Dominique Lavanant
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
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
92
Gender
Female
Birthday
1944-05-24 (81 years old)
Place of Birth
Morlaix, Finistère, France
Acting

2023

L'Âge d'or de la pub as Self (archive footage)

2016

L'île aux femmes as Anne

2014

Nicholas on Holiday as 'Mémé'

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

French Fried Vacations 3: Friends Forever as Christiane Weissmuller

2004

Madame Edouard as Rose

2002

Sœur Thérèse.com as Soeur Therese

2001

A Crime in Paradise as Mlle Goudilleux, la pharmacienne

1998

Vivement dimanche as Self

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

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

Palace as Assistante du ministre du tourisme

1988

A Few Days with Me as Madame Fonfrin

1988

Cinéma as Clara Moranti

1988

L'Excès contraire as Hanaë

1987

Sacrée Soirée as Self

1987

Nulle part ailleurs as Self

1987

Agent Trouble as Karen

1987

L'Œil au beur(re) noir as Simone Perron

1987

Keep Your Right Up as Admiral's Wife

1986

Le Débutant as Marguerite Balicourt

1986

Kamikaze as Laure

1986

The Joint Brothers as Un flic

1986

Death on a Rainy Sunday as Hazel Bronsky

1986

I Hate Actors as Miss Davis

1985

Marriage of the Century as Adrienne de la Roussette

1985

Three Men and a Cradle as Ms. Rapons

1985

Rendez-vous as Gertrude

1985

All Mixed Up as L'infirmière du Docteur Belin

1985

The Chicks as Evelyne

1985

Billy Ze Kick as Madame Achere

1984

Paroles et musique as Florence

1984

La Smala as Pierrot-Rita

1984

The Leopard as Pauline Fitzgerald

1983

My Other Husband as Solange

1983

Entre Nous as L'aboyeuse

1983

Gramps Is in the Resistance as Bernadette Bourdelle, fille Bourdelle, fiancée de Michel

1982

Champs-Elysées as Self

1982

Is There a Frenchman in the House? as Ginette Alcazar

1981

Hotel America as Jacqueline

1981

Why Not Us? as Jacqueline Puiset

1981

Is This Reasonable? as Mrs. Lavanant, restaurateur (uncredited)

1981

Men Prefer Fat Girls as Arlette

1980

The Party as Vanessa, François' ex-mistress

1980

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

1980

The Horse of Pride as Marie-Jeanne, la sage-femme

1980

Inspector Blunder as Marie-Anne Prossant, journalist

1979

French Fried Vacation 2 as Christiane

1979

Courage fuyons as Mathilda

1979

A Little Romance as Mme. Cormier

1979

Cause toujours... tu m'intéresses as Michèle, François' ex-wife

1979

The Other One's Mug as la fille de la chambre verte

1978

Butterfly on the Shoulder as La jeune femme

1978

French Fried Vacation as Christiane, the frustrated stuck one

1978

Take It from the Top as La voisine

1978

House Specialty as Christiane

1977

Peppermint Soda as The Math Teacher

1977

As the Moon as Yvette

1977

You Won't Have Alsace-Lorraine as La reine Madeleine

1976

Femmes Fatales as The myopic woman

1976

Silence... We're Shooting as The porn actress who doesn't take the pill

1976

Marie, the Doll as Tante Alice

1975

Midi Première as Self

1975

Numéro un as Self

1975

Cookies as Marie Pape, prostitute in Breton costume

1974

Spécial cinéma as Self

1974

Parade as (uncredited)

1973

The Big Store as La jeune femme en panne de voiture

1972

Le Grand Échiquier as Self