Lyne Chardonnet
Also Known As: Lyne Catherine Jeanne Chardonnet
Biography: One could have thought Lyne Chardonnet had been blessed by the gods and would live a long successful happy life. For she really had everything to make it. A wasp-waisted blond-haired girl of radiant beauty, with a good drama training, she should have become a movie star and she would have been one if she had been born twenty years before, that is before the French New Wave set new standards, when ingénues like her were still in demand. Well, she WAS given one or two parts which gave her the opportunity to shine, such as the Jacotte she nicely portrayed in Michel Deville's elegant 'Benjamin' alongside Pierre Clémenti as virgin Benjamin and Michel Piccoli as his mentor (1967), or tragic Marie Vetsera's younger sister in Terence Young's version of 'Mayerling' (1968). However, despite this encouraging debut, roles soon dwindled to next to nothing: a few brief appearances as a blond hostess, a blond secretary or even as a (blond?) nun! Lyne Chardonnet sure deserved better. She had born in Paris in the last years of World War II to a fakir, Léopold Chardonnet, and his wife, Ellen Shapiro, of Irish origin. At the age of five, Lyne was already taking dancing lessons.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Paris, France
Adult: No
Birthday: May 05, 1943
Age: 82 years old
Gender: Female
Deathday: December 11, 1980
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My Uncle Benjamin
Overview: Benjamin is in love with Manette, the innkeeper's beautiful daughter, but she has no intention of giving in to the young doctor until she sees the marriage contract, and marriage does not fit in with Benjamin's spirit of independence. For the same reason he resists the efforts of his sister Bettine to marry him off to Arabelle, the daughter of old Dr. Minxit. Benjamin does agree to go and meet the girl. But that evening his sister finds him at the inn together with Manette, who is arrested by her father. So she decides to go with Benjamin herself. But as result of an incident with the fat Marquis puts paid to the expedition. Benjamin is subjected by the Marquis to a humiliating practical joke. Benjamin is determined to got his revenge. He succeeds thanks to the gorgeous Vicomte Hector de Pont-Cassé, who also helps Manette with her problems against her father. But Benjamin is now arrested by the Marquis...
Genres: Comedy History
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1969-11-28
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One-Eyed Men Are Kings
Overview: One-Eyed Men Are Kings [Les... borgnes sont rois] is a 1974 French short film directed by Michel Leroy and Edmond Séchan. In the film, a sad middle-aged man in Paris man and his dog go for a walk, which turns into an ordeal. The film won an Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1974-10-01
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Dracula and Son
Overview: With angry villagers driving them away from their castle in Transylvania, Dracula and his son Ferdinand head abroad. Dracula ends up in London, England where he becomes a horror movie star exploiting his vampire status. His son, meanwhile, is ashamed of his roots and ends up a night watchman in Paris, France where he falls for a girl. Naturally, tensions arise when father and son are reunited and both take a liking to the same girl.
Genres: Fantasy Comedy Horror
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1976-09-14
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Bon appétit monsieur
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Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1967-03-10
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A Time for Loving
Overview: The story of an apartment in Paris and the various people that occupy it over the years.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-04-01
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Qui êtes-vous Monsieur Renaudot ?
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1972-11-30
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The Toy
Overview: When Francois, a journalist, tours a big store for an article, he is chosen by the son of the newspaper's owner, Rambal-Cochet, as his new toy. Needing money and unwilling to quit his job, Francois agrees to this ridiculous assignment. Gradually befriending the spoiled boy, he induces him to play at making a newspaper, unveiling publicly the tyrannical way of life of the father. The powerful emotional climax we experience with the child astonishes both men.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1976-12-08
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Une merveilleuse journée
Overview: The unusual day of a young pharmacist's assistant, between Deauville and Cassis.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1980-11-12
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The Egg
Overview: Emile Magis, a modest employee, more or less ostracized by the others, would like only one thing, to be happy. Little by little he realizes that life in society is a matter of convention, lies and deception. When he has understood that cynicism rules the world, he decides to play by its untold rules and to take his revenge.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1972-03-08
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Clerambard
Overview: When a cruel man is visited by Saint Francis and convinced to change his ways, his family believes him to be insane and locks him away in order to sell his beloved castle
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1969-02-17
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Three Men to Destroy
Overview: A man helps the victim of an auto accident, not realizing that the man has actually been shot. The men who shot him are now after the man who helped him, in order to eliminate him as a potential witness. Soon they are killing everyone he even comes in contact with in order to get him.
Genres: Crime Thriller Action
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1980-10-31
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I. You. They.
Overview: Little did this pretty brunette know when she applied for a babysitting job that her employer was an artist and that everything at his place differed from the outside world. What struck her the most was to find out that her boss had shrunk his wife and kept her in the fridge in order, as he said, to keep her safe from a hostile world!
Genres: Fantasy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1973-06-28
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Les coucous
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1978-10-27
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Mayerling
Overview: Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria clashes with his father, Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria, over implementing progressive policies for their country. Rudolf soon feels he is a man born at the wrong time in a country that doesn't realize the need for social reform. The Prince of Wales, later to become Britain's King Edward VII, provides comic relief. Rudolf finds refuge from a loveless marriage with Princess Stéphanie by taking a mistress, Baroness Maria Vetsera. Their untimely demise at Mayerling, the imperial family's hunting lodge, is cloaked in mystery.
Genres: Drama Romance History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-10-31
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The Tattoo
Overview: An art dealer wants to buy a Modigliani, which is tattooed on the back of an old soldier.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1968-08-17
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Bruno: Sunday's Child
Overview: The weekend of August 15th gives the opportunity to Michel Fauvet, a recently divorced father, to spend two full days with Bruno, his thirteen-year-old son, that he can normally see only one Sunday a month. Feeling guilty, he tries to compensate for the trauma inflicted to Bruno by giving him presents. This time around, Michel has decided to treat him to a nice trip to Bruges and the Belgian Coast. Which will not prevent Bruno from asking his father disturbing questions.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1969-06-06
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The Diary of an Innocent Boy
Overview: Set in 18th century France, a naive 17-year-old orphan named Benjamin is taken in by his wealthy aunt, the Countess de Valandry. There, he is seduced by a variety of women, including a few flirtatious maidservants and neighboring countesses who all want to be Benjamin's "first".
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1968-01-12
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Pas moral pour deux sous
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1971-06-04
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Chanel Solitaire
Overview: The life and loves of Coco Chanel who rose from the bottom with no family or financial support and became one of the most legendary creative icons.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-10-16
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