CATHERINE DENEUVE

(Marie)


BIOGRAPHY

Recognized universally for both her acting ability and patrician beauty, Catherine Deneuve is one of the most admired women in the world. She is so respected in her native France, that in 1985, Deneuve's profile was selected to represent the updated image of "Marianne", the French national symbol. A statuette of "Marianne" is displayed in every city and town hall in the country.

Catherine Deneuve was brought into the international eye when she won the 1964 Cannes Film Festival Palme d'Or for Best Actress for her portrayal of "Genevive" in Jacques Demy's musical THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG. Inspired by her experience in THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG, Deneuve resolved to seriously devote herself to acting. She credits Demy for her decision, stating, "He made me learn to act, to love acting for the first time, to believe what I act."

During the course of her career, Deneuve has worked with some of the world's finest directors, among them, Roman Polanski, Jean-Paul Rappeneau, Agnès Varda, Luis Bunuel, François Truffaut, Robert Aldrich, Claude Berri and Alain Corneau.

Born the third child in an acting family headed by René Deneuve and Maurice Dorlac, Catherine Deneuve made her screen debut (using her mother's maiden name) in LES COLLÉGIENNES, while she was still a schoolgirl. She appeared in that film and in LES PORTES CHAT with her older sister, the great Françoise Dorlac. The two sisters appeared together again in the classic Jacques Demy film, THE YOUNG GIRLS OF ROCHEFORT.

Her English language film debut, Roman Polanski's REPULSION (1965), cast her as a schizophrenic young woman whose sexual neuroses lead to emotional withdrawal and murder. The film was a great success and earned Deneuve rave reviews for her powerful performance.

In 1967, her brilliant performance as the ostensibly happy housewife who embarks on a career of prostitution in Luis Bunuel's award winning BELLE DE JOUR, established Deneuve as one of the truly outstanding actresses of Europe and earned her an award for Best Actress at the Venice Film Festival. Subsequently, in 1970, she again worked with Bunuel in TRISTANA as the young orphan corrupted by her cultivated but libertine guardian.

Shortly thereafter, Deneuve moved on to an association with another great filmmaker, François Truffaut. Truffaut hired her to play the mysterious mail-order bride of a tobacco planter in THE MISSISSIPPI MERMAID (1969), opposite Jean-Paul Belmondo and later as the wife of a Jewish stage director persecuted during the Nazi occupation of Paris in the highly successful THE LAST METRO (1980), opposite Gérard Depardieu.

Deneuve made a brief foray into Hollywood in the films APRIL FOOLS, directed by Stuart Rosenberg, starring Jack Lemmon and HUSTLE, directed by Robert Aldrich, starring Burt Renolds.

In 1988, she took on the role of producer with A STRANGE PLACE TO MEET, in which she also acted with Gérard Depardieu.

Her performance in Régis Warnier's INDOCHINE garnered her the 1993 César for Best Actress as well as an Oscar nomination. The film was awarded the Golden Globe.

Deneuve worked with Daniel Auteuil and André Téchiné in Téchiné's MA SAISON PREFEREE. LES VOLEURS marks her second collaboration with Auteuil and Téchiné. Once again, she dares to take on yet another passionate and controversial role.

CATHERINE DENEUVE

FILMOGRAPHY


1957 LES COLLÉGIENNES, André Hunebelle
1959 LES PETITS CHATS, Jacques Villa
1960 LES PORTES CLAQUENT, Jacques Poitrenaud & Michel Fernaud
L"HOMME A FEMMES, Jacques-Gérard Cornu
1062 LES PARISIENNES, Marc Allégret
ET SATAN CONDUIT LE BAL, Grisha M. Dabat
1963 LE VICE ET LA VERTU, Roger Vadim
VACANCES PORTUGAISES, Pierre Kast
LES PARAPLUIES DE CHERBOURG, Jacques Demy
(THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG)
1964 LES PLUS BELLES ESCROQUERIES DU MONDE, Claude Chabrol
LA CHASSE A L'HOMME, Edouard Molinaro
UN MONSIEUR DE COMPAGNIE, Philippe de Broca
LA CONSTANZA DELLA RAGIONE, Pasquale Festa Campanile
1965 REPULSION, Roman Polanski
LA VIE DE CHATEAU, Jean-Paul Rappaneau
LIEBES KARUSELL, Gert Froebe
LES CRÉATURES, Agnès Varda
LE CHANT DU MONDE, Marcel Camus
1966 LES DEMOISELLES DE ROCHEFORT, Jacques Demy
(THE YOUNG GIRLS OF ROCHEFORT)
1967 BELLE DE JOUR, Luis Bunuel
BENJAMIN, Michel Deville
MANON 70, Jean Aurel
1968 MAYERLING, Terence Young
LA CHAMADE, Alain Cavalier
1969 APRIL FOOLS, Stuart Rosenberg
TRISTANA, Luis Bunuel
LA SIRÈNE DU MISSISSIPPI, François Truffaut
(MISSISSIPPI MERMAID)
1970 PEAU D'ÂNE, Jacques Demy
ÇA N'ARRIVE QU'AUX AUTRES, Nadine Trintignant
LIZA, Marco Ferreri
1972 UN FLIC, Jean-Pierre Melville
1973 L'ÉVÈNEMENT LE PLUS IMPORTANT DEPUIS QUE L'HOMME A MARCHÉ SUR LA LUNE, Jacques Demy
TOUCHE PAS A LA FEMME BLANCHE, Marco Ferreri
1974 LA FEMME AUX BOTTES ROUGES, Juan Bunuel
LA BOURGEOISE, Mauro Bolognini
ZIG-ZAG, Laszlo Szabo
L'AGGRESSION, Gérard Pirès
1975 HUSTLE, Robert Aldrich
LE SAUVAGE, Jean-Paul Rappeneau
1976 SI C'ÉTAIT À REFAIRE, Claude Lelouch
ÂMES PERDUES, Dino Risi
1977 ÉCOUTE VOIR..., Hugo Santiago
IL ETAIT UNE FOIS LA LEGION, Dirk Richards
L'ARGENT DES AUTRES, Christian de Challonges
1978 ILS SONT GRANDS CES PETITS, Joël Santon
1979 A NOUS DEUX, Claude Lelouch
COURAGE FUYONS, Yves Robert
1980 JE VOUS AIME, Claude Berri
LE DERNIER MÉTRO, François Truffaut
(THE LAST METRO)
César for Best Actress
1981 HÔTEL DES AMÉRIQUES, André Téchiné
LE CHOIX DES ARMES, Alain Corneau
LE CHOC, Robin Davis
1982 L'AFRICAIN, Philippe de Broca
THE HUNGER (LES PRÉDATEURS), Tony Scott
1983 FORT SAGANNE, Alain Corneau
LE BON PLAISIR, Francis Girod
1984 PAROLES ET MUSIQUE, Elie Chouraquie
1985 POURVU QUE CE SOIT UNE FILLE, Mario Monicelli
1986 LE LIEU DU CRIME, André Téchiné
1987 AGENT TROUBLE, Jean-Pierre Mocky
FRÉQUENCE MEUTRE, Elisabeth Rappeneau
1988 DRÔLE D'ENDROIT POUR UNE RENCONTRE, Franç Dupeyron
(A STRANGE PLACE TO MEET)
1990 LA REINE BLANCHE, Jean-Loup Hubert
1992 INDOCHINE, Régis Wargnier
1993 Golden Globe Award
César 1993 for Best Actress
Oscar 1993: nomination for Best Actress
CONTRE L'OUBLI, Chantal Akerman
1993 MA SAISON PREFEREE, André Téchiné
LA PARTIE D'ÉCHECS, Yves Hanchar
1994 PIERRE DE TOUCHE, Manoel de Oliveira
1995 LE COUVENT, Manuel de Oliveira
LES VOLEURS (THIEVES), André Téchiné

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