Dominique Lavanant
Biography
Dominique Lavanant (born 24 May 1944) is a 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.
Lavanant became known 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).
She 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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Filmography
L'Âge d'or de la pub
2023
as Self (archive footage)
Rouges étaient les lilas
2016
as La psy
Le zèbre, médiateur pour causes désespérées !
2016
as Élise Chassaigne
L'île aux femmes
2016
as Anne
Nicholas on Holiday
2014
as 'Mémé'
À votre bon cœur, mesdames
2013
as Yvette
Le Renard jaune
2013
as Valérie
Paulette
2012
as Lucienne
Sex, Lies and Surgery
2012
as Mademoiselle Phillips
The Wedding Cake
2010
as La mère de Vincent
Agathe Cléry
2008
as Mimie, la mère d'Agathe
French Fried Vacations 3: Friends Forever
2006
as Christiane Weissmuller
Madame Edouard
2004
as Rose
Les Bronzés, le père Noël, papy et les autres
2003
as Self
A Crime in Paradise
2001
as Mlle Goudilleux, la pharmacienne
Desire
1996
as Henriette
Ma sœur est un chic type
1994
as Claude Charmières
The Monster
1994
as Jolanda Taccone
Dead Tired
1994
as Dominique Lavanant
A Shadow of a Doubt
1993
as Alexandrine's Teacher
My Wife's Girlfriends
1992
as Marguerite
Ville à vendre
1992
as Eva Montier
The Professional Secrets of Dr. Apfelgluck
1991
as Jacqueline Vidart
Cross My Heart
1991
as Claire's mother