Dominique Blanchar

{{Short description|French actress (1927–2018)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}} {{Infobox person | name = Dominique Blanchar | image = | caption = | birth_name = Dominique Marie Thérèse Blanchard | birth_date = {{birth date|1927|06|02|df=y}} | birth_place = Paris, France | death_date = {{death date and age|2018|11|19|1927|06|02|df=y}} | death_place = Paris, France | occupation = Actor | years_active = 1947–2006 | spouse = {{marriage|Jean Servais|1952|1976|end=his death}} | parents = Pierre Blanchar <br> Marthe Vinot }}

'''Dominique Blanchar''' ({{IPA|fr|dɔminik blɑ̃ʃaʁ}}; born '''Dominique Marie Thérèse Blanchard'''; 2 June 1927 – 19 November 2018) was a stage, television, and film actress from France. She won two Molière Awards in her career.

==Personal life== Dominique Blanchar was born in Paris, the daughter of actors Pierre Blanchar and Marthe Vinot.<ref name=IMdB>{{cite web|title=Dominique Blanchar|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0087017/|publisher=IMDb|accessdate=16 March 2014}}</ref>

Blanchar was married to the Belgian actor Jean Servais, until his death in 1976.<ref>{{cite web|title=Addio all'attrice francese Dominique Blanchar, recitò con Antonioni in L'avventura|url=https://ilmattino.it/spettacoli/cinema/dominique_blanchar_morte_l_avventura-4122591.html|work=Il Mattino|date=21 November 2018|accessdate=21 November 2018}}</ref>

She died on 19 November 2018 at the age of 91.<ref>{{cite web|title=RIP. Dominique Blanchar, comédienne de Louis Jouvet, Albert Camus et Claude Régy|url=https://www.profession-spectacle.com/rip-dominique-blanchar-comedienne-de-louis-jouvet-albert-camus-et-claude-regy/|work=profession-spectacle.com|date=20 November 2018|accessdate=21 November 2018}}</ref>

==Career== Blanchar acted in both French and English language films.

===Selected filmography=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- |1949|| ''The Secret of Mayerling'' || Marie Vetsera || |- |1951|| ''Decision Before Dawn'' || Monique || |- |1952|| ''The Song of Sister Maria'' || Sor María de la Asunción || |- |1959|| ''Drôles de phénomènes'' || Anny Volland || |- |1959|| ''Ce corps tant désiré'' || La fille || |- |1960|| ''L'Avventura'' || Giulia || |- |1981|| ''Strange Affair'' || La mère de Louis || |- |1992|| ''Bella vista'' || || |}

===Awards=== Blanchar won the Molière Award for Best Supporting Actress twice for her roles in ''Tout comme il faut'' (''As Better, Better Than Before'') in 1997 and ''Les Femmes Savantes'' (''The Learned Ladies'') in 2000.

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==External links== * {{IMDb name|0087017}}

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