneuve garnered further international acclaim for her roles in several films, including the 1992 film Indochine (for which she won a César Award and received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress) and two films directed by André Téchiné, Ma Saison Préférée (1993) and Les Voleurs (1995). In 1996, she paid homage to the director who had first given her fame by taking part in the documentary L'Univers de Jacques Demy. Closing out the final years of the 1990's Deneuve continued working consistently in numerous films (in 1999 alone she appeared in no less than five films : Est-ouest, Le temps retrouvé, Pola X, Belle-maman, and Le vent de la nuit ) continuing to turn in compelling performances.
In 2000 Deneuve received much critical attention when cast alongside eccentric Icelandic singer Björk in Lars von Trier's melancholy musical Dancer in the Dark. Though it polarized critics and audiences alike, Dancer nevertheless won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival.
Awards
She won the César Award for Best Actress in 1981 for her performance in Le Dernier métro (1980). She won the César Award for Best Actress a second time for her starring role in the 1992 in film film, Indochine (movie) and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for the same performance. In 1998 she won the Volpi Cup for best actress at the Venice Film Festival for her role in Place Vendôme (film) by Nicole Garcia.
César Award Nominations
2006 - Palais royal! (by Valérie Lemercier) (Best Supporting Actress) 1999 - Place Vendôme (film) (by Nicole Garcia) (Best Actress) 1997 - Voleurs, Les (by André Téchiné) (Best Actress) 1994 - Ma saison préférée (by André Téchiné) (Best Actress) 1989 - Drôle d'endroit pour une rencontre (by François Dupeyron) (Best Actress) 1988 - Agent trouble (by Jean-Pierre Mocky) (Best Actress) 1982 - Hôtel des Amériques (by André Téchiné) (Best Actress) 1976 - Sauvage, Le (by Jean-Paul Rappeneau) (Best Actress)
Academy Award Nominations
1992 - Indochine (by Régis Wargnier)
Venice Film Festival
1998 - Place Vendôme (film) (by Nicole Garcia) - Best Actress
Other Career Highlights
Deneuve was the face of Chanel No. 5 in the seventies and caused sales of the perfume to soar in the United States -- so much so that the American press, captivated by her charm, nominated her as the world's most elegant woman.
Deneuve is currently a model for MAC Cosmetics and L'Oréal. Her visage has also been used to symbolize "Marianne" (from 1985-2000), the national symbol of France.
Life
Father: Maurice Dorléac (actor; born March 26, 1901; died December 4, 1979)
Mother: Renée Deneuve (actress; French voice of Esther Williams)
Sister: Françoise Dorléac (actress; born March 21, 1942; died in a car crash June 26, 1967), Sylvie Dorléac, & Danielle Dorléac
Son: Christian Vadim (actor; born June 18, 1963). Father: Roger Vadim (director)
Daughter: Chiara Mastroianni (actress; born May 28, 1972). Father: Marcello Mastroianni (actor)
Relationships: Roger Vadim (director; born January 28, 1928; died February 11, 2000), Marcello Mastroianni (actor; born September 28, 1924; died December 19, 1996)
Husband: David Bailey (photographer, director, & writer; born January 2, 1938; married August 19, 1965; divorced in 1972)
Actress - Filmography
Persepolis (film) (2007, by Vincent Paronnaud & Marjane Satrapi) (voice) (filming) Le héros de la famille (2006, by Thierry Klifa) (post-production) Le concile de pierre / The Stone Council (2006, by Guillaume Nicloux) Palais Royal! (2005, by Valérie Lemercier) Princesse Marie (TV) (2004, by Benoît Jacquot) Les temps qui changent / Changing Times (2004, by André Téchiné) Kings and Queen (2003, by Arnaud Desplechin) Um filme falado / A Talking Picture (2003, by Manoel de Oliveira) Les liaisons dangereuses (TV) (2003, by Josée Dayan) Au plus près du paradis / Nearest to Heaven (2002, by Tonie Marshall) 8 femmes / 8 Women (2002, by François Ozon) Le petit poucet (2001, by Olivier Dahan) The Musketeer (TV) (2001, by Peter Hyams) Absolument fabuleux (2001, by Gabriel Aghion) Je rentre à la maison / I'm Going Home (2001, by Manoel de Oliveira) Dancer In The Dark (2000, by Lars von Trier) Est-Ouest / East-West (1999, by Régis Wargnier) Time Regained (film) / Time Regained (1999, by Raoul Ruiz) Pola X (1999, by Leos Carax) Belle maman / Beautiful Mother (1999, by Gabriel Aghion) Le vent de la nuit (1999, by Philippe Garrel) Place Vendôme (film) (1998, by Nicole Garcia) Sans titre (1997, by Leos Carax) (short film) Généalogies d'un crime (1997, by Raoul Ruiz) Court toujours : L'inconnu (TV) (1996, by Ismaël Ferroukhi) Les voleurs / Thieves (1996, by André Téchiné) O Convento / The Convent (1995, by Manoel de Oliveira) L'inconnu (1995, by Ismaël Ferroukhi) (short film) "¿Qué apostamos?" (TV, Episode dated 31 March 1995) (1993, by Francesco Bossermann) Les cent et une nuits de Simon Cinéma / A Hundred and One Nights (1995, by Agnès Varda) La partie d'échecs / The Chess Game (1994, by Yves Hanchar) Les demoiselles ont eu 25 ans / The Young Girl Turn 25 (1993, by Agnès Varda) Ma saison préférée / My Favorite Season (1993, by André Téchiné) Indochine (film) (1992, by Régis Wargnier) La Reine blanche (1991, by Jean-Loup Hubert) Drôle d'endroit pour une rencontre / A Strange Place to meet (1988, by François Dupeyron) Fréquence meurtre / Frequent Death (1988, by Elisabeth Rappeneau) Agent trouble (1987, by Jean-Pierre Mocky) Le Lieu du crime / Scene of the Crime (1986, by André Téchiné) Fort Saganne (1984, by Alain Corneau) Paroles et musique / Love Songs (1984, by Elie Chouraqui) Le bon plaisir (1984, by Francis Girod) The Hunger (1983, by Tony Scott) L'Africain (1983, by Philippe de Broca) Le choc / Shock (1982, by Robin Davis) Hôtel des Amériques / Hotel America (1981, by André Téchiné) Le choix des armes / Choice of Arms (1981, by Alain Corneau) Je vous aime / I Love You All (1980, by Claude Berri) Le dernier métro / The Last Metro (1980, François Truffaut) Courage fuyons (1979, by Yves Robert) À nous deux / Us Two (1979, by Claude Lelouch) Ils sont grands, ces petits (1979, by Joël Santoni & Jean Jabely) Ecoute voir... (1979, by Hugo Santiago) L'argent des autres (1978, by Christian de Chalonge) Casotto (1977, by Dick Richards) March or die (1977, by Dick Richards) Anima persa (1977, by Dino Risi) Si c'était à refaire (1976, by Claude Lelouch) Hustle (1975, by Robert Aldrich) Le sauvage (1975, by Jean-Paul Rappeneau) L'agression (1975, by Gérard Pirès) Zig zig (1975, by Laszlo Szabo) La femme aux bottes rouges / The Woman with Red Boots (1974, by Juan Bunuel) Touche pas à la femme blanche / Don't Touch the White Woman! (1974, by Marco Ferreri) La grande bourgeoise (1974, by Mauro Bolognini) L'évènement le plus important depuis que l'homme a marché sur la lune / A Slightly Pregnant Man (1973, by Jacques Demy) Un flic (1972, by Jean-Pierre Melville) Liza (1972, by Marco Ferreri) Ca n'arrive qu'aux autres / It Only Happens to Others (1971, by Nadine Trintignant) Peau d'âne / Donkey Skin (1970, by Jacques Demy) Tristana (1970, by Luis Buñuel) Tout peut arriver (1969, by Philippe Labro) La sirène du Mississippi / Mississippi Mermaid (1969, by François Truffaut) The April Fools (1969, by Stuart Rosenberg) Mayerling (1968 film) (1968, by Terence Young) Manon 70 (1968, by Jean Aurel) La chamade / Heartbeat (1968, by Alain Cavalier) Benjamin (1968, by Michel Deville) Belle de jour (1967, by Luis Buñuel) Les demoiselles de Rochefort / The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967, by Jacques Demy) Les Créatures / The Creatures (1966, by Agnès Varda) La Vie de château (1966, by Jean-Paul Rappeneau) Le Chant du monde (1965, by Marcel Camus) Das Liebeskarussell / The Daisy Chain (1965, by Rolf Thiele) Les Petits chats / Wild Roots of Love (1965, by Jacques R. Villa) Repulsion (1965, by Roman Polanski) Un monsieur de compagnie (1965, by Philippe de Broca) La Chasse à l'homme (1964, by Pasquale Festa Campanile) Les Plus belles escroqueries du monde (1964, by Claude Chabrol, Roman Polanski, & Ugo Gregoretti) Les Parapluies de Cherbourg / The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964, by Jacques Demy) La Costanza della ragione (1964, by Pasquale Festa Campanile) Vacances portugaises (1963, by Pierre Kast) Le vice et la vertu / Vice and Virtue (1963, by Roger Vadim) Dossier 1413 (1963, by Alfred Rode) Les Parisiennes / Tales of Paris (1962, by Michel Boisrond, Marc Allegret, & Claude Barma) Et satan conduit le bal (1962, by G.M. Dabat) L'homme à femmes (1960, by Jean-Gérard CORNU) Les portes claquent, (1960, by Jacques Poitrenaud) Les collégiennes / Twilight Girls (1957, by André Hunebelle) (as Catherine/Sylvie Dorléac)
Producer - Filmography
Drôle d'endroit pour une rencontre / A Strange Place to Meet (1988) (producer)
Self - Filmography
The 63rd Annual Golden Globe Awards (2006) (TV) .... Herself - presenter Corazón de... Episode dated 2 December 2005 (2005) TV Episode .... Herself Corazón de... Episode dated 26 January 2006 (????) TV Episode .... Herself Histoire(s) d'Elle (2005) (TV) Hebdo cinéma, L' Episode dated 13 November 2005 (2005) TV Episode .... Herself Enfants de la télé, Les Episode dated 29 October 2005 (2005) TV Episode .... Herself Richard & Judy Episode dated 28 September 2005 (2005) TV Episode .... Herself Friday Night with Jonathan Ross Episode #9.3 (2005) TV Episode .... Herself French Beauty (2005) (TV) .... Herself Vacances de Noël, Les (2005) .... Herself Campus, le magazine de l'écrit Episode dated 9 December 2004 (2004) TV Episode .... Herself The Money Programme Get Cartier (2004) TV Episode .... Herself François Truffaut, une autobiographie (2004) (TV) .... Herself The Best of So Graham Norton V (2004) .... Herself Génie français, Le (2003) TV Series .... Herself/Host Claude Berri, le dernier nabab (2003) (TV) .... Herself V Graham Norton Episode #2.26 (2002) TV Episode .... Herself Wetten, dass..? Wetten, dass..? aus Disneyland Paris (2002) TV Episode .... Herself Wetten, dass..? Wetten, dass..? aus Innsbruck (1992) TV Episode .... Herself The 74th Annual Academy Awards (2002) (TV) .... Herself (taped) Exclusif Episode dated 30 January 2002 (2002) TV Episode .... Herself Yves Saint Laurent 5 avenue Marceau 75116 Paris (2002) .... Herself Yves Saint Laurent: His Life and Times (2002) (uncredited) .... Herself Mundo VIP Show nº259 (2001) TV Episode .... Herself Clouds: Letters to My Son (2001) .... Narrator (French language version)/Récitante Von Trier's 100 øjne (2000) .... Herself Brigitte & Friends Episode dated 28 May 2000 (2000) TV Episode .... Herself So Graham Norton Episode #3.11 (2000) TV Episode .... Herself Choreography: Creating Vincent Paterson's Dance Sequences (2000) (V) The Book That Wrote Itself (1999) .... Herself Pierre and Gilles, Love Stories (1997) .... Herself Zénith des enfoirés, Le (1997) (V) .... Herself Elle s'appelait Françoise (1996) (TV) .... Herself Lo + plus Episode dated 20 November 1996 (1996) TV Episode .... Herself Univers de Jacques Demy, L' (1995) .... Herself De Serge Gainsbourg à Gainsbarre de 1958 - 1991 (1994) (V) .... (segment "Dieu fumeur de Havanes" 1980) François Truffaut: Portraits volés (1993) The 65th Annual Academy Awards (1993) (TV) (uncredited) .... Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Leading Role & Presenter: Best Costume Design Demoiselles ont eu 25 ans, Les (1993) Primero izquierda Episode dated 12 December 1991 (1991) TV Episode .... Herself Aspel & Company Episode #8.2 (1991) TV Episode .... Herself Contre l'oubli (1991) .... Herself (segment "Pour Febe Elisabeth Velasquez, El Salvador") Cinéma cinémas Jack Nicholson fait de la photo (1990) TV Episode .... Herself Frames from the Edge (1989) .... Herself Cinéma, de notre temps André Téchiné, après la Nouvelle Vague... (????) TV Episode .... Herself Champs-Elysées Episode dated 10 May 1986 (1986) TV Episode .... Herself Champs-Elysées Episode dated 22 December 1984 (1984) TV Episode .... Herself Vivement Truffaut (1985) (TV) .... Herself/Marion Ciné regards L'avis de Rappeneau (1981) TV Episode .... Herself Reporters (1981) .... Herself Dernier cri des Halles, Le (1973) .... Herself Gala 71 (1971) (TV) .... Herself Henri Langlois (1970) .... Herself Vienna: The Years Remembered (1968) (uncredited) .... Herself Derrière l'écran (1966) TV Series .... Herself Cinépanorama Episode dated 21 October 1962 (1962) TV Episode .... Herself
Archive Footage
Graffiti 60 (2005) (mini) .... Herself Cinema mil Episode #1.11 (2005) TV Episode .... Herself Cinema mil Episode #1.1 (2005) TV Episode .... Herself 40 ans de la 2, Les (2004) (TV) .... Herself Celebrity Naked Ambition (2003) (TV) The Son of Samsonite (2002) .... Catherine The Kid Stays in the Picture (2002) .... Herself - Golden Globe Awards Speriamo che sia femmina (1986) .... Martina Leonardi Margret Dünser, auf der Suche nach den Besonderen (1981) (TV) .... Herself
Trivia
Chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history (#38) (1995).
An archetype for Gallic beauty, she succeeded Brigitte Bardot as the model for Marianne, the symbol of the French Republic seen on French coins and stamps (1985 - 2000).
Ranked #89 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list (October 1997).
Catherine is the third of four daughters born to the French actors Maurice Dorléac and Renée Deneuve (whose name she uses).
She liked Breaking the Waves (1996) by Lars von Trier so much that she wrote a personal letter to him, asking him for a role in a film of his. The result of this is her part in Dancer in the Dark (2000).
Has never performed in the theatre due to stage fright.
Festival tribute at the Créteil International Women's Film Festival, France (1994).
Was once fashion designer Yves Saint-Laurent's muse, who dressed her for the films Belle de Jour (1967), La Chamade (1968), La Sirène du Mississippi (1969), Un Flic (1972), and The Hunger (1983).
Had a brand of perfume named after her.
Measurements: 33 1/2-24-35 (1965 - "My bust is small."), 34 1/2B-25 1/2-36 (in 1985) (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine)
She speaks fluent Italian and French, as well as semi-fluent English and German.
Marilyn Monroe is her favorite actress, and The Misfits (1961) is her favorite movie starring Marilyn.
Vice president of jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 1994.
Mother-in-law of singer Benjamin Biolay.
Her role in La Sirène du Mississippi (1969) was played by Angelina Jolie in Original Sin (2001), the American remake of the movie.
Published her diary "A l'ombre de moi-meme" (In my shadow), in which she writes about the shootings of Indochine (1992) and Dancer in the Dark (2000).
Sang duets with Bernadette Lafont (1975), Gérard Depardieu (1980), Malcolm McLaren (1993), Joe Cocker (1995) and Alain Souchon (1997). In 1981, she released an album with songs of Serge Gainsbourg.
Designer of glasses, shoes, jewelry and greeting cards.
Member of the international jury of the Shangaï Television festival in 1988.
Her performance as Séverine Sérizy in Belle de jour (1967) is ranked #59 on Premiere Magazine's 100 Greatest Performances of All Time (2006).
She had a relationship with 'Francois Truffaut' in the 1970s. When the relationship failed, Truffaut had a nervous breakdown. Deneuve attended his funeral in 1984 and later appeared in 8 femmes (2002) with Fanny Ardant, who was Truffaut's partner at the time of his death and the mother of his youngest daughter.
Head juror of the 2006 Venice Film Festival.
She and Marcello Mastroianni made five movies together: Les Cent et une nuits de Simon Cinéma(1995), Liza (1972), Touche pas à la femme blanche (1974), Ça n'arrive qu'aux autres (1971) and L'Événement le plus important depuis que l'homme a marché sur la lune (1973).
The lesbian magazine Curve (magazine) was originally called 'Deneuve'; it was forced to change its name after a trade mark dispute with her http://lesbianlife.about.com/od/subject1/a/Curve15.htm. Despite being the subject of repeated rumors of bisexuality http://www.glbtq.com/arts/film_actors_lesbian,3.html (perhaps because of her marriage to Roger Vadim, or because of the roles she has played), no evidence of such relationships has ever been brought forward, though having gay friends she has always spoken supportively on the subject.
News
Catherine Deneuve has signed on to appear in the fourth season of the FX series Nip/Tuck. Deneuve will play a woman who wants her husband’s cremated ashes put in her breast implants.
Catherine Deneuve has been chosen to head the jury at this year's Venice Film Festival. The actress is known for her role in Belle de Jour, which won the Golden Lion in 1967.
See also
Cinema of France
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