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From: Charles Packer <mailbox@cpacker.org>
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Subject: Re: [OT] Waiting for Catherine Deneuve (in the rain, with an
 umbrella)
Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2024 07:39:34 -0000 (UTC)
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On Mon, 17 Jun 2024 07:59:40 -0000 (UTC), Charles Packer wrote:

> 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?

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."