Curves of the fate of the French "cold beauty": Catherine Deneuve

2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55

On the screen, Catherine Deneuve played restrained beauties, cold and seemingly indifferent. But she could not be indifferent to her herself - neither the audience, who enthusiastically greeted each new film with Deneuve's participation, nor the directors, who bet on the talent of the actress and won, nor from the representatives of the fashion industry who drew inspiration from Deneuve's cinematic images and her real, life image. And now she is one of the best examples of how you can spend your mature years beautifully - communicating with children and grandchildren, walking and gardening, and, of course, at work.

B actresses - following the example of parents and sisters

Catherine Dorleak was born in 1943 into a family of actors, by the way, and her sisters also chose this profession, and the Deneuve children also could not escape the family tradition. Maurice Dorleak was a theater artist and starred in films, and his mother, Rene Simono, was one of the first to dub American films in French. Simono is the creative pseudonym of the actress, her maiden name is Deneuve. She was chosen by Katrin - as her own pseudonym. This was done for practical reasons - by the time Catherine embarked on the path of a film actress, her older sister Françoise Dorleac was already shining on stage and on the screen - so that there was no confusion, it was required to play under a different name.

Françoise, according to Catherine Deneuve, was "a real actress" - in the sense, above all, that she studied theatrical art. Catherine, on the other hand, never entered the theater stage in her career, and in general she always tried to bypass this kind of art, reluctantly attending performances and as a spectator. The very first appearance on the screen of the young Catherine took place in 1957, she, along with her other sister, Sylvie, played in the drama Gymnasiums by André Junébel. And in 1967 Françoise and Catherine starred in the film Girls from Rochefort with director Jacques Demy. The elder sister was then twenty-five years old, Catherine - twenty-four. Soon Françoise died in a car accident - hurrying to the airport, she lost control and crashed into a fence, the car turned over and caught fire. Memories of her older sister, of her work in films, remained forever with Catherine Deneuve, which she mentions in almost every interview.

Roles Catherine Deneuve

The first triumph of Catherine Deneuve was the role in the film of the same Jacques Demi "Umbrellas Cherbourg", in 1964 at the Cannes Film Festival this picture made a splash and received the "Palme d'Or". In Deneuve they saw a real dramatic actress, one after another followed by brilliant roles from the most eminent filmmakers. She starred with Roman Polanski, and Luis Buñuel, and François Truffaut.

Of course, Catherine was called to Hollywood - the dream factory could not help but try to get another beautiful Frenchwoman, and besides, a star recognized in Europe. But Katrin chose to focus her career at home, only occasionally appearing in foreign or international projects. Recognition in America, however, did not pass it - in 1992, "Indochina" with Deneuve in the title role, won an Oscar as the best foreign film.

Catherine Deneuve - symbol and muse

But not only the roles brought the French actress the love of compatriots and the admiration of fans from abroad. This "cold" beautiful blonde has always had a talent, and maybe an acquired ability to inspire. Therefore, she was chosen as the prototype of Marianne, the personification of the French Republic, receiving this honor after Brigitte Bardot and Mireille Mathieu.

This actress often had to be a symbol, a "face", she represented, among other things, the most famous Shanelev fragrance - and while her contract with the fashion house lasted, there was a boom in sales of this perfume overseas - Americans and American women associated the true French - Parisian - charm.

And the couturiers drew inspiration from the cinematographic images of Catherine. She was the muse of Yves Saint Laurent. Having met the fashion designer for the first time in 1965, when Deneuve had to choose a dress for a meeting with Queen Elizabeth II, she became his main client and friend for many decades. Dresses from Saint Laurent added a special chic to films with Catherine Deneuve.

For many years, Catherine has insisted on being addressed as "Mademoiselle Deneuve." Nevertheless, she was married once - not for long. The chosen actress in 1965 was photographer David Bailey. Catherine was not linked to the other men in her life by marriage. She raised two children - Christian Vadim, the son of a French filmmaker, and Chiara Mastroianni, the daughter of an Italian actor. With children, as well as with her grandchildren, Catherine Deneuve maintains excellent warm relations. Both Christian and Chiara followed in their mother's footsteps and became actors - despite the fact that Deneuve herself was not enthusiastic about this idea.

She continues to inspire despite her age. Now - a calm and rather hedonistic attitude to life. She knows how to enjoy delicious food, pleasant communication, work in the garden and long walks in nature, she is one of those who know a lot about the famous Italian dolce far niente - that is, “sweet doing nothing”. No wonder, because Italy for the actress is the second most attractive country after her native France.

Catherine Deneuve has been actively involved in public activities for decades, paying attention to many pressing issues, from women's right to abortion to the abolition of the death penalty.

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