---
name: "Claude Duneton"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/claude-duneton"
fi1m_id: "claude-duneton"
imdb_id: "nm0242211"
tmdb_id: 17894
wikidata_id: "Q555584"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "21 April 1935"
died: "21 March 2012"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 87
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T17:43:01.286316+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."
---

# Claude Duneton

## Identity

Claude Duneton

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/claude-duneton
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** claude-duneton
- **IMDb ID:** nm0242211
- **TMDB ID:** 17894
- **Wikidata ID:** Q555584
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q555584, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0242211/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/17894

Actor. Born 21 April 1935 in Lagleygeolle, Corrèze, France. Died 21 March 2012.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 21 April 1935, Lagleygeolle, Corrèze, France
- **Died:** 21 March 2012
- **Active:** 1991–1993
- **Average Fi1m score:** 87, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q555584, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0242211/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/17894

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Three Colors: Blue*](https://film.one/film/three-colors-blue.md) (88)
- **The Criterion Channel:** [*The Double Life of Véronique*](https://film.one/film/the-double-life-of-veronique.md) (86)

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## Biography

Claude Duneton was a French actor and writer. He was born on 21 April 1935 in Lagleygeolle, Corrèze, and died on 21 March 2012 in Lille.

He appeared in supporting roles in films including *The Double Life of Véronique* (1991) as Véronique's father and *Three Colors: Blue* (1993) as the doctor. He also acted in *Betty Blue* (1986) and other films and television productions. Earlier in his career he worked as a teacher of English for around twenty years.

Duneton wrote numerous books on language, idioms and French popular speech, and contributed a regular column to *Le Figaro littéraire*.

*Sources: imdb.com, fr.wikipedia.org, lefigaro.fr.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Three Colors: Blue* (1993), Fi1m 88, as Doctor — [page](https://film.one/film/three-colors-blue.md)
- *The Double Life of Véronique* (1991), Fi1m 86, as Véronique's Father — [page](https://film.one/film/the-double-life-of-veronique.md)

## Complete filmography (15)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *E-love* (2011), as Paula's father
- *Le Bel Âge* (2009), as Fourcade
- *All Is Forgiven* (2007), as Le grand-père
- *Backstage* (2005), as Le père de Lauren
- *I Saw Ben Barka Get Killed* (2005), as Président tribunal
- *Entrusted* (2003), as Papa Allegre
- *Three Colors: Blue* (1993), as Doctor — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/three-colors-blue.md)
- *Just a Game* (1992), as Monsieur Claudine
- *Milena* (1991), Actor
- *The Double Life of Véronique* (1991), as Véronique's Father — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/the-double-life-of-veronique.md)
- *The Year of Awakening* (1991), as le professeur de français
- *Forgery and the Use of Forgeries* (1990), as Lesterlin
- *Tolérance* (1989), as Jacobi
- *Beatrice* (1987), as Vicar
- *Crossbow* (1987), series, Actor

## Awards

### Other awards — 4 won

- Goncourt des animaux 2007: Goncourt des animaux (won)
- Prix d'Académie 2006: Prix d'Académie (won)
- Roland de Jouvenel Prize 1991: Roland de Jouvenel Prize (won)
- prix des Libraires 1990: prix des Libraires (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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