Catherine Spaak
Acting
Biography
Catherine Spaak (3 April 1945 – 17 April 2022) was a French-Italian actress, singer, model, and media personality. A member of the Spaak family, she was known as an iconic "It girl" in Italy during the 1960s, becoming a star of commedia all'italiana films, before later becoming prominent as a talk show host and media personality. Description above from the Wikipedia article Catherine Spaak, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Born: April 3, 1945
Place of Birth: Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France
Known For
Le Trou
Four prison inmates have been hatching a plan to literally dig out of jail when another prisoner, Claude Gaspard, is moved into their cell. They take a risk and share their plan with the newcomer. Over the course of three days, the prisoners and friends break through the concrete floor using a bed post and begin to make their way through the sewer system – yet their escape is anything but assured.
Il Sorpasso
Roberto, a shy law student in Rome, meets Bruno, a forty-year-old exuberant, capricious man, who takes him for a drive through the Roman and Tuscany countries in the summer. When their journey starts to blend into their daily lives though, the pair’s newfound friendship is tested.
La Martingale
A high-stakes drama set in the world of gambling, where a clever but morally conflicted roulette player, Alex Joski, joins forces with a desperate woman battling debt. As they pursue an “unfailing system” to beat the casino, their alliance is tested by jealousy, mistrust, and the reappearance of the woman’s troublesome former lover.
The Boxer
Boxer Teddy Wilcox leaves his manager and relocates. He finds Nick, a manager/trainer. Before Wilcox's first fight, Nick receives a threat-- Wilcox loses, or Nick will die.
For Love and Gold
A group of rogues steal a scroll granting its bearer the property of the land of Aurocastro in Apulia, a province in the south of Italy. They elect a shaggy knight, Brancaleone from Norcia, as their leader, and decide to get possession of this supposedly wealthy land. Many adventures will occurr during the journey.
Six Days a Week
Maria is a young beauty who is busy juggling three boyfriends (a count, a dentist and a student) at the same time. She manages this elaborate deception by impersonating her roommate Silvana who is a real life airline hostess. She lies to the count and the dentist about her flight schedules and her whereabouts so she can spend three days a week with each of them. She spends the remaining day of the week with the student who thinks she is a fellow student. One day surprising news of the real Silvana break out. Comedy and confusion ensure when Maria is forced to come up with a more elaborate scheme to cover her tracks and keep her boyfriends happy.
The Girl from Parma
Dora, driven away from her town by malicious gossip following her first love affair, has a series of short-lived adventures until she falls in love with Nino, a small time crook. In Parma, a police officer courts her but she keeps thinking of Nino.
Horse Fever
Bruno Fioretti, known as "Mandrake", is an inveterate gambler who never misses a day at the horse racing track in Rome. He is doubly unlucky: he bets too much on one horse, and his wife is sleeping with his best friend because Mandrake is always at the track. Penniless and cuckolded, Mandrake decides to make one last bet.
La vacanza
An upcoming film directed by Enrico Iannaccone. Valerio (Antonio Folletto) is a thirty year old man who leads a self-destructive life. The still beautiful Carla (Catherine Spaak) is an ex-magistrate, who begins to show the first signs and symptoms of Alzheimer's. Contrary to Valerio she has an overwhelming desire to live. These two tormented souls become friends and together they find the strength to confront the pains and secrets of their past. They are both related to a mysterious woman, Anneke (Veruschka von Lehndorff ). This is a journey of two people who are so different and yet so similar, sharing their most painful emotions. It will lead them to the discovery of a new way of loving.
Zen
Zen is a British television mini series produced by Left Bank Pictures for the BBC, co-produced with WGBH Boston for its Masterpiece anthology series, Mediaset and ZDF. It stars Rufus Sewell and Caterina Murino and is based on the Aurelio Zen detective novels by Michael Dibdin. The series was filmed on location in Italy, but the dialogue is in English. The series, which comprises three 90-minute films, was broadcast in the United Kingdom on Sunday evenings from 2 January 2011 on BBC One. The three films were based on the books Vendetta, Cabal and Ratking.
Filmography
as Carla
as la madre di Andrea (lei)
as Esmeralda
as Donata
as Bianca
as Ex amante
as Emma De Santis
as La mère supérieure
as La mère supérieure
as Conduttrice TV
as Elisa
as Alice
as Madre di Camilla
as Veronica Benetti
as Laura
as Francesca
as Lisa
as Marisa Benetti
as Giordana Muller
as Writer
as Claudia Parise
as Elena De Fanti - la moglie di Arturo
as Ottavio's Wife (segment "Il teorema gregoriano")
as Gabriella
as Self
as Milena Banotti
as Catherine
as Fiorenza
as Self
as Sister Elisabeth
as Rosalba
as Madeleine
as Françoise
as Ernesta Maini
as Claire, Nick's daughter
as Anna Terzi
as Françoise
as Nanda
as Woman Posing for Photographer
as Claudia
as Margherita
as Valentine
as Giovanna
as Jeanne Rochefort
as Ombrina
as Matelda
as Marta
as Magdeleine de Maupin
as Giovanna
as Carolina (segment "3 'La Donna', episode 2")
as Maria / Silvana / Caterina
as Jeanne
as The Midinette
as Ghiga /Giselle/ Cirilla
as Sergia
as Cecilia
as Sister Celeste
as Dora
as Valeria (segment "Le donne")
as Lilli Cortona
as Self
as Nicole Molino
as Francesca
as Danièle Pièges
as Francesca
as Nicole
as Self