Actor
Bernadette Lafont
Born 28 October 1938 · Nîmes, Gard, France — died 25 July 2013
Bernadette Lafont (1938–2013) was a French actress whose career spanned more than five decades. She rose to fame in early films by Truffaut and Chabrol and is regarded as a muse of the French New Wave. She later worked with directors such as Jean Eustache and Nelly Kaplan.
Key films
The Mischief Makers (1958)
Truffaut's short film (Les Mistons) made her a face of the emerging New Wave.
Le Beau Serge (1959)On Cinespective
Chabrol's debut feature, widely seen as the first New Wave feature film, with Lafont in a key role.
Les Bonnes Femmes (1960)
Chabrol's acclaimed portrait of Parisian shop girls, a defining early role.
A Very Curious Girl (1969)
Nelly Kaplan's feminist comedy (La Fiancée du pirate) gave her a celebrated lead role.
The Mother and the Whore (1973)
Jean Eustache's landmark of French cinema, with Lafont in a central role.
Key awards
No major awards are documented here.
On Cinespective
Full filmography · 166
- 1958The Mischief Makers · as Bernadette JouveActor
- 1958King on Horseback · as (uncredited)Actor
- 1958Young Husbands · as Una ragazza (uncredited)Actor
- 1959Le Beau Serge · as MarieActor
- 1959À double tour · as JulieActor
- 1959Night Dance Hall · as NicoleActor
- 1960Les Bonnes Femmes · as JaneActor
- 1960A Game for Six Lovers · as PrudenceActor
- 1960The Army Game · as Bernadette LafontActor
- 1960The Delinquents · as MadoActor
- 1961Wise Guys · as AmbroisineActor
- 1961It Means That Much to Me · as AnnaActor
- 1962And Satan Calls the Turns · as IsabelleActor
- 1962Un clair de Lune à Maubeuge · as CharlotteActor
- 1962Jusqu'à plus soif · as SolangeActor
- 1962A Swelled HeadActor
- 1963Ladies First · as Miss JujubeActor
- 1964Male Hunt · as FloraActor
- 1964Le Petit Nicolas · as The motherActor
- 1965The Sleeping Car Murders · as La sœur "mauvaise langue" de GeorgetteActor
- 1965How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning · as Sophie (sketch "Les Bons Vivants")Actor
- 1965The Botanical Avatar of Mademoiselle Flora · as FloraActor
- 1965Killer Spy · as RosineActor
- 1966Je ne sais pasActor
- 1966La vie très étrange de Madame AnastasieActor
- 1967The Thief of Paris · as Marguerite, brazen maidActor
- 1967Idiot in Paris · as La Berthe Patouilloux, la fille du maireActor
- 1967Lamiel · as Pauline, la caméristeActor
- 1967Marie et le Curé · as MarieActor
- 1968Le Révélateur · as La mèreActor
- 1968The Idols · as Sister HilaritéActor
- 1968The Lost Generation · as MarieActor
- 1968Monsieur Jean-Claude VaucherinActor
- 1969A Very Curious Girl · as MarieActor
- 1969Crime Thief · as Miss TailladeActor
- 1969Paul · as MarianneActor
- 1970Elise, or Real Life · as AnnaActor
- 1970Sex-Power · as SaloméActor
- 1970Trap · as La première voleuseActor
- 1970RenaissanceActor
- 1970Cain from Nowhere · as MarielleActor
- 1971Catch Me a Spy · as SimoneActor
- 1971Love Is Gay, Love Is Sad · as Marie AnnassianActor
- 1971Sophie's Ways · as CélineActor
- 1971Étoile aux dents ou Poulou le magnifique · as La libraireActor
- 1971La familleActor
- 1972A Gorgeous Kid Like Me · as Camille BlissActor
- 1972What a Flash!Actor
- 1972Seduction Squad · as BernadetteActor
- 1972The Egg · as RoseActor
- 1972Le Dernier voyage du commandant le Bihan · as MadeleineActor
- 1973The Mother and the Whore · as MarieActor
- 1973The Edifying and Joyous Story of Colinot · as RosemondeActor
- 1973Out 1: Spectre · as SarahActor
- 1973Défense de savoir · as SimoneActor
- 1973Valparaiso, Valparaiso · as EdwardaActor
- 1973The White Gloves of the Devil · as BernadetteActor
- 1973I. You. They. · as La femme du van hippieActor
- 1974Permettete signora che ami vostra figlia? · as Sandra PensottiActor
- 1975A Happy Divorce · as Jacqueline, klinikdameActor
- 1975Zig Zig · as PaulineActor
- 1975A Whale That Had a Toothache · as BernadetteActor
- 1976Noroît (Une Vengeance) · as GiulaActor
- 1976The Probability Factor · as Louise DelouetteActor
- 1976Vincent Put the Donkey in a Meadow (And Went Into the Other) · as Jeanne DogsonActor
- 1976The Groper · as Dany LajouxActor
- 1976La Décharge · as FionaActor
- 1976A Guy Like Me Should Never Die · as MartheActor
- 1978Violette Nozière · as Co-inmateActor
- 1978Like a Turtle on Its Back · as CamilleActor
- 1978Surprise Sock · as BernadetteActor
- 1978Strauberg ist da · as AnneActor
- 1978Notes for Jerome · as SelfActor
- 1979The Other One's Mug · as Gisèle BrossardActor
- 1979Arrête de ramer, t'attaques la falaise ! · as ChimèneActor
- 1979We'll Grow Thin Together · as CorinneActor
- 1979La frisée aux lardons · as MichelineActor
- 1980The Good Thief · as AppulaActor
- 1980Retour en force · as Térésa, ex Mrs. BlausascActor
- 1980Certaines nouvelles · as MayetteActor
- 1980Une merveilleuse journée · as PharmacistActor
- 1981Le Roi des cons · as Denise, la voisine de GeorgesActor
- 1981Si ma gueule vous plaît... · as Denise Lemoine, conciergeActor
- 1982On n'est pas sorti de l'auberge · as GenevièveActor
- 1982Mersonne ne m'aime · as The Keeper of the SealsActor
- 1983Cap Canaille · as Mireille KebadjanActor
- 1983A Good Little Devil · as BettyActor
- 1983Les Beaux Quartiers · as Thérèse RespelièreActor
- 1983La Bête noire · as AntoniaActor
- 1984Gwendoline · as The QueenActor
- 1984Dog Day · as SégolèneActor
- 1985An Impudent Girl · as LéoneActor
- 1985Le Pactole · as La belle-mèreActor
- 1985Vivement Truffaut · as Self / Camille (archive footage)Actor
- 1986Inspector Lavardin · as Hélène MonsActor
- 1986Un moment d'inattention · as The motherActor
- 1987Masks · as La MasseuseActor
- 1987Waiting for the Moon · as Fernande OlivierActor
- 1987Velvet Paws · as JacintheActor
- 1987Les Voleurs de lumièreActor
- 1988The Seasons of Pleasure · as JeanneActor
- 1988Une nuit à l'Assemblée Nationale · as Mme DuglandActor
- 1988Women in Prison · as Nelly RouxActor
- 1989Easy in Mind · as ConstanceActor
- 1990Out 1 · as SarahActor
- 1990Boom boom · as AlexandraActor
- 1990Plein fer · as Blonde womanActor
- 1990La tendresse de l'araignée · as Hélène BrunelActor
- 1991Dingo · as Angie CrossActor
- 1991Sisi/Last Minute · as Baronin von WrangelActor
- 1991Cherokee · as Madame BenedettiActor
- 1992Ville à vendre · as inspectrice Claire DerainActor
- 1992Sam's Enough · as LucieActor
- 1994Nobody Loves Me · as AnnieActor
- 1995Son of Gascogne · as SelfActor
- 1995Zadoc and Happiness · as ZachieActor
- 1996Rainbow pour Rimbaud · as Robert's motherActor
- 1996Pourquoi partir? · as AnnaActor
- 1996Pourquoi partir?Director
- 1997Genealogies of a Crime · as EstherActor
- 1997We're All Still Here · as SocratesActor
- 1997Love in Ambush · as Madeleine CarverActor
- 1997Christmas at Bunny's · as La gouvernante du Père NoëlActor
- 1997Sous les pieds des femmes · as SuzanneActor
- 1999Nothing About Robert · as Mme. SauvageActor
- 1999Recto/Verso · as YolandeActor
- 2000Un possible amour · as Matka JacquesaActor
- 2002Les petites couleurs · as MonaActor
- 2002Lovers of the Nile · as Sophie FrendoActor
- 2002A Day in the Life of French Cinema · as SelfActor
- 2003My New Partner III · as CarmenActor
- 2003Claude Chabrol: Mon premier film · as SelfActor
- 2003Around Jacques BaratierActor
- 2005L'Enfant de personne · as JeanneActor
- 2006I Do · as Geneviève CostaActor
- 2006U · as MamaActor
- 2006Red Needles · as The nurseActor
- 2006Le livre des morts de Belleville · as The motherActor
- 2006The Life and Work of Claude Chabrol · as SelfActor
- 2007Broken English · as Madame GrenelleActor
- 2007Death's Glamour · as Marie-AnneActor
- 2007Stolen Holidays · as DanièleActor
- 2008School's Out · as Adèle Martineau, Clémence's grandmotherActor
- 2008Mes amis, mes amours · as YvonneActor
- 200848 Hours a Day · as MélinaActor
- 2008Souvenirs souvenirs · as SelfActor
- 2009The First Star · as Madame MorgeotActor
- 2009Bazar · as Gabrielle MatheyActor
- 2009So Woman! · as Mme ParoquetActor
- 2009Ma sœur est moi · as Marie-HélèneActor
- 2010A Cat in Paris · as Claudine (voice)Actor
- 2010The Baker's Wife · as CélesteActor
- 2010Au bas de l'échelle · as Annie LafontActor
- 2011Skylab · as Grandma AmandineActor
- 2011Pas de toit sans moi · as MadeleineActor
- 2011La très excellente et divertissante histoire de François Rabelais · as AmandineActor
- 2011L'Amour, la Mort, les FringuesActor
- 2011The Robbed Robber · as AmandineActor
- 2012Paulette · as PauletteActor
- 2012Unloved · as Sylvie adulteActor
- 2012Speak Softly, If This Is Love · as MaryseActor
- 2013Attila Marcel · as Aunt AnnieActor
- 2013L'Habit ne fait pas le moine · as MoniqueActor
- 2013Ciboulette · as Madame PingretActor
- 2016Bernadette Lafont: And God Created the Free WomanActor
- 2019Claude Chabrol, the Maverick · as Self - Actress (archive footage)Actor
Filmography data from TMDB. The profile text is a draft written for Cinespective.