Catherine Deneuve as Miriam
Miriam, a beautiful 2000 year old vampire, needs help when she realizes that John, her current lover, is aging fast. Enter Sarah, a blood specilalist whose research involves geriatrics. Tony Scott's visually sumptuous tale is spun out with relatively tame lesbian love scenes and a mix of violence and sly humor. David Bowie (John), also adds the right element of sexual mystery.
Biography for Catherine Deneuve
Birth name
Catherine Dorleac
Date of birth
22 October 1943,
Paris, France
Catherine Deneuve was born in 1943, in Paris, France. Her parents were actors. She made her movie debut in 1957, when she was a teenager, and continued with small parts in minor films, until Roger Vadim gave her a meatier part in Vice et la Vertu, Le (1962). But her breakthrough came with the excellent musical Parapluies de Cherbourg, Les (1963), in which she gave an unforgettable performance as a romantic middle-class girl who falls in love with a young soldier, but gets imprisoned in a loveless marriage with another man; the director was the gifted Jacques Demy who also cast Deneuve in the less succesful Demoiselles de Rochefort, Les (1967). She then played a schizophrenic killer in Roman Polanski's Repulsion (1965) and a married woman who works as a part-time prostitute every afternoon in Bunuel, Luis's masterpiece Belle de jour (1967). She also worked with Bunuel in Tristana (1970) and gave a great perormance for Truffaut in Sir�ne du Mississippi, La (1969), a kind of apotheosis of her "frigid femme fatale" persona. In the seventies she didn't find parts of that caliber, but her magnificent work in Truffaut's Last Metro, The (1980), as a stage actress in Nazi-occupied Paris revived her career. She was also very good in the recent epic drama Indochine (1992), for which she earned her first Academy Award Nominaton (Best Actress). Although the elegant and always radiant Deneuve has never appeared on stage, she is universally hailed as one of the "grandes dames" of French cinema, joining a list that includes such illustrious talents as Simone Signoret, Jeanne Moreau, Isabelle Huppert and the younger Juliette Binoche.
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Trivia
(1995) Chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history (#38).
An archetype for Gallic beauty, Deneuve succeeded 'Brigitte Bardot' (qv) as the model for Marianne, the symbol of the French Republic seen on French coins and stamps.
(October 1997) Ranked #89 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list.
Catherine is the third of four daughters born to the French actors Maurice Dorl�ac and Ren�e Deneuve (whose name she uses).
She liked Breaking the Waves (1996) by Lars von Trier so much that she wrote a personal letter to him, asking him for a role in a film of his. The result of this is her part in Dancer in the Dark (2000).
Has never performed in the theatre due to stage fright.
(1994) Festival tribute at the Cr�teil International Women's Film Festival, France.
Was once fashion designer, Yves Saint-Laurent's muse! She will only wear his clothing!
Biography from Leonard Maltin's Movie Encyclopedia: Breathtakingly beautiful blond actress who for many years was France's top female screen star. Her icy manner was skillfully exploited by directors Roman Polanski (in 1965's Repulsion and Luis Bu�uel (in 1967's Belle de Jour and 1970's Tristana, among others. She was equally effective in a pair of Fran�ois Truffaut films, The Mississippi Mermaid (1968) and The Last Metro (1980). Deneuve also delivers lighter, more accessible performances as well: she was utterly charming, for example, in The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964), the film that brought her international recognition following several years of desultory screen appearances. Still a ravishing beauty, Deneuve has unfortunately limited her U.S. exposure in recent years to TV commercials and occasional films such as The Hunger (1983, in a surprisingly erotic role as a vampire) and Scene of the Crime (1986, a muddled psychological thriller). She earned her first Oscar nomination for Indochine (1992).
A free-spirited nonconformist, Deneuve has given birth out of wedlock to children fathered by former lovers Roger Vadim and Marcello Mastroianni. Her sister, Fran�oise Dorleac, was herself a talented actress whose career was cut short by a tragic car accident in 1967; they costarred in Jacques Demy's The Young Girls of Rochefort (1968).
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Au plus pr�s du paradis (2002) .... Fanette
8 femmes (2002) .... Gaby
Je rentre � la maison (2001) .... Marguerite
... aka I'm Going Home (2001) (Portugal)
... aka Vou Para Casa (2001) (Portugal)
Petit poucet, Le (2001) .... La reine
... aka Tom Thumb (2001) (Europe: English title)
Musketeer, The (2001) .... Anne, Queen of France
Absolument fabuleux (2001) .... Herself
Clouds: Letters to My Son (2001) .... Narrator (French language version)
... aka Clouds: Letters to My Son (2001) (Belgium: English title)
... aka Nuages: Lettres � mon fils (2001) (Belgium: French title)
... aka Wolken (2001) (Belgium: Flemish title)
... aka Wolken: brieven aan mijn zoon (2001) (Belgium: Flemish title)
Von Trier's 100 �jne (2001) .... Herself
... aka Von Trier's 100 Eyes (2001) (International: English title)
Best of So Graham Norton, The (2000) (V) .... Herself
Dancer in the Dark (2000) .... Kathy
... aka Dancer in the Dark (2000) (Denmark) (France)
Est - Ouest (1999) .... Gabrielle
... aka East-West (1999) (Europe: English title)
... aka [Est]Ouest (1999) (France: poster title)
Temps retrouv�, Le (1999) .... Odette de Crecy
... aka Tempo Reencontrado, O (1999) (Portugal)
... aka Tempo ritrovato, Il (2000) (Italy)
... aka Time Regained (1999) (Europe: English title)
Pola X (1999) .... Marie
... aka Pierre ou les ambigu�t�s (1999) (France: TV title)
Belle maman (1999) .... L�a
... aka Beautiful Mother (1999) (USA)
Vent de la nuit, Le (1999) .... H�l�ne
... aka Night Wind (1999) (International: English title)
... aka Wind of the Night, The (1999) (International: English title)
Place Vend�me (1998) .... Marianne
Sans titre (1997)
G�n�alogies d'un crime (1997) .... Jeanne/Solange
... aka Genealogias de Um Crime (1997) (Portugal)
... aka Genealogies of a Crime (1997)
Inconnu, L' (1996)
Voleurs, Les (1996) .... Marie Leblanc
... aka Child of the Night, The (1996)
... aka Thieves (1996)
Convento, O (1995) .... H�l�ne
... aka Convent, The (1995) (USA)
... aka Couvent, Le (1995) (France)
Cent et une nuits, Les (1995) .... La star-fantasme
... aka Cent et une nuits de Simon Cin�ma, Les (1995)
... aka Hundred and One Nights of Simon Cinema, A (1995)
... aka Hundred and One Nights, A (1995)
Partie d'�checs, La (1994) .... Marquise
... aka Chess Game, The (1994)
Demoiselles ont eu 25 ans, Les (1993)
... aka Young Girls Turn 25, The (1993)
Ma saison pr�f�r�e (1993) .... Emilie
... aka My Favorite Season (1993)
65th Annual Academy Awards, The (1993) (TV) (uncredited) .... Presenter - Best Costume Design
Indochine (1992) .... Eliane Devries
... aka Indochina (1992) (USA)
Contre l'oubli (1991)
... aka Against Oblivion (1991)
... aka Lest We Forget (1991)
... aka �crire contre l'oubli (1991)
Reine blanche, La (1991) .... Liliane Ripoche
Frames from the Edge (1989) .... Herself
Dr�le d'endroit pour une rencontre (1988) .... France
... aka Strange Place to Meet, A (1988)
Fr�quence meurtre (1988) .... Jeanne Quester
... aka Listening in the Dark (1988)
Agent trouble (1987) .... Amanda Weber
... aka Man Who Loved Zoos, The (1987)
Lieu du crime, Le (1986) .... Lili Ravenel
... aka Crime, Le (1986)
... aka Mauvaise herbe, La (1986)
... aka Scene of the Crime (1986)
Speriamo che sia femmina (1985) .... Claudia
... aka Let's Hope It's a Girl (1985)
... aka Pourvu que ce soit une fille (1986) (France)
Vivement Truffaut (1985) (TV) .... Herself/Marion
... aka Hommage � Truffaut (1985) (TV) (France)
Paroles et musique (1984) .... Margaux
... aka Love Songs (1984)
Fort Saganne (1984) .... Louise
Bon plaisir, Le (1984) .... Claire Despr�s
Hunger, The (1983) .... Miriam Blaylock
Africain, L' (1983) .... Charlotte
... aka African, The (1983)
Choc, Le (1982) .... Claire
... aka Contract In Blood (1982)
... aka Shock (1982)
Reporters (1981/I) .... herself
H�tel des Am�riques (1981) .... H�l�ne
Choix des armes, Le (1981) .... Nicole Durieux
... aka Choice of Arms (1981) (USA)
Dernier m�tro, Le (1980) .... Marion Steiner
... aka Last Metro, The (1980)