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Dominique Lavanant | |
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Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1974–present |
Dominique Lavanant (born 24 May 1944) is a French film and theatrical actress. [1] She is known for her comedy skills especially with posh and distinguished characters like Rosalind Russell's; characters often defined by the adjective BCBG, bon chic bon genre , and which refers to a particular stereotype of the French upper middle class – to be conservative in both outlook and dress.
Lavanant became known in the mid-1970s while filming Les bronzés with the acting troupe Le Splendid - (Gérard Jugnot, Josiane Balasko, Michel Blanc, Thierry Lhermitte, Christian Clavier, Marie-Anne Chazel).
She starred in the long-lasting French TV series Sœur Thérèse.com (2002-2011) playing a former policer who became a nun but is still a committed detective.
Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
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1974 | Parade | Jacques Tati | TV Movie | |
1975 | La coupe à dix francs | Philippe Condroyer | ||
Les Galettes de Pont-Aven | Marie Pape | Joël Séria | ||
1976 | Calmos | The short-sighted woman | Bertrand Blier | |
Silence... on tourne | The porn actress | Roger Coggio | ||
Marie-poupée | Aunt Alice | Joël Séria (2) | ||
1977 | Peppermint Soda | The maths professor | Diane Kurys | |
Comme la lune | Yvette | Joël Séria (3) | ||
Vous n'aurez pas l'Alsace et la Lorraine | The Queen Madeleine | Coluche | ||
Solveig et le violon turc | Jean-Jacques Grand-Jouan | |||
1978 | Les Bronzés | Christiane | Patrice Leconte | |
Butterfly on the Shoulder | The Young Woman | Jacques Deray | ||
Vas-y maman | The neighbor | Nicole de Buron | ||
Dégustation maison | Sophie Tatischeff | Short | ||
Le petit théâtre d'Antenne 2 | Pierre Cavassilas | TV Series (1 Episode) | ||
1979 | Cause toujours... tu m'intéresses! | Michèle | Édouard Molinaro | |
Les Bronzés font du ski | Christiane | Patrice Leconte (2) | ||
La Gueule de l'autre | The house maid | Pierre Tchernia | ||
A Little Romance | Mme. Cormier | George Roy Hill | ||
Courage - Let's Run | Mathilda | Yves Robert | Nominated - César Award for Best Supporting Actress | |
1980 | The Horse of Pride | Marie-Jeanne | Claude Chabrol | |
The Umbrella Coup | Mireille | Gérard Oury | ||
Inspector Blunder | Marie-Anne Prossant | Claude Zidi | ||
La Boum | Vanessa | Claude Pinoteau | ||
1981 | Les hommes préfèrent les grosses | Arlette | Jean-Marie Poiré | |
Hotel America | Jacqueline | André Téchiné | ||
Est-ce bien raisonnable? | Mme Lavanant | Georges Lautner | ||
Pourquoi pas nous? | Jacqueline Puiset | Michel Berny | ||
1982 | Y a-t-il un Français dans la salle ? | Ginette Alcazar | Jean-Pierre Mocky | |
Le mystère du gala maudit ... | Bernard Lion | TV Movie | ||
1983 | Entre Nous | The head waitress | Diane Kurys (2) | |
Papy fait de la résistance | Bernadette Bourdelle | Jean-Marie Poiré (2) | ||
Debout les crabes, la mer monte! | Mireille | Jean-Jacques Grand-Jouan (2) | ||
Attention une femme peut en cacher une autre! | Solange | Georges Lautner (2) | ||
1984 | Le léopard | Pauline Fitzgerald | Jean-Claude Sussfeld | |
La smala | Pierrot / Rita | Jean-Loup Hubert | ||
Paroles et Musique | Florence | Élie Chouraqui | ||
1985 | Les Nanas | Evelyne | Annick Lanoë | |
Sac de noeuds | The nurse | Josiane Balasko | ||
Rendez-vous | Gertrude | André Téchiné (2) | ||
Three Men and a Cradle | Madame Rapons | Coline Serreau | Nominated - César Award for Best Supporting Actress | |
Billy Ze Kick | Madame Achere | Gérard Mordillat | ||
Le mariage du siècle | Adrienne | Philippe Galland | ||
1986 | Kamikaze | Laure | Didier Grousset | |
Le débutant | Marguerite Balicourt | Daniel Janneau & Francis Perrin | ||
Je hais les acteurs | Miss Davis | Gérard Krawczyk | ||
Mort un dimanche de pluie | Hazel Bronsky | Joël Santoni | ||
The Joint Brothers | A Cop | Hervé Palud | ||
1987 | Agent trouble | Catherine "Karen" Dariller | Jean-Pierre Mocky (2) | César Award for Best Supporting Actress |
Keep Your Right Up | The Admiral's wife | Jean-Luc Godard | ||
L'oeil au beur(re) noir | Simone Perron | Serge Meynard | ||
1988 | Les années sandwiches | The bourgeois | Pierre Boutron | |
Quelques jours avec moi | Madame Fonfrin | Claude Sautet | Nominated - César Award for Best Supporting Actress | |
Cinéma | Clara Moranti | Philippe Lefebvre | TV Mini-Series | |
L'excès contraire | Hanae | Yves-André Hubert | TV Movie | |
1989 | Palace | 'Tourism and Culture' | Jean-Michel Ribes | TV Series (1 Episode) |
1989-1996 | Imogène | Imogène Le Dantec | Paul Vecchiali, ... | TV Series (10 Episodes) |
1990 | Un jeu d'enfant | Léonie | Pascal Kané | |
La fracture du myocarde | Claire's mother | Jacques Fansten | ||
1991 | Les secrets professionnels du Dr Apfelglück | Jacqueline Vidart | Alessandro Capone, Thierry Lhermitte, ... | |
1992 | Ville à vendre | Eva Montier | Jean-Pierre Mocky (3) | |
My Wife's Girlfriends | Marguerite | Didier Van Cauwelaert | ||
1993 | Shadow of a Doubt | Teacher | Aline Issermann | |
Pepita | Plume | Dominique Baron | TV Movie | |
La voisine du dessus | André Gall | Short | ||
1994 | Grosse Fatigue | Dominique Lavanant | Michel Blanc | |
The Monster | Jolanda Taccone | Roberto Benigni | ||
Ma soeur est un chic type | Claude Charmières | Mathias Ledoux (2) | TV Movie | |
1996 | Désiré | Henriette | Bernard Murat | |
2001 | A Crime in Paradise | Madame Goutilleux | Jean Becker | |
2002-2011 | Sœur Thérèse.com | Sister Thérèse | Several | TV Series (21 Episodes) |
2004 | Madame Édouard | Rose | Nadine Monfils | |
2006 | Les Bronzés 3: Amis pour la vie | Christiane | Patrice Leconte (3) | |
2008 | Agathe Cléry | Mimie Cléry | Étienne Chatiliez | |
2009 | Myster Mocky présente | Herself | Jean-Pierre Mocky (4) | TV Series Short (1 Episode) |
2010 | Pièce montée | Vincent's mother | Denys Granier-Deferre | |
2012 | Paulette | Lucienne | Jérôme Enrico | |
La clinique de l'amour! | Mademoiselle Phillips | Artus de Penguern & Gábor Rassov | ||
2013 | Le renard jaune | Valérie | Jean-Pierre Mocky (5) | |
Myster Mocky présente | Herself | Jean-Pierre Mocky (6) | TV Series Short (1 Episode) | |
À votre bon coeur Mesdames | Yvette | Jean-Pierre Mocky (7) | ||
2014 | Nicholas on Holiday | Nicolas's grandmother | Laurent Tirard |
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