Seen across enough titles, Dominique Lavanant turns into a familiar face who has been at it long enough for audiences to grow up watching her. The role of Christiane Weissmuller in 'French Fried Vacation 2' is the one that keeps being brought up. 'The Party' is the other credit most often cited. Everything here starts from 1973. Very few actresses keep finding work for 53 years.
Dominique Lavanant
Actress
82 years (May 24, 1944)Morlaix, FranceMorlaix, Finistère, France
Seen across enough titles, Dominique Lavanant turns into a familiar face who has been at it long enough for audiences to grow up watching her. The role of Christiane Weissmuller in 'French Fried Vacation 2' is the one that keeps being brought up. 'The Party' is the other credit most often cited. Everything here starts from 1973. Very few actresses keep finding work for 53 years.
1944-05-24 · Morlaix, FranceMorlaix, Finistère, France
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.