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Their relationship was marred however by affairs on both sides, as well as a language barrier, and eventually ended in an amicable divorce in 1972. Mme Vasset
Les Temps qui changent (2004) ... Carole Ledoux
Les Petits chats ... Marie
L'Agression (1975) ... La star-fantasme
O Convento (1995) ... Linda Murri
La Femme aux bottes rouges (1974) ...

Claude Alphand
Ils sont grands, ces petits (1979) ... Angela Claasen
La Chant du monde (1965) ...

Deneuve herself was nominated for a Best Actress Academy Award and won her second César Award for Best Actress. These are Catherine's own words about her personal life and her career in the film industry.

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From Perversion to Purity: The Stardom by Lisa Downing and Sue Harris (editors)

A wide-ranging and authoritative collection of essays by a selection of international film academics and writers.

Deneuve won her second César for her role in Indochine (1992), a historical drama that also earned an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

In addition to her dramatic roles, Deneuve has appeared in comedies and musicals, demonstrating her versatility as an actress.

After seeing and being impressed by Lars Von Trier’s 1996 film Breaking the Waves (1996), Deneuve asked the director for a part in one of his future films.

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Le Dernier métro (1980) ... In development since the late 60s, the romantic espionage thriller in which Deneuve would have played the wife of a fugitive spy who falls in love with the man who has come to kill her husband, was cancelled in 1979 due to the director’s ill health. Louise Mouchin
À nous deux (1979) ...

Marie-Hélène de Boismonfrais
Fatti di gente perbene (1974) ... Emilie
La Partie d'échecs (1994) ... Claire
L'Africain (1983) ... Her older sister was Francoise Dorléac (born 1942, died 1967) and her younger sister is Sylvie Dorléac (born 1946). She is also celebrated for her impeccable style, serving as a global fashion icon and working closely with designers such as Yves Saint Laurent, who dressed her in many of her films and public appearances.

Quotes

Catherine Deneuve’s words often reflect her pragmatism and passion for cinema:

• On acting: “I don’t see myself as an icon.

  Catherine Gunther
  La Sirène du Mississippi (1969) ... For the third of four daughters born to an actor couple, her parents' profession had never seemed very attractive. Sybille Weber
  Nip/Tuck (1 episode, 2006) ... Making a movie felt strange, incompatible with my introspective nature ....”  Catherine’s passion for acting was not awakened until her older sister Françoise Dorleac persuaded her to appear together with her in Les portes claquent (1960).