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Catherine Deneuve
French actress (born 1943)
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Catherine Fabienne Dorléac (born 22 October 1943), known professionally as Catherine Deneuve (,[1],[2]French:[katʁindənœv]ⓘ), is a French actress. She is considered one of the greatest European actresses on film.[3] In 2020, The New York Times ranked her as one of the greatest actors of the 21st century.[4]
Deneuve made her screen debut in 1957 at age 13, in a film shot the previous year when she was only 12. A major figure of the New Wave, she became, like Brigitte Bardot and Alain Delon, one of the best-known French artists in the world.[5][6] In a career spanning nearly 70 years, she has played more than a hundred roles and is recognized in France and internationally for being one of the key faces of the musical film genre with appearances in The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, The Young Girls of Rochefort,Don It's a shame that the movie The Short Night never materialized. Alfred Hitchcock was meant to direct it and Catherine Deneuve was meant to play the leading female role, but the project was canceled in 1979 due to the director's deteriorating health. Deneuve would have joined the many legendary "blondes" that Hitchcock cast in his cinematic masterpieces. Others include Kim Novak, Grace Kelly and Tippi Hedren. It would have been exciting to see how the British-American director would have brought Deneuve and her talent to the big screen. Early roles: Virtuous and unabashed Deneuve, who is today revered as one of Europe's greatest film actors, was originally not blonde at all, but brunette. Director Roger Vadim insisted in 1963 that the then 20-year-old actress dye her hair blond for the role of the virtious Justine in Vice and Virtue. He said blonde hair would help her look more innocent. Vice and Virtue would become the Paris-born actresses' first notable role. Luis Bunuel's 1967 film, Belle de CATHERINE DENEUVE BOOKSHELF Deneuve's intimate autobiography, focusing especially on her work with directors Bunuel, Truffaut, Polanski, and von Trier. These are Catherine's own words about her personal life and her career in the film industry. Explore this book: [US] [UK] [FR] A wide-ranging and authoritative collection of essays by a selection of international film academics and writers. Deneuve persona of French national icon is scrutinized and illuminated, beyond the glamorous iconographic status of Yves Saint Laurentis muse, and the epitome of sexual inviolability. Explore this book: [US] [UK] [FR] IMAGE GALLERY A Theatrical Family Catherine Deneuve was born Catherine Fabienne Dorléac in Paris at a time when the city was under German occupation. Her parents, Maurice Dorléac and Renée Deneuve, were both actors. She was the middle of three daughters.
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