Dominique Lavanant - Actor Profile

Dominique Lavanant

50Movies
7.3 Best Rating

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.

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Complete Filmography & Verdicts

YearMovieCharacterRatingVerdict
2023 L'Âge d'or de la pub Self (archive footage) ★ 6.5 Hit
2016 Rouges étaient les lilas La psy ★ 6.0 Average
2016 L'île aux femmes Anne ★ 6.9 Hit
2014 Nicholas on Holiday 'Mémé' ★ 5.4 Flop
2013 Le Renard jaune Valérie ★ 5.5 Average
2012 Paulette Lucienne ★ 6.5 Hit
2012 Sex, Lies and Surgery Mademoiselle Phillips ★ 5.6 Average
2010 The Wedding Cake La mère de Vincent ★ 5.2 Flop
2001 A Crime in Paradise Mlle Goudilleux, la pharmacienne ★ 6.6 Hit
1996 Desire Henriette ★ 5.4 Flop
1994 The Monster Jolanda Taccone ★ 6.9 Hit
1994 Dead Tired Dominique Lavanant ★ 6.0 Average
1993 A Shadow of a Doubt Alexandrine's Teacher ★ 6.2 Average
1991 The Professional Secrets of Dr. Apfelgluck Jacqueline Vidart ★ 5.3 Flop
1991 Cross My Heart Claire's mother ★ 6.9 Hit
1988 L'Excès contraire Hanaë ★ 7.0 Hit
1988 A Few Days with Me Madame Fonfrin ★ 5.9 Average
1987 Keep Your Right Up Admiral's Wife ★ 6.0 Average
1987 Agent Trouble Karen ★ 5.6 Average
1986 Kamikaze Laure ★ 6.2 Average
1986 The Joint Brothers Un flic ★ 5.3 Flop
1986 I Hate Actors Miss Davis ★ 5.2 Flop
1985 Marriage of the Century Adrienne de la Roussette ★ 5.3 Flop
1985 Three Men and a Cradle Ms. Rapons ★ 6.4 Average
1985 Rendez-vous Gertrude ★ 5.6 Average
1984 The Leopard Pauline Fitzgerald ★ 5.7 Average
1983 Gramps Is in the Resistance Bernadette Bourdelle, fille Bourdelle, fiancée de Michel ★ 6.9 Hit
1983 My Other Husband Solange ★ 5.9 Average
1983 Entre Nous L'aboyeuse ★ 6.6 Hit
1981 Hotel America Jacqueline ★ 6.1 Average
1981 Why Not Us? Jacqueline Puiset ★ 5.9 Average
1981 Is This Reasonable? Mrs. Lavanant, restaurateur (uncredited) ★ 6.2 Average
1980 The Party Vanessa, François' ex-mistress ★ 6.6 Hit
1980 Inspector Blunder Marie-Anne Prossant, journalist ★ 6.3 Average
1980 Umbrella Coup Mireille, femme de Frédo, ex-maîtresse de Grégoire ★ 6.9 Hit
1980 The Horse of Pride Marie-Jeanne, la sage-femme ★ 6.0 Average
1979 The Other One's Mug la fille de la chambre verte ★ 5.6 Average
1979 French Fried Vacation 2 Christiane ★ 7.3 Hit
1979 Courage fuyons Mathilda ★ 6.0 Average
1979 A Little Romance Mme. Cormier ★ 6.8 Hit
1979 Cause toujours... tu m'intéresses Michèle, François' ex-wife ★ 6.3 Average
1978 French Fried Vacation Christiane, the frustrated stuck one ★ 6.6 Hit
1978 Butterfly on the Shoulder La jeune femme ★ 5.9 Average
1977 Peppermint Soda The Math Teacher ★ 6.4 Average
1977 As the Moon Yvette ★ 5.9 Average
1976 Marie, the Doll Tante Alice ★ 5.8 Average
1976 Femmes Fatales The Myopic Woman ★ 6.1 Average
1975 Cookies Marie Pape, prostitute in Breton costume ★ 6.3 Average
1974 Parade (uncredited) ★ 5.7 Average
1973 The Big Store La jeune femme en panne de voiture ★ 6.2 Average