Bernadette Lafont
Acting
Born October 28, 1938, Nîmes, Gard, France
Bernadette Lafont is a French actress (born October 28, 1938 - died July 25, 2013). Thanks to his roles in “Les Mistons” (1957) by François Truffaut, “Les Bonnes Femmes” (1960) by Claude Chabrol, “La Fiancée du pirate” by Nelly Kaplan (1969), or even “La Maman et la Putain” (1973) by Jean Eustache, this popular star is considered one of the muses of the New Wave.
Filmography
- 2013Attila Marcel — Aunt Annie
- 2013Ciboulette — Madame Pingret
- 2013L'Habit ne fait pas le moine — Monique
- 2012Paulette — Paulette
- 2012Speak Softly, If This Is Love — Maryse
- 2012Unloved — Sylvie adulte
- 2011L'Amour, la Mort, les Fringues
- 2011La très excellente et divertissante histoire de François Rabelais — Amandine
- 2011Pas de toit sans moi — Madeleine
- 2011Skylab — Grandma Amandine
- 2011The Robbed Robber — Amandine
- 2010A Cat in Paris — Claudine (voice)
- 2010Au bas de l'échelle — Annie Lafont
- 2010The Baker's Wife — Céleste
- 2009Bazar — Gabrielle Mathey
- 2009Ma sœur est moi — Marie-Hélène
- 2009So Woman! — Mme Paroquet
- 2009The First Star — Madame Morgeot
- 200848 Hours a Day — Mélina
- 2008Mes amis, mes amours — Yvonne
- 2008School's Out — Adèle Martineau, Clémence's grandmother
- 2007Broken English — Madame Grenelle
- 2007Death's Glamour — Marie-Anne
- 2007Stolen Holidays — Danièle
- 2006I Do — Geneviève Costa
- 2006Le livre des morts de Belleville — The mother
- 2006Red Needles — The nurse
- 2006U — Mama
- 2005L'Enfant de personne — Jeanne
- 2003Around Jacques Baratier
- 2003My New Partner III — Carmen
- 2002Les petites couleurs — Mona
- 2002Lovers of the Nile — Sophie Frendo
- 2000Un possible amour — Matka Jacquesa
- 1999Nothing About Robert — Mme. Sauvage
- 1999Recto/Verso — Yolande
- 1997Christmas at Bunny's — La gouvernante du Père Noël
- 1997Genealogies of a Crime — Esther
- 1997Love in Ambush — Madeleine Carver
- 1997Sous les pieds des femmes — Suzanne
- 1997We're All Still Here — Socrates
- 1996Pourquoi partir? — Anna, Director
- 1996Rainbow pour Rimbaud — Robert's mother
- 1995Zadoc and Happiness — Zachie
- 1994Nobody Loves Me — Annie
- 1992Sam's Enough — Lucie
- 1992Ville à vendre — inspectrice Claire Derain
- 1991Cherokee — Madame Benedetti
- 1991Dingo — Angie Cross
- Maigret — Désirée Brault
- 1991Sisi/Last Minute — Baronin von Wrangel
- 1990Boom boom — Alexandra
- 1990La tendresse de l'araignée — Hélène Brunel
- 1990Out 1 — Sarah
- 1990Plein fer — Blonde woman
- 1989Easy in Mind — Constance
- 1988The Seasons of Pleasure — Jeanne
- 1988Une nuit à l'Assemblée Nationale — Mme Dugland
- 1988Women in Prison — Nelly Roux
- 1987Les Voleurs de lumière
- 1987Masks — La Masseuse
- 1987Velvet Paws — Jacinthe
- 1987Waiting for the Moon — Fernande Olivier
- 1986Inspector Lavardin — Hélène Mons
- 1986Un moment d'inattention — The mother
- 1985An Impudent Girl — Léone
- 1985Le Pactole — La belle-mère
- 1984Dog Day — Ségolène
- 1984Gwendoline — The Queen
- 1983A Good Little Devil — Betty
- 1983Cap Canaille — Mireille Kebadjan
- 1983La Bête noire — Antonia
- 1983Les Beaux Quartiers — Thérèse Respelière
- American Playhouse — Fernande Olivier
- 1982Mersonne ne m'aime — The Keeper of the Seals
- 1982On n'est pas sorti de l'auberge — Geneviève
- 1981Le Roi des cons — Denise, la voisine de Georges
- 1981Si ma gueule vous plaît... — Denise Lemoine, concierge
- 1980Certaines nouvelles — Mayette
- 1980Retour en force — Térésa, ex Mrs. Blausasc
- 1980The Good Thief — Appula
- 1980Une merveilleuse journée — Pharmacist
- 1979Arrête de ramer, t'attaques la falaise ! — Chimène
- 1979La frisée aux lardons — Micheline
- 1979The Other One's Mug — Gisèle Brossard
- 1979We'll Grow Thin Together — Corinne
- 1978Like a Turtle on Its Back — Camille
- 1978Strauberg ist da — Anne
- 1978Surprise Sock — Bernadette
- 1978Violette Nozière — Co-inmate
- 1976A Guy Like Me Should Never Die — Marthe
- 1976La Décharge — Fiona
- 1976Noroît (Une Vengeance) — Giula
- 1976The Groper — Dany Lajoux
- 1976The Probability Factor — Louise Delouette
- 1976Vincent Put the Donkey in a Meadow (And Went Into the Other) — Jeanne Dogson
- 1975A Happy Divorce — Jacqueline, klinikdame
- 1975A Whale That Had a Toothache — Bernadette
- 1975Zig Zig — Pauline
- 1974Permettete signora che ami vostra figlia? — Sandra Pensotti
- 1973Défense de savoir — Simone
- 1973I. You. They. — La femme du van hippie
- 1973Out 1: Spectre — Sarah
- 1973The Edifying and Joyous Story of Colinot — Rosemonde
- 1973The Mother and the Whore — Marie
- 1973The White Gloves of the Devil — Bernadette
- 1973Valparaiso, Valparaiso — Edwarda
- 1972A Gorgeous Kid Like Me — Camille Bliss
- 1972Le Dernier voyage du commandant le Bihan — Madeleine
- 1972Seduction Squad — Bernadette
- 1972The Egg — Rose
- 1972What a Flash!
- 1971Catch Me a Spy — Simone
- 1971La famille
- 1971Love Is Gay, Love Is Sad — Marie Annassian
- 1971Sophie's Ways — Céline
- 1971Étoile aux dents ou Poulou le magnifique — La libraire
- 1970Cain from Nowhere — Marielle
- 1970Elise, or Real Life — Anna
- 1970Renaissance
- 1970Sex-Power — Salomé
- 1970Trap — La première voleuse
- 1969A Very Curious Girl — Marie
- 1969Crime Thief — Miss Taillade
- 1969Paul — Marianne
- 1968Le Révélateur — La mère
- 1968Monsieur Jean-Claude Vaucherin
- 1968The Idols — Sister Hilarité
- 1968The Lost Generation — Marie
- 1967Idiot in Paris — La Berthe Patouilloux, la fille du maire
- 1967Lamiel — Pauline, la camériste
- 1967Marie et le Curé — Marie
- 1967The Thief of Paris — Marguerite, brazen maid
- 1966Je ne sais pas
- 1966La vie très étrange de Madame Anastasie
- 1965How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning — Sophie (sketch "Les Bons Vivants")
- 1965Killer Spy — Rosine
- 1965The Botanical Avatar of Mademoiselle Flora — Flora
- 1965The Sleeping Car Murders — La sœur "mauvaise langue" de Georgette
- 1964Le Petit Nicolas — The mother
- 1964Male Hunt — Flora
- 1963Ladies First — Miss Jujube
- 1962A Swelled Head
- 1962And Satan Calls the Turns — Isabelle
- 1962Jusqu'à plus soif — Solange
- 1962Un clair de Lune à Maubeuge — Charlotte
- 1961It Means That Much to Me — Anna
- 1961Wise Guys — Ambroisine
- 1960A Game for Six Lovers — Prudence
- 1960Les Bonnes Femmes — Jane
- 1960The Army Game — Bernadette Lafont
- 1960The Delinquents — Mado
- 1959Le Beau Serge — Marie
- 1959Night Dance Hall — Nicole
- 1959À double tour — Julie
- 1958King on Horseback — (uncredited)
- 1958The Mischief Makers — Bernadette Jouve
- 1958Young Husbands — Una ragazza (uncredited)
Appearances as themselves (21)
- 2019Claude Chabrol, the Maverick — Self - Actress (archive footage)
- 2016Bernadette Lafont: And God Created the Free Woman — Self (archive footage)
- 2008Souvenirs souvenirs — Self
- 2006The Life and Work of Claude Chabrol — Self
- 2003Claude Chabrol: Mon premier film — Self
- 2002A Day in the Life of French Cinema — Self
- Vivement dimanche — Self
- 1995Son of Gascogne — Self
- Sacrée soirée — Self
- 1985Vivement Truffaut — Self / Camille (archive footage)
- Champs-Elysées — Self
- Ciné regards — Self
- 1978Notes for Jerome — Self
- Les Rendez-vous du dimanche — Self
- Midi Première — Self
- Système 2 — Self
- Spécial cinéma — Self
- Midi trente — Self
- Samedi soir — Self
- Dim Dam Dom — Self
- Cinépanorama — Self