Catherine Deneuve Net Worth

Catherine Deneuve's Quotes

• People who know me know I'm strong, but I'm vulnerable.
• I'm lucky. I'm getting older with some directors who are getting older.
• I don't see any reason for marriage when there is divorce.
• To work is a noble art.
• A star remains pinned on a wall in the public imagination.

Interesting Facts about Catherine Deneuve

1. Chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history (#38). [1995]
2. An archetype for Gallic beauty, her image was used to represent Marianne, the national symbol of France, from 1985 to 1989.
3. Ranked #89 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list. [October 1997]
4. Has a son by Roger Vadim: Christian Vadim (b. 18 June 1963).
5. Has a daughter by Marcello Mastroianni: Chiara Mastroianni (b. 28 May 1972).
6. Catherine is the is the second of three daughters born to the French actors Maurice Dorléac and Renée Simonot (whose maiden name she uses). The middle sister of Françoise Dorléac and Sylvie Dorléac, the latter of whom worked as Catherine's secretary for almost four decades. Daniele Clariond Tappou is their maternal half-sister.
7. 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).
8. Has never performed onstage due to stage fright.
9. Festival tribute at the Créteil International Women's Film Festival, France. [1994]
10. Was once fashion designer Yves Saint-Laurent's muse, who dressed her for the films Belle de Jour (1967), Heartbeat (1968), Mississippi Mermaid (1969), A Cop (1972), and The Hunger (1983).
11. Launched her own fragrance, "Deneuve", in 1986. It won the FiFi Award in 1987. She also has designed glasses, shoes, jewelry, and greetings cards.
12. She speaks fluent French, Italian and English as well as semi-fluent German and Spanish.
13. Marilyn Monroe is her favorite actress, and The Misfits (1961) is her favorite movie starring Marilyn.
14. Vice President of the Official Competition jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 1994.
15. Is a grandmother. She has two grandsons and three granddaughters: Igor Divetain-Vadim (b. 18 September 1987) via son Christian Vadim and ex-girlfriend Hortense Divetain; Milo Thoretton (b. 31 December 1996) via daughter Chiara Mastroianni and ex-boyfriend Pierre Thoretton; Anna Biolay (b. 22 April 2003) via daughter Chiara Mastroianni and ex-husband Benjamin Biolay; Lou (b. 4 April 2010) and Mona Plemiannikov (b. January 2012) via son Christian Vadim and ex-girlfriend Julia Livage.
16. Former mother-in-law of singer Benjamin Biolay and of stylist Caroline Bufalini.
17. Her role in Mississippi Mermaid (1969) was played by Angelina Jolie in Original Sin (2001), the American remake of the movie.
18. Published a collection of diaries, "A l'ombre de moi-meme" (In my shadow) in which she writes about the shootings of Indochine (1992) and Dancer in the Dark (2000). [2005]
19. Sang duets with Bernadette Lafont (1975), Gérard Depardieu (1980), Malcolm McLaren (1993), Joe Cocker (1995) and Alain Souchon (1997). In 1981, she released an album with songs of Serge Gainsbourg.
20. Member of the international jury of the Shanghaï Television Festival. [1988]