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A paradigm of Gallic beauty, Catherine Deneuve’s flawless features and chilly onscreen persona made her the... (Learn more)

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Catherine Deneuve’s Milestones
1956 First film appearance (a bit part) in "Les Collegiennes" (billed as Catherine Dorleac)
1959 Film acting debut in "Les Petits Chats" (billed as Catherine Dorleac)
1964 Starred in Jacques Demy's award-winning musical "The Umbrellas of Cherbourg"
1965 English language debut in Roman Polanski's "Repulsion"
1967 Cast as a bored housewife who becomes a call girl in Luis Bunuel's "Belle de Jour"
1967 Reteamed with Demy for the musical "Les Demoiselles of Rochefort/The Young Girls of Rochefort"; starred with her sister Francoise Dorleac, playing twin sisters
1969 First Hollywood film, "The April Fools"
1969 Played dual role in Francois Truffaut's "The Mississippi Mermaid"
1970 Third film with Demy, "Peau d'anne/Donkey Skin"
1971 First of five films with Marcello Mastroianni, "It Only Happens to Others"
1973 Co-starred with Mastroianni in the Jacques Demy-directed "A Slightly Pregnant Man"
1975 Returned to Hollywood to co-star opposite Burt Reynolds in "Hustle"
1975 Starred in "Le Sauvage"; directed by Jean-Paul Rappeneau
1980 Reteamed with Truffaut for "The Last Metro"; first of six films with Gerard Depardieu
1982 First of four films (to date) with Andre Techine, "Hotel des Ameriques"
1983 Appeared opposite Susan Sarandon in the vampire-themed "The Hunger"
1985 Profile chosen as the model for the symbol of the French Republic, "Marianne" (a statuette of which is displayed in every city and town hall in the country)
1988 First film as producer (also actress), "Drole d'endroit pour une rencontre/A Strange Place to Meet"
1992 Received Best Actress Oscar nomination for "Indochine"
1993 Co-starred in Techine's "Ma saison preferee/My Favorite Season" (released in the USA in 1996)
1995 Starred in Manoel de Oliveira's "The Convent"
1996 Reteamed with Techine for "Les Voleurs/Thieves"
1998 Earned praise for her performance as a jeweler's widow in "Place Vendome"
2000 Appeared in award-winning drama "Dancer in the Dark" starring Bjork
2002 Had featured role in comedy "8 Women"
2004 Starred in Manoel de Oliveira's "Um Filme Falado/A Talking Picture"
2005 Published her diary A l'ombre de moi-meme/In My Shadow; Deneuve writes about her experiences shooting the films "Indochine" and "Dancer in the Dark"
2007 Voiced the mother in "Persepolis"; Marjane Satrapi's animated film based on the graphic novel of the same name

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Also known as

Birth Name : Catherine Dorl
Birth Name : Catherine Dorléac
Birth Name : Catherine Dorl�ac
Birth Name : Catherine Fabienne Dorleac

Born

October, 22 1943 in Paris, France

Professions

actor, model