Dominique Lavanant
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1944-05-24 (80 years old)
Place of Birth
Morlaix, Finistère, France
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
Acting
(2023)
L'Âge d'or de la pub
as Self (archive footage)
(2016)
Rouges étaient les lilas
as La psy
(2016)
L'île aux femmes
as Anne
(2014)
Nicholas on Holiday
as 'Mémé'
(2013)
À votre bon cœur, mesdames
as Yvette
(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
(2008)
Agathe Cléry
as Mimie, la mère d'Agathe
(2006)
French Fried Vacations 3: Friends Forever
as Christiane Weissmuller
(2004)
Madame Edouard
as Rose
(2003)
(2001)
A Crime in Paradise
as Mlle Goudilleux, la pharmacienne
(1996)
Desire
as Henriette
(1994)
The Monster
as Jolanda Taccone
(1994)
Dead Tired
as Dominique Lavanant
(1994)
Ma sœur est un chic type
as Claude Charmières
(1993)
A Shadow of a Doubt
as Alexandrine's Teacher
(1992)
Ville à vendre
as Eva Montier
(1992)
My Wife's Girlfriends
as Marguerite
(1991)
The Professional Secrets of Dr. Apfelgluck
as Jacqueline Vidart
(1991)
Cross My Heart
as Claire's mother
(1990)
Un jeu d'enfant
as Léonie
(1988)
A Few Days with Me
as Madame Fonfrin
(1988)
L'Excès contraire
as Hanaë
(1987)
Keep Your Right Up
as Admiral's Wife
(1987)
Agent Trouble
as Karen
(1987)
L'Œil au beur(re) noir
as Simone Perron
(1986)
Kamikaze
as Laure
(1986)
The Joint Brothers
as Un flic
(1986)
I Hate Actors
as Miss Davis
(1986)
Death on a Rainy Sunday
as Hazel Bronsky
(1986)
Le Débutant
as Marguerite Balicourt
(1985)
Rendez-vous
as Gertrude
(1985)
Three Men and a Cradle
as Ms. Rapons
(1985)
Marriage of the Century
as Adrienne de la Roussette
(1985)
Billy Ze Kick
as Madame Achere
(1985)
All Mixed Up
as L'infirmière du Docteur Belin
(1985)
The Chicks
as Evelyne
(1984)
Paroles et musique
as Florence
(1984)
The Leopard
as Pauline Fitzgerald
(1984)
La Smala
as Pierrot-Rita
(1983)
Gramps Is in the Resistance
as Bernadette Bourdelle, fille Bourdelle, fiancée de Michel
(1983)
Entre Nous
as L'aboyeuse
(1983)
My Other Husband
as Solange
(1983)
Stand Up Crabs, the Sea Is Rising!
as Mireille
(1982)
Is There a Frenchman in the House?
as Ginette Alcazar
(1981)
Is This Reasonable?
as Mrs. Lavanant, restaurateur (uncredited)
(1981)
Hotel America
as Jacqueline
(1981)
Men Prefer Fat Girls
as Arlette
(1981)
Why Not Us?
as Jacqueline Puiset
(1980)
The Party
as Vanessa, François' ex-mistress
(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)
French Fried Vacation 2
as Christiane
(1979)
A Little Romance
as Mme. Cormier
(1979)
Courage fuyons
as Mathilda
(1979)
The Other One's Mug
as la fille de la chambre verte
(1979)
Cause toujours... tu m'intéresses
as Michèle, François' ex-wife
(1978)
French Fried Vacation
as Christiane, the frustrated stuck one
(1978)
Butterfly on the Shoulder
as La jeune femme
(1978)
Take It from the Top
as La voisine
(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)
Femmes Fatales
as The myopic woman
(1976)
Marie, the Doll
as Tante Alice
(1976)
Silence... We're Shooting
as The porn actress who doesn't take the pill
(1975)
Cookies
as Marie Pape, prostitute in Breton costume
(1974)
Parade
as (uncredited)
(1973)
The Big Store
as La jeune femme en panne de voiture
Crew
(1994)
Ma sœur est un chic type
Author
(1978)
French Fried Vacation
Writer