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Catherine Spaak

Catherine Spaak

Actor · Died April 17, 2022, aged 77 · Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Catherine Spaak, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
April 3, 1945
Died
April 17, 2022 (aged 77)
From
Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France
Works as
Actor
Titles
21 on MovieCove · 72 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 39 days to Oct 28Up 20% in 30 days

What are Catherine Spaak's films like?

Across their 19 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Power.

Genres

Comedy7 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 31st percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Drama6 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 32nd percentile
: browse their Drama movies
Adventure3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 96th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Adventure movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
26%
Power
21%
Morality
19%
Self
18%
Survival
8%
Society
6%
Ideas
2%
Romantic love5 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception6 titles, browse their movies with this themeGreed3 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity3 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival3 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice2 titles, browse their movies with this themeClass2 titles, browse their movies with this themeComing of age2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 19 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 11 · Serious 7 · Dark 1

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 7 · Stylized 8 · Heightened 4

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 7 · Charged 9 · Intense 3

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 8 · Shifting 9 · Whiplash 2

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 10 · Funny 5

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 8 · Even-paced 10 · Relentless 1

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 12 · Engaged 6 · Full focus 1

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 14 · Open-ended 4 · Ambiguous 1

Roles they play

10 analyzed roles

Usually the Shapeshifter: 3 of 10 analyzed roles.

Shapeshifter
3 of 10
Hero
3 of 10
Ally
2 of 10
Shadow
1 of 10
Herald
1 of 10
Show the 10 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
7
Joyful
7
Absurd
6
Romantic
6
Warm
5
Other
14

How their films linger

Bittersweet9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteWistful5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 2 with a twist

  • Happy9
  • Bittersweet5
  • Tragic1
  • Ambiguous4

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Catherine Spaak's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 8 of their 21 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on The Criterion Channel (4).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Catherine Spaak's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

72 credits, 21 with a MovieCove page; 6 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • La vacanza (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    as Carla

  • Ti sposo ma non troppo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    as la madre di Andrea (lei)

  • I più grandi di tutti (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    as Esmeralda

  • Zen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Show 3 episodes · as Donata

  • Alice (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    as Bianca

  • L'uomo privato (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    as Ex amante

  • Questa è la mia terra (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Show 8 episodes · as Emma De Santis

  • Julie, chevalier de Maupin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    as La mère supérieure

  • Dalla parte giusta (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Actor

  • Julie, chevalier de Maupin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Show 2 episodes · as La mère supérieure

  • Te lo leggo negli occhi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    as Conduttrice TV

  • Promessa d'amore (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    as Elisa

  • Joy - Scherzi di gioia (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    as Alice

  • Tandem (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    as Madre di Camilla

  • Il ritorno del piccolo Lord (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    as Veronica Benetti

  • Secret Scandal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    as Laura

  • E se poi se ne vanno? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    as Francesca

  • E Non Se Ne Vogliono Andare! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    as Francesca

  • La voglia di vincere (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    Show 3 episodes · as Lisa

  • Jours de sable (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    as Hélène Mirvel

  • Family Business (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    Show 6 episodes · as Marisa Benetti

  • La Martingale (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    as Giordana Muller

  • Le Jour le plus court (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    as Catherine/Béatrice

  • Freddo da Morire (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    Actor

  • Honey(1981)

    as Writer

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • Catherine and I (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    as Claudia Parise

  • Rag. Arturo De Fanti bancario-precario(1980)

    as Elena De Fanti - la moglie di Arturo

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • Per vivere meglio, divertitevi con noi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    as Ottavio's Wife (segment "Il teorema gregoriano")

  • Cyrano (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    as Rossana

  • Horse Fever (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    as Gabriella

  • Burnt by a Scalding Passion(1976)

    as Milena Banotti

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • Take a Hard Ride(1975)

    as Catherine

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • The Birds of Baden-Baden (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    as Elisa

  • The Way of the Baboons (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    as Fiorenza

  • Story of a Cloistered Nun(1973)

    as Sister Elisabeth

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • My Darling Slave (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    as Rosalba

  • Dear Parents (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    as Madeleine

  • A Murder Is a Murder (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    as Françoise

  • Cause of Divorce (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    as Ernesta Maini

  • The Boxer(1972)

    as Claire, Nick's daughter

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • The Cat o' Nine Tails(1971)

    as Anna Terzi

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • With What Love, With How Much Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    as Françoise

  • Diary of a Telephone Operator(1969)

    as Nanda

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium(1969)

    as Woman Posing for Photographer

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • Una ragazza piuttosto complicata(1969)

    as Claudia

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • The Libertine(1968)

    as Margherita

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • Il marito è mio e l'ammazzo quando mi pare (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    as Allegra

  • Night Is Made for Stealing (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    as Valentine

  • The Man with the Balloons (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    as Giovanna

  • Hotel(1967)

    as Jeanne Rochefort

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films

  • Make Love, Not War (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

    as Ombrina

  • L'armata Brancaleone(1966)

    as Matelda

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • Adultery Italian Style (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

    as Marta

  • Madamigella di Maupin(1966)

    as Magdeleine de Maupin

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • Io, Gigliola (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Kiss the Other Sheik(1965)

    as Giovanna

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • Made in Italy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    as Carolina (segment "3 'La Donna', episode 2")

  • Six Days a Week (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    as Maria / Silvana / Caterina

  • Weekend at Dunkirk(1964)

    as Jeanne

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • Circle of Love(1964)

    as The Midinette

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • 3 notti d'amore(1964)

    as Ghiga /Giselle/ Cirilla

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • La calda vita (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    as Sergia

  • The Empty Canvas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    as Cecilia

  • The Little Nuns (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    as Sister Celeste

  • The Girl from Parma (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    as Dora

  • Sex Can Be Difficult (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    as Valeria (segment "Le donne")

  • Il sorpasso(1962)

    as Lilli Cortona

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • Eighteen in the Sun (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    as Nicole Molino

  • Crazy Desire(1962)

    as Francesca

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • Three Faces of Sin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    as Danièle Pièges

  • Sweet Deceptions (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    as Francesca

  • Le Trou(1960)

    as Nicole

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

Career shape

Star power in the 97th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 72 titles from 1960 to 2020; peak year 1975.

Highest rated

Il sorpasso (1962)

Midcredits 99th

Most popular right now

Burnt by a Scalding Passion (1976)

Film career

19602020

Peak 1975 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Top draw in 2 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

  • 1960Screen debut· Le Trou
  • 1966Career best· For Love and Gold
  • 1968First top-billed film· The Libertine

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting72 of 72: 72 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score33rd

By decade

1960s30 · acting1970s15 · acting1980s11 · acting1990s1 · acting2000s10 · acting2010s4 · acting2020s1 · acting

Billing

usually 3rd · top billed in 6% of 16 roles
606575

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Catherine Spaak's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 33rd percentile, the median of all 21; across their 19 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 41st percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

41stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 19

Approval · how many liked their films

29thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 19

Reach · how many have seen their films

45thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 19

Midcredits score across 21 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up4
  • 50th to 74th4
  • 25th to 49th10
  • Below 25th3

Shape of the crowd

9 of their 21 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved3
  • Crowd Pleaser5
  • Broadly Agreed4
  • Mixed9

Most divisive · actor

Diary of a Telephone Operator (1969)

56th percentile spread · 29% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Le Trou (1960)

Midcredits 99th · 92% liked

Reviewers score the acting 71/100 in their films, across 15 reviewed titles; fans 77, detractors 53. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Catherine Spaak's work okay for kids?

Across a limited sample of up to 4 MovieCove titles with content scores.

Their medianMedian of all films
Sex & Nudity4 titlesmedian 54 · moderateMedian of all films: 32

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.

Who does Catherine Spaak work with?

People who share at least 2 of Catherine Spaak's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Roberto Gerardi shares the most, 4.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers and cinematographers

Producers

Mixed roles