Catherine Deneuve (born Catherine Fabienne Dorléac) rose to stardom with her performance in Jacques Demy’s musical The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964). She appeared in 26 movies during the 1960s, most of which were European films. For her cool but erotic persona, Deneuve would later receive the nickname the “ice maiden,” given to her in Roman Polanski’s horror classic Repulsion (1965), strengthened in Luis Buñuel’s Belle de Jour (1967), and peaked in Tristana (1970).
Take a look at the greatest French actress in the 1960s:
circa 1960. Photo by REPORTERS ASSOCIES/Gamma-Rapho.
1960s. Photo by STILLS/Gamma-Rapho.
1961. Photo by Loomis Dean/LIFE.
Catherine Deneuve holding a puppy, circa 1962. Photo by Silver Screen Collection.
Catherine Deneuve on the set of the film ‘Satan Conduit le Bal,’ 1962. Photo by Henri Bureau/Sygma/Corbis/VCG.
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