Dominique Lavanant
Dominique Lavanant (born 24 May 1944) is a 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
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- Name
- Dominique Lavanant
- Born
- 24 May 1944
- Birthplace
- Morlaix, Finistère, France
- Occupation
- Actress
- Nationality
- France
- Languages
- French
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Dominique Lavanant appears in the authority records of the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek as an actress (born 24 May 1944).
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Dominique Lavanant was born on 24 May 1944 in Morlaix.
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• Name — Dominique Lavanant • Born — 24 May 1944 • Birthplace — Morlaix, Finistère, France • Occupation — Actress • Years Active — 1974–present
Career
Career
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.
Filmography
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
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