Valérie Lemercier

Valérie Lemercier

Born: March 9, 1964
in Dieppe, Seine-Maritime, France
Valérie Lemercier (born 9 March 1964) is a French actress, screenwriter, director and singer.

Born in Dieppe, Seine-Maritime as the daughter of farmers, Lemercier grew up in Gonzeville and then studied at the Rouen Conservatoire - a dance, music and drama school. Lemercier made her screen debut in 1988, in the television series Palace. Lemercier has won two César Awards for her supporting roles in Les Visiteurs (1993) and Fauteuils d'orchestre (2007), and hosted the award ceremony in 2006 and 2007. She has subsequently become a successful director.

Lemercier released her first music album, Valérie Lemercier chante, in 1996, and has subsequently recorded three singles with other singers.

Source: Article "Valérie Lemercier" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Movies for Valérie Lemercier...

Under the Rainbow
Title: Under the Rainbow
Character: Noëlle
Released: November 22, 2023
Type: Movie
An association takes in young LGBT people made homeless by their families. Behind the apparent comedy, the excesses, the desire to assert themselves, lie shattered lives. They all have this furious desire to exist, to find their place in society. Here, they have six months to find a job, a place to live and accept themselves as they are. It's a race against time, during which Noëlle, who runs the association, and Alex, who helps her in her mission, are also forced to face up to their own failings and question their motivation for helping others.
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La Revanche de Bernadette Chirac
Title: La Revanche de Bernadette Chirac
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: October 8, 2023
Type: Movie
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Title: Faut Voir - L'hebdo cinéma
Character: Self - Guest
Released: September 22, 2023
Type: TV
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Coup de Chance
Title: Coup de Chance
Character: Camille Moreau
Released: September 15, 2023
Type: Movie
Two young people's bond leads to marital infidelity and ultimately crime. Fanny and Jean have everything of an ideal couple: fulfilled in their professional life, they live in a magnificent apartment in the beautiful districts of Paris and seem to be in love as on the first day. But when Fanny crosses, by chance, Alain, a former high school friend, she is immediately capsized. They see each other again very quickly and get closer and closer.
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L'Âge d'or de la pub
Title: L'Âge d'or de la pub
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: June 2, 2023
Type: Movie
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Ce soir, c'est Palmashow 2
Title: Ce soir, c'est Palmashow 2
Character: Self - Guest
Released: March 17, 2023
Type: Movie
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Title: Beau geste
Character: Self
Released: January 22, 2023
Type: TV
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La traversée de Bourvil
Title: La traversée de Bourvil
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: September 23, 2022
Type: Movie
September 23, 2022 marks the 52nd anniversary of the death of Bourvil (1917-1970). Radio, sketches, boulevard theater, operetta, cinema, songs whimsical or tender, Bourvil is present in all areas of popular culture. Carried by the voice of Valérie Lemercier, this portrait of the artist allows us to rediscover his most beautiful songs, from Les Crayons to La Tendresse, and the highlights of his filmography, from the cult scenes of La Traversée de Paris, Le Corniaud and La Grande Vadrouille to Le Cercle rouge. We also rediscover the richness of his career as a singer and actor, with some little known nuggets. The testimony of Bourvil's two sons, unpublished family films and numerous archives tell the story of the all too brief life of this endearing man.
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Employee of the Month
Title: Employee of the Month
Character: La directrice de la station
Released: June 29, 2022
Type: Movie
Vincent, a civil servant, has always enjoyed the benefits of his family's status. When the government votes on a massive savings plan, Vincent is pushed out. When he is transferred to the North Pole, he meets Eva and finds love. It's time for him to choose.
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Aline
Title: Aline
Character: Aline Dieu
Released: November 19, 2020
Type: Movie
A fictionalized biopic of Aline Dieu, a multitalented singer from a musically inclined family.
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Josep
Title: Josep
Character: La Mère de Valentin (voice)
Released: September 30, 2020
Type: Movie
February 1939. Overwhelmed by the flood of Republicans fleeing Franco's dictatorship, the French government's solution consists in confining the Spanish refugees in concentration camps where they have no other choice than to build their own shelters, feed off the horses which have carried them out of their country, and die by the hundred for lack of hygiene and water... In one of these camps, two men, separated by barbwire, will become friends. One is a guard the other is Josep Bartoli (Barcelona 1910 - New York 1995), a cartoonist who fights against the Franco regime.
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Title: La tour
Character: Self - Guest
Released: September 28, 2020
Type: TV
An original talk show is set in Patrick’s warm and cozy apartment, where he welcomes friends and guests every day to discuss the latest hot topics that affect our lives. The show also features Patrick’s fictional neighbours.
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Title: We're Live
Character: Self
Released: September 26, 2020
Type: TV
On est en direct is the place where we talk about news and culture, where we host singers, actors, writers, and where surprises, and humor are par for the course! It's freedom of speech, with guests coming to speak on the news for debates without filter. It's also an opportunity to discover new talents ...
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Ballsy Girl
Title: Ballsy Girl
Character: Sissi
Released: April 15, 2020
Type: Movie
Nour is a pleasant and funny person who works as an accountant at a fitness center in Paris. Everybody likes her, but she has no luck in her romantic endeavours because she is overweight with atypical looks. Her close friends try to give her advice, but they are not particularly successful in the love department either. Her mother and brother are also close, but they are of no help, rather the contrary. One day she witnesses a pole dancing class at her workplace, something that she would never dream of doing herself, but she sees how much the women in the class and their teacher are enjoying themselves, so she is tempted. Finally the teacher starts giving her private lessons since she is too ashamed of her body to do anything in public. Slowly but surely she gains confidence in herself and many things change in her life.
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Title: On va se le dire
Character: Self
Released: September 9, 2019
Type: TV
Host Sébastien Diaz, known for his curiosity, is interested in absolutely everything that's going on in the world. At the rate things are changing, every day brings surprising new trends, unusual developments and contradictory social movements. Sébastien is joined by regular contributors and invites various celebrities to talk about the hottest topics in this modern round table.
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Title: The secret song
Character: Self
Released: December 29, 2018
Type: TV
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Jean Paul Gaultier fait son show
Title: Jean Paul Gaultier fait son show
Character: Self
Released: October 13, 2018
Type: Movie
On the occasion of Jean Paul Gaultier's 40-year career and his show "Fashion Freak Show" at the Folies Bergère, France 2 has given carte blanche to the most famous French couturier of the world who has created for the first time a great show of varieties fully immersed in his universe. Jean Paul Gaultier who, in his childhood, dreamed while watching the variety shows of Maritie and Gilbert Carpentier, takes the reins of this great entertainment mixing music and fashion.
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Title: 50 Nuances de Grecs
Character: Pénélope
Released: September 3, 2018
Type: TV
Myths are not dead: they are among us! With his mischievous eye and the art of diversion which is the trademark of "Flint and the city" and his cult comic strip "The Planet of the Wise", Jul revisits in 50 shades of Greeks the mythological heritage by humor and lag, in thirty episodes.
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Neuilly sa mère, sa mère !
Title: Neuilly sa mère, sa mère !
Character: Brigitte
Released: August 8, 2018
Type: Movie
In 2008, Sami Benboudaoud discovered the hell of Neuilly-sur-Seine. Ten years later, now that everything is for the best for Sami who brilliantly completes his studies of political science, nothing will go for his cousin Charles of Chazelle.
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La télé de Valérie Lemercier
Title: La télé de Valérie Lemercier
Released: November 23, 2017
Type: Movie
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Marie-Francine
Title: Marie-Francine
Character: Marie-Francine Doublet
Released: May 31, 2017
Type: Movie
A woman at the age of 50 moves back in with her parents after her husband leave her for a younger woman.
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Title: Quotidien
Character: Self
Released: September 12, 2016
Type: TV
Quotidien is a French television program presented by Yann Barthès and broadcast from September 12, 2016 on TMC.
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CANAL+'s 30th anniversary
Title: CANAL+'s 30th anniversary
Character: Self
Released: November 4, 2014
Type: Movie
Primetime special to celebrate 30 years of CANAL+.
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Nicholas on Holiday
Title: Nicholas on Holiday
Character: La mère de Nicolas
Released: July 9, 2014
Type: Movie
It's the end of the school year. The long-awaited moment of the holidays is arrive. The little Nicolas, her parents and Grandma take the road towards the sea, and settle in for some time at the Hotel Beau-Rivage.
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The Ultimate Accessory
Title: The Ultimate Accessory
Character: Aleksandra
Released: December 11, 2013
Type: Movie
The story of Aleksandra and Cyrille, a prominent, trendy, and very well-off Parisian couple, whose life is not quite the same after seven-year-old Alekseï from Russia suddenly pops up in their 100% cashmere, childless home. Aleksandra soon realises that this little boy they have adopted is not quite what she had been hoping for...
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Hand in Hand
Title: Hand in Hand
Character: Hélène Marchal
Released: December 19, 2012
Type: Movie
From the moment they meet - and against their will - Helene and Joachim begin a lovers' dance they are powerless to stop.
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Asterix & Obelix: God Save Britannia
Title: Asterix & Obelix: God Save Britannia
Character: Miss Macintosh
Released: October 17, 2012
Type: Movie
Asterix crosses the channel to help second-cousin Anticlimax face down Julius Caesar and invading Romans.
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Granny's Funeral
Title: Granny's Funeral
Character: Alix
Released: June 19, 2012
Type: Movie
A provincial chemist in the throes of a mid-life crisis must choose between burying his dearly departed grandmother and cremating her in this quirky comedy of manners starring Valerie Lemercier, Denis Podalydes, and Isabelle Candelier.
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Love Lasts Three Years
Title: Love Lasts Three Years
Character: Francesca Vernesi
Released: December 10, 2011
Type: Movie
A heartbroken literary critic turns his despair into creativity following a bitter divorce, only to encounter an enchanting beauty who poses a major challenge to his newfound cynicism. Marc Marronnier thought his marriage was going well until his wife deemed him immature, and left him for a high-profile writer. Devastated, he began filtering all of his heartache into a misanthropic manuscript decrying the virtues of true love. But later, when Marc falls hard for his cousin's radiant and gorgeous wife, his entire life is turned upside down. Louise Bourgoin and Gaspard Proust star in a film by actor and author-turned-director Frederic Beigbeder.
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Welcome Aboard
Title: Welcome Aboard
Character: Isabelle
Released: October 5, 2011
Type: Movie
Isabelle, HR of a large cruise company, made the mistake of choosing her boss as a lover. Before embarking on the maiden voyage of the new flagship of the fleet, though, he decided to disembark from their relationship! Some women take their revenge by poison, firearm, or slander. Isabelle chooses Remy a flamboyant, unemployed ne'er-do-well who flunked out in life on land, but after all is said and done, might have better luck at sea... She recruits him as leader of her plot and on this Palace of the Seas, Remy will first prove to be the worst nightmare of the CEO and Richard, the Cruise Director...then, little by little, he will change his life and that of all those who cross his path...
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Monte Carlo
Title: Monte Carlo
Character: Madame Valerie
Released: July 1, 2011
Type: Movie
Three young women vacationing in Paris find themselves whisked away to Monte Carlo after one of the girls is mistaken for a British heiress.
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Little Nicholas
Title: Little Nicholas
Character: La mère de Nicolas
Released: September 30, 2009
Type: Movie
Nicolas has a happy existence, parents who love him, a great group of friends with whom he has great fun, and all he wants is that nothing changes. However, one day, he overhears a conversation that leads him to believe that his life might change forever, his mother is pregnant! He panics and envisions the worst.
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Title: C à vous
Character: Self
Released: September 7, 2009
Type: TV
Every day live on FRANCE 5, Anne-Élisabeth Lemoine and her team receive those who make the news. In the second part, the program welcomes, around a meal prepared by a qualified chef, artists in promotion.
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Neuilly Yo Mama!
Title: Neuilly Yo Mama!
Character: Brigitte, la mère de Charles et Caroline
Released: August 12, 2009
Type: Movie
Samy moves from the underdeveloped crime-ridden French suburb to the riches of Neuilly.
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A Day at the Museum
Title: A Day at the Museum
Character: Valérie
Released: November 19, 2008
Type: Movie
Un conservateur terrorisé par les plantes vertes, une mère plastifiée pour être exposée, un ballet de Saintes Vierges, des gardiens épuisés par Rodin, un ministre perdu dans une exposition de sexes, une voiture disparue au parking Rembrandt, des provinciaux amoureux des Impressionnistes, touristes galopins galopant d'une salle à l'autre, passager clandestin dans l'art premier, Picasso, Gauguin, Warhol, ils sont tous là dans ce petit monde qui ressemble au grand, dans ce musée pas si imaginaire que ça, valsant la comédie humaine jusqu'au burlesque.
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Agathe Cléry
Title: Agathe Cléry
Character: Agathe Cléry
Released: November 11, 2008
Type: Movie
Agathe Clery, a marketing manager for a cosmetics company, is snobbish, stubborn and racist. When she is diagnosed with Addison Syndrome, an disorder that darkens the pigmentation of one's skin, she suddenly finds herself resembling a black woman.
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The Dinner Guest
Title: The Dinner Guest
Character: Colette
Released: September 19, 2007
Type: Movie
Fifty years old, three years past of unemployment, benefits decreasing very quickly... Gerard is at the end of the rope when a position is offered him in Indonesia. To win the favor of his new employer, Gerard invites him to dinner at home. Fatal Error ! Terrified at the idea of not being up to par, his wife Colette begs Alexandre, their neighbor to help. Communication guru, Alexander accepts the challenge and gives a makeover to the couple in twenty-four hours. Apartment, decoration, lifestyle, dinner menu, uniforms, culture... Everything !
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Family Hero
Title: Family Hero
Character: Pamela
Released: December 20, 2006
Type: Movie
A story of a cabaret in Nice called "Le perroquet bleu" ("The blue parrot"). The innkeeper, Gabriel, dies at the beginning of the movie and leave his business to his godchildren : Nino and Marianne, whom father had been taken under Gabriel's wing when he was fifteen years old. After the reading of the will, the fate of "The Blue Parrot" is in their hands.
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Avenue Montaigne
Title: Avenue Montaigne
Character: Catherine Versen
Released: February 15, 2006
Type: Movie
A young woman arrives in Paris where she finds a job as a waitress in bar next on Avenue Montaigne that caters to the surrounding theaters and the wealthy inhabitants of the area. She will meet a pianist, a famous actress and a great art collector, and become acquainted with the "luxurious" world her grandmother has told her about since her childhood.
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Royal Palace
Title: Royal Palace
Character: Princesse Armelle
Released: November 23, 2005
Type: Movie
Eugenia is the queen of an imaginary European country. When her husband dies, quite unexpectedly, the country is left without a king. According to the law, the new king needs to be married so that leaves out the eldest son. Her youngest son, Prince Arnaud is married to the lovely Armelle and they have two young children. They become the future rulers of the kingdom.
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Title: Tout le monde en parle
Character: Self
Released: September 12, 2004
Type: TV
Host Guy A. Lepage brings together six to eight personalities from different milieus—sports, politics, stage productions and more—that are the subject of everyone’s conversations and/or are important figures in recent events. Participants are invited to speak freely, voicing their opinions on headline news or on a subject that is near and dear to them. 
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Title: La chanson de l'année
Character: Self
Released: June 5, 2004
Type: TV
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RRRrrrr!!!
Title: RRRrrrr!!!
Character: Pierre (la prof de guitare-couture)
Released: January 28, 2004
Type: Movie
In 35,000 BC, the tribe of the Dirty Hairs is at war against the tribe of the Clean Hairs for eight hundred years, trying to get their shampoo. The chief of the Dirty Hairs sends his daughter Guy disguised to the enemy tribe to get some shampoo for his tribe. When the healer of the Clean Hairs tribe surprisingly kills two cavemen of his tribe, their imbecile chief assigns Pierre with curled hair and Pierre blonde to investigate the murder and find the criminal.
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Title: Samedi soir en direct
Released: September 13, 2003
Type: TV
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Friday Night
Title: Friday Night
Character: Laure
Released: September 11, 2002
Type: Movie
Paris, 1995. Laure is about to meet friends for dinner. But on her way out, she discovers that the entire city is stalled by a massive transit strike. When she offers a handsome stranger a ride, Laure takes a highly charged, impossibly erotic detour.
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Title: Burger Quiz
Character: Self
Released: August 27, 2001
Type: TV
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From Behind
Title: From Behind
Character: Frédérique / Frédéric Sénèque
Released: April 28, 1999
Type: Movie
Frédérique's mother has died recently leaving her the family stud farm. She's never met her father, doesn't even know his name. But she finds it on the back of an old photo. She sets off for Paris. She stays with her gay dancer pal Marc. Marc and friends decide to go to their favourite gay bar... but it's men only. So Frédérique becomes Frédéric, an effeminate gay boy... Frédérique follows her father. Pierre Arroux is an art curator - and gay. She introduces herself to him, but as Frédéric. So while Frédéric is quite an awkward young man and an embarrassment to his father, Frédérique is secretly meeting with her old boyfriend now living in Paris..
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Title: Vivement dimanche
Character: Self
Released: September 20, 1998
Type: TV
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Title: Tout le monde en parle
Character: Self
Released: September 19, 1998
Type: TV
Tout le monde en parle is a French talk show broadcast on France 2 from September 5, 1998 to July 8, 2006. It was hosted by Thierry Ardisson and produced by Catherine Barma. During its first season, the show took the form of societal debates; it was in September 1999 that it was re-formatted into a talk-show. The show features guests who are making news at the moment, including actors, writers, singers, politicians and athletes. Guests discuss their life and engage in thematic interviews. The show gradually acquired a provocative reputation, notably since the host does not hesitate to ask political guests questions about their private and sexual lives. With Thierry Ardisson as the main host, he was first accompanied by Laurent Ruquier and Linda Hardy. Later, he turned to duos Éric and Ramzy, then Kad and Olivier. Finally, he opted for comedian Lauren Baffie as co-host, until the end of the show.
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Quadrille
Title: Quadrille
Character: Paulette Nanteuil
Released: April 23, 1997
Type: Movie
Carl Herickson, a big American film star, unwillingly upsets a Parisian trio: a newspaper editor, his theater actress wife, and their fiery journalist best friend.
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Sabrina
Title: Sabrina
Character: Martine
Released: December 15, 1995
Type: Movie
An ugly duckling having undergone a remarkable change, still harbors feelings for her crush: a carefree playboy, but not before his business-focused brother has something to say about it.
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Casque bleu
Title: Casque bleu
Character: Laurette
Released: June 15, 1994
Type: Movie
Winegrower Patrick Ponsac comes close to ruining his marriage when he has an affair with another woman. By way of atonement, he takes his wife back to the Mediterranean island where, 13 years earlier, they spent their honeymoon. Not such a good move, as it turns out. The peacemaking holiday coincides with the outbreak of a bloody civil war. Having failed to leave the country, Patrick, his wife and their eccentric entourage are taken hostage by merciless guerrillas…
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Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy
Title: Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy
Character: M. Jacques' widow
Released: March 9, 1994
Type: Movie
A second-class horror movie has to be shown at Cannes Film Festival, but, before each screening, the projectionist is killed by a mysterious fellow, with hammer and sickle, just as it happens in the film to be shown.
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Les Enfoirés 1994 - Les Enfoirés au Grand Rex
Title: Les Enfoirés 1994 - Les Enfoirés au Grand Rex
Released: February 5, 1994
Type: Movie
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Les Enfoirés 1993 - Les Enfoirés chantent Starmania
Title: Les Enfoirés 1993 - Les Enfoirés chantent Starmania
Released: March 6, 1993
Type: Movie
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The Visitors
Title: The Visitors
Character: Frénégonde de Pouille / Béatrice de Montmirail
Released: January 27, 1993
Type: Movie
This outrageous time-travel comedy follows the misadventures of a wacky medieval knight (Jean Reno) and his faithful servant when they are accidentally transported to contemporary times by a senile sorcerer. Mayhem rules as these 12th-century visitors try adapting to the wildly confusing modern world. To avoid being stuck here for good, however, they soon begin an all-out cosmic assault on their former castle -- now a luxury hotel -- in their quest to return to the past.
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Sexes faibles!
Title: Sexes faibles!
Character: Maud Le Chesnay
Released: October 14, 1992
Type: Movie
The La Chesnays live in a castle threatened with destruction to accommodate a TGV line. While Gilles, the husband, agrees to receive compensation, his wife, Maud, fights with the other villagers so that the project does not materialize.
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Le bal des Casse-pieds
Title: Le bal des Casse-pieds
Character: Delphine
Released: February 12, 1992
Type: Movie
A tolerant veterinarian turns the other cheek when annoyed but changes his nature when he falls in love.
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L'Opération Corned Beef
Title: L'Opération Corned Beef
Character: Marie-Laurence Granianski, interprète à l'ambassade d'Autriche
Released: February 6, 1991
Type: Movie
The unsanctioned efforts of a covert unit to gather evidence about illegal arms shipments with the unwitting help of an embassy employee.
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Title: Les Nuls, l'émission
Character: Self - Guest
Released: October 13, 1990
Type: TV
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Title: Stars 90
Character: Self
Released: September 3, 1990
Type: TV
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May Fools
Title: May Fools
Character: Mrs. Boutelleau
Released: January 24, 1990
Type: Movie
An eccentric family is re-united during the 1968 general strike in France, after the death of the grandmother.
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Title: Palace
Character: Lady Palace / Gardienne du bon goût / Présidente du Club de celles qui ne ressemblent pas à Madonna / Princesse Ulla de Croatie / la juge roumaine / Auditrice du professeur Rollin / Duchesse financée par Buvard d'or
Released: October 29, 1988
Type: TV
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Title: Nulle part ailleurs
Character: Self
Released: August 31, 1987
Type: TV
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Title: Victoires de la musique
Character: (Comedian of the Year)
Released: November 23, 1985
Type: TV
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Title: Cérémonie des César
Released: April 3, 1976
Type: TV