Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
May 24, 1944
Place of Birth:
Morlaix, Finistère, France
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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 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.
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | L'Âge d'or de la pub | Self (archive footage) |
| 2016 | L'île aux femmes | Anne |
| 2016 | Rouges étaient les lilas | La psy |
| 2014 | Nicholas on Holiday | 'Mémé' |
| 2013 | Le Renard jaune | Valérie |
| 2013 | À votre bon cœur, mesdames | Yvette |
| 2012 | Sex, Lies and Surgery | Mademoiselle Phillips |
| 2012 | Paulette | Lucienne |
| 2010 | The Wedding Cake | La mère de Vincent |
| 2008 | Agathe Cléry | Mimie, la mère d'Agathe |
| 2006 | French Fried Vacations 3: Friends Forever | Christiane Weissmuller |
| 2004 | Madame Edouard | Rose |
| 2003 | Les Bronzés, le père Noël, papy et les autres | Self |
| 2001 | A Crime in Paradise | Mlle Goudilleux, la pharmacienne |
| 1996 | Desire | Henriette |
| 1994 | The Monster | Jolanda Taccone |
| 1994 | Dead Tired | Dominique Lavanant |
| 1994 | Ma sœur est un chic type | Claude Charmières |
| 1993 | A Shadow of a Doubt | Alexandrine's Teacher |
| 1992 | Ville à vendre | Eva Montier |
| 1992 | My Wife's Girlfriends | Marguerite |
| 1991 | The Professional Secrets of Dr. Apfelgluck | Jacqueline Vidart |
| 1991 | Cross My Heart | Claire's mother |
| 1990 | Un jeu d'enfant | Léonie |
| 1988 | A Few Days with Me | Madame Fonfrin |
| 1988 | L'Excès contraire | Hanaë |
| 1987 | Agent Trouble | Karen |
| 1987 | L'Œil au beur(re) noir | Simone Perron |
| 1987 | Keep Your Right Up | Admiral's Wife |
| 1986 | Death on a Rainy Sunday | Hazel Bronsky |
| 1986 | I Hate Actors | Miss Davis |
| 1986 | Kamikaze | Laure |
| 1986 | The Joint Brothers | Un flic |
| 1986 | Le Débutant | Marguerite Balicourt |
| 1985 | Three Men and a Cradle | Ms. Rapons |
| 1985 | Rendez-vous | Gertrude |
| 1985 | Marriage of the Century | Adrienne de la Roussette |
| 1985 | Billy Ze Kick | Madame Achere |
| 1985 | All Mixed Up | L'infirmière du Docteur Belin |
| 1985 | The Chicks | Evelyne |
| 1984 | Paroles et musique | Florence |
| 1984 | La Smala | Pierrot-Rita |
| 1984 | The Leopard | Pauline Fitzgerald |
| 1983 | Gramps Is in the Resistance | Bernadette Bourdelle, fille Bourdelle, fiancée de Michel |
| 1983 | My Other Husband | Solange |
| 1983 | Entre Nous | L'aboyeuse |
| 1983 | Stand Up Crabs, the Sea Is Rising! | Mireille |
| 1982 | Is There a Frenchman in the House? | Ginette Alcazar |
| 1981 | Men Prefer Fat Girls | Arlette |
| 1981 | Hotel America | Jacqueline |
| 1981 | Is This Reasonable? | Mrs. Lavanant, restaurateur (uncredited) |
| 1981 | Why Not Us? | Jacqueline Puiset |
| 1980 | The Party | Vanessa, François' ex-mistress |
| 1980 | Inspector Blunder | Marie-Anne Prossant, journalist |
| 1980 | The Horse of Pride | Marie-Jeanne, la sage-femme |
| 1980 | Umbrella Coup | Mireille, femme de Frédo, ex-maîtresse de Grégoire |
| 1979 | The Other One's Mug | la fille de la chambre verte |
| 1979 | French Fried Vacation 2 | Christiane |
| 1979 | Courage fuyons | Mathilda |
| 1979 | A Little Romance | Mme. Cormier |
| 1979 | Cause toujours... tu m'intéresses | Michèle, François' ex-wife |
| 1978 | French Fried Vacation | Christiane, the frustrated stuck one |
| 1978 | Take It from the Top | La voisine |
| 1978 | Butterfly on the Shoulder | La jeune femme |
| 1978 | House Specialty | Christiane |
| 1977 | As the Moon | Yvette |
| 1977 | You Won't Have Alsace-Lorraine | La reine Madeleine |
| 1977 | Peppermint Soda | The Math Teacher |
| 1976 | Femmes Fatales | The myopic woman |
| 1976 | Marie, the Doll | Tante Alice |
| 1976 | Silence... We're Shooting | The porn actress who doesn't take the pill |
| 1975 | Cookies | Marie Pape, prostitute in Breton costume |
| 1974 | Parade | (uncredited) |
| 1973 | The Big Store | La jeune femme en panne de voiture |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Scènes de ménages | Mère de Fabien |
| 2002 | Sœur Thérèse.com | Soeur Therese |
| 1998 | Vivement dimanche prochain | Self |
| 1998 | Vivement dimanche | Self |
| 1989 | Imogène | Imogène Ledantec |
| 1988 | Palace | Assistante du ministre du tourisme |
| 1988 | Cinéma | Clara Moranti |
| 1987 | Nulle part ailleurs | Self |
| 1987 | Sacrée soirée | Self |
| 1985 | Victoires de la musique | Self |
| 1982 | Champs-Elysées | Self |
| 1975 | Les Rendez-vous du dimanche | Self |
| 1975 | Numéro un | Self |
| 1975 | Midi Première | Self |
| 1974 | Spécial cinéma | Self |
| 1972 | Le Grand Échiquier | Self |