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Catherine Deneuve (French IPA: [də'nœv]), born Catherine Fabienne Dorléac, (October 22, 1943 in Paris, France), is an Academy Award-nominated French actress.
Career: 1950s and 1960s
A model of French elegance, cultivated lust object for art house filmgoers everywhere, 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. 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 Jaques Demy's charming musical, Les Parapluies de Cherbourg (The Umbrellas of 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.
1970s and 1980s
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 Mastrioanni. 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. This performance won her an indelible cult status in the States among lesbians and goths.
1990s and after
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 1990s Deneuve remained consistently working 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 the 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 film, Indochine 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 by Nicole Garcia.
César Award Nominations
* 1976 - Sauvage, Le (by Jean-Paul Rappeneau) (Best Actress)
* 1982 - Hôtel des Amériques (by André Téchiné) (Best Actress)
* 1988 - Agent trouble (by Jean-Pierre Mocky) (Best Actress)
* 1989 - Drôle d'endroit pour une rencontre (by François Dupeyron) (Best Actress)
* 1994 - Ma saison préférée (by André Téchiné) (Best Actress)
* 1997 - Voleurs, Les (by André Téchiné) (Best Actress)
* 1999 - Place Vendôme (by Nicole Garcia) (Best Actress)
* 2006 - Palais royal! (by Valérie Lemercier) (Best Supporting Actress)
Academy Award Nominations
* 1992 - Indochine (by Régis Wargnier)
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 Paris. 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), Pierre Lescure (Canal + and Pay-TV tycoon; born July 2, 1945)
Husband: David Bailey (photographer, director, & writer; born January 2, 1938; married August 19, 1965; divorced in 1972)
Actress - Filmography
* Collégiennes, Les / Twilight Girls (1957, by André Hunebelle) (as Catherine/Sylvie Dorléac)
* Les portes claquent (1960, by Jacques Poitrenaud)
* Homme à femmes, L' (1960, by Jean-Gérard CORNU)
* Et satan conduit le bal (1962, by G.M. Dabat)
* Parisiennes, Les / Tales of Paris (1962, by Michel Boisrond, Marc Allegret, & Claude Barma)
* Dossier 1413 (1963, by Alfred Rode)
* Le vice et la vertu / Vice and Virtue (1963, by Roger Vadim)
* Vacances portugaises (1963, by Pierre Kast)
* Costanza della ragione, La (1964, by Pasquale Festa Campanile)
* Les Parapluies de Cherbourg / The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964, by Jacques Demy)
* Plus belles escroqueries du monde, Les (1964, by Claude Chabrol, Roman Polanski, & Ugo Gregoretti)
* Chasse à l'homme, La (1964, by Pasquale Festa Campanile)
* Un monsieur de compagnie (1965, by Philippe de Broca)
* Repulsion (1965, by Roman Polanski)
* Petits chats, Les / Wild Roots of Love (1965, by Jacques R. Villa)
* Liebeskarussell, Das / The Daisy Chain (1965, by Rolf Thiele)
* Chant du monde, Le (1965, by Marcel Camus)
* Vie de château, La (1966, by Jean-Paul Rappeneau)
* Créatures, Les / The Creatures (1966, by Agnès Varda)
* Les Demoiselles de Rochefort / The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967, by Jacques Demy)
* Belle de jour (1967, by Luis Buñuel)
* Benjamin (1968, by Michel Deville)
* Chamade, La / Heartbeat (1968, by Alain Cavalier)
* Manon 70 (1968, by Jean Aurel)
* Mayerling (1968, by Terence Young)
* The April Fools (1969, by Stuart Rosenberg)
* Sirène du Mississippi, La / Mississippi Mermaid (1969, by François Truffaut)
* Tout peut arriver (1969, by Philippe Labro)
* Tristana (1970, by Luis Buñuel)
* Peau d'âne / Donkey Skin (1970, by Jacques Demy)
* Ca n'arrive qu'aux autres / It Only Happens to Others (1971, by Nadine Trintignant)
* Liza (1972, by Marco Ferreri)
* Un flic (1972, by Jean-Pierre Melville)
* Evènement le plus important depuis que l'homme a marché sur la lune, L' / A Slightly Pregnant Man (1973, by Jacques Demy)
* Grande Bourgeoise, La (1974, by Mauro Bolognini)
* Touche pas à la femme blanche / Don't Touch the White Woman! (1974, by Marco Ferreri)
* Femme aux bottes rouges, La / The Woman with Red Boots (1974, by Juan Bunuel)
* Zig zig (1975, by Laszlo Szabo)
* Agression, L' (1975, by Gérard Pirès)
* Sauvage, Le (1975, by Jean-Paul Rappeneau)
* Hustle (1975, by Robert Aldrich)
* Si c'était à refaire (1976, by Claude Lelouch)
* Anima persa (1977, by Dino Risi)
* March or die (1977, by Dick Richards)
* Casotto (1977, by Sergio Citti)
* Argent des autres, L' (1978, by Christian de Chalonge)
* Ecoute voir... (1979, by Hugo Santiago)
* Ils sont grands, ces petits (1979, by Joël Santoni & Jean Jabely)
* À nous deux / Us Two (1979, by Claude Lelouch)
* Courage fuyons (1979, by Yves Robert)
* Dernier métro, Le / The Last Metro (1980, François Truffaut)
* Je vous aime / I Love You All (1980, by Claude Berri)
* Choix des armes, Le / Choice of Arms (1981, by Alain Corneau)
* Hôtel des Amériques / Hotel America (1981, by André Téchiné)
* Choc, Le / Shock (1982, by Robin Davis)
* Africain, L' (1983, by Philippe de Broca)
* The Hunger (1983, by Tony Scott)
* Bon plaisir, Le (1984, by Francis Girod)
* Paroles et musique / Love Songs (1984, by Elie Chouraqui)
* Fort Saganne (1984, by Alain Corneau)
* Lieu du crime, Le / Scene of the Crime (1986, by André Téchiné)
* Agent trouble (1987, by Jean-Pierre Mocky)
* Fréquence meurtre / Frequent Death (1988, by Elisabeth Rappeneau)
* Drôle d'endroit pour une rencontre / A Strange Place to meet (1988, by François Dupeyron)
* Reine blanche, La (1991, by Jean-Loup Hubert)
* Indochine (1992, by Régis Wargnier)
* Ma saison préférée / My Favorite Season (1993, by André Téchiné)
* Les Demoiselles ont eu 25 ans / The Young Girls Turn 25 (1993, by Agnès Varda)
* Partie d'échecs, La / The Chess Game (1994, by Yves Hanchar)
* Cent et une nuits de Simon Cinéma, Les / A Hundred and One Nights (1995, by Agnès Varda)
* \"¿Qué apostamos?\" (TV, episode dated 31 March 1995) (1993, by Francesco Bossermann)
* Inconnu, L' (1995, by Ismaël Ferroukhi) (short film)
* O Convento / The Convent (1995, by Manoel de Oliveira)
* Voleurs, Les / Thieves (1996, by André Téchiné)
* Court toujours : L'inconnu (TV) (1996, by Ismaël Ferroukhi)
* Généalogies d'un crime (1997, by Raoul Ruiz)
* Sans titre (1997, by Leos Carax) (short film)
* Place Vendôme (1998, by Nicole Garcia)
* Vent de la nuit, Le (1999, by Philippe Garrel)
* Belle maman / Beautiful Mother (1999, by Gabriel Aghion)
* Pola X (1999, by Leos Carax)
* Temps retrouvé, Le / Time Regained (1999, by Raoul Ruiz)
* Est-Ouest / East-West (1999, by Régis Wargnier)
* Dancer in the Dark (2000, by Lars von Trier)
* Je rentre à la maison / Im Going Home (2001, by Manoel de Oliveira)
* Absolument fabuleux (2001, by Gabriel Aghion)
* The Musketeer (TV) (2001, by Peter Hyams)
* Petit poucet, Le (2001, by Olivier Dahan)
* 8 femmes / 8 Women (2002, by François Ozon)
* Au plus près du paradis / Nearest to Heaven (2002, by Tonie Marshall)
* Liaisons dangereuses, Les (TV) (2003, by Josée Dayan)
* Un filme falado / A Talking Picture (2003, by Manoel de Oliveira)
* Kings and Queen (2003, by Arnaud Desplechin)
* Temps qui changent, Les / Changing Times (2004, by André Téchiné)
* Princesse Marie (TV) (2004, by Benoît Jacquot)
* Palais Royal! (2005, by Valérie Lemercier)
* Concile de Pierre, Le / The Stone Council (2006, by Guillaume Nicloux)
* Nip/Tuck (Television episode \"Corinne Lubey\", plays title character. 2006, first run 11/21/06)
* Héros de la famille, Le (2006, by Thierry Klifa) (post-production)
* Persepolis (2007, by Vincent Paronnaud & Marjane Satrapi) (voice) (filming)
* Apres Lui / After Him (2007, by Gaël Morel) (currently filming, began filming in Lyon on October 23)
* Black Diamond (2007, by Benoît Jacquot (recently announced, pre-production)
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 (France: short title) 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
* The World of Jacques Demy (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
* The Young Girls Turn 25 (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
Miscellaneous facts
* Chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history (#38) (1995).
* An archetype for French 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).
* In an interview, she indicated that she would have loved to have played the title role in Alfred Hitchcock's Marnie (1964)..
* 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, perfume, 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 was originally called 'Deneuve'; it was forced to change its name after a trade mark dispute with her. Deneuve herself has been the subject of repeated rumors of lesbianism or bisexuality, likely because she has played lesbian or bisexual characters in several films.
* A Toronto based band Kelly & The Kelly Girls have a song called "Catherine Deneuve" on their album We Love You But Not As Much As We Love Ourselves and even have a video spoofing/paying homage to some of her films Music Video
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