Dominique Lavanant
| Dominique Lavanant | |
|---|---|
| Born |
24 May 1944 Morlaix, Finistère, France |
| Occupation | Actress and screenwriter |
| Years active | 1974–present |
Dominique Lavanant (born 24 May 1944) is a César Award-winning 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.
Career
Dominique Lavanant achieved fame 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).
Her stardom has kept growing ever since and in the 1980s, she became one of the most beloved actresses in France.
Her filmography includes many successful films: Papy fait de la résistance, La boum, Trois hommes et un couffin, Les bronzés font du ski, Inspecteur la Bavure (alongside Gérard Depardieu).
In 1988, she was awarded Best supporting actress for her role in Agent trouble (with Catherine Deneuve).
She also 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.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
References
- ↑ "Dominique Lavanant". unifrance.org. Retrieved 28 July 2013.
External links
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