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.[ TQM (Théâtre Quotidien de Marseille).][Alain Desvignes, Catherine Rouvel: 40 ans de cinéma, de théâtre et de télévision (Autres Temps, 1997), pp. 23-25.]
In film, she starred in Jean Renoir's Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe, Marcel Carné's Law Breakers and in the 1976 Jean-Jacques Annaud film Black and White in Color.
Selected filmography
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1959 : Picnic on the Grass by Jean Renoir : Nénette
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1963 : Chair de poule by Julien Duvivier : Maria
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1964 : Les Pas perdus
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1968 : Benjamin
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1970 : Borsalino by Jacques Deray : Lola.
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1970 : The Breach by Claude Chabrol : Sonia
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1971 : I Miss Sonja Henie
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1971 : Law Breakers by Marcel Carné
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1971 : Le Soldat Laforêt by Guy Cavagnac : Diane
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1973 : Les Volets clos by Jean-Claude Brialy : Flora
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1973 : Oh, If Only My Monk Would Want (Ah! Si mon moine voulait...) by Claude Pierson
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1974 : The Marseille Contract
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1974 : Borsalino & Co.
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1976 : Noirs et blancs en couleur by Jean-Jacques Annaud : Marinette
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1986 : Jubiabá by Nelson Pereira dos Santos: Amélia
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1987 : Blood and Sand
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1995 : Élisa by Jean Becker :
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2011 : En enkel till Antibes by Richard Hobert (director)
Television
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1972: Les Rois maudits, French miniseries directed by Claude Barma: Béatrice d'Hirson
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1972: Clochemerle, BBC TV miniseries: Judith Toumignon
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