Catherine Deneuve

Catherine Deneuve biographie



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    Chronology and awards

    October 22, 1943
    Catherine Dorléac is born (her parents are actors, she has three sisters); father Maurice Teynac ; mother Renée Deneuve.

    1961
    She meets Roger Vadim (director of And God created Woman, he was married to Brigitte Bardot and Jane Fonda). She's minor and not married.

    June 18, 1963
    Birth of son Christian Vadim.

    1965
    Wedding with David Bailey (Art Photographer)

    1967
    Fatal car crash on the french riviera: her sister, actress Françoise Dorléac dies.

    1968
    Deneuve is hurted by a big ice rock falling from a roof

    1969
    Best actress nomination at the British Awards (Belle de jour)

    1971
    Deneuve falls in love with famous italian actor Marcello Mastroïanni (La Dolce Vita)

    1972
    Official divorce from David Bailey

    May 28, 1972
    Birth of daughter Chiara Mastroïanni

    1975
    Friendly separation from Marcello Mastroïanni

    1976
    1st César nomination (Le Sauvage).

    1980
    Album with musician-artist Serge Gainsbourg (Dieu est un fumeur de Havanes)

    1981
    She wins her first Cesar (The Last Metro)

    1982
    3rd César nomination (Hôtel des Amériques).

    1984-1991 (?)
    She meets Pierre Lescure (Canal + Pay TV tycoon and now Vivendi Universal VP)

    1987
    She gives the Golden Palm at Cannes (Maurice Pialat)

    1988
    4th César nomination (Agent trouble).

    1989
    5th César nomination (Drôle d'endroit pour une rencontre).

    1993
    She wins her second Cesar, garners Oscar and Golden Globe nominations (Indochine)
    Best actress at the Women in Film Crystal Awards

    1994
    7th César nomination (Ma saison préférée).
    She is vice-president of the International Film Festival of Cannes with American Clint Eastwood

    1995
    She is honnored at San Sebastian (Spain)
    One of the100 sexiest stars of the century (#38) - Empire Magazine

    1996
    She is honnored at Geneva (Switzerland).
    She is President of the French Film Festival at Mexico City.
    Documentary and book about her sister Françoise Dorléac.
    Death of longtime friend Marcello Mastroianni.
    Wedding of her son Christian, birth of Chiara's kid.

    1997
    8th Cesar nom as Best Actress (Thieves!).
    She signs the Manifesto against Debre's Law. She stars at the Berlin Film Festival and gives the (double) Golden Palm of the 50th International Film Festival of Cannes to Imamura and Kiarostami.
    She is honnored at Moscow (Russia) and Vienna (Austria)
    One of the 100 greatest movie stars of all time (#89) - Empire Magazine

    1998
    She is awarded and honnored at the 25th Brussels Film Festival
    Golden Bear for Life time Achivement at Berlin 98
    Her salary is around 4 millions francs (700 000 $ per film). She's still among the 5 best paid actress in France.
    Best Actress at Venice 98 (Silver Lion )

    1999
    9th Cesar nom as Best Actress (Place Vendôme).
    Deneuve is the guest of Michel Field's prime time show on TF1, the leading TV in France.
    2 movies in the Official competition of the Cannes Film festival (hyped Pola X and classic Time Regained) and one more in Venice (arty Wind of the Night).
    She is the guest star of the new Joe Cocker's video "N'oubliez jamais".

    2000
    Death of Roger Vadim, father of her son, Christian.
    She gives the Golden Palm of the 53rd Cannes Film Festival to ... Dancer in the dark
    Honory award at the Art Film festival (Slovak rep.)
    She takes the lead of a french movement against the capital punishment in the USA. She brings thousands of letters to the American embassy. One will : death penalty has to stop.

    2001
    Nomination as best supporting actress at the Golden Satellite Awards (Dancer in the Dark)
    Superstar on the annual and prestigious cover of Vogue about the movie legends. She's at the opposite of Sophia Loren.
    The newest star of the L'Oreal's galaxy because she's worth it.
    nothing else for the moment...

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