Dominique Lavanant

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Female

Birthday 1944-05-24 (80 years old)

Place of Birth Morlaix, Finistère, France

Also Known As Dominique Lavanan

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

Known For

Actor

2023
L'Âge d'or de la pub

as Self (archive footage)

2016
2014
2013
Le Renard jaune

as Valérie

2012
Paulette

as Lucienne

2012
Sex, Lies and Surgery

as Mademoiselle Phillips

2010
The Wedding Cake

as La mère de Vincent

2009
Scènes de ménages

as Mère de Fabien

2008
Agathe Cléry

as Mimie, la mère d'Agathe

2006
2004
2002
Sœur Thérèse.com

as Soeur Therese

2001
A Crime in Paradise

as Mlle Goudilleux, la pharmacienne

1998
1996
Desire

as Henriette

1994
Ma sœur est un chic type

as Claude Charmières

1994
The Monster

as Jolanda Taccone

1994
Dead Tired

as Dominique Lavanant

1993
A Shadow of a Doubt

as Alexandrine's Teacher

1992
My Wife's Girlfriends

as Marguerite

1992
Ville à vendre

as Eva Montier

1991
Cross My Heart

as Claire's mother

1990
Un jeu d'enfant

as Léonie

1989
Imogène

as Imogène Ledantec

1988
1988
A Few Days with Me

as Madame Fonfrin

1988
Palace

as Assistante du ministre du tourisme

1988
Cinéma

as Clara Moranti

1987
L'Œil au beur(re) noir

as Simone Perron

1987
Keep Your Right Up

as Admiral's Wife

1987
Agent Trouble

as Karen

1987
1986
Kamikaze

as Laure

1986
1986
Death on a Rainy Sunday

as Hazel Bronsky

1986
I Hate Actors

as Miss Davis

1986
Le Débutant

as Marguerite Balicourt

1985
Billy Ze Kick

as Madame Achere

1985
Marriage of the Century

as Adrienne de la Roussette

1985
1985
Rendez-vous

as Gertrude

1985
All Mixed Up

as L'infirmière du Docteur Belin

1985
The Chicks

as Evelyne

1984
Paroles et musique

as Florence

1984
La Smala

as Pierrot-Rita

1984
The Leopard

as Pauline Fitzgerald

1983
Gramps Is in the Resistance

as Bernadette Bourdelle, fille Bourdelle, fiancée de Michel

1983
My Other Husband

as Solange

1983
Entre Nous

as L'aboyeuse

1982
1982
1981
Hotel America

as Jacqueline

1981
1981
Pourquoi pas nous ?

as Jacqueline Puiset

1981
Is This Reasonable?

as Mme Lavanant, la restauratrice (non créditée)

1980
The Party

as Vanessa, l'ex-maitresse de François

1980
Inspector Blunder

as Marie-Anne Prossant, journalist

1980
Umbrella Coup

as Mireille, femme de Frédo, ex-maîtresse de Grégoire

1980
The Horse of Pride

as Marie-Jeanne, la sage-femme

1979
The Other One's Mug

as la fille de la chambre verte

1979
French Fried Vacation 2

as Christiane, la coincée

1979
Courage fuyons

as Mathilda

1979
A Little Romance

as Mme. Cormier

1979
Cause toujours... tu m'intéresses

as Michèle, l'ex-femme de François

1978
French Fried Vacation

as Christiane, la coincée frustrée

1978
Take It from the Top

as La voisine

1978
Butterfly on the Shoulder

as La jeune femme

1978
House Specialty

as Christiane

1977
Peppermint Soda

as The Math Teacher

1977
You Won't Have Alsace-Lorraine

as La reine Madeleine

1977
As the Moon

as Yvette

1976
Marie, the Doll

as Tante Alice

1976
Silence... We're Shooting

as The porn actress who doesn't take the pill

1976
Femmes Fatales

as The myopic woman

1975
Cookies

as Marie Pape, prostituée en costume breton

1975
Numéro un

as Self

1975
1974
Parade

as (uncredited)

1974
1973
The Big Store

as La jeune femme en panne de voiture

Writer