--- name: "Bernadette Lafont" canonical: "https://film.one/person/bernadette-lafont" fi1m_id: "bernadette-lafont" imdb_id: "nm0480942" tmdb_id: 28254 wikidata_id: "Q289068" roles: ["Actor"] born: "28 October 1938" died: "25 July 2013" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_as: "actor" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-26T17:41:16.670580+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Bernadette Lafont ## Identity Bernadette Lafont - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/bernadette-lafont - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** bernadette-lafont - **IMDb ID:** nm0480942 - **TMDB ID:** 28254 - **Wikidata ID:** Q289068 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernadette_Lafont, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q289068, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0480942/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/28254 Actor. Born 28 October 1938 in Nîmes, Gard, France. Died 25 July 2013. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 28 October 1938, Nîmes, Gard, France - **Died:** 25 July 2013 - **Also known as:** Bernadette Paule Anne Lafont - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernadette_Lafont, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q289068, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0480942/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/28254 ## Biography Bernadette Lafont was a French actress who appeared in more than 120 feature films. She made her screen debut in François Truffaut’s short *Les Mistons* (1957) and went on to work with leading New Wave directors including Claude Chabrol in *Les Bonnes Femmes* (1960) and Nelly Kaplan in *La Fiancée du pirate* (1969). She is known for her role as Marie in Jean Eustache’s *The Mother and the Whore* (1973). Later credits include *An Impudent Girl* (1985), *Gwendoline* (1984), *A Cat in Paris* (2010) and *Paulette* (2012). Lafont received a César Award for Best Supporting Actress for *An Impudent Girl* and an Honorary César in 2003. She was made an Officer of the Legion of Honour in 2009. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, theguardian.com.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *The Mother and the Whore* (1973), Fi1m 86, as Marie — [page](https://film.one/film/the-mother-and-the-whore.md) ## Complete filmography (159) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Bernadette Lafont: And God Created the Free Woman* (2016), Actor - *Ciboulette* (2013), as Madame Pingret - *Attila Marcel* (2013), as Aunt Annie - *L'Habit ne fait pas le moine* (2013), as Monique - *Unloved* (2012), as Sylvie adulte - *Paulette* (2012), as Paulette - *Speak Softly, If This Is Love* (2012), as Maryse - *Skylab* (2011), as Grandma Amandine - *The Robbed Robber* (2011), as Amandine - *La très excellente et divertissante histoire de François Rabelais* (2011), as Amandine - *Pas de toit sans moi* (2011), as Madeleine - *L'Amour, la Mort, les Fringues* (2011), Actor - *The Baker's Wife* (2010), as Céleste - *A Cat in Paris* (2010), as Claudine (voice) - *Au bas de l'échelle* (2010), as Annie Lafont - *Bazar* (2009), as Gabrielle Mathey - *So Woman!* (2009), as Mme Paroquet - *The First Star* (2009), as Madame Morgeot - *Ma sœur est moi* (2009), as Marie-Hélène - *School's Out* (2008), as Adèle Martineau, Clémence's grandmother - *Mes amis, mes amours* (2008), as Yvonne - *48 Hours a Day* (2008), as Mélina - *Broken English* (2007), as Madame Grenelle - *Death's Glamour* (2007), as Marie-Anne - *Stolen Holidays* (2007), as Danièle - *I Do* (2006), as Geneviève Costa - *U* (2006), as Mama - *Red Needles* (2006), as The nurse - *Le livre des morts de Belleville* (2006), as The mother - *L'Enfant de personne* (2005), as Jeanne - *My New Partner III* (2003), as Carmen - *Around Jacques Baratier* (2003), Actor - *Les petites couleurs* (2002), as Mona - *Lovers of the Nile* (2002), as Sophie Frendo - *Un possible amour* (2000), as Matka Jacquesa - *Recto/Verso* (1999), as Yolande - *Nothing About Robert* (1999), as Mme. Sauvage - *Christmas at Bunny's* (1997), as La gouvernante du Père Noël - *Sous les pieds des femmes* (1997), as Suzanne - *Genealogies of a Crime* (1997), as Esther - *We're All Still Here* (1997), as Socrates - *Love in Ambush* (1997), as Madeleine Carver - *Pourquoi partir?* (1996), as Anna · Director - *Rainbow pour Rimbaud* (1996), as Robert's mother - *Zadoc and Happiness* (1995), as Zachie - *Nobody Loves Me* (1994), as Annie - *Sam's Enough* (1992), as Lucie - *Ville à vendre* (1992), as inspectrice Claire Derain - *Maigret* (1991), series, as Désirée Brault - *Sisi/Last Minute* (1991), as Baronin von Wrangel - *Cherokee* (1991), as Madame Benedetti - *Dingo* (1991), as Angie Cross - *Out 1* (1990), as Sarah - *La tendresse de l'araignée* (1990), as Hélène Brunel - *Plein fer* (1990), as Blonde woman - *Boom boom* (1990), as Alexandra - *Easy in Mind* (1989), as Constance - *Women in Prison* (1988), as Nelly Roux - *Une nuit à l'Assemblée Nationale* (1988), as Mme Dugland - *The Seasons of Pleasure* (1988), as Jeanne - *Velvet Paws* (1987), as Jacinthe - *Waiting for the Moon* (1987), as Fernande Olivier - *Les Voleurs de lumière* (1987), Actor - *Masks* (1987), as La Masseuse - *Un moment d'inattention* (1986), as The mother - *Inspector Lavardin* (1986), as Hélène Mons - *An Impudent Girl* (1985), as Léone - *Le Pactole* (1985), as La belle-mère - *Gwendoline* (1984), as The Queen - *Dog Day* (1984), as Ségolène - *A Good Little Devil* (1983), as Betty - *La Bête noire* (1983), as Antonia - *Les Beaux Quartiers* (1983), as Thérèse Respelière - *Cap Canaille* (1983), as Mireille Kebadjan - *On n'est pas sorti de l'auberge* (1982), as Geneviève - *Mersonne ne m'aime* (1982), as The Keeper of the Seals - *American Playhouse* (1982), series, as Fernande Olivier - *Si ma gueule vous plaît...* (1981), as Denise Lemoine, concierge - *Le Roi des cons* (1981), as Denise, la voisine de Georges - *Une merveilleuse journée* (1980), as Pharmacist - *Certaines nouvelles* (1980), as Mayette - *The Good Thief* (1980), as Appula - *Retour en force* (1980), as Térésa, ex Mrs. Blausasc - *Arrête de ramer, t'attaques la falaise !* (1979), as Chimène - *The Other One's Mug* (1979), as Gisèle Brossard - *We'll Grow Thin Together* (1979), as Corinne - *La frisée aux lardons* (1979), as Micheline - *Like a Turtle on Its Back* (1978), as Camille - *Surprise Sock* (1978), as Bernadette - *Violette Nozière* (1978), as Co-inmate - *Strauberg ist da* (1978), as Anne - *Noroît (Une Vengeance)* (1976), as Giula - *The Groper* (1976), as Dany Lajoux - *A Guy Like Me Should Never Die* (1976), as Marthe - *Vincent Put the Donkey in a Meadow (And Went Into the Other)* (1976), as Jeanne Dogson - *The Probability Factor* (1976), as Louise Delouette - *La Décharge* (1976), as Fiona - *A Happy Divorce* (1975), as Jacqueline, klinikdame - *Zig Zig* (1975), as Pauline - *A Whale That Had a Toothache* (1975), as Bernadette - *Permettete signora che ami vostra figlia?* (1974), as Sandra Pensotti - *The Edifying and Joyous Story of Colinot* (1973), as Rosemonde - *Défense de savoir* (1973), as Simone - *Out 1: Spectre* (1973), as Sarah - *I. You. They.* (1973), as La femme du van hippie - *The Mother and the Whore* (1973), as Marie — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/the-mother-and-the-whore.md) - *The White Gloves of the Devil* (1973), as Bernadette - *Valparaiso, Valparaiso* (1973), as Edwarda - *Seduction Squad* (1972), as Bernadette - *What a Flash!* (1972), Actor - *A Gorgeous Kid Like Me* (1972), as Camille Bliss - *Le Dernier voyage du commandant le Bihan* (1972), as Madeleine - *The Egg* (1972), as Rose - *Catch Me a Spy* (1971), as Simone - *La famille* (1971), Actor - *Love Is Gay, Love Is Sad* (1971), as Marie Annassian - *Sophie's Ways* (1971), as Céline - *Étoile aux dents ou Poulou le magnifique* (1971), as La libraire - *Elise, or Real Life* (1970), as Anna - *Cain from Nowhere* (1970), as Marielle - *Sex-Power* (1970), as Salomé - *Renaissance* (1970), Actor - *Trap* (1970), as La première voleuse - *A Very Curious Girl* (1969), as Marie - *Paul* (1969), as Marianne - *Crime Thief* (1969), as Miss Taillade - *Le Révélateur* (1968), as La mère - *The Idols* (1968), as Sister Hilarité - *Monsieur Jean-Claude Vaucherin* (1968), Actor - *The Lost Generation* (1968), as Marie - *Lamiel* (1967), as Pauline, la camériste - *Idiot in Paris* (1967), as La Berthe Patouilloux, la fille du maire - *The Thief of Paris* (1967), as Marguerite, brazen maid - *Marie et le Curé* (1967), as Marie - *Je ne sais pas* (1966), Actor - *La vie très étrange de Madame Anastasie* (1966), Actor - *The Sleeping Car Murders* (1965), as La sœur "mauvaise langue" de Georgette - *How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning* (1965), as Sophie (sketch "Les Bons Vivants") - *Killer Spy* (1965), as Rosine - *The Botanical Avatar of Mademoiselle Flora* (1965), as Flora - *Male Hunt* (1964), as Flora - *Le Petit Nicolas* (1964), as The mother - *Ladies First* (1963), as Miss Jujube - *Un clair de Lune à Maubeuge* (1962), as Charlotte - *And Satan Calls the Turns* (1962), as Isabelle - *Jusqu'à plus soif* (1962), as Solange - *A Swelled Head* (1962), Actor - *It Means That Much to Me* (1961), as Anna - *Wise Guys* (1961), as Ambroisine - *The Army Game* (1960), as Bernadette Lafont - *The Delinquents* (1960), as Mado - *Les Bonnes Femmes* (1960), as Jane - *A Game for Six Lovers* (1960), as Prudence - *À double tour* (1959), as Julie - *Night Dance Hall* (1959), as Nicole - *Le Beau Serge* (1959), as Marie - *Young Husbands* (1958), as Una ragazza (uncredited) - *King on Horseback* (1958), as (uncredited) - *The Mischief Makers* (1957), as Bernadette Jouve ## Gallery - ![Bernadette Lafont](https://film.one/media/person/3918419/gallery-9b421cc0d9cf.jpg) Bernadette Lafont — Frantogian, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Bernadette_Lafont_-_Cannes_2012.jpg/1280px-Bernadette_Lafont_-_Cannes_2012.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Bernadette Lafont en tournée en 2007 pour "si c'était à refaire".](https://film.one/media/person/3918419/gallery-3517c1429ed5.jpg) Bernadette Lafont en tournée en 2007 pour "si c'était à refaire". — Michaël Bemelmans, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/10/Bernadette_Lafont_en_tourn%C3%A9e_en_2007_pour_%22si_c%27%C3%A9tait_%C3%A0_refaire%22..jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Bernadette Lafont](https://film.one/media/person/3918419/gallery-b8fa8625372b.jpg) Bernadette Lafont — Image via TMDB - ![Bernadette Lafont](https://film.one/media/person/3918419/gallery-707632c82bf1.jpg) Bernadette Lafont — Image via TMDB - ![Bernadette Lafont](https://film.one/media/person/3918419/gallery-7c4481b89c52.jpg) Bernadette Lafont — Image via TMDB - ![Bernadette Lafont](https://film.one/media/person/3918419/gallery-c6bbe6e96a2a.jpg) Bernadette Lafont — Image via TMDB - ![Bernadette Lafont](https://film.one/media/person/3918419/gallery-018623f94196.jpg) Bernadette Lafont — Image via TMDB - ![Bernadette Lafont](https://film.one/media/person/3918419/gallery-39c10fa13d79.jpg) Bernadette Lafont — Image via TMDB ## Awards ### Other awards — 4 won - Officer of the Legion of Honour 2009: Officer of the Legion of Honour (won) - Officer of the National Order of Merit 2004: Officer of the National Order of Merit (won) - Knight of the Legion of Honour 1997: Knight of the Legion of Honour (won) - Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres 1995: Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres (won) *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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