# Dominique Lavanant

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.

## Career

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.

## Filmography

| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
| 1974 | Parade | | Jacques Tati | TV Movie |
| 1975 | La coupe à dix francs | | Philippe Condroyer | |
| 1975 | Les Galettes de Pont-Aven | Marie Pape | Joël Séria | |
| 1976 | Calmos | The short-sighted woman | Bertrand Blier | |
| 1976 | Silence... on tourne | The porn actress | Roger Coggio | |
| 1976 | Marie-poupée | Aunt Alice | Joël Séria (2) | |
| 1977 | Peppermint Soda | The maths professor | Diane Kurys | |
| 1977 | Comme la lune | Yvette | Joël Séria (3) | |
| 1977 | Vous n'aurez pas l'Alsace et la Lorraine | The Queen Madeleine | Coluche | |
| 1977 | Solveig et le violon turc | | Jean-Jacques Grand-Jouan | |
| 1978 | Les Bronzés | Christiane | Patrice Leconte | |
| 1978 | Butterfly on the Shoulder | The Young Woman | Jacques Deray | |
| 1978 | Vas-y maman | The neighbor | Nicole de Buron | |
| 1978 | Dégustation maison | | Sophie Tatischeff | Short |
| 1978 | Le petit théâtre d'Antenne 2 | | Pierre Cavassilas | TV Series (1 Episode) |
| 1979 | Cause toujours... tu m'intéresses! | Michèle | Édouard Molinaro | |
| 1979 | Les Bronzés font du ski | Christiane | Patrice Leconte (2) | |
| 1979 | La Gueule de l'autre | The house maid | Pierre Tchernia | |
| 1979 | A Little Romance | Mme. Cormier | George Roy Hill | |
| 1979 | Courage – Let's Run | Mathilda | Yves Robert | Nominated – César Award for Best Supporting Actress |
| 1980 | The Horse of Pride | Marie-Jeanne | Claude Chabrol | |
| 1980 | The Umbrella Coup | Mireille | Gérard Oury | |
| 1980 | Inspector Blunder | Marie-Anne Prossant | Claude Zidi | |
| 1980 | La Boum | Vanessa | Claude Pinoteau | |
| 1981 | Les hommes préfèrent les grosses | Arlette | Jean-Marie Poiré | |
| 1981 | Hotel America | Jacqueline | André Téchiné | |
| 1981 | Est-ce bien raisonnable? | Mme Lavanant | Georges Lautner | |
| 1981 | Pourquoi pas nous? | Jacqueline Puiset | Michel Berny | |
| 1982 | Y a-t-il un Français dans la salle ? | Ginette Alcazar | Jean-Pierre Mocky | |
| 1982 | Le mystère du gala maudit ... | | Bernard Lion | TV Movie |
| 1983 | Entre Nous | The head waitress | Diane Kurys (2) | |
| 1983 | Papy fait de la résistance | Bernadette Bourdelle | Jean-Marie Poiré (2) | |
| 1983 | Debout les crabes, la mer monte! | Mireille | Jean-Jacques Grand-Jouan (2) | |
| 1983 | Attention une femme peut en cacher une autre! | Solange | Georges Lautner (2) | |
| 1984 | Le léopard | Pauline Fitzgerald | Jean-Claude Sussfeld | |
| 1984 | La smala | Pierrot / Rita | Jean-Loup Hubert | |
| 1984 | Paroles et Musique | Florence | Élie Chouraqui | |
| 1985 | Les Nanas | Evelyne | Annick Lanoë | |
| 1985 | Sac de noeuds | The nurse | Josiane Balasko | |
| 1985 | Rendez-vous | Gertrude | André Téchiné (2) | |
| 1985 | Three Men and a Cradle | Madame Rapons | Coline Serreau | Nominated – César Award for Best Supporting Actress |
| 1985 | Billy Ze Kick | Madame Achere | Gérard Mordillat | |
| 1985 | Le mariage du siècle | Adrienne | Philippe Galland | |
| 1986 | Kamikaze | Laure | Didier Grousset | |
| 1986 | Le débutant | Marguerite Balicourt | Daniel Janneau & Francis Perrin | |
| 1986 | Je hais les acteurs | Miss Davis | Gérard Krawczyk | |
| 1986 | Mort un dimanche de pluie | Hazel Bronsky | Joël Santoni | |
| 1986 | The Joint Brothers | A Cop | Hervé Palud | |
| 1987 | Agent trouble | Catherine "Karen" Dariller | Jean-Pierre Mocky (2) | César Award for Best Supporting Actress |
| 1987 | Keep Your Right Up | The Admiral's wife | Jean-Luc Godard | |
| 1987 | L'oeil au beur(re) noir | Simone Perron | Serge Meynard | |
| 1988 | Les années sandwiches | The bourgeois | Pierre Boutron | |
| 1988 | Quelques jours avec moi | Madame Fonfrin | Claude Sautet | Nominated – César Award for Best Supporting Actress |
| 1988 | Cinéma | Clara Moranti | Philippe Lefebvre | TV Mini-Series |
| 1988 | L'excès contraire | Hanae | Yves-André Hubert | TV Movie |
| 1989 | Palace | 'Tourism and Culture' | Jean-Michel Ribes | TV Series (1 Episode) |
| 1989–1996 | Imogène | Imogène Le Dantec | Paul Vecchiali, ... | TV Series (10 Episodes) |
| 1990 | Un jeu d'enfant | Léonie | Pascal Kané | |
| 1990 | La fracture du myocarde | Claire's mother | Jacques Fansten | |
| 1991 | Les secrets professionnels du Dr Apfelglück | Jacqueline Vidart | Alessandro Capone, Thierry Lhermitte, ... | |
| 1992 | Ville à vendre | Eva Montier | Jean-Pierre Mocky (3) | |
| 1992 | My Wife's Girlfriends | Marguerite | Didier Van Cauwelaert | |
| 1993 | Shadow of a Doubt | Teacher | Aline Issermann | |
| 1993 | Pepita | Plume | Dominique Baron | TV Movie |
| 1993 | La voisine du dessus | | André Gall | Short |
| 1994 | Grosse Fatigue | Dominique Lavanant | Michel Blanc | |
| 1994 | The Monster | Jolanda Taccone | Roberto Benigni | |
| 1994 | Ma soeur est un chic type | Claude Charmières | Mathias Ledoux (2) | TV Movie |
| 1996 | Désiré | Henriette | Bernard Murat | |
| 2001 | A Crime in Paradise | Madame Goutilleux | Jean Becker | |
| 2002–2011 | Sœur Thérèse.com | Sister Thérèse | Several | TV Series (21 Episodes) |
| 2004 | Madame Édouard | Rose | Nadine Monfils | |
| 2006 | Les Bronzés 3: Amis pour la vie | Christiane | Patrice Leconte (3) | |
| 2008 | Agathe Cléry | Mimie Cléry | Étienne Chatiliez | |
| 2009 | Myster Mocky présente | Herself | Jean-Pierre Mocky (4) | TV Series Short (1 Episode) |
| 2010 | Pièce montée | Vincent's mother | Denys Granier-Deferre | |
| 2012 | Paulette | Lucienne | Jérôme Enrico | |
| 2012 | La clinique de l'amour! | Mademoiselle Phillips | Artus de Penguern & Gábor Rassov | |
| 2013 | Le renard jaune | Valérie | Jean-Pierre Mocky (5) | |
| 2013 | Myster Mocky présente | Herself | Jean-Pierre Mocky (6) | TV Series Short (1 Episode) |
| 2013 | À votre bon coeur Mesdames | Yvette | Jean-Pierre Mocky (7) | |
| 2014 | Nicholas on Holiday | Nicolas's grandmother | Laurent Tirard | |