birth name	Michael Demitri Shalhoub
birth date	April 10, 1932
birth place	Alexandria, Egypt
spouse	Faten Hamama (1954-74)
religion	Islam
occupation	Actor
years active	1954–present
name	Omar Sharifعمر الشريف }}

Omar Sharif (Arabic:عمر الشريف; born Michael Demitri Shalhoub; April 10, 1932) is an Egyptian actor who has starred in Hollywood films, most famously in ''Lawrence of Arabia'', ''Doctor Zhivago'' and ''Funny Girl''. He has been nominated for an Academy Award and has won three Golden Globe Awards.

Early life

Omar Sharif was born Michel Dimitri Shalhoub in Alexandria into a wealthy Egyptian Catholic family. Sharif graduated from Alexandria's Victoria College, where he is reported by his schoolmate Edward W. Said to have been sadistic and physically abusive in his capacity as "head boy" at Alexandria's Victoria College. Sharif later graduated from Cairo University with degrees in both mathematics and physics.

Acting career

In 1953, Sharif began his acting career with a role in ''Sira` Fi al-Wadi''. He quickly rose to stardom, appearing in over 20 Egyptian productions including ''Ayyamna el helwa'' with singer Abdel Halim Hafez, ''La anam'' in 1958, ''Sayedat el kasr'' in 1959 and the ''Anna Karenina'' adaptation ''Nahr el hub'' in 1961. He also starred with his wife, Egyptian actress Faten Hamama, in several movies as romantic leads.

Sharif's first English language film was in the role of Sherif Ali in David Lean's ''Lawrence of Arabia'' in 1962. This performance earned him a Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination, a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture. Following this breakthrough role, Sharif played a variety of characters, including a Spanish priest in ''Behold a Pale Horse'' (1964) and the Mongolian conqueror in ''Ghengis Khan''. In 1965, Sharif reunited with Lean to play the title role in ''Doctor Zhivago'', an adaptation of Boris Pasternak’s novel. Over the next few years, Sharif starred as a German military officer in ''The Night of the Generals'', as Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria in ''Mayerling'' and as Che Guevara in ''Che!''. Sharif was also acclaimed for his portrayal of Nicky Arnstein, husband to Fanny Brice in ''Funny Girl'', though some thought he was miscast as a New York Jewish gambler. His decision to work with co-star Barbra Streisand angered Egypt's government at the time due to Streisand's support for the state of Israel. Streisand herself responded with "You think Cairo was upset? You should've seen the letter I got from my Aunt Rose!" Sharif reprised the role in the film’s sequel, ''Funny Lady'' in 1975.

In 2003 he received acclaim for his role in the French-language film adaptation of the novel ''Monsieur Ibrahim et les fleurs du Coran'' as a Muslim Turkish merchant who becomes a father figure for a Jewish boy.

Contract Bridge career

Sharif once ranked among the world's best known contract bridge players, forming the "Omar Sharif Bridge Circus" in 1967 which toured the world, competing against such powerhouse teams as Blue Team and Dallas Aces, at a time when barnstorming bridge teams were very popular. With Charles Goren, Sharif co-wrote a syndicated newspaper bridge column for the ''Chicago Tribune'' for several years, but has mostly turned over the writing of the column to Tannah Hirsch, whose name appears on the byline with Sharif to this day. He is also both author and co-author of several books on bridge and has licensed his name to a bridge computer game; initially released in a DOS version and Amiga version in 1992, ''Omar Sharif Bridge'' is still sold in Windows and "mobile platform" versions. For a number of years his partner at international tournaments was American football coach Tommy Prothro.

Sharif has been a regular in casinos in France.

In 2006, Sharif declared both pastimes as ended when he was asked if he still played bridge: "I've stopped altogether. I decided I didn't want to be a slave to any passion any more except for my work. I had too many passions, bridge, horses, gambling. I want to live a different kind of life, be with my family more because I didn't give them enough time."

Personal life

Sharif is fluent in Arabic, English, Greek, and French. He also speaks some Italian, Spanish and Turkish.

Family and personal relationships

Sharif lived in his native Egypt from birth in 1932 until he moved to Europe in 1965. He recounts that, in 1932, his father "wasn't a wealthy man", but "earned quite a bit of money". Before the Egyptian Revolution of 1952, King Farouk frequented Sharif's family's house, and became a friend and card game partner of Sharif's mother. His mother was an elegant and charming hostess who was all too delighted with the association because it gave her the privilege of "consorting only with the elite" of Egyptian society. Sharif also recounts that his father's timber business was very successful during that time, in ways that Sharif himself describes as dishonest or immoral.

By contrast, after 1952, Sharif states that wealth changed hands (or names) in Egypt, under Nasser's nationalization policies. His father's business "took a beating". Travel restrictions in the form of "exit visas" were required of Egyptians, and his own travel to take part in international films was sometimes impeded, which he could not tolerate. The Nasser government's travel restrictions influenced Omar's decision to remain in Europe between his film shoots, a decision that cost him his marriage to Egyptian film legend Faten Hamama, though they remained friends. It was a major cross-roads in Omar's life and changed him from an established family man to a life-long bachelor living in European hotels. When commenting about his fame and life in Hollywood, Sharif said, "It gave me glory, but it gave me loneliness also. And a lot of missing my own land, my own people and my own country." Due to the state of war between Egypt and Israel, Sharif's Egyptian citizenship was almost withdrawn by the Egyptian Government when his affair with Barbra Streisand was made public in the Egyptian press due to Streisand's vocal support of Israel.

In 1955, Omar El-Sharif converted to Islam and then married Egyptian actress Faten Hamama. The couple had one son, Tarek El-Sharif, who appeared in ''Doctor Zhivago'' as Yuri at the age of eight. They separated in 1966 and the marriage ended in 1974. Sharif never remarried; he stated that since his divorce, he never fell in love with another woman, and that, although he lived abroad for years, it was not possible for him to fall in love with a woman who was not Egyptian. Sharif became friends with Peter O'Toole during the making of ''Lawrence of Arabia''. They have appeared in several other films together and remain close friends. He is also good friends with Egyptologist Zahi Hawass. Actor and friend Tom Courtenay revealed in an interview for the July 19, 2008, edition of BBC Radio's Test Match Special that Sharif supported Hull City Association Football Club and in the 1970s would telephone their automated scoreline from his home in Paris for score updates. Sharif was given an honorary degree by the University Of Hull in 2010 and used the occasion to meet up with Hull City football player Ken Wagstaff.

At present, Sharif resides mostly in Cairo with his family. In addition to his son, he has two grandsons, Omar and Karim. Omar's elder grandson, Omar Sharif Jr. is also an actor. He is most recently known for playfully tussling on stage at the 83rd Academy Awards ceremony with actor Kirk Douglas, who was presenting the award for Best Supporting Actress that evening.

Health problems

Sharif underwent a triple bypass surgery in 1992, and suffered a mild heart attack in 1994. Sharif had smoked 50 cigarettes a day; after the surgery, he quit easily. Sharif then met his now close friend and lawyer Nabil Mounir. When Sharif visits Egypt, he stays in Nabil Mounir's residence in Cairo, Egypt. Sharif met Mounir at the same hospital where he had his surgery; Mounir was there because his wife was in labor. They met through a mutual friend, Naguib Mahfouz, who would divide his time between both men's hospital rooms. From that day on, Sharif and Mounir became very close friends. They both attended their mutual friend's funeral in 2006 at the El-Rashdan Mosque in Nasr City.

Criminal conviction

On August 5, 2003, he received a one-month suspended prison sentence for striking a police officer in a suburban Parisian casino in July. He was fined the equivalent of $1,700 (USD) and ordered to pay the officer the equivalent of $340 in damages. (He had insulted and then head-butted the Pontoise policeman, who tried to intervene in an argument between the actor and a roulette croupier.) On February 13, 2007 Sharif was "found guilty of assaulting a Beverly Hills parking lot attendant and breaking his nose".

Political views

Sharif said the East will never have a democracy because people like him prefer to go to the neighborhood chief. In the interview, Sharif reportedly blasted U.S. policy in Iraq and said Americans are ignorant. Sharif also claimed to have spoken with U.S President George W. Bush before the beginning of the Iraq War, telling him that Arabs were not like westerners and that Arab states were made up of sects resistant to becoming democratized.

Views on religion

In an interview conducted with The Daily News Egypt, Omar Sharif mentioned his views on religion, and religious people:

When one sees what happens in the world between the religions, the different religions - killing each other and murdering each other, it's disgusting and as far as I am concerned it's ridiculous. So I thought I might be useful, I believe in God and I believe in religion, but believe religions should belong to you. The extraordinary thing is that the Jews believe that only the Jews can go to paradise, the Christians believe that only a Christian can go to paradise and the Muslims believe that only the Muslims can go to paradise. Now why should God, in his great justice, make somebody born that cannot go to paradise - it is absurd. Please forgive me I don't mean to say it's absurd, people made it absurd.

In a 2007 interview, Sharif denied rumors that he had become atheist. He remained a firm believer in God and Islam, and had performed an Umrah (pilgrimage to Makkah Mukarramah) three or four years earlier.

Awards

In November 2005, he was given a medal by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in recognition of his significant contributions to world film and cultural diversity. The medal—which is handed out very infrequently—is named after Russian director Sergei Eisenstein and can only be given out a total of 25 times by Russia's Mosfilm.

Filmography

''Shaytan al-Sahra'' (1954)

''Sira` Fi al-Wadi'' (''The Blazing Sun'' or ''Struggle in the Valley'' or ''Fight in the Valley'') (1954)

''Ayyamna al-Holwa (Our Best Days)'' (1955)

''Siraa Fil-Mina'' (1956)

''Ard al-Salam'' (1957)

''The Lebanese Mission'' (''Châtelaine du Liban, La'') (1957)

''La anam (I Do Not Sleep)'' (1958)

''Goha'' (1958)

''Fadiha fil-zamalek (Scandal in Zamalek)'' (1959)

''Sayedat el kasr (Lady of the Castle)'' (1959)

''Seraa fil Nil (Struggle on the Nile)'' (1959)

''Bidaya wa nihaya'' (1960)

''Hobi al-wahid (My Only Love)'' (1960)

''Esha'a hob (Rumor of Love)'' (1960)

''Nahr al-Hob (The River of love) (1960)

''A Man in our House (A Man in our House)'' (1961)

''Lawrence of Arabia'' (1962)

''Behold a Pale Horse'' (1964)

''The Fall of the Roman Empire'' (1964)

''Doctor Zhivago'' (1965)

''The Yellow Rolls-Royce'' (1965)

''Genghis Khan'' (1965)

''The Night of the Generals'' (1967)

''More Than A Miracle'' (1967)

''Funny Girl'' (1968)

''Mayerling'' (1968)

''Che!'' (1969)

''The Appointment'' (1969)

''Mackenna's Gold'' (1969)

''The Last Valley'' (1970)

''The Horsemen'' (1971)

''The Burglars'' (1971)

''The Mysterious Island (L'Ile Mysterieuse)'' (TV miniseries) (1973)

''Juggernaut'' (1974)

''The Tamarind Seed'' (1974)

''Crime and Passion'' (1975)

''Funny Lady'' (1975)

''The Pink Panther Strikes Again'' (1976), uncredited cameo

''Ashanti: Land of No Mercy'' (1979)

''Bloodline'' (1979)

''S-H-E'' (1979)

''Oh Heavenly Dog'' (1980)

''The Baltimore Bullet'' (1980)

''Pleasure Palace'' (1980)

''Green Ice'' (1981)

''Top Secret!'' (1984)

''Peter the Great'' (1986)

''Harem'' (1986), as Sultan Hassan

''The Possessed'' (1988)

''Al-aragoz (the puppeteer)'' (1989)

''The Opium Connection'' (1990)

''Memories of Midnight'' (1991)

''Mowaten masri (An Egyptian Citizen)'' (1991)

''Beyond Justice'' (1992)

''Grand Larceny'' (1992)

''Mayrig'' (1992)

''588 rue paradis'' (1992)

''Dehk we le'b we gad we hob (Laughter, Games, Seriousness and Love)'' (1993)

''Lie Down With Lions'' (1994)

''Catherine the Great'' (1995)

''Gulliver's Travels'' (1996)

''Heaven Before I Die'' (1997)

''Mysteries of Egypt'' (1998)

''The 13th Warrior'' (1999)

''The Parole Officer'' (2001)

''Monsieur Ibrahim et les fleurs du Coran'' (2003)

''Hidalgo'' (2004)

''Imperium: St Peter'' (2005)

''Fuoco su di me'' (2005)

''Shaka Zulu: The Last Great Warrior'' (2005)

''One Night with the King'' (2006)

''The Crown Prince'' (2006)

''Hanan W Haneen'' (TV Series - Egypt) (2007)

''The Ten Commandments'' (TV series) (2007)...as Jethro

''The Last Templar'' (TV Series) (2008)

''Hassan & Marcus'' (2008)

''10,000 BC'' (2008)

''The Traveler'' (2009)

Bibliography

The Eternal Male (1977)

Omar Sharif's Life in Bridge (1983)

Omar Sharif talks Bridge (2004)

Bridge Deluxe II play with Omar Sharif (Instruction manual)

References

External links

Omar Sharif at ElCinema.com (Arabic)

The Making of ''Lawrence of Arabia'', Digitised BAFTA Journal, Winter 1962-3

Omar Sharif at the CinéArtistes (in French)

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''Sharīf'' ( /šarīf/) or Chérif is a traditional Arab tribal title given to those who serve as the protector of the tribe and all tribal assets, such as property, wells, and land. In origin, the word is an adjective meaning "noble", "highborn". The feminine singular is sharifa(h) (/šarīfa/). The masculine plural is Ashraf (/ašrāf/).

Primarily Sunnis in the Arab world reserve the term ''sharif'' for descendants of Hasan ibn Ali, while ''sayyid'' is used for descendants of Husayn ibn Ali. Both Hasan and Husayn are grandchildren of Prophet Muhammad, through the marriage of his cousin Ali and his daughter Fatima. However ever since the post-Hashemite era began, the term ''sayyid'' has been used to denote descendants from both Hasan and Husayn. Arab Shiites use the terms ''sayyid'' and ''habib'' to denote descendants from both Hasan and Husayn; see also ashraf.

From 1201 until the Hejaz was conquered by Ibn Saud in 1925, this family held the office of the Sharīf of Mecca, often also carrying the title and office of King of Hejaz. Descendants now rule the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, the name being taken from the Banu Hashim, the sub-tribe of Banu Quraish, to which Prophet Muhammad belonged.

In Morocco, several of the regnal dynasties have been qualified as "Sharifian", being descendants of Prophet Muhammad. The Saadian dynasty was issued from the Sharifian tribe of the Banu Said. Today's Alaouite dynasty is also considered to be Sharifian.

The word has no etymological connection with the English term ''sheriff'', which comes from the Old English word ''scīrgerefa'', meaning "shire-reeve", the local reeve (enforcement agent) of the king in the shire (county). Sharif, however, is the Arabic/Persian word for "honorable". ‎

See also

Sharīf of Mecca

Sharif Khan

Sayyid

Ashraf

Notes

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name	Rizwan Khan
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birth place	Aden, South Yemen
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Rizwan "Riz" Khan (born April 1962) is a British television news reporter and interviewer who until April 2011 hosted his own eponymous television show on Al Jazeera English. He first rose to prominence while working for the BBC and CNN.

Life and career

Khan was born in Aden, South Yemen, to a Punjabi father and Gujarati mother. His father's roots hail from Pakistan-administered Kashmir while his mother's roots go back to Kutch, Gujarat. He considers himself as a British Pakistani. Khan moved with his family to London, at the age of four. He attended both Springwell Junior and Hounslow Manor Comprehensive Schools and joined the Air Training Corps, and graduated with a Bachelor of Science with Honours in Medical Physiology from the University of Wales, and then completed a postgraduate course in Radio Journalism at the University of Portsmouth.

In 1987 he was selected for the BBC News Trainee scheme - a two-year BBC training system, usually taking only 6 people per course. Khan progressed to jobs as a BBC reporter, producer, and writer, working in both television and radio, and would later become one of the founding News Presenters on BBC World Service Television News. He hosted the news bulletin that launched BBC World Service Television News in 1991. In 1993, he moved to CNN International, where he became a senior anchor for the network's global news shows. Events he covered included the 1996 and 1999 coverage of elections in India; the 1997 historic election in Britain; and in April 1998 the unprecedented live coverage from the Muslim pilgrimage, the Hajj.

In 1996 he launched his interactive interview show ''CNN: Q&A; with Riz Khan'', and he has conducted interviews with guests including former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, former US Presidents Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton, the Dalai Lama and Nelson Mandela, and genomic scientist J. Craig Venter. Khan also secured the world exclusive with Pakistan's General Pervez Musharraf following his coup in October 1999. Khan also hosted ''Q&A-Asia; with Riz Khan''. These interactive shows put world newsmakers and celebrities up for viewer questions live by phone, e-mail, video-mail and fax, along with questions and comments taken from the real-time chatroom that opens half-an-hour before each show.

Khan hosted his show, ''Riz Khan'', on Al Jazeera English, interviewing analysts and policy makers and allows viewers to interact with them via phone, email, SMS messages or fax. The show came to an end in April 2011.

Khan speaks Urdu and Hindi and also understands other South Asian languages such as Punjabi and Kutchi. He has studied French, and can understand some other European languages, including Swedish.

In 2005 he authored his first book, ''Al-Waleed: Businessman Billionaire Prince'', published by Harper Collins.

In 2011 he authored a preface for the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) annual report "Attacks on the Press 2010", which examined working conditions for journalists in more than 100 countries.

References

"Why I'm Joining Al Jazeera", op-ed by Riz Khan, ''The Wall Street Journal'', 13 June 2005, p. A1

"Q&A; CNN Anchor: Riz Khan". ''India Today''. February 19, 2001.

External links

Riz Khan's official website

Profile at Al Jazeera English

MySpace Profile

Interview with Baron Dave Romm of KFAI-FM at the Republican National Convention Sept. 2, 2008 and picture

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name	Catherine Deneuve
birth name	Catherine Fabienne Dorléac
birth date	October 22, 1943
birth place	Paris, France
years active	1957–present
spouse	David Bailey (1965–72)
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Catherine Deneuve (, born 22 October 1943) is a French actress. She gained recognition for her portrayal of aloof and mysterious beauties in films such as ''Repulsion'' (1965) and ''Belle de jour'' (1967). Deneuve was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress in 1993 for her performance in ''Indochine''; she also won César Awards for that film and ''The Last Metro'' (1980). Considered one of France's most successful actresses, she has also appeared in seven English-language films, most notably the 1983 cult classic ''The Hunger''. In 2008, she appeared in her 100th film, ''Un conte de Noël''.

Early life

Deneuve was born Catherine Fabienne Dorléac in occupied Paris, the third of four daughters, to French stage and screen actor Maurice Dorléac and actress Renée Deneuve. Deneuve attended Catholic schools. Her three sisters are actresses: Françoise Dorléac (who died in a car crash on 26 June 1967), Sylvie Dorléac and Danielle Dorléac.

Film career

As Catherine Dorléac, she made her film debut at age eleven in ''Les Collégiennes'' (1957), filmed in 1955 but not released until two years later. Deneuve subsequently began using her mother's surname professionally so she wouldn't be confused with her elder sister, Françoise Dorléac, who was using their father's name.

Deneuve then starred in films such as ''Vice and Virtue'' (1962), directed by Roger Vadim. The film that brought her stardom was Jacques Demy's 1963 musical ''Les Parapluies de Cherbourg.'' She made two more films with Demy , most notably another musical, ''Les Demoiselles de Rochefort'' (1967), with Dorléac – who was killed in a car accident the following year – as her twin sister. Further prominent films from this early time in her career included Roman Polanski's ''Repulsion'' (1965), Jean-Paul Rappeneau's ''La Vie de château'' (1966), which employed her 'underused comic skills', and Luis Buñuel's ''Belle de Jour'' (1967), – as the ' haut-bourgeois housewife who achieves sexual satisfaction working in a Parisian brothel.' In the Polanski film, Deneuve first portrayed the character archetype for which she would be nicknamed the "ice maiden", playing a beautiful Belgian girl, an emotionally distant and mysterious woman 'going homicidally insane in Kensington.' Her work for Buñuel would be her most famous, and her screen persona as "a cold, remote erotic object which dreams are made on" reached a peak, according to the critic Philip French, in her second Buñuel film ''Tristana'', (1970). Deneuve remained active in European films throughout the 1960s and 70s, but limited her appearances in American films of the period to ''The April Fools'' (1969) and ''Hustle'' (1975).

Shortly before his death in 1980, Alfred Hitchcock had planned to direct Deneuve in an adaptation of the spy novel ''The Short Night''. Her most notable films during the decade were François Truffaut's ''Le Dernier métro'' (1980), which garnered her the César Award for Best Actress, and Tony Scott's cult classic ''The Hunger'' (1983), her third American film in which she starred as a bisexual vampire, featuring David Bowie and Susan Sarandon. Deneuve's sex scene with Sarandon in ''The Hunger'' brought her a significant lesbian following.

Deneuve won a second Cesar Award and received an Academy Award nomination as Best Actress for her performance in ''Indochine'' (1992), which also won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film. Deneuve is one of the distinct few to receive an Oscar nomination for a non-English speaking role. Her other significant films were André Téchiné's ''Ma saison préférée'' (1993) and ''Les Voleurs'' (1995). Deneuve auditioned for the role of Francesca in ''The Bridges of Madison County'' (1995), but lost out to Meryl Streep. In 1997, Deneuve was the protagonist in the music video for the song ''N'Oubliez Jamais'' sung by Joe Cocker. In 1998 she won acclaim and the Volpi Cup at the Venice Film Festival for her performance in ''Place Vendôme''. In 1999 Deneuve appeared in five films, including: ''Est-Ouest'', ''Le temps retrouvé'', and ''Pola X''. Her part in Lars von Trier's musical drama ''Dancer in the Dark'' (2000) alongside Icelandic singer Björk was subject to considerable critical scrutiny. The film was selected for the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival.

Deneuve's fourth and most recent American film to date was ''The Musketeer'' (2001). She shared the Silver Bear Award for ''Best Ensemble Cast'' at the Berlin International Film Festival for her performance in ''8 Women'' (2002). In 2005, Deneuve published her diary ''A l'ombre de moi-meme'' ("In My Own Shadow", published in English as ''Close Up and Personal: The Private Diaries of Catherine Deneuve''); in it she writes about her experiences shooting the films ''Indochine'' and ''Dancer in the Dark''; and working with leading men such as Burt Reynolds, Jack Lemmon, Vincent Perez, William Hurt, John Malkovich, Alain Delon, Gerard Depardieu, and Marcello Mastroianni. In 2006, she headed the jury at the Venice Film Festival. She made another brief return to Hollywood with a guest-starring role on the FX TV series ''Nip/Tuck'' during its fourth season in November 2006. She also lent her voice to the Oscar-nominated animated feature ''Persepolis'' (2007). In 2008, she appeared in her 100th film, ''Un conte de Noël''. That same year she was honored at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival for her contributions to European cinema.

In 2010 Deneuve starred in the period comedy ''Potiche'' (2010). Her latest film is the musical ''Les Bien-aimés'' (2011) co-starring her real-life daughter Chiara Mastroianni. Although they share four previous acting credits, this is the first time Deneuve and Mastroianni have shared a scene together.

During an interview at the Cannes Film Festival with Ali Naderzad, Deneuve was asked which was her own favorite film. "I still say it was ''The Umbrellas of Cherbourg''. To do a film completely with music like an opera was an incredible experience. But to work with music all the time, it's such a lift, you know? It’s an opera, it’s very different."

Career outside of film

Modeling

One of the world's great beauties, her image was used to represent Marianne, the national symbol of France, from 1985 to 1989. She was the face of Chanel No. 5 in the late 1970s and she caused sales of the perfume to soar in the United States so much so that the American press, captivated by her charm, nominated her as the world's most elegant woman.

In 1983, American Home Products retained her to represent their cosmetics line. The company hired world-renowned photographer Richard Avedon and Catherine Deneuve to promote its line of ''Youth Garde'' cosmetics in which she famously proclaimed "Look closely. Next year I will be 40."

She is considered the muse of designer Yves Saint Laurent; he dressed her in the films ''Belle de Jour'', ''La Chamade'', ''La sirène du '', ''Liza'', and ''The Hunger''. In 1992, she became a model for his skincare line.

In 2001, she was chosen as the new face of L'Oréal Paris. In 2006, Deneuve became the third inspiration for the M•A•C Beauty Icon series. Deneuve and make-up artists collaborated on the colour collection that became available at M•A•C locations worldwide in February 2006. Deneuve began appearing in the new Louis Vuitton luggage advertisements in 2007.

Entrepreneurial

Deneuve introduced her own perfume, ''Deneuve'', in 1986. She is also a designer of glasses, shoes, jewelry and greeting cards.

Charities

Deneuve was appointed UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador for the Safeguarding of Film Heritage in 1994. On 12 November 2003, she resigned her position to protest the nomination of French businessman Pierre Falcone as the Angola representative, which enables him to escape justice and investigation for illegal arms dealing.

Deneuve asked that the rights owed to her from her representation of Marianne be given to Amnesty International.

Louis Vuitton made a donation to The Climate Project, spearheaded by Al Gore, on behalf of Deneuve.

Deneuve is also involved with Children Action, Children of Africa, Orphelins Roumains and Reporters Without Borders.

Douleur sans frontiers (Pain Without Borders) – At the end of 2003, Deneuve recorded a radio commercial to encourage donations to fight against the pain in the world, notably for the victims of landmines.

Handicap International – In the middle of July 2005, Deneuve lent her voice to the message of radio commercials, TV and cinema, which denounced the use of the BASM (cluster bombs).

Voix de femmes pour la démocratie (Voice of women for democracy) – Deneuve read the text, "Le petit garçon," of Jean-Lou Dabadie, on the entitled CD, "Voix de femmes pour la démocratie." The CD was sold for the benefit of the female victims of the war and the fundamentalisms that fight for democracy.

Deneuve has also been involved with various charities in the fight against AIDS and cancer.

Political involvement

In 1972, Deneuve signed the Manifesto of the 343 (Manifeste des 343 salopes, Manifesto of the 343 bitches). The manifesto was an admission by its signers to have practiced illegal abortions and therefore exposed themselves to judicial actions and prison sentences. It was published in Le Nouvel Observateur on 5 April 1971. That same year, feminist lawyer Gisèle Halimi founded the group, Choisir (“To Choose”), to protect the women who had signed the Manifesto of the 343.

Deneuve is involved with Amnesty International's program to abolish the death penalty.

In 2001, Deneuve delivered a petition organized by the French-based group, "Together Against the death penalty," to the U.S. Embassy in Paris.

In April 2007, Deneuve signed a petition on the internet protesting the "misogynous" treatment of socialist presidential candidate Ségolène Royal. More than 8,000 French men and women signed the petition, including French actress Jeanne Moreau.

Personal life

Deneuve speaks fluent French, Italian, English and is semi-fluent in German. Her hobbies and passions include gardening, drawing, photography, reading, music, cinema, fashion, antiques and decoration.

In 1961, at age 17, Deneuve moved in with director Roger Vadim, who at 33 was nearly twice her age. They had a son, Christian (b. 18 June 1963), when Deneuve was 19 and Vadim was 35. The pair ended their relationship a month later.

Following her separation from Bailey, Deneuve had a relationship with actor Marcello Mastroianni, with whom she co-starred in four films. At age 28, Deneuve gave birth to her second child, daughter Chiara Mastroianni (b. 28 May 1972). and dated director Francois Truffaut in the late 1970s.

Deneuve has four grandchildren: Christian's son Igor and daughter Lou, and Chiara's son Milo and daughter Anna.

Deneuve is a longtime cigarette smoker and has expressed her frustration with the increasing bans on smoking. During a press conference held at a hotel in Madrid in March 2011, she was told to put out her cigarette and refused by saying she would pay the fine instead. “I think it is all very excessive,” Deneuve told reporters.

Filmography

'''' '''' ''Et satan conduit le bal'' '''' '''' ''Vacances portugaises'' '''' '''' '''' '''' '''' ''Repulsion'' '''' '''' '''' '''' '''' '''' ''Belle de Jour (film) ''Benjamin (film) '''' ''Manon 70'' ''Mayerling (1968 film) '''' '''' ''Tout peut arriver'' ''Tristana'' ''Peau d'Âne '' ''It Only Happens to Others '''' '''' '''' ''Don't Touch the White Woman! ''Fatti di gente perbene'' '''' ''Zig zig'' '''' '''' ''Hustle (1975 film) ''If I Had to Do It All Over Again ''Anima persa'' ''March or Die (film) ''Beach House (film) '''' ''Écoute voir '' ''Us Two (film) ''Ils sont grands, ces petits'' ''Courage fuyons'' '''' ''Je vous aime'' '''' ''Hôtel des Amériques '' '''' '''' '''' '''' ''Fort Saganne'' ''Paroles et musique'' ''Speriamo che sia femmina'' ''Scene of the Crime (1986 film) ''Agent trouble'' ''Fréquence meurtre'' ''A Strange Place to Meet '''' ''Indochine (film) ''My Favorite Season '''' '''' '''' '''' ''Court toujours: L'inconnu'' ''Généalogies d'un crime'' ''Sans titre'' ''Place Vendôme (film) '''' ''Belle maman'' ''Pola X'' '''' ''East/West ''Dancer in the Dark'' ''I'm Going Home (film) ''Absolument fabuleux'' '''' '''' ''8 Women ''Au plus près du paradis'' '''' '''' ''Princesse Marie'' ''Kings and Queen '''' ''Palais royal!'' '''' ''Nip/Tuck'' '''' ''Après lui'' ''Persepolis (film) ''Frühstück mit einer Unbekannten'' '''' ''Je veux voir'' ''Mes stars et moi'' '''' ''Cyprien'' ''Bancs publics (Versailles rive droite)'' ''Potiche'' ''L'homme qui voulait vivre sa vie'' ''The Beloved (2011 film)

Year			! Role	Notes
1957	''''	Une grande
1960	|	Catherine	(''Murder by Two'')
1960	|	Dany	(''The Door Slams'')
1962	|	Manuelle	(''And Satan Calls the Turns'')
1962	|	Sophie	(''Tales of Paris'')Segment: "Sophie"
1963	|	Justine Morand	(''Vice and Virtue'')
1963	|	Catherine	(''Portuguese Vacation'')
1964	|	Lori
1964	|	Geneviève Emery	(''The Umbrellas of Cherbourg'')
1964	|	Swindler	(''The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers'')Segment: "L'homme qui vendit la Tour Eiffel"
1964	|	Denise	(''Male Hunt'')
1964	|	Isabelle	(''Male Companion'')
1965	|	Carole Ledoux
1965	|		(''Wild Roots of Love'')
1965	|	Angela Claasen	(''The Daisy Chain'')
1965	|	Clara	(''Song of the World'')
1966	|	Marie	(''A Matter of Resistance'')
1966	|	Mylène	(''The Creatures'')
1967	|	Delphine Garnier	(''The Young Girls of Rochefort'')
1967	Belle de jour '' ||	Séverine Serizy	(''Beauty of the Day'')
1968	Benjamin'' ||	Anne
1968	|	Lucile	(''Heartbeat'')
1968	|	Manon
1968	Mayerling'' ||	Maria Vetsera
1969	|	Catherine Gunther
1969	|	Julie Roussel/Marion Vergano	(''Mississippi Mermaid'')
1969	|	Interviewee	(''Don't Be Blue'')
1970	|	Tristana
1970	|	La princesse/Peau d'âne	(''Donkey Skin'')
1971	Ça n'arrive qu'aux autres'' ||	Catherine	(''It Only Happens to Others'')
1972	|	Liza	(''Liza'')
1972	|	Cathy	(''A Cop'')
1973	|	Irène de Fontenoy	(''A Slightly Pregnant Man'')
1974	Touche pas à la femme blanche'' ||	Marie-Hélène de Boismonfrais	(''Don't Touch the White Woman!'')
1974	|	Linda Murri	(''Drama of the Rich'')
1974	|	Françoise LeRoi	(''The Woman with Red Boots'')
1975	|	Marie
1975	|	Sarah	(''Act of Aggression'')
1975	|	Nelly	(''Call Me Savage'')
1975	Hustle'' ||	Nicole Britton
1976	Si c'était à refaire'' ||	Catherine Berger	(''If I Had to Do It All Over Again'')
1977	|	Sofia Stolz	(''Lost Soul'')
1977	March or Die'' ||	Simone Picard
1977	Casotto'' ||	Donna del sogno	(''Beach House'')
1978	|	Cécile Rainier	(''Other People's Money'')
1979	|	Claude Alphand	(''See Here My Love'')
1979	À nous deux '' ||	Françoise	(''Us Two'')
1980	|	Louise Mouchin	(''When I Was a Kid, I Didn't Dare'')
1980	|	Eva	(''Courage – Let's Run'')
1980	|	Marion Steiner	(''The Last Metro'')
1980	|	Alice	(''I Love You All'')
1981	|	Nicole Durieux	(''Choice of Arms'')
1981	|	Hélène	(''Hotel America'')
1982	|	Claire	(''The Shock'')
1983	|	Charlotte	(''The African'')
1983	|	Miriam Blaylock
1984	|	Claire Després
1984	|	Louise
1985	|	Margaux	(''Love Songs'')
1986	|	Claudia	(''Let's Hope It's a Girl'')
1986	Le Lieu du crime'' ||	Lili Ravenel	(''Scene of the Crime'')
1987	|	Amanda Weber
1988	|	Jeanne Quester	(''Frequent Death'')
1989	Drôle d'endroit pour une rencontre'' ||	France	(''A Strange Place to Meet'')
1991	|	Liliane Ripoche	(''The White Queen'')
1992	Indochine '' ||	Eliane
1993	Ma saison préférée'' ||	Emilie	(''My Favorite Season'')
1994	|	Marquise	(''The Chess Game'')
1995	|	La star-fantasme	(''A Hundred and One Nights'')
1995	|	Hélène	(''The Convent'')
1996	|	Marie Leblanc	(''Thieves'')
1996	|	Marianne
1997	|	Jeanne/Solange	(''Genealogies of a Crime'')
1997	|	N/A
1998	Place Vendôme'' ||	Marianne Malivert
1999	|	Hélène	(''The Wind of the Night'')
1999	|	Léa	(''Beautiful Mother'')
1999	|	Marie
1999	|	Odette de Crecy	(''Time Regained'')
1999	Est-Ouest'' ||	Gabrielle Develay	(''East/West'')
2000	|	Kathy
2001	Je rentre à la maison '' ||	Marguerite	(''I'm Going Home'')
2001	|	Une spectatrice du défilé	(''Absolutely Fabulous'')
2001	|	The Queen
2001	|	La reine	(''Tom Thumb'')
2002	8 femmes'' ||	Gaby	(''8 Women'')
2002	|	Fanette	(''Nearest to Heaven'')
2003	|	Marquise Isabelle de Merteuil	(''The Dangerous Liaisons'')TV mini-series
2003	|	Delfina	(''A Talking Pictures'')
2004	|	Marie Bonaparte
2004	Rois et reine'' ||	Mme Vasset	(''Kings and Queen'')
2004	|	Cécile	(''Changing Times'')
2005	|	Eugénia
2006	|	Sybille Weber	(''The Stone Council'')
2006	|	Diana Lubey	TV series(One episode, first run 21 November 2006)
2006	|	Alice Mirmont	(''The Family Hero'')
2007	|	Camille	(''After Him'')
2007	Persepolis'' ||	Mrs. Satrapi, Marjane's mother	Voice
2007	|	Elegante Dame	(''Suddenly Gina'')
2008	|	Junon	(''A Christmas Tale'')
2008	|	Herself	(''I Want to See'')
2008	|	Solange Duvivier	(''My Stars'')
2009	|	Louise	(''The Girl on the Train'')
2009	|	Vivianne Wagner
2009	|	La cliente armoire
2010	|	Suzanne Pujol
2010	|	Anne
2011	The Beloved''>|Madeleine || (''Les Bien-aimés'')

Discography

1980 :

* ''Dieu fumeur de havanes'' – by and with Serge Gainsbourg (original film soundtrack ''Je vous aime'' by Claude Berri)

* ''Quand on s'aime'' – duet with Gérard Depardieu, for a television programme

1981 : Her first and only album issued – ''Souviens-toi de m'oublier'' written by Serge Gainsbourg

# Digital delay # Depression au-dessus du jardin # Epsilon # Monna Vanna et Miss Duncan # Marine bond tremolo # Ces petits riens (duet with Serge Gainsbourg) – original version performed by Gainsbourg and Juliette Gréco (1964) # Souviens-toi de m'oublier (duet with Serge Gainsbourg) # Overseas telegram # What tu dis qu'est-ce tu say # Oh Soliman # Alice helas

1993 : ''Paris Paris'' – by and with Malcolm McLaren

1997 : ''Allo maman bobo'' – by Alain Souchon, during an evening with Les Enfoirés in 1997 with Alain Souchon, Jean-Jacques Goldman and Laurent Voulzy

1999 : ''Joyeux anniversaire maman'' – by Stomy Bugsy (original film soundtrack ''Belle-maman'' by Gabriel Aghion)

2000 : ''Cvalda'' – by and with Björk (original film soundtrack ''Dancer in the dark'' by Lars von Trier)

2001 : ''Toi jamais'' – original film soundtrack ''Huit Femmes'' by François Ozon (original version performed by Sylvie Vartan en 1976)

2006 : ''Ho capito che ti amo'' – original film soundtrack ''Le héros de la famille'' by Thierry Klifa

2010 : ''C'est beau la vie'' by Jean Ferrat – original film soundtrack ''Potiche'' by François Ozon

Audiobooks for Éditions des Femmes :

* ''Cendrillon'' by Charles Perrault

* ''Bonjour tristesse'' by Françoise Sagan

* ''Les Petits Chevaux de Tarquinia'' by Marguerite Duras

* ''Les Paradis aveugles'' by Duong Thu Huong

* ''La Marquise d'O'' by Heinrich Von Kleist

* ''Lettres à un jeune poète'' by Rainer Maria Rilke

* ''Lettres à ma mère'' by Sylvia Plath

Awards and nominations

César Awards

style="background:#B0C4DE;"	Year	Award	Film	Result
1981	Best Actress	Le dernier métro'' >
1993		Indochine (film)>Indochine''

style="background:#B0C4DE;"	Year	Award	Film	Result
1976	Best Actress	Le Sauvage'' >
1982		''Hôtel des Amériques''
1988		''Agent Trouble''
1989		''Drôle d'endroit pour une rencontre''
1994		''Ma saison préférée''
1997		''Les Voleurs''
1999		Place Vendôme (film)>Place Vendôme''
2006	Best Supporting Actress
2011	Best Actress

Academy Awards

style="background:#B0C4DE;"	Year	Award	Film	Result
1993	Best Actress	Indochine (film)>Indochine''

BAFTA Awards

style="background:#B0C4DE;"	Year	Award	Film	Result
1967	Best Actress	Belle de jour (film)>Belle de jour''

Other Awards

Best Foreign Actress Women in Film Crystal AwardsSan Sebastián International Film FestivalMoscow International Film FestivalVenice Film FestivalArt Film FestivalBerlin International Film FestivalEuropean Film AwardsCannes Film FestivalBangkok International Film FestivalIstanbul International Film FestivalCannes Film Festival

style="background:#B0C4DE;"	Year	Group	Award	Film	Result
1981	David di Donatello Awards	|	''Le Dernier métro''	Won
1993	|	International Award	N/A
1995	|	Donostia Lifetime Achievement Award	N/A
1997	|	Silver St. George	''Contribution to World Cinema''
1998	|	Volpi Cup, Best Actress	''Place Vendôme''
2000	|	Actor’s Mission Award	N/A
2002	|	Silver Berlin Bear	''8 Women'', shared with ensemble cast
2002	|	Best Actress	''8 Women'', shared with ensemble cast
2005	|	Palme d'Or d'honneur	N/A
2006	|	Golden Kinnaree Career Achievement Award	N/A
2006	|	Cinema Honarary Award	N/A
2008	|	Prix spécial du jury du 61	''Festival de Cannes Special Jury award with Clint Eastwood''

See also

Cinema of France

References

External links

Film.guardian.uk interview 21 September 2005

Catherine Deneuve at filmsdefrance.com

Catherine Deneuve seduces Susan Sarandon while playing Lakme on the piano in the famous lesbian scene from Tony Scott's 1983 film ''The Hunger''.

Category:Actors from Paris Category:European Film Awards winners (people) Category:Best Actress César Award winners Category:César Award winners Category:French film actors Category:French television actors Category:French Roman Catholics Category:1943 births Category:Living people

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name	Michael Caine
birth name	Maurice Joseph Micklewhite
birth date	March 14, 1933
birth place	Southwark, London, England, UK
nationality	British
occupation	Actor, author
years active	1956–present
spouse	Patricia Haines(m. 1955–1962; divorced)Shakira Baksh(m. 1973–present)
children	Dominique Caine (b. 1956)Natasha Caine (b. 1973)
relatives	Stanley Caine (brother) }}

Sir Michael Caine, CBE (born Maurice Joseph Micklewhite; 14 March 1933) is an English actor. He won Academy Awards for best supporting actor in both ''Hannah and Her Sisters'' (1986) and ''The Cider House Rules'' (1999).

Caine is one of only two actors nominated for an Academy Award for acting (either lead or supporting) in every decade from the 1960s to 2000s (the other one being Jack Nicholson). In 2000, Caine was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in recognition of his contribution to cinema.

Early life

Caine was born Maurice Joseph Micklewhite in St Olave's Hospital, Rotherhithe, Southwark in South East London, the son of Ellen Frances Marie (née Burchell), a cook and charlady, and Maurice Joseph Micklewhite, a fish market porter. His father was of part Irish and Irish Traveller ancestry and a Catholic, though Caine was brought up in his Protestant mother's religion.

Caine grew up in Camberwell, South London, and during the Second World War he was evacuated to North Runcton in Norfolk. After the war, when his father was demobilised, the family was rehoused by the council in Marshall Gardens at the Elephant and Castle in a pre-fabricated house made in Canada.

The prefabs, as they were known, were intended to be temporary homes while London was rebuilt, but we ended up living there for eighteen years and for us, after a cramped flat with an outside toilet, it was luxury.

In 1944 he passed his eleven plus exam, winning a scholarship to Hackney Downs Grocers School. After a year there he moved to Wilson's Grammar School in Camberwell (now Wilson's School in Wallington, South London), which he left at sixteen after gaining a School Certificate in six subjects. He then worked briefly as a filing clerk and messenger for a film company in Victoria Street and the film producer Jay Lewis in Wardour Street. From 1952, when he was called up to do his National Service, until 1954, he served in the British Army's Royal Fusiliers, first at the BAOR HQ in Iserlohn, Germany and then on active service during the Korean War. Caine has said he would like to see the return of National Service to help combat youth violence, stating: "I'm just saying, put them in the Army for six months. You're there to learn how to defend your country. You belong to the country. Then when you come out, you have a sense of belonging rather than a sense of violence."

Career

When Micklewhite became an actor, he adopted the stage name "Michael Scott". His agent soon informed him, however, that Michael Scott was already using the same name, and that he had to come up with a new name immediately. Speaking to his agent from a telephone box in Leicester Square, London, he looked around for inspiration, noted that ''The Caine Mutiny'' was being shown at the Odeon Cinema, and decided to change his name to "Michael Caine". He has joked in interviews that had he looked the other way, he would have ended up as "Michael One Hundred and One Dalmatians".

1960s

Caine's acting career began in Horsham, Sussex. He responded to an advertisement for an assistant stage manager for the Horsham-based Westminster Repertory Company. This led to walk-on roles at the Carfax Theatre. After dozens of minor TV roles, Caine entered the public eye as the upper class British Army officer Gonville Bromhead in the 1964 film ''Zulu''. This proved paradoxical, as Caine was to become notable for using a regional accent, rather than the Received Pronunciation hitherto considered proper for film actors. At the time, Caine's working class Cockney, just as with The Beatles' Liverpudlian accents, stood out to American and British audiences alike. ''Zulu'' was closely followed by two of his best-known roles: the spy Harry Palmer in ''The Ipcress File'' (1965), and the womanising title character in ''Alfie'' (1966). He went on to play Palmer in a further four films, ''Funeral in Berlin'' (1966), ''Billion Dollar Brain'' (1967), ''Bullet to Beijing'' (1995) and ''Midnight in Saint Petersburg'' (1995). Caine made his first film in the United States in 1966, after an invitation from Shirley MacLaine to play opposite her in ''Gambit.'' During the first two weeks, whilst staying at The Beverly Hills Hotel, he met long term friends John Wayne and agent "Swifty" Lazar.

1970s

After working on ''The Italian Job'' with Noël Coward, and a solid role as RAF fighter pilot Squadron Leader Canfield in the all-star cast of ''Battle of Britain'' (both 1969), Caine played the lead in ''Get Carter'' (1971), a British gangster film. Caine was busy with successes including ''Sleuth'' (1972) opposite Laurence Olivier, and ''The Man Who Would Be King'' (1975) co-starring Sean Connery and directed by John Huston (which he has stated will be the film he wishes to be remembered for after his death). In 1976 he appeared in the screen adaptation by Tom Mankiewicz of the Jack Higgins novel ''The Eagle Has Landed'' as ''Oberst'' (Colonel) Kurt Steiner, the commander of a Luftwaffe paratroop brigade disguised as Polish paratroopers, whose mission was to kidnap or kill the then-British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, alongside co-stars Donald Sutherland, Robert Duvall, Jenny Agutter, and Donald Pleasence. Subsequently in 1978, he starred in ''The Silver Bears'', an adaptation of Paul Erdman's (1974) novel of the same name. Caine also was part of an all-star cast in ''A Bridge Too Far'' (1977).

1980s

By the end of the decade, he had moved to the United States, but his choice of roles was often criticisedhe admitted to and has since made many self-deprecating comments about taking parts, strictly for the money, in numerous films he knew to be bad, despite working with Hollywood's highly regarded directors such as Irwin Allen, Richard Fleischer, Michael Ritchie and Oliver Stone. Caine was averaging two films a year, but these included such failures as the BAFTA Award-nominated ''The Magus'' (1968), the Academy Award-nominated ''The Swarm'' (1978), ''Ashanti'' (1979) (which he claimed were the worst three films of all the other worst films he ever made), ''Beyond the Poseidon Adventure'' (1979), ''The Island'' (1980), ''The Hand'' (1981) and a reunion with his ''Sleuth'' co-star Laurence Olivier in ''The Jigsaw Man'' (1982). Although Caine also took better roles, including a BAFTA-winning turn in ''Educating Rita'' (1983), and an Oscar-winning one in ''Hannah and Her Sisters'' (1986) and a Golden Globe-nominated one in ''Dirty Rotten Scoundrels'' (1988), he continued to appear in notorious duds like the thinly veiled skin flick ''Blame It on Rio'', the Dick Clement and Ian Le Frenais comedy ''Water'' and the critical-commercial flop ''Jaws: The Revenge'' (1987) (in which he had mixed feelings about the production and the final cut) and ''Bullseye!'' (1990); his appearing in so many films that did not meet with critical or box office acclaim made him the butt of numerous jokes on the subject. Of the former, Caine famously said (primarily about ''Jaws: The Revenge'') "I have never seen the film, but by all accounts it was terrible. However I have seen the house that it built, and it is terrific." All these film failures later became cult films among his fans today. His other successful films (either critically and/or financially) were the 1978 Academy Award-winning ''California Suite'', the 1980 Golden Globe-nominated slasher film ''Dressed to Kill'', the 1981 war film ''Escape to Victory'', the 1982 film ''Deathtrap'', and the 1986 Academy Award-nominated ''Mona Lisa''. He also starred in ''Without a Clue'', portraying Sherlock Holmes.

1990s

The 1990s were a lean time for Caine, as he found good parts harder to come by. A high point came when he played Ebenezer Scrooge in the critically acclaimed ''Muppet Christmas Carol'' (1992), which he considers to be one of his most memorable roles. He played the beleaguered stage director Lloyd Dallas in the film adaptation of ''Noises Off'' (1992). He also played a villain in the Steven Seagal film ''On Deadly Ground'' (1994). He was in two straight to video Harry Palmer sequels and a few television films. However, Caine's reputation as a pop icon was still intact, thanks to his roles in films such as ''The Italian Job'' and ''Get Carter''. His performance in 1998's ''Little Voice'' was seen as something of a return to form, and won him a Golden Globe Award. Better parts followed, including ''The Cider House Rules'' (1999), for which he won his second Oscar.

2000s

In the 2000s, Caine appeared in ''Miss Congeniality'' (2000), ''Last Orders'' (2001), ''The Quiet American'' (2002) and others that helped rehabilitate his reputation. Several of Caine's classic films have been remade, including ''The Italian Job'', ''Get Carter'', ''Alfie'' and ''Sleuth''. In the 2007 remake of ''Sleuth'', Caine took over the role Laurence Olivier played in the 1972 version and Jude Law played Caine's original role. Caine also starred in ''Austin Powers in Goldmember'' (2002) as Austin's father and in 2003 he co-starred with Robert Duvall in ''Secondhand Lions''. In 2005, he was cast as Bruce Wayne's butler Alfred Pennyworth in the first production of the new ''Batman'' film series. In 2006, he appeared in the films ''Children of Men'' and ''The Prestige''. In 2007 he appeared in ''Flawless'', while in 2008 he reprised his role as Alfred in Christopher Nolan's critically acclaimed ''Batman'' sequel, ''The Dark Knight'' as well as starring in the British drama ''Is Anybody There?'', which explores the final days of life.

It was reported by ''Empire'' magazine that Caine had said that ''Harry Brown'' (released on 13 November 2009) would be his last lead role. Caine later declared (in the ''Daily Mirror'') that he had been misquoted by the magazine.

2010s

Caine had a cameo appearance in Christopher Nolan's science fiction thriller, ''Inception''. He voiced Finn McMissile in Pixar's 2011 film ''Cars 2'' and also voiced a supporting role in the animation, ''Gnomeo and Juliet''. He is also set to star in the upcoming 2011 film Journey 2: The Mysterious Island alongside Josh Hutcherson and Dwayne Johnson. Caine will reprise his role as Alfred Pennyworth in the Batman sequel, ''The Dark Knight Rises'', due for release in mid 2012.

Awards and honours

Caine has been Oscar-nominated six times, winning his first Academy Award for the 1986 film ''Hannah and Her Sisters'', and his second in 1999 for ''The Cider House Rules'', in both cases as a supporting actor. Caine is one of only two actors to be nominated for an Academy Award for acting (either lead or supporting) in every decade since the 1960s. The other is Jack Nicholson. The two actors starred together in the 1996 film ''Blood and Wine''.

He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1992 Queen's Birthday Honours, and in the 2000 New Year Honours he was knighted as ''Sir Maurice Micklewhite CBE''. On 5 January 2011, he was made a Commander of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by France's culture minister, Frédéric Mitterrand.

In 2008, he was awarded the prize for Outstanding Contribution to Showbusiness at the Variety Club Awards.

In popular culture

Caine is a popular subject for impressionists and mimics, having a voice and manner of speaking that are distinctive, yet fairly easy to imitate. Most Caine impressions include the catchphrase "Not a lot of people know that." Peter Sellers initiated this when he appeared on BBC1's ''Parkinson'' show on 28 October 1972 and said: The line had been used earlier in Spike Milligan's script for ''The Last Goon Show of All'', performed on 5 October 1972. In 1983, Caine was given the line to say as an in-joke in the film ''Educating Rita''. The line has also been parodied, along with its impression, in the British sketch comedy show, ''Harry Enfield's Television Programme'', with Paul Whitehouse as a stalking neighbourhood character called Michael Paine, who introduced himself with the line "My name is Michael Paine, and I am a nosey neighbour." Caine himself parodied the phenomenon in an interview with Michael Parkinson, imitating others' impressions of him and including the catchphrase.

Personal life

Caine lives near Leatherhead, Surrey, and is patron to the Leatherhead Drama Festival. He has also lived in North Stoke, Oxfordshire, Clewer near Windsor, Berkshire, Lowestoft in Suffolk and Chelsea Harbour in London. In addition, Caine owns a unit at The Apogee in Miami Beach, Florida. He still keeps a small flat near where he grew up in South East London. Caine published a volume of memoirs, ''What's It All About?'' in 1992 and told BBC Radio in 2010 he was preparing another, especially for aspiring actors.

He was married to actress Patricia Haines from 1955 to 1958. They had a daughter, Dominique (who was named after the heroine of the novel ''The Fountainhead'' by Ayn Rand). He dated Bianca Jagger in 1968. Caine has been married to actress and model Shakira Baksh since 8 January 1973. They met after Caine saw her appearing in a Maxwell House coffee commercial and a friend gave him her telephone number. They have a daughter, Natasha Haleema.

Some time after his mother died, Caine and his younger brother, Stanley, learned they had an elder half-brother, named David. He suffered from severe epilepsy and had been kept in Cane Hill Mental Hospital his entire life. Although their mother regularly visited her first son in the hospital, even her husband did not know the child existed. David died in 1992.

Trivia books written by Caine include ''Not Many People Know That!'', ''And Not Many People Know This Either!'', ''Michael Caine's Moving Picture Show'' and ''Not A Lot of People Know This is 1988''. Proceeds from the books went to the National Playing Fields Association (now Fields In Trust) of which Caine was a prominent supporter.

Unlike many actors who adopt their stage name for everyday use, Caine still uses his real name when he is not working.

Caine was called up for national service in the British Army in 1951 when he was aged 18 and was deployed to South Korea to help in the aftermath of the North Korean invasion. He served as part of the Royal Fusiliers. He said he had gone into it feeling sympathetic to communism, coming as he did from a poor family. But he has said the experience left him permanently repelled.

Politics

Caine has been open about his political views. He left Britain in the 1970s, citing the 82% tax levied on top earners by the Labour government of the time, but returned to Britain several years later when taxes were lowered:

"I decided not to become a tax exile, so I stayed in Britain, but they kept putting the tax up, so I'd do any old thing every now and then to pay the tax, that was my tax exile money. I realised that's not a socialist country, it's a communist country without a dictator, so I left and I was never going to come back. Maggie Thatcher came in and put the taxes back down and in the end, you know, you don't mind paying tax. What am I going to do? Not pay tax and drive around in a Rolls Royce, with cripples begging on the street like you see in some countries?"

"I voted for Maggie Thatcher because I thought we needed a change from that long period of socialism; I voted for Tony Blair because we had a great long period of Conservatism."

In 2009, Caine openly criticised the Labour government's proposed new 50% tax on top earners:

"The Government has taken tax up to 50 per cent and if it goes to 51 I will be back in America. They have reached their limit with me and that's what will happen to a lot of people. You know how much they made out of that high taxation all those years ago? Nothing. But they sent a mass of incredible brains to America. We've got 3.5 million layabouts laying about on benefits, and I'm 76, getting up at 6 am to go to work to keep them. Let's get everybody back to work so we can save a couple of billion and cut tax, not keep sticking it on."

"You're saying to poor people, 'let's tax those rich gits' and I understand that. You slice up the cake, give everyone a chance, but don't destroy the people that are making the bloody cake! I really believe about taking care of people, I don't mind paying tax. It's how the government spends my tax that I detest, really detest, because I see the waste. More money than all our income tax is spent on benefits. Now you tell me there is nothing wrong with that system."

Caine also stated in 2009 that he was likely to vote for the Conservatives again:

"I'll probably vote Conservative. I mean, we're in a terrible state whichever way you look at it, socially, financially and politically, so just give the other guy a chance. I don't know what Cameron's going to do, but in the end you vote out of desperation. You just have to have someone new and see what happens."

Following the launch of his film ''Harry Brown'', Caine called for the reintroduction of national service in the UK to give young people "a sense of belonging rather than a sense of violence".

During the run up to the 2010 General Election, Caine publicly endorsed Conservative Party policy regarding social exclusion. He appeared with David Cameron for the Conservative leader's launch of a civilian non-compulsary 'National Service' for teenagers.

Musical career

Caine is a fan of chill-out music and has compiled a mix CD called ''Cained'', which was released in 2007 by UMTV. According to Michael Caine, he met Elton John and was discussing musical tastes, when Caine claimed that he had been creating chillout mix tapes as an amateur for years. Also in music, Caine provided vocal samples for the band Madness for their 1984 hit "Michael Caine" as his daughter was a fan. He has sung in film roles as well, including for the musical film, ''The Muppet Christmas Carol''.

Filmography, awards and nominations

References

External links

The official Michael Caine website

in 2010

"The Films of Michael Caine" compilation of film clips, 4 minutes

PLAY DIRTY/Caine Special on Location in Spain

Martyn Palmer, "Double act: Michael Caine and Jude Law (lunch and discussion)", ''The Times'', 17 November 2007

Charlie Rose video interview 3 February 2003

IGN.com interview 18 March 2003

200 years of Michael Caine's family tree

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