Dominique Marie-Françoise Renée Varaigne (born 11 March 1948),
professionally known as Dominique Sanda, is a French actress and
former fashion model.Sanda was born in Paris, to Lucienne (née
Pichon) and Gérard Varaigne. She appeared in such noted European
films of the 1970s as Vittorio de Sica's Il Giardino dei
Finzi-Contini, Bernardo Bertolucci's The Conformist and Novecento, and
Liliana Cavani's Beyond Good and Evil. She also appeared in The
Mackintosh Man (with Paul Newman) and Steppenwolf (with Max von
Sydow).In 1993 at the Théâtre de la Commune, in Aubervilliers,
France, she played Melitta in Madame Klein (Mrs. Klein by Nicolas
Wright), directed by Brigitte Jaques-Wajeman. In 1995 in Italy, she
played the Marquise de Merteuil in Les liaisons dangereuses, based on
Choderlos de Laclos's novel, directed by Mario Monicelli. From
1995â€"1996 in France and Belgium, she has been Lady Chiltern in An
Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde, directed by Adrian Brine.In the 1970s,
she lived with actor/director Christian Marquand, with whom she had a
son, Yann Marquand. She won the award for Best Actress at the 1976
Cannes Film Festival for her role in the film The Inheritance.
professionally known as Dominique Sanda, is a French actress and
former fashion model.Sanda was born in Paris, to Lucienne (née
Pichon) and Gérard Varaigne. She appeared in such noted European
films of the 1970s as Vittorio de Sica's Il Giardino dei
Finzi-Contini, Bernardo Bertolucci's The Conformist and Novecento, and
Liliana Cavani's Beyond Good and Evil. She also appeared in The
Mackintosh Man (with Paul Newman) and Steppenwolf (with Max von
Sydow).In 1993 at the Théâtre de la Commune, in Aubervilliers,
France, she played Melitta in Madame Klein (Mrs. Klein by Nicolas
Wright), directed by Brigitte Jaques-Wajeman. In 1995 in Italy, she
played the Marquise de Merteuil in Les liaisons dangereuses, based on
Choderlos de Laclos's novel, directed by Mario Monicelli. From
1995â€"1996 in France and Belgium, she has been Lady Chiltern in An
Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde, directed by Adrian Brine.In the 1970s,
she lived with actor/director Christian Marquand, with whom she had a
son, Yann Marquand. She won the award for Best Actress at the 1976
Cannes Film Festival for her role in the film The Inheritance.
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