# Chantal Ladesou

Chantal Ladesou (born 5 May 1948) is a French actress and comedian.

## Career

She was revealed to the public when participating in the TV Show La Classe in 1987. After the show, she started her career with several one-woman shows.
She is a big name in theater, being best known for her comic timing and her recognizable voice.
On the radio, she is a recurring member of the daily comedy programme Les Grosses Têtes, hosted by Laurent Ruquier.
Since 2016, she also has had more important on-screen roles, especially due to the success of the movie We Are Family (2016) and its two sequels : C'est quoi cette mamie ?! (2019) and C'est quoi ce papy ?! (2021). She also frequently works with the younger generation of directors like Philippe Lacheau and Tarek Boudali.
In 2022, she was a judge on the fourth season of Mask Singer.
In June 2023, the press announced that she will play the lead in the TF1 series “Le fil d'Ariane”, where she will play a court reporter.

## Personal life

Ladesou met her husband Michel Ansault and with whom she had three children, two boys, Alix (who died in a car accident), Julien and a daughter, the actress Clémence Ansault. Her son Julien Ansault is married to Pauline Lefèvre. She has five grandchildren.

## Theater

| Year | Title | Author | Director |
| 1973 | Les quatre vérités | Marcel Aymé | René Clermont |
| 1989 | Apostrophons-nous | Jean Canolle & Jacques Brière | Stéphane Hillel |
| 1990-91 | Y’a une femme Lad’sou | Chantal Ladesou | Pierre Palmade |
| 1993 | Chantal Ladesou | Chantal Ladesou | François Rollin |
| 1994-95 | L'Hôtel du libre échange | Georges Feydeau | Franck de Lapersonne |
| 1996-97 | Chantal Ladesou | Chantal Ladesou | François Rollin |
| 1999 | Le Père Noël est une ordure | Le Splendid | François Pirette |
| 1999-2001 | Ma femme est folle | Jean Barbier | Jean-Pierre Dravel & Olivier Macé |
| 2003 | Ainsi soit-il | Jean-François Champion | Jean-Luc Moreau |
| 2003 | Chantal Ladesou | Chantal Ladesou | François Rollin |
| 2003-06 | Les Amazones | Jean-Marie Chevret | Jean-Pierre Dravel & Olivier Macé |
| 2007 | Les Amazones, trois ans après | Jean-Marie Chevret | Jean-Pierre Dravel & Olivier Macé |
| 2008 | Oscar | Claude Magnier [fr] | Philippe Hersen |
| 2008 | Chic et Choc | Chantal Ladesou | Chantal Ladesou |
| 2008 | La Dame de chez Maxim | Georges Feydeau | Francis Perrin |
| 2009 | Les Précieuses ridicules | Molière | Jean-Paul Bouron |
| 2009 | Le Temps des fonctionnaires | Alil Vardar | Alil Vardar |
| 2009-14 | J’ai l’impression que je vous plais... Vraiment ! | Chantal Ladesou & François Rollin | Éric Carrière, Chantal Ladesou & Xavier Brouard |
| 2011 | Les Dégourdis du 101e | André Mouëzy-Éon | Jean-Paul Bouron |
| 2012-13 | Adieu je reste! | Isabelle Mergault | Alain Sachs |
| 2014-16 | Nelson | Jean-Robert Charrier | Jean-Pierre Dravel & Olivier Macé |
| 2016-17 | Peau de Vache ! | Pierre Barillet & Jean-Pierre Grédy | Michel Fau |
| 2018-20 | On the Road Again | Chantal Ladesou & François Rollin | Chantal Ladesou |
| 2021 | Adieu je reste! | Isabelle Mergault | Olivier Macé & Chantal Ladesou |
| 2022-23 | 1983 | Jean-Robert Charrier | Jean-Robert Charrier |

## Filmography

| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
| 1966 | Les enquiquineurs | | Roland Quignon | |
| 1971 | Max et les ferrailleurs | | Claude Sautet | |
| 1974 | Verdict | A jury | André Cayatte | |
| 1974 | The Phantom of Liberty | Toilet paper's woman | Luis Buñuel | |
| 1974 | Les maîtresses de vacances | Dancer | Pierre Unia | |
| 1974 | Un curé de choc | A prostitute | Philippe Arnal | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1983 | Life Is a Bed of Roses | | Alain Resnais | |
| 1984 | Les Brésiliennes du Bois de Boulogne | A prostitute | Robert Thomas | |
| 1984 | La revanche de la planète interdite | | Alain Magniette | Short |
| 1985 | Maguy | Huguette Boudin | Jean Pignol | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1985 | Les Bargeot | | Jean-Pierre Barizien | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1986 | Le bonheur a encore frappé | Madame Lassouche | Jean-Luc Trotignon | |
| 1986 | Affaire suivante | Juliette Laribois | Stéphane Bertin | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1988 | Envoyez les violons | The manager | Roger Andrieux | |
| 1989 | Tour d'ivoire | | Dominique Belet | Short |
| 1991 | Une époque formidable... | The nurse | Gérard Jugnot | |
| 1993 | Télé-carton | | Gil Lefauconnier & Isabelle Salvini | Short |
| 1993 | Piège à sons | | Philippe Dorison | Short |
| 1994 | La rêverie ou le mariage de Sylvia | ANPE's employee | Jean-Luc Trotignon | TV movie |
| 1995 | Comment devenir cinéaste sans se prendre la tête | Madame Bessonet | Jacques Rozier | Short |
| 1997 | Jeunesse | Jeanne | Noël Alpi | |
| 1998 | Une grosse bouchée d'amour | Thérèse | Michaëla Watteaux | TV movie |
| 2003 | Les gaous | | Igor Sekulic | |
| 2003 | The Car Keys | The bank teller | Laurent Baffie | |
| 2004 | People | Jet-setter in rehab | Fabien Onteniente | |
| 2005 | Plus jamais comme ça | Voice | Jean-Luc Trotignon | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2006 | Les aristos | Hostess | Charlotte de Turckheim | |
| 2006 | Le ciel sur la tête | Nicole | Régis Musset | TV movie |
| 2006 | Une journée dehouf | Madame Peck | Francis Duquet | TV series (6 episodes) |
| 2008 | Number One | Mademoiselle Morel | Zakia Tahri | |
| 2008 | Belleville tour | Marie-Claude | Ahmed Bouchaala & Zakia Tahri | TV movie |
| 2008 | Palizzi | | Serge Hazanavicius | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2009 | Camping paradis | Odette | Philippe Proteau | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2010 | Le grand ménage | Odile | Régis Musset | TV movie |
| 2010 | Au siècle de Maupassant | Babette | Claude Chabrol | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2011 | Marh'ba | | Ahmed Bouchaala & Zakia Tahri | |
| 2011 | Les recalés du permis | Judith | Olivier Belmondo & Lucas Rue | Short |
| 2011 | Ferme les yeux | Rita | Pierre Noguéras | Short |
| 2012 | Lili David | M'ma Dalton | Christophe Barraud | TV movie |
| 2012 | Big & Tasty | Cougar Client | Loïc Trudelle | Music video |
| 2013 | The Ultimate Accessory | Danielle | Valérie Lemercier | |
| 2013 | Super Lola | Françoise | Régis Musset | TV movie |
| 2013 | La grande peinture | Elisabeth | Laurent Heynemann | TV movie |
| 2013 | Scènes de ménages | Didi La Plume | Francis Duquet | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2013 | C'est la crise | Grandma Chantalou | David Freymond | TV series (3 episodes) |
| 2014 | Marbie, star de Couillu-Les-2-Eglises | The medium | Dominique Smeets | |
| 2015 | Love Race | The Bartender | Antoine Julien Ansault | Short |
| 2016 | We Are Family | Aurore | Gabriel Julien-Laferrière | |
| 2017 | Alibi.com | The veterinarian | Philippe Lacheau | |
| 2017 | Bonne Pomme | Mémé Morillon | Florence Quentin | |
| 2017 | Everyone's Life | The tax inspector | Claude Lelouch | |
| 2018 | Les déguns | Christiane | Cyrille Droux & Claude Zidi Jr. | |
| 2018 | Lumière noire | Evelyne | Enguerrand Jouvin | |
| 2018 | Comment tuer sa mère | Madame Mauret | David Diane & Morgan Spillemaecker | |
| 2018 | Nicky Larson et le parfum de Cupidon | Gilbert's mother-in-law | Philippe Lacheau | |
| 2018 | L'âge dort | Yolanda | Paolo Cedolin Petrini | Short |
| 2019 | C'est quoi cette mamie?! | Aurore | Gabriel Julien-Laferrière | |
| 2019 | Les municipaux - Trop c'est trop | Mademoiselle Legrand | Les Chevaliers du fiel | |
| 2020 | 30 jours max | The prostitute | Tarek Boudali | |
| 2020 | I Love You Coiffure | The woman on the road | Muriel Robin | TV movie |
| 2020 | Il était une fois à Monaco | Countess Lorentzen | Frédéric Forestier | TV movie |
| 2020 | Big Five | Grandma Rose | Gilles de Maistre | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2021 | C'est quoi ce papy?! | Aurore | Gabriel Julien-Laferrière | |
| 2021 | Super-héros malgré lui | The producer | Philippe Lacheau | |
| 2021 | Le Grand Restaurant 3 | Bernard/Christine | Romuald Boulanger & Pierre Palmade | TV movie |
| 2021 | Profession comédien | Herself | Bertrand Uzeel | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2021 | Sam | Anne-Marie | Philippe Lefebvre | TV series (8 episodes) |
| 2022 | Tous Inconnus | Herself | Nicolas Hourès | TV movie |
| 2023 | 3 jours max | Pierre's mother | Tarek Boudali | |
| 2023 | Jeff Panacloc : À la poursuite de Jean-Marc | | Pierre-François Martin-Laval | Post-Production |
| 2023 | Un gars, une fille (au pluriel) | The woman | Sylvain Fusée | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2024 | Chasse gardée | The real estate | Frédéric Forestier & Antonin Fourlon | Post-Production |
| 2024 | Maison de retraite 2 | | Claude Zidi Jr. | Post-Production |
| 2024 | Le Fil d'Ariane | Ariane Legrand | Jason Roffé | Post-Production TV series |

## Television

| Year | Program | Role | Notes |
| 1987-1990 | La Classe | Comedian | |
| 2022 | Mask Singer | Judge | Season 4 |