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motion pictures
motion pictures movie-making as an art and an industry, including its production techniques, its creative artists, and the distribution and exhibition of its products (see also motion picture photography ; Motion Picture Cameras under camera ). Origins Experiments in photographing mov... Read more
Katharine
Katharine or Katherine. For some persons thus named, use Catherine. ... Read more
Catherine of Valois
Catherine of Valois , 1401-37, queen consort of Henry V of England, daughter of Charles VI of France. Married in 1420, she bore Henry the son who was to become Henry VI. Some years after Henry V's death (1422), Catherine married the Welshman Owen Tudor ; from them the Tudor kings of England were de... Read more
Catherine de' Medici
Catherine de' Medici , 1519-89, queen of France, daughter of Lorenzo de' Medici, duke of Urbino. She was married (1533) to the duc d'Orléans, later King Henry II. Neglected during the reign of her husband and that of her eldest son, Francis II, she became (1560) regent for her son Charles IX... Read more
Catherine I
Catherine I 1683?-1727, czarina of Russia (1725-27). Of Livonian peasant origin, Martha Skavronskaya was a domestic when she was captured (1702) by Russian soldiers. As mistress of Aleksandr D. Menshikov she met Czar Peter I (Peter the Great), who made her his mistress. After her conversion fro... Read more
Grigori Aleksandrovich Potemkin
Grigori Aleksandrovich Potemkin , 1739-91, Russian field marshal and favorite of Catherine II . He studied at Moscow Univ. and then entered the army. His part in the coup (1762) that made Catherine czarina brought him to her notice. Having distinguished himself in Catherine's first war with the Ott... Read more
Catherine II
Catherine II or Catherine the Great, 1729-96, czarina of Russia (1762-96). Rise to Power A German princess, the daughter of Christian Augustus, prince of Anhalt-Zerbst, she emerged from the obscurity of her relatively modest background in 1744 when Czarina Elizabeth of Russia chose ... Read more
Catherine the Great
Catherine the Great Born: April 21, 1729Stettin, Prussia (now Szczecin, Poland)Died: November 6, 1796Tsarskoye Selo (now Pushkin, Russia) German-born Russian empress The Russian empress Catherine II, known as Catherine the Great, reigned from 1762 to 1796. She expanded the Russian Empire, improv... Read more
Catherine Parr
Catherine Parr 1512-48, sixth queen consort of Henry VIII of England. She was the daughter of Sir Thomas Parr, an officeholder at the court, and had been twice widowed before Henry made her his wife in 1543. She exerted a beneficent influence over the aging king, interceding in behalf of Henry's da... Read more
Charles IX
Charles IX 1550-74, king of France. He succeeded (1560) his brother Francis II under the regency of his mother, Catherine de' Medici . She retained her influence throughout his reign. After 1570, however, Charles was temporarily under the sway of the French Huguenot leader Gaspard de Coligny . Ca... Read more

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Yves St. Laurent
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...and men. Through his many long-term friendships with such high-profile individuals as artist Andy Warhol, actress Catherine Deneuve, and dancer Rudolph Nureyev, he has become a recognizable symbol of the continuing interrelationship between high... Read more
Roger Vadim
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...and he also made films prominently displaying other leading ladies, including second wife Annette Stroyberg, lover Catherine Deneuve, third wife Jane Fonda, Angie Dickinson, Jeanne Moreau, Susan Sarandon, and Rebecca DeMornay. While Vadim never... Read more
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Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...1970), a film about an unconventional relationship which featured two of his favorite players, Fernando Rey and Catherine Deneuve. It was nominated for an Oscar as Best Foreign Language Film, an honor by which the iconoclastic director declined... Read more
Roman Polanski
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...in 1959 had already ended in divorce. In England he wrote and directed his classic thriller, Repulsion, starring Catherine Deneuve as a woman forced into contemplating murder. Reviews compared it to the work of Alfred Hitchcock, and the film brought... Read more
Susan Sarandon
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...bare breasts with lemons in front of an open window. In The Hunger, 1993, Sarandon has a same-sex love scene with Catherine Deneuve. A Theatrical Detour Another risk Sarandon took in the early eighties was to work in theater. She formed an improvisational... Read more

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Vadim, Roger
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...one child; child by Catherine Deneuve; 3) Jane Fonda, 1967 (divorced); 4) Catherine Schneider, 1975 (divorced...York, 1984. Bardot, Deneuve and Fonda: The Memoirs...Annette Stroyberg, Catherine Deneuve, Jane Fonda, and others... Read more
Belle de Jour
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...sound: Rene Longuet; art director: Robert Clavel. Cast: Catherine Deneuve ( S é verine ); Jean Sorel ( Pierre ); Michel Piccoli...Bernard Fresson ( Le Gr ê le ); Dominique Dandrieux ( Catherine ); Brigitte Parmentier ( S é verine as a Child ); Michel... Read more
Repulsion
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Taylor; editor: Alistair McIntyre; sound: Stephen Dalby; art director: Seamus Flannery; music: Chico Hamilton. Cast: Catherine Deneuve ( Carol ); Yvonne Furneaux ( Helen ); John Fraser ( Colin ); Ian Hendry ( Michael ); Patrick Wymark ( The Landlord... Read more
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Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...unexpected sexual attractions, his films also feature memorable performances of both established stars — Catherine Deneuve above all — and young unknowns like Juliette Binoche and É lodie Boucher. With a trio of films in the... Read more
Hakim, Raymond and Robert
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Mississippi Mermaid , quickly became deadlocked with them over casting. Truffaut wanted Jean-Paul Belmondo opposite Catherine Deneuve, but the brothers preferred Alan Bates or Alain Delon. After breaking off the deal, Truffaut discovered that the... Read more
Rappeneau, Jean-Paul
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...is revealed as the work of an elegant filmmaker who is also sensible to the playing of the actors, particularly Catherine Deneuve, Pierre Brasseur, and Philippe Noiret. His next film, Les Mari é s de l'an II , a comedy where heroism is mixed... Read more

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Belle toujours: Catherine Deneuve sings and dances and kisses Fanny Ardant in 8 Women--and talks about her relationships with women onscreen and off. (film).
Magazine article from: The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine); 10/29/2002; ; 700+ words ; Catherine Deneuve smiles as she opens the door to her hotel...really had to play, she admits. Seeing Deneuve sing and dance recalls her work in Jacques...comfortable with her body, right? No. No! says Deneuve. You don't see much of my body in films... Read more
French flop: the always-stunning Catherine Deneuve can't save this limp and unnecessary retread of Les Liaisons Dangereuses.
Magazine article from: The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine); 3/16/2004; ; 493 words ; ...Directed by Josee Dayan * Starring Catherine Deneuve, Rupert Everett, Leelee Sobieski...two icons of French cinema, Catherine Deneuve and Danielle Darrieux, not to...fabulously rich Madame de Merteuil (Deneuve), Valmont's former lover and... Read more
They sing, they dance, they kill: Catherine Deneuve and seven other great French actresses try to solve a murder between musical numbers in Francois Ozon's delicious 8 Women.
Magazine article from: The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine); 10/1/2002; ; 567 words ; ...by Francois Ozon * Starring Catherine Deneuve, Fanny Ardant, Isabelle Huppert...be had from a movie starring Catherine Deneuve, Isabelle Huppert, Fanny Ardant...beautiful but unhappy wife (Deneuve)? The resentful maiden aunt... Read more
Who is a poster boy for the new Louis Vuitton ad campaign, along with Steffi Graf, Andre Agassi, and Catherine Deneuve? Who but Mikhail Gorbachev, former general secretary of the Communist party of the Soviet Union.(The Week)(Brief article)
Magazine article from: National Review; 10/8/2007; 88 words ; Who is a poster boy for the new Louis Vuitton ad campaign, along with Steffi Graf, Andre Agassi, and Catherine Deneuve? Who but Mikhail Gorbachev, former general secretary of the Communist party of the Soviet Union. Gorbachev sits in a limo, Vuitton... Read more
Delightful Deneuve. (reader forum).
Magazine article from: The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine); 11/26/2002; ; 86 words ; Thanks for the excellent article on the delightful Catherine Deneuve [ Belle Toujours, October 29]. While she is incorrectly viewed as an ice princess by many, Deneuve's warmth, humor, and honesty quickly surface in this... Read more
(movie review)
Magazine article from: The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine); 5/14/2002; ; 529 words ; ...Directed by Raoul Ruiz * Starring Catherine Deneuve, Emmanuelle Beart, Vincent Perez...cinema to make Proust come alive. Catherine Deneuve is the embodiment of heartbreaker Odette, and Deneuve's daughter, Chiara Mastroianni... Read more
Indochine.
Magazine article from: Cineaste; 1/1/1993; ; 700+ words ; ...Erik Orsenna, Louis Gardel, Catherine Cohen and Regis Wargnier; cinematography...by Patrick Doyle; starring Catherine Deneuve, Vincent Perez, Linh Dan Pham...Frenchwoman Eliane Devries (Catherine Deneuve), who lives on her Tara-like... Read more
Fall review film listings.
Magazine article from: The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine); 9/17/2002; ; 700+ words ; September 8 Women. A who's who of French divas--including Catherine Deneuve, Isabelle Huppert, and Fanny Ardant--is brought together...mansion in 1950s France. Watch for Ardant's come-ons to Deneuve. (Focus Features) His Secret Life. Ferzan Ozpetek... Read more
Biting back: twenty years after The Hunger, a sequel retains its homoerotic heritage. (culture).(book The Last Vampire)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine); 11/6/2001; ; 215 words ; ...Hunger, you undoubtedly saw the stylish film starring Catherine Deneuve, Susan Sarandon, and David Bowie. Strieber's new book...Last Vampire (Pocket Books, $24.95), reunites us with Deneuve's character, the beautiful and deadly Miriam Blaylock... Read more
Cinematic shift.(Belgrade's 33rd International Film Festival)
Magazine article from: Afterimage; 5/1/2005; ; 371 words ; ...Serbia February 25-March 6, 2005 French screen legend Catherine Deneuve opened Belgrade's 33rd International Film Festival...Qui Changent (The Changing Times, 2004), starring Deneuve and Gerard Depardieu. The annual film festival, this... Read more