DOMINIQUE LAVANANT
ACTING
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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- The Party 1980
- A Few Days with Me 1988
- Agent Trouble 1987
- Three Men and a Cradle 1985
- The Other One's Mug 1979
- Agathe Cléry 2008
- French Fried Vacation 1978
- Inspector Blunder 1980
- French Fried Vacation 2: The Bronzés go Skiing 1979
- Rendez-vous 1985
- The Wedding Cake 2010
- The Horse of Pride 1980
- Paroles et musique 1984
- Femmes Fatales 1976
- Death on a Rainy Sunday 1986
- I Hate Actors 1986
- Kamikaze 1986
- Is There a Frenchman in the House? 1982
- Gramps Is in the Resistance 1983
- La Smala 1984
- The Joint Brothers 1986
- Men Prefer Fat Girls 1981
- The Professional Secrets of Dr. Apfelgluck 1991
- My Other Husband 1983
- Madame Edouard 2004
- A Crime in Paradise 2001
- Butterfly on the Shoulder 1978
- Ville à vendre 1992
- Hotel America 1981
- As the Moon 1977
- Is This Reasonable? 1981
- You Won't Have Alsace-Lorraine 1977
- Sex, Lies and Surgery 2012
- Pourquoi pas nous ? 1981
- The Leopard 1984
- Paulette 2012
- Le Débutant 1986
- French Fried Vacations 3: Friends Forever 2006
- Courage fuyons 1979
- The Chicks 1985
- All Mixed Up 1985
- Nicholas on Holiday 2014
- L'île aux femmes 2016
- The Monster 1994
- The Big Store 1973
- L'Excès contraire 1988
- Dead Tired 1994
- Stand Up Crabs, the Sea Is Rising! 1983
- Umbrella Coup 1980
- A Little Romance 1979
- Cause toujours... tu m'intéresses 1979
- Keep Your Right Up 1987
- Peppermint Soda 1977
- Parade 1974
- My Wife's Girlfriends 1992
- Marriage of the Century 1985
- Take It from the Top 1978
- Marie, the Doll 1976
- Entre Nous 1983
- Cross My Heart 1991
- Desire 1996
- A Shadow of a Doubt 1993
- Cookies 1975
- Scènes de ménages 2009
- Palace 1988
- Sœur Thérèse.com 2002