Catherine Deneuve

Catherine Deneuve
Catherine Deneuve at Cannes in 2000.
Born	Catherine Fabienne Dorléac 22 October 1943 (1943-10-22) (age 65) Paris, France
Years active	1957–present
Spouse(s)	David Bailey (1965–1972)

Catherine Deneuve (French IPA: [katÊ�in dəˈnÅ“v], born 22 October 1943) is a French actress. She gained recognition for her portrayal of beautiful ice maidens for various directors, including Luis Buñuel and Roman Polanski.¹² Deneuve won two César Awards for her performances in Le Dernier Métro (1980) and Indochine (1992). She has also received BAFTA and Academy Award nominations for Best Actress. In 2008, she appeared in her 100th film, Un conte de Noël.

Early life and film career

Deneuve was born Catherine Fabienne Dorléac in Paris, as the third of four daughters to French stage and screen actor Maurice Dorléac and actress Renée Deneuve.

Deneuve was 13 when she began her film career with a very small role in Les Collégiennes (1956), subsequently working in several films including under director Roger Vadim. The film that brought her to stardom was Jacques Demy's 1964 musical Les Parapluies de Cherbourg, which led to additional prominent roles in Roman Polanski's Repulsion (1965) and Luis Buñuel's Belle de Jour (1967). In the Polanski film, Deneuve first portrayed the character archetype for which she would be nicknamed the "ice maiden", an emotionally distant and mysterious woman; her work for Buñuel would be her most famous.³⁴ She also appeared in Jacques Demy's musical Les Demoiselles de Rochefort (1967), with her elder sister, Françoise Dorléac.

Deneuve remained active in European films during the 1960s and the 1970s, though she limited her appearances in American movies of the period to The April Fools (1969) and Hustle (1975). Her starring roles at the time were featured in such films as Tristana (1970, again with Buñuel) and A Slightly Pregnant Man (1973, opposite Marcello Mastrioanni). In the 1980s, Deneuve's films included François Truffaut's Le Dernier métro (1980, which garnered her the César Award for Best Actress) and Tony Scott's The Hunger (1983, as a bisexual vampire, co-starring with David Bowie and Susan Sarandon, a role which brought her a significant lesbian following).⁵

In the early 1990s, Deneuve's more significant roles included 1992's Indochine (which garnered her a second César Award for Best Actress, and an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress); and André Téchiné's two movies, Ma saison préférée (1993) and Les Voleurs (1995). In 1994 she was Vice President on the jury of the Cannes Film Festival.⁶ In 1996, Deneuve joined the documentary L'Univers de Jacques Demy, to show tribute to the director who made the film that brought her to fame. In 1998, she won acclaim and the Volpi Cup at the Venice Film Festival for her performance in Place Vendôme. In the late 1990s Deneuve continued to appear in a large number of films such as 1999's five films, Est-Ouest, Le temps retrouvé, Pola X, Belle-maman, and Le vent de la nuit.

In 2000, Deneuve's part in Lars von Trier's musical drama Dancer in the Dark alongside Icelandic female singer Björk was subject to considerable critical scrutiny. The film was selected for the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. In 2002, she shared the Silver Bear Award for Best Ensemble Cast at the Berlin International Film Festival for her performance in 8 Women. In 2005, Deneuve published her diary A l'ombre de moi-meme ("In My Own Shadow", published in English as Close Up and Personal: The Private Diaries of Catherine Deneuve); 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.

Career outside of film

Modeling

Deneuve is considered designer Yves Saint Laurent's muse; he dressed her in the films Belle de Jour, La Chamade, La Sirène du Mississippi, Liza, and The Hunger.

Deneuve was the face of Chanel No. 5 in the 1970s and caused sales of the perfume to soar in the United States â€“ so much so that the American press, captivated by her charm, nominated her as the world's most elegant woman.⁷

Her image was used to represent Marianne, the national symbol of France, from 1985 to 1989.

In 1992, Deneuve became a model for Yves Saint Laurent's skincare line.

In 2001, she was chosen as the new face of L'Oréal Paris.

In 2006, Deneuve became the third inspiration for the M•A•C Beauty Icon series. Deneuve and Make-up Art Cosmetics closely collaborated on the colour collection that became available at M•A•C locations worldwide in February 2006.

In late 2007, Deneuve began appearing in the new Louis Vuitton luggage advertisements.

Entrepreneurial

Deneuve introduced her own perfume, Deneuve, in 1986. She is also a designer of glasses, shoes, jewelry and greeting cards.

Charities

• Deneuve was appointed UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador for the Safeguarding of Film Heritage in 1994. On 12 November 2003, she resigned her position as Goodwill Ambassador at UNESCO to protest the nomination of French businessman Pierre Falcone as the Angola representative, which enables him to escape justice and investigation for illegal arms dealing.⁸

• Deneuve asked that the rights owed to her from her representation of Marianne be given to Amnesty International.⁹

• Louis Vuitton made a donation to The Climate Project, spearheaded by Al Gore, on behalf of Deneuve.¹⁰

• Deneuve is also involved with Children Action, Children of Africa, Orphelins Roumains and Reporters sans frontières (Reporters Without Borders).¹¹

• Douleur sans frontiers (Pain Without Borders) - At the end of 2003, Deneuve recorded a radio commercial to encourage donations to fight against the pain in the world, notably for the victims of landmines.¹²

• Handicap International - In the middle of July 2005, Deneuve lent her voice to the message of radio commercials, TV and cinema, which denounced the use of the BASM (cluster bombs).¹³¹⁴

• Voix de femmes pour la démocratie (Voice of women for democracy) - Deneuve read the text, "Le petit garçon," of Jean-Lou Dabadie, on the entitled CD, "Voix de femmes pour la démocratie." The CD was sold for the benefit of the female victims of the war and the fundamentalisms that fight for democracy.¹⁵

• Deneuve has also been involved with various charities in the fight against AIDS and cancer.¹²

Political involvement

• In 1971, Deneuve signed the Manifesto of the 343 (Manifeste des 343 salopes, Manifest of the 343 bitches). The manifesto was an admission by its signers to have practiced illegal abortions, and therefore, exposed themselves to judicial actions and prison sentences.¹⁶ It was published in Le Nouvel Observateur on 5 April 1971. That same year, feminist lawyer Gisèle Halimi founded the group, Choisir (“To Chooseâ€�), to protect the women who had signed the Manifesto of the 343.

• Deneuve is involved with Amnesty International's program to abolish the death penalty.

• In 2001, Deneuve delivered a petition organized by the French-based group, "Together Against the death penalty," to the U.S. Embassy in Paris.¹⁷

• In April 2007, Deneuve signed a petition on the internet protesting the "misogynous" treatment of socialist presidential candidate Ségolène Royal. More than 8,000 French men and women signed the petition, including French actress Jeanne Moreau.¹⁸

Personal life

Deneuve has three sisters: the actress Françoise Dorléac (who died in a car crash on 26 June 1967), Sylvie Dorléac and Danielle Dorléac.¹⁹

Deneuve speaks fluent French, Italian, English and is semi-fluent in German.²⁰ Her hobbies and passions include gardening, drawing, photography, reading, music, cinema, fashion, antiques and decoration.¹²

Deneuve's only marriage was from 1965 to 1972 with photographer David Bailey. The couple divorced in 1972 but remained friends. She has had relationships with director Roger Vadim, director François Truffaut,²¹ actor Marcello Mastroianni, and Canal+ tycoon Pierre Lescure.¹⁹

Deneuve has two children: actor Christian Vadim, from her relationship with Roger Vadim, and actress Chiara Mastroianni, from her relationship with Marcello Mastroianni.¹⁹

Filmography

Discography

• Souviens Toi De M'oublier (1981)²²

Awards and nominations

César Awards

Academy Awards

BAFTA Awards

Other Awards

See also

• Cinema of France

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Catherine Deneuve

• Film.guardian.uk interview 21 September 2005
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• Catherine Deneuve at Yahoo! Movies
• Catherine Deneuve at Allmovie
• Catherine Deneuve at TV.com
• Catherine Deneuve at filmsdefrance.com
• Catherine Deneuve seduces Susan Sarandon while playing Lakme on the piano in the famous lesbian scene from Tony Scott's 1983 movie The Hunger.

v â€¢ d â€¢ e César Award for Best Actress 1976 : Romy Schneider • 1977 : Annie Girardot • 1978 : Simone Signoret • 1979 : Romy Schneider • 1980 : Miou-Miou • 1981 : Catherine Deneuve • 1982 : Isabelle Adjani • 1983 : Nathalie Baye • 1984 : Isabelle Adjani • 1985 : Sabine Azéma • 1986 : Sandrine Bonnaire • 1987 : Sabine Azéma • 1988 : Anémone • 1989 : Isabelle Adjani • 1990 : Carole Bouquet • 1991 : Anne Parillaud • 1992 : Jeanne Moreau • 1993 : Catherine Deneuve • 1994 : Juliette Binoche • 1995 : Isabelle Adjani • 1996 : Isabelle Huppert • 1997 : Fanny Ardant • 1998 : Ariane Ascaride • 1999 : Élodie Bouchez • 2000 : Karin Viard • 2001 : Dominique Blanc • 2002 : Emmanuelle Devos • 2003 : Isabelle Carré • 2004 : Sylvie Testud • 2005 : Yolande Moreau • 2006 : Nathalie Baye • 2007 : Marina Hands • 2008 : Marion Cotillard • 2009 : Yolande Moreau

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