Catherine Deneuve - Fact Sheet

Profession: Actress

This acclaimed French actress first appeared in films as a teenager, using her mother's maiden name, Dorleac, in several routine movies, such as "Les Portes Claquent" (1960), with elder sister Francoise. Deneuve's blonde youthfulness mirrored the sparkle of Jacques Demy's playful musical "The Umbrellas of Cherbourg" (1964), which made her an international star. Deneuve later developed an icy charm that brilliantly embodied contemporary repression and ennui in Roman Polanski's "Repulsion" (1965), and Luis Bunuel's "Belle de Jour" (1967) and "Tristana" (1970). Hollywood occasionally beckoned the stunning and photogenic Deneuve, but neither the romantic comedy "The April Fools" (1969) nor the neo-noir "Hustle" (1975) earned the attention both she and the films deserved. Although Deneuve's impassive nature has produced powerfully underplayed performances studded with sexual tension—as in Truffaut's "The Last Metro" (1980) or Andre Techine's "Scene of the Crime" (1986)—too often she has been cast as the obligatory romantic heroine. The erotic thriller, "The Hunger" (1983), for example, polarized critics—they either loved or loathed Deneuve’s decadent vampire. 

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Catherine Deneuve Photo Galleries	# of Pictures
Candid	1
Glamour + Candid	20
Glamour + Candid	27
Glamour + Candid + Screen Capture	12
Glamour + Candid + Screen Capture	73
Screen Capture	2
Screen Capture	32