Dominique Lavanant

Dominique Lavanant

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 ever since. 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. Source: Article "Dominique Lavanant" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Known For: Acting

Born: Morlaix, Finistère, France, 1944-05-24

Died: null

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1973	The Big Store	La jeune femme en panne de voiture	62
2	1974	Parade	(uncredited)	57
3	1975	Cookies	Marie Pape, prostitute in Breton costume	63
4	1976	Femmes Fatales	The myopic woman	61
5	1976	Silence... We're Shooting	The porn actress who doesn't take the pill	10
6	1976	Marie, the Doll	Tante Alice	60
7	1977	As the Moon	Yvette	61
8	1977	You Won't Have Alsace-Lorraine	La reine Madeleine	47
9	1977	Peppermint Soda	The Math Teacher	65
10	1978	House Specialty	Christiane	53
11	1978	Butterfly on the Shoulder	La jeune femme	60
12	1978	Take It from the Top	La voisine	52
13	1978	French Fried Vacation	Christiane, the frustrated stuck one	66
14	1979	Cause toujours... tu m'intéresses	Michèle, François' ex-wife	63
15	1979	A Little Romance	Mme. Cormier	68
16	1979	Courage fuyons	Mathilda	61
17	1979	French Fried Vacation 2	Christiane	73
18	1979	The Other One's Mug	la fille de la chambre verte	56
19	1980	The Horse of Pride	Marie-Jeanne, la sage-femme	61
20	1980	Umbrella Coup	Mireille, femme de Frédo, ex-maîtresse de Grégoire	69
21	1980	Inspector Blunder	Marie-Anne Prossant, journalist	63
22	1980	The Party	Vanessa, François' ex-mistress	66
23	1981	Is This Reasonable?	Mrs. Lavanant, restaurateur (uncredited)	62
24	1981	Why Not Us?	Jacqueline Puiset	59
25	1981	Men Prefer Fat Girls	Arlette	51
26	1981	Hotel America	Jacqueline	62
27	1982	Is There a Frenchman in the House?	Ginette Alcazar	53
28	1983	Entre Nous	L'aboyeuse	67
29	1983	Stand Up Crabs, the Sea Is Rising!	Mireille	32
30	1983	My Other Husband	Solange	59
31	1983	Gramps Is in the Resistance	Bernadette Bourdelle, fille Bourdelle, fiancée de Michel	69
32	1984	The Leopard	Pauline Fitzgerald	57
33	1984	La Smala	Pierrot-Rita	51
34	1984	Paroles et musique	Florence	51
35	1985	The Chicks	Evelyne	33
36	1985	All Mixed Up	L'infirmière du Docteur Belin	52
37	1985	Rendez-vous	Gertrude	56
38	1985	Three Men and a Cradle	Ms. Rapons	63
39	1985	Marriage of the Century	Adrienne de la Roussette	53
40	1985	Billy Ze Kick	Madame Achere	50
41	1986	Le Débutant	Marguerite Balicourt	40
42	1986	I Hate Actors	Miss Davis	54
43	1986	Death on a Rainy Sunday	Hazel Bronsky	51
44	1986	The Joint Brothers	Un flic	54
45	1986	Kamikaze	Laure	62
46	1987	Agent Trouble	Karen	60
47	1987	L'Œil au beur(re) noir	Simone Perron	55
48	1987	Keep Your Right Up	Admiral's Wife	62
49	1988	A Few Days with Me	Madame Fonfrin	58
50	1988	L'Excès contraire	Hanaë	70
51	1990	Un jeu d'enfant	Léonie	0
52	1991	Cross My Heart	Claire's mother	70
53	1991	The Professional Secrets of Dr. Apfelgluck	Jacqueline Vidart	53
54	1992	Ville à vendre	Eva Montier	45
55	1992	My Wife's Girlfriends	Marguerite	40
56	1993	A Shadow of a Doubt	Alexandrine's Teacher	62
57	1994	Dead Tired	Dominique Lavanant	60
58	1994	The Monster	Jolanda Taccone	70
59	1994	Ma sœur est un chic type	Claude Charmières	0
60	1996	Desire	Henriette	54
61	2001	A Crime in Paradise	Mlle Goudilleux, la pharmacienne	66
62	2003	Les Bronzés, le père Noël, papy et les autres	Self	0
63	2004	Madame Edouard	Rose	44
64	2006	French Fried Vacations 3: Friends Forever	Christiane Weissmuller	41
65	2008	Agathe Cléry	Mimie, la mère d'Agathe	48
66	2010	The Wedding Cake	La mère de Vincent	52
67	2012	Sex, Lies and Surgery	Mademoiselle Phillips	56
68	2012	Paulette	Lucienne	65
69	2013	Le Renard jaune	Valérie	55
70	2013	À votre bon cœur, mesdames	Yvette	50
71	2014	Nicholas on Holiday	'Mémé'	53
72	2016	L'île aux femmes	Anne	69
73	2016	Rouges étaient les lilas	La psy	60
74	2023	L'Âge d'or de la pub	Self (archive footage)	65

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1972	Le Grand Échiquier	Self	80
2	1974	Spécial cinéma	Self	0
3	1975	Midi Première	Self	100
4	1975	Les Rendez-vous du dimanche	Self	60
5	1975	Numéro un	Self	60
6	1982	Champs-Elysées	Self	63
7	1985	Victoires de la musique	Self	20
8	1987	Nulle part ailleurs	Self	56
9	1987	Sacrée soirée	Self	65
10	1988	Cinéma	Clara Moranti	80
11	1988	Palace	Assistante du ministre du tourisme	67
12	1989	Imogène	Imogène Ledantec	30
13	1998	Vivement dimanche prochain	Self	34
14	1998	Vivement dimanche	Self	30
15	2002	Sœur Thérèse.com	Soeur Therese	69
16	2009	Scènes de ménages	Mère de Fabien	62

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