Re: [OT] Waiting for Catherine Deneuve (in the rain, with an umbrella)

In article <pan$c580a$7021a89b$dfee62dd$9aa66e25@cpacker.org>,
Charles Packer  <mailbox@cpacker.org> wrote:

On Mon, 17 Jun 2024 07:59:40 -0000 (UTC), Charles Packer wrote:
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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?

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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.  This likely
makes Catherine Deneuve the French Jayne Mansfield.  Deneuve could act too.
--scott
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