Catherine Spaak

Catherine Spaak in the movie Il sorpasso (1962)

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.

Quotes

• I was someone who sought happiness in material things, in a rather naïve way. Then I realised that happiness wasn't to be found there, and I started looking within myself...

• Quoted in Stefano Reggiani, Tutte suore, per il "set", La Stampa, 14 August 1973.

Interviews

Renato Franco, Spaak, 70 anni senza rimpianti: "Una vita così non l’ho mai avuta", Corriere.it, 2 April 2015

• Some films turn out well; others, not so much.There are no mistakes; there are happy coincidences, luck.

• Lattuada was the first director who had the courage to give me a leading role, in 1960 for Dolci inganni.
• I was mad about Audrey Hepburn. I was physically attracted to her, with those doe-like eyes. And then there was her elegance and class, as well as the fact that she was also a truly great actress.
• In the 1960s people thought I was scandalous because I was living on my own at the age of 18. My daughter was taken away from me because the judge wrote that, as I was an actress, I was of dubious morality. Those were tough years for women.