Pauline Lafont (6 April 196311 August 1988) was a French actress. She was the daughter of film star

Bernadette Lafont Bernadette Lafont (28 October 1938 – 25 July 2013) was a French actress who appeared in more than 120 feature films. She has been considered "the face of French New Wave". In 1999 she told ''The New York Times'' her work was "the motor of my ex ...

and Diourka Medveczky, a Hungarian sculptor. Born Pauline Aïda Simone Medveczky in

Nîmes Nîmes ( , ; oc, Nimes ; Latin: ''Nemausus'') is the prefecture of the Gard department in the Occitanie region of Southern France. Located between the Mediterranean Sea and Cévennes, the commune of Nîmes has an estimated population of ...

, France, she died in a hiking accident in

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, Lozère, France. Three months and ten days after she had set out, her body was found by a passing farmer at the foot of a cliff, four kilometres from her home. Investigators determined she had fallen more than ten metres and died instantly. Prior to the discovery of her body, her disappearance had triggered several rumours regarding her whereabouts.

Filmography

Film

*1976: ''

Vincent mit l'âne dans un pré (et s'en vint dans l'autre) Vincent ( la, Vincentius) is a male given name derived from the Roman name Vincentius, which is derived from the Latin word (''to conquer''). People with the given name Artists *Vincent Apap (1909–2003), Maltese sculptor *Vincent van Gogh ...

'' (directed by

Pierre Zucca Pierre is a masculine given name. It is a French form of the name Peter. Pierre originally meant "rock" or "stone" in French (derived from the Greek word πέτρος (''petros'') meaning "stone, rock", via Latin "petra"). It is a translation ...

) - Une petite fille *1983: '' Les Planqués du régiment'' (directed by Michel Caputo) - Christiane, l'infirmière *1983: ''

Papy fait de la résistance ''Gramps Is in the Resistance'' or Papy fait de la résistance is a French war comedy film directed by Jean-Marie Poiré in 1983. Plot Héléna Bourdelle, a.k.a. "La Bourdelle", is a world-renowned opera singer and the wife of maestro André Bo ...

'' (directed by Jean-Marie Poiré) - Colette Bourdelle *1983: '' Balade sanglante'' (Short, directed by Sylvain Madigan) *1983: '' Vive les femmes !'' (directed by Claude Confortes) - Pauline *1984: ''

The Bay Boy ''The Bay Boy'' is a 1984 Canadian drama film. It is a semi-autobiographical film based on director Daniel Petrie's experiences of growing up in Glace Bay, a mining town on Cape Breton Island, during the Great Depression. It features the screen de ...

'' (directed by

Daniel Petrie Daniel Mannix Petrie (November 26, 1920 – August 22, 2004) was a Canadian film, television, and stage director who worked in Canada, Hollywood, and the United Kingdom; known for directing grounded human dramas often dealing with taboo subject ...

) - Janine Chaisson *1985: '' L'amour braque'' (directed by

Andrzej Żuławski Andrzej Żuławski (; 22 November 1940 – 17 February 2016) was a Polish film director and writer. Żuławski often went against mainstream commercialism in his films, and enjoyed success mostly with European art-house audiences. In the late 1 ...

) - Martine (uncredited) *1985: '' Poulet au vinaigre'' (directed by

Claude Chabrol Claude Henri Jean Chabrol (; 24 June 1930 – 12 September 2010) was a French film director and a member of the French New Wave (''nouvelle vague'') group of filmmakers who first came to prominence at the end of the 1950s. Like his colleagues a ...

) - Henriette *1985: '' Le pactole'' (directed by

Jean-Pierre Mocky Jean-Pierre Mocky (6 July 1929 – 8 August 2019), pseudonym of Jean-Paul Adam Mokiejewski, was a French film director, actor, screenwriter and producer. Life and career Mocky was born in Nice, France to Polish immigrant parents, Jeanne Zylinska ...

) - Anne Beaulieu *1986: '' La galette du roi'' (directed by Jean-Michel Ribes) - Maria-Helena de Castigliani *1986: '' I Hate Actors'' (directed by

Gérard Krawczyk Gérard Krawczyk (17 May 1953, Paris) is a French film director. He is of Polish descent (his grandparents were from Częstochowa). Filmography Director * ''Homicide by Night'' (1984) * ''Je hais les acteurs'' (a.k.a. ''I hate actors'') (1986) ...

) - Elvina *1987: '' Sale temps'' (Short, directed by Alain Pigeaux) - Rachel *1987: ''

L'été en pente douce ''L'été en pente douce'' (''Summer on a gentle slope'') is a French film, an adaptation of a novel by Pierre Pelot. It was directed by Gérard Krawczyk, and released in 1987. Synopsis Following the death of his mother, Stephane Leheurt, nickn ...

'' (directed by

) - Lilas *1987: '' Keep Up Your Right'' (directed by

Jean-Luc Godard Jean-Luc Godard ( , ; ; 3 December 193013 September 2022) was a French-Swiss film director, screenwriter, and film critic. He rose to prominence as a pioneer of the French New Wave film movement of the 1960s, alongside such filmmakers as Fran ...

) - La golfeuse *1987: '' Sale destin'' (Short, directed by Sylvain Madigan) - (voice) *1987: '' Jing du qiu xia'' (directed by Hong Xie) *1988: '' Deux minutes de soleil en plus'' (directed by Gérard Vergez) - Cat

Television

*1984: '' Dernier banco'' (TV Movie) - Madeleine *1984: '' Un chien écrasé'' - Manu *1986: '' Le petit docteur'' - Anna *1988: '' Coup de pouce'' - Caroline (final appearance)

References

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* * French film actresses People from Nîmes Mountaineering deaths Sport deaths in France 1963 births 1988 deaths 20th-century French actresses French people of Hungarian descent French television actresses {{france-film-actor-stub