Dominique Sanda


Actor

About

Also Known As
Dominique Varaigne
Birth Place
Paris, FR
Born
March 11, 1951

Biography

Former model who made a memorable screen debut in Robert Bresson's "Une Femme douce" (1969), playing a pawnbroker's wife who is eventually driven to suicide. Unlike many of Bresson's "discoveries," Sanda went on to become an actress of note, appearing in films by several leading international directors in the 1970s and 80s. She gave a memorable performance in "The Garden of the Finzi-Con...

Family & Companions

Christian Marquand
Companion
Has three.
Christian Marquand
Companion
Actor, director. Father of Sanda's son; born in 1927; died on November 22, 2000 of complications from Alzheimer's disease.

Biography

Former model who made a memorable screen debut in Robert Bresson's "Une Femme douce" (1969), playing a pawnbroker's wife who is eventually driven to suicide. Unlike many of Bresson's "discoveries," Sanda went on to become an actress of note, appearing in films by several leading international directors in the 1970s and 80s. She gave a memorable performance in "The Garden of the Finzi-Continis" (1971).

Life Events

1969

Screen debut "Une femme douce"

Companions

Christian Marquand
Companion
Has three.
Christian Marquand
Companion
Actor, director. Father of Sanda's son; born in 1927; died on November 22, 2000 of complications from Alzheimer's disease.

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