Dominique Lavanant
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 24, 1944, Morlaix, Finistère, France
- Movies
- 76
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.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2023 | L'Âge d'or de la pub | Self (archive footage) |
| 2016 | Rouges étaient les lilas | La psy |
| 2016 | Le zèbre, médiateur pour causes désespérées ! | Élise Chassaigne |
| 2016 | L'île aux femmes | Anne |
| 2014 | Nicholas on Holiday | 'Mémé' |
| 2013 | À votre bon cœur, mesdames | Yvette |
| 2013 | Le Renard jaune | Valérie |
| 2012 | Paulette | Lucienne |
| 2012 | Sex, Lies and Surgery | Mademoiselle Phillips |
| 2010 | The Wedding Cake | La mère de Vincent |
| 2008 | Agathe Cléry | Mimie, la mère d'Agathe |
| 2006 | French Fried Vacations 3: Friends Forever | Christiane Weissmuller |
| 2004 | Madame Edouard | Rose |
| 2003 | Les Bronzés, le père Noël, papy et les autres | Self |
| 2001 | A Crime in Paradise | Mlle Goudilleux, la pharmacienne |
| 1996 | Desire | Henriette |
| 1994 | Ma sœur est un chic type | Claude Charmières |
| 1994 | The Monster | Jolanda Taccone |
| 1994 | Dead Tired | Dominique Lavanant |
| 1993 | A Shadow of a Doubt | Alexandrine's Teacher |
| 1992 | My Wife's Girlfriends | Marguerite |
| 1992 | Ville à vendre | Eva Montier |
| 1991 | The Professional Secrets of Dr. Apfelgluck | Jacqueline Vidart |
| 1991 | Cross My Heart | Claire's mother |
| 1990 | Un jeu d'enfant | Léonie |
| 1988 | L'Excès contraire | Hanaë |
| 1988 | A Few Days with Me | Madame Fonfrin |
| 1987 | Keep Your Right Up | Admiral's Wife |
| 1987 | L'Œil au beur(re) noir | Simone Perron |
| 1987 | Agent trouble | Karen |
| 1986 | Kamikaze | Laure |
| 1986 | The Joint Brothers | Un flic |
| 1986 | Death on a Rainy Sunday | Hazel Bronsky |
| 1986 | I Hate Actors | Miss Davis |
| 1986 | Le Débutant | Marguerite Balicourt |
| 1985 | Billy Ze Kick | Madame Achere |
| 1985 | Marriage of the Century | Adrienne de la Roussette |
| 1985 | Three Men and a Cradle | Ms. Rapons |
| 1985 | Rendez-vous | Gertrude |
| 1985 | All Mixed Up | L'infirmière du Docteur Belin |
| 1985 | The Chicks | Evelyne |
| 1984 | Paroles et musique | Florence |
| 1984 | La Smala | Pierrot-Rita |
| 1984 | The Leopard | Pauline Fitzgerald |
| 1983 | Gramps Is in the Resistance | Bernadette Bourdelle, fille Bourdelle, fiancée de Michel |
| 1983 | My Other Husband | Solange |
| 1983 | Stand Up Crabs, the Sea Is Rising! | Mireille |
| 1983 | Entre Nous | L'aboyeuse |
| 1982 | Is There a Frenchman in the House? | Ginette Alcazar |
| 1981 | Hotel America | Jacqueline |
| 1981 | Men Prefer Fat Girls | Arlette |
| 1981 | Why Not Us? | Jacqueline Puiset |
| 1981 | Is This Reasonable? | Mrs. Lavanant, restaurateur (uncredited) |
| 1980 | The Party | Vanessa, François' ex-mistress |
| 1980 | Inspector Blunder | Marie-Anne Prossant, journaliste |
| 1980 | Umbrella Coup | Mireille, femme de Frédo, ex-maîtresse de Grégoire |
| 1980 | The Horse of Pride | Marie-Jeanne, la sage-femme |
| 1979 | The Other One's Mug | la fille de la chambre verte |
| 1979 | French Fried Vacation 2 | Christiane Weissmuller |
| 1979 | Courage fuyons | Mathilda |
| 1979 | A Little Romance | Mme. Cormier |
| 1979 | Cause toujours... tu m'intéresses | Michèle, François' ex-wife |
| 1978 | French Fried Vacation | Christiane Weissmuller |
| 1978 | Take It from the Top | La voisine |
| 1978 | Butterfly on the Shoulder | La jeune femme |
| 1978 | House Specialty | Christiane |
| 1977 | Peppermint Soda | The Math Teacher |
| 1977 | You Won't Have Alsace-Lorraine | La reine Madeleine |
| 1977 | As the Moon | Yvette |
| 1976 | Marie, the Doll | Tante Alice |
| 1976 | Silence... We're Shooting | The porn actress who doesn't take the pill |
| 1976 | Femmes Fatales | The Myopic Woman |
| 1975 | Cookies | Marie Pape, prostitute in Breton costume |
| 1974 | Parade | (uncredited) |
| 1973 | The Big Store | La jeune femme en panne de voiture |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 1978 | French Fried Vacation | Writer |
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