Dominique Lavanant
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 |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.067 |
| Birthday | 1944-05-24 |
| Place of Birth | Morlaix, Finistère, France |
| Also Known As | Dominique Lavanan, |
1980
The Party
6.6/1135
A thirteen-year-old French girl deals with moving to a new city and school in Paris, while at the same time her parents are getting a divorce.
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The Party
1987
Agent Trouble
6/12
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Agent Trouble
1988
A Few Days with Me
5.8/42
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A Few Days with Me
1985
Three Men and a Cradle
6.325/265
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Three Men and a Cradle
1979
The Other One's Mug
5.6/32
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The Other One's Mug
2008
Agathe Cléry
4.8/175
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1978
French Fried Vacation
6.573/905
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French Fried Vacation
2006
French Fried Vacations 3: Friends Forever
4.066/726
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French Fried Vacations 3: Friends Forever
1980
Inspector Blunder
6.3/189
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Inspector Blunder
1979
French Fried Vacation 2
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1985
Rendez-vous
5.6/67
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Rendez-vous
2010
The Wedding Cake
5.1/63
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1980
The Horse of Pride
5.9/7
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1996
Desire
5.6/8
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Desire
1993
A Shadow of a Doubt
6.2/4
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A Shadow of a Doubt
1984
Paroles et musique
5.1/28
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Paroles et musique
1976
Femmes Fatales
6.2/118
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Femmes Fatales
1986
I Hate Actors
5.4/13
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I Hate Actors
1986
Death on a Rainy Sunday
4.8/9
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Death on a Rainy Sunday
1982
Is There a Frenchman in the House?
5.281/16
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Is There a Frenchman in the House?
1986
Kamikaze
6.2/20
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Kamikaze
1985
Marriage of the Century
5.3/24
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Marriage of the Century
1978
Take It from the Top
5.4/7
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Take It from the Top
1983
Gramps Is in the Resistance
6.873/404
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Gramps Is in the Resistance
1984
La Smala
5.1/43
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La Smala
1991
The Professional Secrets of Dr. Apfelgluck
5.3/26
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The Professional Secrets of Dr. Apfelgluck
1986
The Joint Brothers
5.343/54
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The Joint Brothers
1983
My Other Husband
5.9/18
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My Other Husband
1981
Men Prefer Fat Girls
5.1/49
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Men Prefer Fat Girls
2004
Madame Edouard
4.4/9
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Madame Edouard
2001
A Crime in Paradise
6.6/143
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A Crime in Paradise
1978
Butterfly on the Shoulder
6/35
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Butterfly on the Shoulder
1992
Ville à vendre
4.5/4
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Ville à vendre
1981
Hotel America
6.2/58
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Hotel America
1987
L'Œil au beur(re) noir
5.5/5
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L'Œil au beur(re) noir
1976
Marie, the Doll
6/25
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Marie, the Doll
1977
As the Moon
6.1/16
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1981
Is This Reasonable?
6.2/20
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Is This Reasonable?
1977
You Won't Have Alsace-Lorraine
4.8/58
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You Won't Have Alsace-Lorraine
1985
Billy Ze Kick
5/5
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Billy Ze Kick
1983
Entre Nous
6.713/54
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Entre Nous
2012
Sex, Lies and Surgery
5.6/27
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Sex, Lies and Surgery
1991
Cross My Heart
7/11
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Cross My Heart
1981
Why Not Us?
5.9/8
A wrestler and a bookseller disgraced by life fall in love with each other.
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Why Not Us?
2012
Paulette
6.5/393
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Paulette
1984
The Leopard
5.833/18
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2013
Le Renard jaune
5.5/3
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Le Renard jaune
1986
Le Débutant
4/4
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Le Débutant
1979
Courage fuyons
6.1/32
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Courage fuyons
2023
L'Âge d'or de la pub
6.5/6
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L'Âge d'or de la pub
1985
All Mixed Up
5.2/27
After the death of her little boy, Anita wants to take her own life.
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All Mixed Up
1978
House Specialty
5.3/21
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House Specialty
2014
Nicholas on Holiday
5.33/458
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Nicholas on Holiday
1975
Cookies
6.3/81
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Cookies
1985
The Chicks
3.6/7
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The Chicks
2003
Les Bronzés, le père Noël, papy et les autres
0/0
Les Bronzés, le Père Noël, Papy et les autres....Discover or rediscover the emblematic scenes of these cult films that have crossed generations withou...
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Les Bronzés, le père Noël, papy et les autres
2016
L'île aux femmes
6.9/4
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L'île aux femmes
1994
The Monster
6.961/612
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The Monster
1973
The Big Store
6.3/96
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The Big Store
1988
L'Excès contraire
7/1
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L'Excès contraire
1994
Dead Tired
6/110
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Dead Tired
1990
Un jeu d'enfant
0/0
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Un jeu d'enfant
1994
Ma sœur est un chic type
0/0
Pierre is about to meet his brother for the first time. He is shocked to discover that his brother... is a woman!
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Ma sœur est un chic type
1983
Stand Up Crabs, the Sea Is Rising!
3.2/9
Barely out of prison, where she spent five long years, a pretty prostitute sows disorder in the life of a hitherto peaceful couple.
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Stand Up Crabs, the Sea Is Rising!
1976
Silence... We're Shooting
1/1
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Silence... We're Shooting
1980
Umbrella Coup
6.9/165
Grégoire Lecomte, the unlucky actor anxious to find a "real job", goes to take a screen test for a role of a killer, but gets to mafiosi by mistake. H...
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Umbrella Coup
2013
À votre bon cœur, mesdames
5/2
The story of a septuagenarian, recently divorced, which in its reconstruction desire and quest for a new companion will rediscover the small pleasures...
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À votre bon cœur, mesdames
1979
A Little Romance
6.8/73
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A Little Romance
2016
Rouges étaient les lilas
6/1
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Rouges étaient les lilas
1979
Cause toujours... tu m'intéresses
6.3/28
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Cause toujours... tu m'intéresses
1987
Keep Your Right Up
6.105/19
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Keep Your Right Up
1977
Peppermint Soda
6.5/100
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Peppermint Soda
1974
Parade
5.6/50
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Parade
1992
My Wife's Girlfriends
4/4
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