Dominique Sanda
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Dominique Sanda is a French actress and former fashion model.
Sanda was born as Dominique Marie-Françoise Renée Varaigne in Paris to Lucienne (née
Pichon) and Gérard Varaigne. She appeared in such noted European films of the 1970s as Vittorio de Sica
's Il Giardino dei Finzi-Contini
, Bernardo Bertolucci
's The Conformist
and Novecento, and Liliana Cavani
's Beyond Good and Evil
. She also appeared in The Mackintosh Man
(with Paul Newman
) and Steppenwolf
(with Max von Sydow
).
At the theatre:
In the 1970s, she lived with late actor/director Christian Marquand
, with whom she had a son, Yann Marquand.
In 2000, she married Nicolae Cutzarida, a philosopher and University professor of Romanian origin.
She won the award for Best Actress
at the 1976 Cannes Film Festival
for her role in the film The Inheritance
.
Sanda was born as Dominique Marie-Françoise Renée Varaigne in Paris to Lucienne (née
Married and maiden names
A married name is the family name adopted by a person upon marriage. When a person assumes the family name of her spouse, the new name replaces the maiden name....
Pichon) and Gérard Varaigne. She appeared in such noted European films of the 1970s as Vittorio de Sica
Vittorio de Sica
Vittorio De Sica was an Italian director and actor, a leading figure in the neorealist movement....
's Il Giardino dei Finzi-Contini
The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (film)
The Garden of the Finzi-Continis is a 1970 Italian film, directed by Vittorio de Sica. It stars Lino Capolicchio, Dominique Sanda and Helmut Berger. The film is based upon Giorgio Bassani's novel of the same name.-Plot:...
, Bernardo Bertolucci
Bernardo Bertolucci
Bernardo Bertolucci is an Italian film director and screenwriter, whose films include The Conformist, Last Tango in Paris, 1900, The Last Emperor and The Dreamers...
's The Conformist
The Conformist (film)
The Conformist is a 1970 political drama film directed by Bernardo Bertolucci. The screenplay was written by Bertolucci based on the 1951 novel The Conformist by Alberto Moravia. The film features Jean-Louis Trintignant and Stefania Sandrelli, among others...
and Novecento, and Liliana Cavani
Liliana Cavani
Liliana Cavani is an Italian film director and screenwriter. She belongs to a generation of Italian filmmakers that came into prominence in the 1970s and includes Bernardo Bertolucci, Pier Paolo Pasolini and Marco Bellochio. Cavani became internationally known after the success of her 1974 feature...
's Beyond Good and Evil
Beyond Good and Evil (film)
Beyond Good and Evil is a 1977 drama film directed by Liliana Cavani. It stars Dominique Sanda , Erland Josephson and Robert Powell...
. She also appeared in The Mackintosh Man
The Mackintosh Man
The Mackintosh Man is a 1973 British cold war spy thriller film directed by John Huston and starring Paul Newman, James Mason, Dominique Sanda and Ian Bannen. It was produced by John Foreman and William Hill as associate producer from a screenplay by Walter Hill and William Fairchild based on the...
(with Paul Newman
Paul Newman
Paul Leonard Newman was an American actor, film director, entrepreneur, humanitarian, professional racing driver and auto racing enthusiast...
) and Steppenwolf
Steppenwolf (film)
Steppenwolf is a 1974 film adaptation of Hermann Hesse's 1928 novel of the same name. The film made heavy use of visual special effects that were cutting-edge at the time of its release....
(with Max von Sydow
Max von Sydow
Max von Sydow is a Swedish actor. He has also held French citizenship since 2002. He has starred in many films and had supporting roles in dozens more...
).
At the theatre:
- in 1993 at the Théâtre de la Commune, in Aubervilliers, France, she played Melitta in Madame Klein (Mrs. Klein by Nicolas WrightNicolas WrightNicolas Wright is a Canadian actor. Wright has performed on stage, television and film. In 2004, he received the "most promising newcomer" award at the Just for Laughs film festival in Montreal for his short film, Toutouffe...
), directed by Brigitte Jaques-Wajeman; - in 1995 in Italy, she played the marquise de Merteuil in Les liaisons dangereusesLes Liaisons dangereusesLes Liaisons dangereuses is a French epistolary novel by Choderlos de Laclos, first published in four volumes by Durand Neveu from March 23, 1782....
, based on Choderlos de Laclos's novel, directed by Mario Monicelli. - in 1995-1996 in France and Belgium, she has been Lady Chiltern in An Ideal HusbandAn Ideal HusbandAn Ideal Husband is an 1895 comedic stage play by Oscar Wilde which revolves around blackmail and political corruption, and touches on the themes of public and private honour...
by Oscar WildeOscar WildeOscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde was an Irish writer and poet. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of London's most popular playwrights in the early 1890s...
, directed by Adrian Brine.
In the 1970s, she lived with late actor/director Christian Marquand
Christian Marquand
Christian Marquand was a French director, actor and screenwriter working in French cinema. A native of Marseille, he was born to a Spanish father and an Arabic mother his sister was film director Nadine Trintignant, and he can be seen as a heartthrob in French movies of the 1950s.His first film...
, with whom she had a son, Yann Marquand.
In 2000, she married Nicolae Cutzarida, a philosopher and University professor of Romanian origin.
She won the award for Best Actress
Best Actress Award (Cannes Film Festival)
The Best Actress Award is an award presented at the Cannes Film Festival. It is chosen by the jury from the 'official section' of films at the festival. It was first awarded in 1946.-Award Winners:-External links:* * ....
at the 1976 Cannes Film Festival
1976 Cannes Film Festival
The 29th Cannes Film Festival was held on May 13-28, 1976. A new section, 'L'Air du temps', which is non-competitive and focuses on contemporary subjects, is introduced at this festival and discontinued after the next.- Jury :...
for her role in the film The Inheritance
The Inheritance (1976 film)
The Inheritance is a 1976 Italian drama film directed by Mauro Bolognini. It was entered into the 1976 Cannes Film Festival, where Dominique Sanda won the award for Best Actress.-Cast:* Anthony Quinn - Gregorio Ferramonti* Fabio Testi - Mario Ferramonti...
.
Filmography
- Une femme douce (1969)
- La note dei fiori (1970)
- Il ConformistaThe Conformist (film)The Conformist is a 1970 political drama film directed by Bernardo Bertolucci. The screenplay was written by Bertolucci based on the 1951 novel The Conformist by Alberto Moravia. The film features Jean-Louis Trintignant and Stefania Sandrelli, among others...
(1970) - Erste LiebeFirst Love (1970 film)First Love is a 1970 film, written, directed, and starred in by Austrian director Maximilian Schell. It is an adaptation of Ivan Turgenev's homonymous novella starring Schell, Dominique Sanda, and John Moulder-Brown.-Cast:*John Moulder-Brown as Alexander...
(1970) - Il Giardino dei Finzi-ContiniThe Garden of the Finzi-Continis (film)The Garden of the Finzi-Continis is a 1970 Italian film, directed by Vittorio de Sica. It stars Lino Capolicchio, Dominique Sanda and Helmut Berger. The film is based upon Giorgio Bassani's novel of the same name.-Plot:...
(1970) - Without Apparent Motive (1971)
- Story of a Love StoryStory of a Love StoryStory of a Love Story, also known as Impossible Object, is a 1973 drama film starring Alan Bates and Dominique Sanda. It was directed by John Frankenheimer and based on a novel by Nicholas Mosley...
(1973) - The Mackintosh ManThe Mackintosh ManThe Mackintosh Man is a 1973 British cold war spy thriller film directed by John Huston and starring Paul Newman, James Mason, Dominique Sanda and Ian Bannen. It was produced by John Foreman and William Hill as associate producer from a screenplay by Walter Hill and William Fairchild based on the...
(1973) - Gruppo di famiglia in un internoConversation Piece (film)Conversation Piece is an award-winning 1974 film by Italian director Luchino Visconti.The film features an international cast including the American actor Burt Lancaster, the Austrian Helmut Berger and the Italians Silvana Mangano and Claudia Cardinale and the French actress Dominique Sanda in a...
(1974) - Le berceau de cristal (1975)
- SteppenwolfSteppenwolf (film)Steppenwolf is a 1974 film adaptation of Hermann Hesse's 1928 novel of the same name. The film made heavy use of visual special effects that were cutting-edge at the time of its release....
(1974) - Novecento1900 (film)1900 is a 1976 Italian epic film directed by Bernardo Bertolucci, starring Robert De Niro, Gérard Depardieu, Dominique Sanda, Donald Sutherland, Alida Valli, and Burt Lancaster. Set in Bertolucci's ancestral region of Emilia, the film chronicles the lives of two men during the political turmoils...
(1976) - L'eredità Ferramonti (The Inheritance) (1976)
- Beyond Good and EvilBeyond Good and Evil (film)Beyond Good and Evil is a 1977 drama film directed by Liliana Cavani. It stars Dominique Sanda , Erland Josephson and Robert Powell...
(1977) - Damnation AlleyDamnation Alley (film)Damnation Alley is a 1977 film, directed by Jack Smight, loosely based on the novel of the same name by Roger Zelazny. The original music score was composed by Jerry Goldsmith.-Plot:...
(1977) - Utopia (1978)
- La Chanson de RolandThe Song of Roland (film)The Song of Roland is a 1978 French drama film directed by Frank Cassenti and starring Klaus Kinski.-Cast:* Klaus Kinski - Roland / Klaus* Alain Cuny - Turpin / Le moine* Dominique Sanda - Anna* Pierre Clémenti - Olivier / Le clerc...
(1978) - Le Navire Night (1979)
- Le Voyage en douceLe Voyage en douceLe Voyage en douce is a 1980 French drama film directed by Michel Deville. The screenplay is shaped around 15 different sexual anecdotes, penned by 15 writers. The film stars Dominique Sanda and Geraldine Chaplin...
(Sentimental Journey) (1980) - CaboblancoCaboblancoCaboblanco is an American drama film directed by J. Lee Thompson, starring Charles Bronson, Dominique Sanda and Jason Robards. The film has often been described as a remake of Casablanca.-Plot:...
(1980) - La Naissance du jour (1980)
- The Wings of the DoveThe Wings of the Dove (1981 film)The Wings of the Dove is a 1981 French drama film directed by Benoît Jacquot and starring Isabelle Huppert.-Cast:* Isabelle Huppert as Marie* Dominique Sanda as Catherine Croy* Michele Placido as Sandro* Loleh Bellon as Suzanne Berger...
(1981) - L'Indiscrétion (1982)
- Une chambre en villeUne chambre en villeUne chambre en ville is a 1982 French film directed by Jacques Demy. It is a musical in which every line of dialogue is sung. The film won the Prix Méliès, and was nominated for nine César Awards: Best Film, Best Director, Most Promising Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best...
(1982) - Poussière d'empire (1983)
- Le Matelot 512 (1984)
- Corps et biens (1986)
- Le Lunghe ombre (1987)
- Les Mendiants (1988)
- Il Decimo clandestino (1989)
- In una notte di chiaro di luna (1989)
- Voyage of Terror: The Achille Lauro AffairVoyage of Terror: The Achille Lauro Affair----Voyage of Terror: The Achille Lauro Affair is a TV Drama/Action movie based on the Achille Lauro hijacking, starring Burt Lancaster - Eva Marie Saint and directed by Alberto Negrin-----Plot:...
(1990) - Tolgo il disturbo (1990)
- Voglia di vivere (1990)
- Lenin: The Train (1990)
- I, the Worst of All (1990)
- Birth of a Golem (1991)
- Ils n'avaient pas rendez-vous (1991)
- El ViajeThe Journey (1992 film)The Journey is a 1992 Argentine drama film directed by Fernando Solanas. It was entered into the 1992 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Walter Quiroz - Martin* Soledad Alfaro - Vidala* Ricardo Bartis - Monitor* Christina Becerra - Violeta...
(1992) - Rosenemil (1993)
- The Lucona Affair (1993)
- Der grüne Heinrich (1994)
- Guerriers et captives (1994)
- Brennendes Herz (1995)
- The Bible: JosephJoseph (film)The Bible: Joseph is a German/Italian/American television movie from 1995, which tells the story of Joseph from the Old Testament.- Plot :Joseph, a Canaanite Hebrew, is an Egyptian slave to Potiphar, chief of Pharoah's palace guard. When Joseph is placed under the charge of Ednan, Potiphar's...
(1995) - L'Univers de Jacques Demy (1995)
- Garage OlimpoGarage OlimpoOlympic Garage is an Argentine drama film, directed by Marco Bechis and written by Bechis and Lara Fremder.The film was produced by Daniel Burman and Diego Dubcovsky , Amedeo Pagani , and Eric Heumann ....
(1999) - The Crimson RiversThe Crimson RiversThe Crimson Rivers is a 2000 French psychological thriller film directed by Mathieu Kassovitz and based on the best-selling novel Les rivières pourpres by the film's co-writer Jean-Christophe Grangé....
(2000) - The Island of the Mapmaker's WifeThe Island of the Mapmaker's WifeThe Island of the Mapmaker's Wife is a British-Dutch film directed by Michie Gleason, with a screenplay by Michie Gleason based on a short story by Marilyn Sides which appeared in the 1990 O. Henry Prize Stories collection.-Plot synopsis:...
(2001) - Suster N (2007)