Celebrity Biographies
Catherine Spaak
Actress, singer, dancer and television presenter, she triumphed with titles such as “La escapada”, “El tedio” or “El gat de o nine tails”. Catherine Spaak, a French actress from a Belgian family who succeeded in Italian cinema, died in Rome on April 17, 2022, at the age of 77, after suffering a brain hemorrhage, according to the RAI television network.
Born on April 3, 1945, in Boulogne-Billancourt, Catherine Spaak was the daughter of actress Claudie Clèves, while her father, Charles Spaak, had succeeded as a screenwriter. Her uncle Paul-Henri was Prime Minister of Belgium.
He made his film debut at the age of 14 with a small role in the film La evasion , by Jacques Becker . Shortly after her, Catherine Spaak switched to Italian cinema, with Alberto Lattuada ‘s Sweet Deceits , whose success caused her to be cast in roles as a frivolous young woman. She embodies similar roles in titles such as Eighteen-year-olds in the sun , La escapada , La noia, La caliente vida, La Parmigiana and La mentirosa .
During the filming of Unas ganas locas , she met fellow actor Fabrizio Capucci, whom she married in 1963. They had a daughter, Sabrina, a theater actress. The record company Dischi Ricordi offered her a contract, so Catherine Spaak began to record records, and triumphed with musical themes such as “You give me fear”, from 1964. A multifaceted woman, from the 70s she began to write press columns in various media.
He won a David di Donatello for his performance in Boredom , an adaptation of a novel by Alberto Moravia , directed by Damiano Damiani . In Catherine Spaak ‘s extensive filmography, titles such as Weekend at Dunkirk , by Henri Verneuil , La armada Brancaleone , by Mario Monicelli , The Cat of Nine Tails , by Dario Argento , and French Love Games , by Roger Vadim stand out. . In Spain, she was under the orders of Mario Camus in Los pájaros de Baden-Baden , from 1974.
He triumphed on television above all with Un medico in famiglia , the Italian version of the popular Spanish series Médico de familia . Catherine Spaak ‘s last film was La vacanza (2019), directed by Enrico Iannaccone.