Dominique Lavanant
Dominique Lavanant | |
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 Lavanant in 2012 | |
| Born | 24 May 1944 |
| 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.
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
| 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.