Bernadette LafontNationality:
French Birthdate:
10/26/1938 Birthplace:
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biography
Lead and character player of French and international features who made her cinematic debut--as did director Francois Truffaut--with the 1957 short, "The Mischief Makers". Lafont went on to star in several films of the French New Wave, notably those of director Claude Chabrol (e.g., "Web of Passion" 1959; "Violette Noziere" 1977).
Credits
milestones
Year
Milestone
1957
Film debut, "The Mischief-Makers/Les Mistons", a short directed by Francois Truffaut
1958
First film with Claude Chabrol, "Handsome Serge/Le beau Serge", co-starred then husband Gerard Blain
1970
Reunited with former husband Blain for "Cain de nulle part/Cain From Nowhere"
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