Catherine Deneuve
Catherine Deneuve, (October 22, 1943, in Paris, France), is an Academy Award-nominated French actress.
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
Personal Life
Deneuve is the third of four daughters born to French actors Maurice Dorléac and Renée Deneuve (the French voice of Esther Williams), whose surname she uses. She has three sisters; the actress Françoise Dorléac (who died in a car crash on June 26, 1967), Sylvie Dorléac, and Danielle Dorléac
Deneuve speaks fluent French, Italian, English and is semi-fluent in German. Some of her hobbies and passions include gardening, drawing, photography, reading, music, cinema, fashion, antiques, and decoration.
Deneuve's sole marriage was from 1965-1972 to photographer David Bailey. The couple divorced in 1972 and have remained friends. She has had relationships with director Roger Vadim, director François Truffaut, actor Marcello Mastroianni, and Canal+ tycoon Pierre Lescure .
Deneuve has two children, actor Christian Vadim, from her relationship with Roger Vadim, and actress Chiara Mastroianni from her relationship with Marcello Mastroianni. Her grandchildren from daughter Chiara are Milo Torreton (1998)and Anna Biolay (2003).
Career
The daughter of French stage and film actor Maurice Dorléac and actress Renée Deneuve. Deneuve was born Catherine Fabienne Dorléac, in Paris on October 22, 1943, as one of four daughters. 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 before getting her breakthrough role in Jacques Demy's 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 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, 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, her performance won her indelible cult status in the States among lesbians and Gothics.
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 for Best Actress 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 1994 she was Vice President on the jury of the Cannes Film Festival. 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. In 1998, she won acclaim and the Volpi Cup at the Venice Film Festival for her performance in Place Vendôme. 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 Lars von Trier's melancholy musical Dancer in the Dark. Though it polarized critics and audiences alike, Dancer in the Dark nevertheless won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. In 2002, she shared the Silver Bear Award for Best Ensemble Cast at the 2002 Berlin International Film Festival for her performance in 8 Women. In 2005 Deneuve published her diary "A l'ombre de moi-meme" (In My Shadow), in it, she writes about her experiences shooting the films Indochine and Dancer in the Dark. In 2006, she headed the jury at the Venice Film Festival. Deneuve continues to work steadily making at least two or three films per year, and can currently be seen in the film Après Lui.
See also [ Belle de Jour ]
César Awards
- Le Dernier métro (Best Actress)
- Indochine (Best Actress)
Other Awards
- 1981 - David di Donatello Awards, (Best Foreign Actress) - Le Dernier métro
- 1993 - Women in Film Crystal Awards, (International Award)
- 1995 - San Sebastián International Film Festival, (Donostia Lifetime Achievement Award)
- 1997 - Moscow International Film Festival, (Silver St. George) - (Contribution to World Cinema)
- 1998 - Venice Film Festival, (Volpi Cup, Best Actress) - Place Vendôme
- 1998 - Berlin International Film Festival, (Honorary Golden Berlin Bear)
- 2000 - Art Film Festival, (Actor's Mission Award)
- 2001 - Bambi Awards, (Film - International)
- 2002 - Berlin International Film Festival, (Silver Berlin Bear) - 8 Women, shared with ensemble cast
- 2002 - European Film Awards, (Best Actress) - 8 Women, shared with ensemble cast
- 2006 - Bangkok International Film Festival, (Golden Kinnaree Career Achievement Award)
External links
- Also see the Wikipedia page [ Catherine Deneuve ]
- Film.guardian.uk interview
- http://www.myspace.com/catherine_deneuve The Myspace Catherine Deneuve Fan Site.
- Catherine Deneuve at the Internet Movie Database
- Music Video "Catherine Deneuve" By Kelly & The KellyGirls
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