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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Acting (74 movies)
The Party
1980
Agent Trouble
1987
A Few Days with Me
1988
Three Men and a Cradle
1985
The Other One's Mug
1979
Agathe Cléry
2008
French Fried Vacation
1978
French Fried Vacations 3: Friends Forever
2006
Inspector Blunder
1980
French Fried Vacation 2
1979
Rendez-vous
1985
The Wedding Cake
2010
The Horse of Pride
1980
Desire
1996
A Shadow of a Doubt
1993
Paroles et musique
1984
Femmes Fatales
1976
Death on a Rainy Sunday
1986
I Hate Actors
1986
Is There a Frenchman in the House?
1982
Kamikaze
1986
Marriage of the Century
1985
Take It from the Top
1978
Gramps Is in the Resistance
1983
La Smala
1984
The Professional Secrets of Dr. Apfelgluck
1991
The Joint Brothers
1986
My Other Husband
1983
Men Prefer Fat Girls
1981
Madame Edouard
2004
A Crime in Paradise
2001
Butterfly on the Shoulder
1978
Ville à vendre
1992
Hotel America
1981
L'Œil au beur(re) noir
1987
Marie, the Doll
1976
As the Moon
1977
Is This Reasonable?
1981
You Won't Have Alsace-Lorraine
1977
Billy Ze Kick
1985
Entre Nous
1983
Sex, Lies and Surgery
2012
Cross My Heart
1991
Why Not Us?
1981
Paulette
2012
The Leopard
1984
Le Renard jaune
2013
Le Débutant
1986
Courage fuyons
1979
L'Âge d'or de la pub
2023
All Mixed Up
1985
House Specialty
1978
Nicholas on Holiday
2014
Cookies
1975
The Chicks
1985
Les Bronzés, le père Noël, papy et les autres
2003
L'île aux femmes
2016
The Monster
1994
The Big Store
1973
L'Excès contraire
1988
Dead Tired
1994
Un jeu d'enfant
1990
Ma sœur est un chic type
1994
Stand Up Crabs, the Sea Is Rising!
1983
Silence... We're Shooting
1976
Umbrella Coup
1980
À votre bon cœur, mesdames
2013
A Little Romance
1979
Rouges étaient les lilas
2016
Cause toujours... tu m'intéresses
1979
Keep Your Right Up
1987
Peppermint Soda
1977
Parade
1974
My Wife's Girlfriends
1992
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| French Fried Vacation | 1978 | Writer |