Dominique Lavanant

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1944-05-24 (81 years old)

Place of Birth

Morlaix, Finistère, France

Dominique Lavanant

Biography

Dominique Lavanant (born 24 May 1944) is a César Award-winning French film and theatrical actress. 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. 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 eve...

Acting

1980

The Party

as Vanessa, François' ex-mistress

1987

1988

A Few Days with Me

as Madame Fonfrin

1985

1979

The Other One's Mug

as la fille de la chambre verte

2008

Agathe Cléry

as Mimie, la mère d'Agathe

1978

French Fried Vacation

as Christiane, the frustrated stuck one

2006

1980

Inspector Blunder

as Marie-Anne Prossant, journalist

1979

1985

Rendez-vous

as Gertrude

2010

The Wedding Cake

as La mère de Vincent

1980

The Horse of Pride

as Marie-Jeanne, la sage-femme

1996

Desire

as Henriette

1993

A Shadow of a Doubt

as Alexandrine's Teacher

1984

1976

Femmes Fatales

as The myopic woman

1986

Death on a Rainy Sunday

as Hazel Bronsky

1986

I Hate Actors

as Miss Davis

1986

Kamikaze

as Laure

1985

Marriage of the Century

as Adrienne de la Roussette

1978

1983

Gramps Is in the Resistance

as Bernadette Bourdelle, fille Bourdelle, fiancée de Michel

1984

La Smala

as Pierrot-Rita

1986

1983

1981

2004

2001

A Crime in Paradise

as Mlle Goudilleux, la pharmacienne

1978

Butterfly on the Shoulder

as La jeune femme

1992

Ville à vendre

as Eva Montier

1981

Hotel America

as Jacqueline

1987

L'Œil au beur(re) noir

as Simone Perron

1976

Marie, the Doll

as Tante Alice

1977

As the Moon

as Yvette

1981

Is This Reasonable?

as Mrs. Lavanant, restaurateur (uncredited)

1977

You Won't Have Alsace-Lorraine

as La reine Madeleine

1985

Billy Ze Kick

as Madame Achere

1983

Entre Nous

as L'aboyeuse

2012

Sex, Lies and Surgery

as Mademoiselle Phillips

1991

Cross My Heart

as Claire's mother

1981

Why Not Us?

as Jacqueline Puiset

2012

Paulette

as Lucienne

1984

The Leopard

as Pauline Fitzgerald

2013

Le Renard jaune

as Valérie

1986

Le Débutant

as Marguerite Balicourt

1979

Courage fuyons

as Mathilda

2023

L'Âge d'or de la pub

as Self (archive footage)

1985

All Mixed Up

as L'infirmière du Docteur Belin

1978

House Specialty

as Christiane

2014

1975

Cookies

as Marie Pape, prostitute in Breton costume

1985

The Chicks

as Evelyne

1994

The Monster

as Jolanda Taccone

1973

The Big Store

as La jeune femme en panne de voiture

1988

1994

Dead Tired

as Dominique Lavanant

1990

Un jeu d'enfant

as Léonie

1994

Ma sœur est un chic type

as Claude Charmières

1976

Silence... We're Shooting

as The porn actress who doesn't take the pill

1980

Umbrella Coup

as Mireille, femme de Frédo, ex-maîtresse de Grégoire

1979

A Little Romance

as Mme. Cormier

1979

Cause toujours... tu m'intéresses

as Michèle, François' ex-wife

1987

Keep Your Right Up

as Admiral's Wife

1977

Peppermint Soda

as The Math Teacher

1974

Parade

as (uncredited)

1992

Production

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