Biography and personal life Catherine Deneuve

His inimitable actor's talent Catherine Deneuve not in a hurry to write off, not wanting to limit himself to the glory of successful roles performed in the early years. The actress is still ahead, despite the fact that she has already exchanged the eighth decade, life still does not cease to please and amaze the ageless erotic symbol of French cinema of its era. Let's recall significant milestones in the biography and personal life of the famous actress Catherine Deneuve.

Childhood Catherine Deneuve

Catherine Deneuve, born Dorleac, October 22, 1943 became the third child in the family of famous French actors Renee Deneuve and Maurice Dorleac. Her debut in the movie took place at the age of 13 in the movie "Tonight or Never". He was followed by the film "Gymnasium", where she was also familiar to the viewer under her real name Dorleak. However, later the actress decides to take as a pseudonym the mother's maiden name - Deneuve. The reason for this was the fame of her parents, as well as certain successes in the cinema of her sisters: Francoise, Sylvia and Daniela Dorleac.

Catherine Deneuve in youth

The first glory in the cinema came to Catherine Deneuve through participation in the musical film "Cherbourg umbrellas" in 1964. After the tragic death of her older sister, the famous actress Françoise Dorleac, Catherine Deneuve was again the center of attention. The media, highlighting the films with the participation of the deceased Francoise, especially emphasized the film "Girls from Rochefort", in which Catherine and Francoise were skillfully played by the sisters of Granier. After the success in this picture, the actress has repeatedly received proposals for participation in new films. And although, Deneuve attracted the attention of Hollywood, she never tried to get there, having secured the glory of the actress of the French national cinema. During this period she starred in such films as "Life in the Castle", "Disgust", "The Last Metro", "Beauty" and others.

However, Deneuve did not manage to remain unnoticed for American cinema. In 1983, she successfully performed her assigned role in the film "Hunger", and later, in 1992, starred in the film "Indochina", awarded the Oscar as the best film of foreign production. Kathryn Deneuve did not want to stop on such high achievements, and in the 90s she performed a role in the famous American film "Dancing in the Dark", after which she continued her acting career in France, taking part in creating such films as "Turning the clock back" "Once Upon a Time in Versailles", "Desperate Housewife" and others.

Personal life Catherine Deneuve

During her life, the actress married twice. Catherine Deneuve's husbands became actor Vadim Roger, who has Russian roots, as well as the photographer of Playboy magazine David Bailey. Famous conqueror of women's hearts Roger became husband actress, when she was only 17 years old, and he was already over 30. Marriage lasted not long. And 2 years after the separation, Catherine Deneuve again married the English photographer Bailey. Another divorce after a short married life put an end to the actress's desire to create a strong full-fledged family. Later, in a long love relationship with the married Marcello Mastroianni, Catherine more than once refused to enter into a marriage with him. After parting with Mastroianni novels of the actress did not end, however, she does not seek to advertise them.

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