---
name: "Josiane Stoléru"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/josiane-stoleru"
fi1m_id: "josiane-stoleru"
imdb_id: "nm0831673"
tmdb_id: 584439
wikidata_id: "Q3186058"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "17 December 1949"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T21:46:13.519424+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."
---

# Josiane Stoléru

## Identity

Josiane Stoléru

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/josiane-stoleru
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** josiane-stoleru
- **IMDb ID:** nm0831673
- **TMDB ID:** 584439
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3186058
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josiane_Stol%C3%A9ru, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3186058, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0831673/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/584439

Actor. Born 17 December 1949 in Lyon, Rhône, France.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 17 December 1949, Lyon, Rhône, France
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josiane_Stol%C3%A9ru, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3186058, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0831673/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/584439

## Coming up

- *L’Adoption* (2027-01-13), as Nicole

## Streaming the US now

- **The Criterion Channel:** [*Cyrano de Bergerac*](https://film.one/film/cyrano-de-bergerac.md) (88)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Josiane Stoléru is a French actress who has worked in film, television and theatre. She was born on 17 December 1949 in Lyon, France.

She is best known for her role as the Duenna in *Cyrano de Bergerac* (1990). Other screen credits include *The Mystery of Henri Pick* (2019) as Madeleine Pick, *Cycling with Molière* (2013) as Raphaëlle La Puisaye and *Les Misérables* (2000) as Baptistine. Stoléru has also maintained a substantial stage career.

She is married to actor Patrick Chesnais; their daughter Émilie Chesnais is also an actress. She is the cousin of the late politician Lionel Stoléru.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, allocine.fr.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Cyrano de Bergerac* (1990), Fi1m 88, as The Duenna — [page](https://film.one/film/cyrano-de-bergerac.md)

## Complete filmography (24)

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

- *L’Adoption* (2027), as Nicole
- *Instinct de famille* (2026), Actor
- *Tell Her That I Love Her* (2025), Actor
- *Le Bourgeois gentilhomme* (2021), as Madame Jourdain
- *The Mystery of Henri Pick* (2019), as Madeleine Pick
- *Cycling with Molière* (2013), as Raphaëlle La Puisaye
- *The Feelings Factory* (2008), as Mother
- *Chez Maupassant* (2007), series, as Charlotte Cachelin
- *Wild Side* (2004), as la mére
- *Totally Nuts* (2004), as Secrétaire
- *Nickel and Dime* (2003), as Denise
- *A Piece of Sky* (2002), as Mrs. Picri
- *Les Misérables* (2000), series, as Baptistine
- *Soleil* (1997), as Cousine Esther
- *Something Fishy* (1994), Actor
- *Papa veut pas que je t'épouse* (1992), as Jeannette Schmulevitz
- *Cyrano de Bergerac* (1990), as The Duenna — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/cyrano-de-bergerac.md)
- *Chillers* (1990), series, as Mrs Delaroux
- *Les Deux Fragonard* (1989), as Aristocrat
- *Frequent Death* (1988), as Véronique, la dame de l'agence
- *Blanche and Marie* (1985), as Alfreda
- *The Bastard* (1983), as Pediatrician
- *The Dybbuk* (1983), as Wife
- *C'est encore loin l'Amérique?* (1980), as Elisabeth

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