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Catherine Rouvel

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Catherine Rouvel (born Catherine Vitale; 31 August 1939 in Marseille) is an acclaimed French actress. Her career spans from 1959 in television to 2004.

At 14, she took dance classes, which she abandoned in favor of theater. She made her debut with plays by Molière. She read Racine and, with Marie-France Boyer, founded the Théâtre Grignan (1956-1957), which became the Théâtre Quotidien de Marseille.[1][2]

In film, she starred in Jean Renoir's Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe, Marcel Carné's Les Assassins de l'ordre and in the 1976 Jean-Jacques Annaud film Black and White in Color.

Selected filmography

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Television

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References

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  1. ^ TQM (Théâtre Quotidien de Marseille).
  2. ^ Alain Desvignes, Catherine Rouvel: 40 ans de cinéma, de théâtre et de télévision (Autres Temps, 1997), pp. 23-25.
  3. ^ Crowther, Bosley (12 October 1960). "Screen: A Comedy by Jean Renoir; ' Picnic on the Grass' Opens at the Paris". The New York Times. Retrieved 7 March 2016.
  4. ^ Guyard, Bertrand (11 July 2013). "The First Accursed Kings on History". Le Figaro (in French). Retrieved 15 October 2015.
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