Catherine Spaak

Born: 1945-04-03

Catherine Spaak (3 April 1945 - 17 April 2022) is a French-Italian actress and singer. Spaak spent most of her career in Italy, where she became a teenage star. From age 15 to 18, Spaak was the lead actress in at least 12 movies. As an adult, she appeared in many comedies and a few dramas from the mid-1960s through the early 1980s. Most of them were for the Italian film industry, with some Hollywood or international productions. Among her most notable titles are Circle of Love (1964, directed by Roger Vadim), The Man, the Woman and the Money (1965, starring Marcello Mastroianni), The Incredible Army of Brancaleone (1966, written by Age & Scarpelli), Adultery Italian Style (1966), Hotel (1967), the sex comedy The Libertine (1969), Diary of a Telephone Operator (1969, with Claudia Cardinale), the drama The Cat o' Nine Tails (1971, written and directed by Dario Argento), the nunsploitation film Story of a Cloistered Nun (1973), the controversial My Darling Slave (1973), the western Take a Hard Ride (1975), Sunday Lovers (1980), and Miele di donna (1981).


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Crazy Desire

as Francesca
Released: 1962-03-15

A middle-aged businessman meets a band of rowdy youths and is smitten by one, named Francesca.

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The Cat o' Nine Tails

as Anna Terzi
Released: 1971-02-12

A reporter and a blind, retired journalist try to solve a series of murders. The crimes are...

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Il Sorpasso

as Lilli Cortona
Released: 1962-12-05

Roberto, a shy law student in Rome, meets Bruno, a forty-year-old exuberant, capricious man, who...

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Le Trou

as Nicole
Released: 1960-03-18

Four prison inmates have been hatching a plan to literally dig out of jail when another...

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The Libertine

as Margherita
Released: 1968-12-23

A sexy widow discovers her late husband had a secret apartment where he cheated on her. Now she...

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Weekend at Dunkirk

as Jeanne
Released: 1964-12-18

In June 1940, during the Dunkirk evacuation of Allied troops to England, French sergeant Julien...

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For Love and Gold

as Matelda
Released: 1966-04-07

A group of rogues steal a scroll granting its bearer the property of the land of Aurocastro in...

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If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium

as Woman Posing for Photographer
Released: 1969-04-24

A group of travelers from the United States race through seven European countries in 18 days.

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Oggi, domani, dopodomani

as Giovanna
Released: 1965-12-28

Italian comedy film in three segments

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Horse Fever

as Gabriella
Released: 1976-10-29

Bruno Fioretti, known as "Mandrake", is an inveterate gambler who never misses a day at the...

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The Precarious Bank Teller

as Elena De Fanti - la moglie di Arturo
Released: 1980-03-14

The accountant Arturo De Fanti has problems in the bank because he threatens to be hunted. But...

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Take a Hard Ride

as Catherine
Released: 1975-10-29

After his cattle rancher boss dies, right-hand man Pike is given the job of returning $86,000 to...

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Honey

as Writer
Released: 1981-05-08

A surreal erotic fantasy about a young woman who checks into a bizarre, labyrinthine hotel.

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Circle of Love

as La midinette
Released: 1964-10-16

In a chain reaction of romantic adventures, various people play musical beds in a remake of Max...

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Story of a Cloistered Nun

as Sister Elisabeth
Released: 1973-11-09

Refusing an arranged marriage, young aristocrat Carmela is sent to a convent. Her arrival...

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The Empty Canvas

as Cecilia
Released: 1963-12-04

An aspiring young artist breaks from his wealthy, possessive mother to live a bohemian existence...

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Secret Scandal

as Laura
Released: 1990-04-02

Marguerite receives as a gift from a filmmaker friend: a very modern, automatic camera, complete...

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Mademoiselle de Maupin

as Magdeleine de Maupin
Released: 1966-01-13

Mademoiselle de Maupin escapes from her uncle's castle, invaded by Hungarian troops, under the...

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Julie, chevalier de Maupin

as La mère supérieure
Released: 2005-01-10

Agnès Dormes, a famous opera singer, saves Julie, a baby girl who was about to be sacrificed...

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La vacanza

as Carla
Released: 2020-09-03

An upcoming film directed by Enrico Iannaccone. Valerio (Antonio Folletto) is a thirty year old...

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Hotel

as Jeanne Rochefort
Released: 1967-01-19

This is the story of the clocklike movements of a giant, big city New Orleans hotel. The...

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Sex Can Be Difficult

as Valeria (segment "Le donne")
Released: 1962-12-24

A journalist could marry the daughter of a tycoon, but prefers a relationship with a married...

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The Little Nuns

as Sister Celeste
Released: 1963-08-29

Two nuns come to Rome to protest to an airline about its jet planes which have been flying over...

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Adultery Italian Style

as Marta
Released: 1966-03-25

To get her husband more interested in her, the wife invents a lover. The husband will collect...

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Diary of a Telephone Operator

as Nanda
Released: 1969-11-06

Marta works as a telephone operator for a telephone company. She lives with her friend Nanda in...

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Made in Italy

as Carolina (segment "3 'La Donna', episode 2")
Released: 1965-12-22

A group of Italians take a flight to Sweden: among them there are the tourists, and the immigrants.

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Sweet Deceptions

as Francesca
Released: 1960-10-15

Francesca, a seventeen-year-old Roman, is finally sure she has found love. Almost sure. She...

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The Girl from Parma

as Dora
Released: 1963-02-13

Dora, driven away from her town by malicious gossip following her first love affair, has a...

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The Man with the Balloons

as Giovanna
Released: 1967-08-08

Mario is a Milan industrialist who is constantly testing balloons to see how much air one can...

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La Martingale

as Giordana Muller
Released: 1983-10-13

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Eighteen in the Sun

as Nicole Molino
Released: 1962-08-11

An Italian variation on the Frankie & Annette-Gidget beach party movies that were all the rage...

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Ti sposo ma non troppo

as la madre di Andrea (lei)
Released: 2014-04-20

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Three Nights of Love

as Ghiga /Giselle/ Cirilla
Released: 1964-10-08

Omnibus film with individual segments directed by Renato Castellani, Luigi Comencini and Franco...

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My Darling Slave

as Rosalba
Released: 1973-10-04

Demetrio Cultrera, is a young rich car dealership Sicilian bachelor who becomes engaged to the...

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Cause of Divorce

as Ernesta Maini
Released: 1972-03-03

A couple is short of money and got marital problems. Sylverte knows Enrica and intent to marry...

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Six Days a Week

as Maria / Silvana / Caterina
Released: 1965-03-22

A young woman tries to deceive both her husband and her prospective lover, but is hoist with her...

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Catherine and I

as Claudia Parise
Released: 1980-12-19

Enrico Melotti, a middle-aged businessman, has a difficult relationship with his wife, maid and...

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A Rather Complicated Girl

as Claudia
Released: 1969-02-07

Having casually overheard a confusing phone conversation between two women, Alberto manages to...

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Alice

as Bianca
Released: 2010-06-25

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Three Faces of Sin

as Danièle Pièges
Released: 1961-09-12

Laurent is an artist and sometimes con-man. He wanders into the life of Renee one day in her...

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With What Love, With What Love

as Françoise
Released: 1970-01-29

After spending many years as husband and wife, the architect Andrea discovers that his partner...

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Tandem

as Madre di Camilla
Released: 2000-11-30

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Burnt By A Scalding Passion

as Milena Banotti
Released: 1976-08-12

Virginia and Casimiro are both married with children to passionate spouses, while they are shy...

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Il marito è mio e l'ammazzo quando mi pare

as Allegra
Released: 1968-02-08

Ignazio is married to a much younger girl, as she starts being attracted by a handsome young...

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Per vivere meglio, divertitevi con noi

as Ottavio's Wife (segment "Il teorema gregoriano")
Released: 1978-12-23

For having suffered the violence of seven Himalayan Sherpas, the Countess Valentina Contarini...

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I più grandi di tutti

as Esmeralda
Released: 2012-04-04

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Night Is Made for Stealing

as Valentine
Released: 1967-09-01

A young widow, her nephew and various other characters attempt to steal the jewels contained in...

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Dear Parents

as Madeleine
Released: 1973-02-09

An Italian woman who has not heard from her daughter for a while travels to London, where the...

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La calda vita

as Sergia
Released: 1964-02-25

Attractive teenager Sergia usually hangs out with her older sister and her circle of mature...

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The Boxer

as Claire, Nick's daughter
Released: 1972-02-02

Boxer Teddy Wilcox leaves his manager and relocates. He finds Nick, a manager/trainer. Before...

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A Murder Is a Murder

as Françoise
Released: 1972-08-23

Murder mystery involving a man and his relationship with twin sisters.

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Il ritorno del piccolo Lord

as Veronica Benetti
Released: 2000-01-02

As every year, German brewery tycoon Karl Schneibel spends the summer holiday on an Italian...

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Non faccio la guerra, faccio l'amore

as Ombrina
Released: 1966-12-23

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L'uomo privato

as Ex amante
Released: 2007-02-21

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The Way of the Baboons

as Fiorenza
Released: 1974-09-27

In full marital crisis, Fiorenza, young Roman bourgeois, must travel to Eritrea to her dying...

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Te lo leggo negli occhi

as Conduttrice TV
Released: 2004-09-03

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Dalla parte giusta

as uncredited
Released: 2005-01-01

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Promessa d'amore

as Elisa
Released: 2004-01-01

Three orphans that grew up in an institution and refused to be separated by adoption meet again...

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The Merv Griffin Show

as Self
First aired: 1962-10-01

The Merv Griffin Show is an American television talk show, starring Merv Griffin. The series ran...

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Spécial cinéma

as Self
First aired: 1974-09-25

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Zen

as Donata
First aired: 2011-01-02

Zen is a British television mini series produced by Left Bank Pictures for the BBC, co-produced...

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Domenica In

as Self
First aired: 1976-10-03

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Questa è la mia terra

as Emma De Santis
First aired: 2006-04-09

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Family Business

as Marisa Benetti
First aired: 1986-01-01

The story of two sisters, two very different women: one is a determined and concrete...

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La voglia di vincere

as Lisa
First aired: 1987-03-15

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