France's Deneuve Wave
October, 1965
France's Deneuve WaveUnlike most of the current crop of Continental screen sirens who have ridden the crest of Europe's celluloid New Wave to cinematic success, France's Catherine Deneuve has relied more heavily on her acting than on her anatomy in her rise to the ranks of filmic femmes fatales. Since her initial appearance in these pages as one of Europe's New Sex Sirens (Playboy, September 1963), the pretty 21-year-old Parisienne has bypassed her promotional billing as just another in the long...