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name: "Dominique Sanda"
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roles: ["Actor"]
born: "11 March 1951"
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# Dominique Sanda

Actor. Born 11 March 1951 in Paris, France.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 11 March 1951, Paris, France
- **Also known as:** Dominique Marie-Françoise Renée Varaigne

## Biography

Dominique Sanda is a French actress. Born Dominique Marie-Françoise Renée Varaigne on 11 March 1951 in Paris, she began her career as a fashion model before being cast by Robert Bresson in *Une femme douce* (1969).

She is known for her roles in several prominent European films of the 1970s, including *The Garden of the Finzi-Continis* (1970) as Micól, *The Conformist* (1970) as Anna Quadri, and *1900* (1976) as Ada. She also appeared in *The MacKintosh Man* (1973) and *Steppenwolf* (1974).

Sanda won the Best Actress award at the 1976 Cannes Film Festival for her performance in *The Inheritance* (1976).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, festival-cannes.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Conformist* (1971), Fi1m 87, as Anna Quadri — [page](https://film.one/film/the-conformist.md)

## Also known for

- *The Crimson Rivers* (2000), Sister Andrée
- *1900* (1976), Ada Fiestri Paulhan
- *Saint Laurent* (2014), Lucienne
- *The Garden of the Finzi-Continis* (1970), Micól
- *Joseph* (1995), Leah
- *Conversation Piece* (1974), Professor's Mother (uncredited)
- *Damnation Alley* (1977), Janice
- *The MacKintosh Man* (1973), Mrs. Smith

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