I remember, when I was a wee lad, a commercial came on the television.
I think it may have been for Chanel perfume. It began with Catherine
Deneuve saying "I am Catherine Deneuve".
My mother reacted to that by perceiving it as vain and egotistical. Who
was Catherine Deneuve supposed to be anyways?
Well, I hadn't heard of her either, but I simply assumed she must have
been a famous actress or model of whom I happened not to have heard.
I never gave the matter much thought. But today the song "I Will Wait
for You" came into my mind, and I went to look up performances of it. It turns out that it was from the movie "Les Parapluies de Cherbourg" (The Umbrellas of Cherbourg), and not only was this very acclaimed movie one
in which Catherine Deneuve appeared, but, in fact, she was in the scene
in which this song, with its original French lyric, was sung in the
movie.
John Savard
A couple of things. First, if you can recall the year of your
mother's remark, we could figure out if she should have heard of
Catherine Deneuve, based on the star's career arc as gleaned
from Wikipedia, et. al.
I remember, when I was a wee lad, a commercial came on the television.
I think it may have been for Chanel perfume. It began with Catherine
Deneuve saying "I am Catherine Deneuve".
My mother reacted to that by perceiving it as vain and egotistical.
Who was Catherine Deneuve supposed to be anyways?
Well, I hadn't heard of her either, but I simply assumed she must have
been a famous actress or model of whom I happened not to have heard.
I never gave the matter much thought. But today the song "I Will Wait
for You" came into my mind, and I went to look up performances of it.
It turns out that it was from the movie "Les Parapluies de Cherbourg"
(The Umbrellas of Cherbourg), and not only was this very acclaimed
movie one in which Catherine Deneuve appeared, but, in fact, she was
in the scene in which this song, with its original French lyric, was
sung in the movie.
John Savard
Similarly, there was a commercial or maybe series of commercials that
had someone in it/them that said, "I'm Rula Lenska." My thought at the
time was,"Who the $%^# is Rula Lenska?" Now of course you can just look
it up. Back then, not so easy.
On 6/15/24 18:49, John Savard wrote:
I remember, when I was a wee lad, a commercial came on the television.
I think it may have been for Chanel perfume. It began with Catherine
Deneuve saying "I am Catherine Deneuve".
My mother reacted to that by perceiving it as vain and egotistical.
Who was Catherine Deneuve supposed to be anyways?
Well, I hadn't heard of her either, but I simply assumed she must have
been a famous actress or model of whom I happened not to have heard.
I never gave the matter much thought. But today the song "I Will Wait
for You" came into my mind, and I went to look up performances of it.
It turns out that it was from the movie "Les Parapluies de Cherbourg"
(The Umbrellas of Cherbourg), and not only was this very acclaimed
movie one in which Catherine Deneuve appeared, but, in fact, she was
in the scene in which this song, with its original French lyric, was
sung in the movie.
John Savard
Similarly, there was a commercial or maybe series of commercials that
had someone in it/them that said, "I'm Rula Lenska." My thought at the
time was,"Who the $%^# is Rula Lenska?" Now of course you can just look
it up. Back then, not so easy.
Catherine Deneuve was making Chanel commercials in the very early 1970s.meant I had a, shall we say, broader, introduction to the stars of the
I was VERY aware of her as she was one of the most beautiful women this
14 year old had ever seen. She was stunning, right up until I saw her smoking. Then, not so much.
I suppose having a Mum who was a film fanatic and worked in a Cinema
On Sun, 16 Jun 2024 08:00:07 -0000 (UTC), Charles Packer <mailbox@cpacker.org> wrote:
A couple of things. First, if you can recall the year of your mother's >>remark, we could figure out if she should have heard of Catherine
Deneuve, based on the star's career arc as gleaned from Wikipedia, et.
al.
Well, it was definitely after 1970, so she had already had some of her
more famous movie roles.
John Savard
On Sun, 16 Jun 2024 17:08:48 -0600, John Savard wrote:
On Sun, 16 Jun 2024 08:00:07 -0000 (UTC), Charles Packer
<mailbox@cpacker.org> wrote:
A couple of things. First, if you can recall the year of your mother's >>>remark, we could figure out if she should have heard of Catherine >>>Deneuve, based on the star's career arc as gleaned from Wikipedia, et. >>>al.
Well, it was definitely after 1970, so she had already had some of her
more famous movie roles.
John Savard
But for directors such as Luis Bunuel? How did she become famous beyond
the art house crowd?
On Mon, 17 Jun 2024 07:59:40 -0000 (UTC), Charles Packer wrote:
On Sun, 16 Jun 2024 17:08:48 -0600, John Savard wrote:
On Sun, 16 Jun 2024 08:00:07 -0000 (UTC), Charles Packer
<mailbox@cpacker.org> wrote:
A couple of things. First, if you can recall the year of your mother's >>>>remark, we could figure out if she should have heard of Catherine >>>>Deneuve, based on the star's career arc as gleaned from Wikipedia, et. >>>>al.
Well, it was definitely after 1970, so she had already had some of her
more famous movie roles.
John Savard
But for directors such as Luis Bunuel? How did she become famous beyond
the art house crowd?
I can answer my own question by delving into newspapers.com.
The answer is the American publicity machine, via nationally syndicated >gossip columnists. In 1968 they touted her has the successor to Brigitte >Bardot as the new cinema sex symbol. This was in connection with the
movie "Benjamin."
Just to explain... Brigitte Bardot was the French Raquel Welch. Thislikely makes Catherine Deneuve the French Jayne Mansfield. Deneuve
could act too. --scott
On 18 Jun 2024 12:31:17 -0000, Scott Dorsey wrote:
Just to explain... Brigitte Bardot was the French Raquel Welch. Thislikely makes Catherine Deneuve the French Jayne Mansfield. Deneuve
could act too. --scott
What's interesting to me is that the spikes in American
newspaper coverage for Bardot and Deneuve were exactly 10
years apart -- 1958 and 1968.
On 17/06/2024 15:58, BCFD 36 wrote:
On 6/15/24 18:49, John Savard wrote:Ooh, Rula Lenska was in "Rock Follies", and quite a few other things.
I remember, when I was a wee lad, a commercial came on the television.
I think it may have been for Chanel perfume. It began with Catherine
Deneuve saying "I am Catherine Deneuve".
My mother reacted to that by perceiving it as vain and egotistical.
Who was Catherine Deneuve supposed to be anyways?
Well, I hadn't heard of her either, but I simply assumed she must have
been a famous actress or model of whom I happened not to have heard.
I never gave the matter much thought. But today the song "I Will Wait
for You" came into my mind, and I went to look up performances of it.
It turns out that it was from the movie "Les Parapluies de Cherbourg"
(The Umbrellas of Cherbourg), and not only was this very acclaimed
movie one in which Catherine Deneuve appeared, but, in fact, she was
in the scene in which this song, with its original French lyric, was
sung in the movie.
John Savard
Similarly, there was a commercial or maybe series of commercials that
had someone in it/them that said, "I'm Rula Lenska." My thought at the
time was,"Who the $%^# is Rula Lenska?" Now of course you can just
look it up. Back then, not so easy.
She was married to Dennis Waterman, mayhap still is?!
Catherine Deneuve was making Chanel commercials in the very earlymeant I had a, shall we say, broader, introduction to the stars of the
1970s. I was VERY aware of her as she was one of the most beautiful
women this 14 year old had ever seen. She was stunning, right up until
I saw her smoking. Then, not so much.
I suppose having a Mum who was a film fanatic and worked in a Cinema
silver screen. Being plonked in a seat to watch whatever has perhaps
been replaced by being plonked in front of the streaming device these
days. ;-)
Cheers,
Gary B-)
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