Blanche Ravalec (born 19 September 1954) is a French actress, dubbing artist, and former

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Ravalec is known to English-speaking audiences mainly for her role as Dolly,

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' girlfriend in the 1979

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Moonraker Moonraker may refer to: * Moonrakers, a colloquialism for people from Wiltshire, England ''James Bond'' media franchise * ''Moonraker'' (novel), a 1955 James Bond novel by Ian Fleming * ''Moonraker'' (film), a 1979 film based on the novel * ...

''. Beyond this, she has made over 70 appearances in French-language TV and film. Among her English-to-French dubbing work is as "

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'', as "Emily Waltham" (

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''. She also provides voices for the French dub of ''

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Filmography

Film

* 1978: ''

Holiday Hotel ''Holiday Hotel'' ( French title:''L'Hôtel de la plage'') is a 1978 French comedy film directed and written by Michel Lang. The film stars Sophie Barjac and Myriam Boyer on a summer holiday in Brittany Brittany (; french: link=no, Bretag ...

'' – Yveline * 1978: ''Trocadéro bleu citron'' * 1978: ''

La Carapate ''La Carapate'' is a 1978 French comedy film directed by Gérard Oury. Plot In May 1968, Jean-Philippe Duroc, a lawyer accused of ultra-leftism, visits his client, Martial Gaulard, sentenced to death for a murder he has not committed. At that m ...

'' – Marguerite * 1978: ''

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'' – Maggy (uncredited) * 1979: ''

'' – Dolly (Jaws' girlfriend) * 1982: '' Le Grand Pardon'' – Colette * 1982: ''

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'' * 1984: '' Les Voleurs de la nuit'' – The first woman * 1984: ''

The Blood of Others ''The Blood of Others'' (french: Le Sang des autres) is a novel by the French existentialist Simone de Beauvoir first published in 1945 and depicting the lives of several characters in Paris leading up to and during the Second World War. The nove ...

'' – Religieuse gare * 1984: ''

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'' – Daphné * 1985: '' Suivez mon regard'' * 1986: ''

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'' (1986) – La speakerine #3 en différé * 1987: ''

Club de rencontres ''Club de rencontres'' is a 1987 French comedy film directed and written by Michel Lang. The film stars Francis Perrin. Cast * Francis Perrin... Nicolas Bergereau *Jean-Paul Comart ... Bernard Lognon *Valérie Allain ... Christiane, d ...

'' – Marion * 1992: ''

L'Homme de ma vie ''The Man in My Life'' (French: ''L' Homme de ma vie'', Italian: ''L'uomo della mia vita'') is a 1952 French-Italian drama film directed by Guy Lefranc and starring Madeleine Robinson, Jeanne Moreau and Jane Marken. It was made at the Cinec ...

'' – Karate Client * 1994: '' Quand j'avais cinq ans je m'ai tué'' – La mère de gil * 2000: '' Scènes de crimes'' – Madame Bourgoin

Television

* 2012: ''

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'' TV Series (one episode: "Suivez le guide") – Michelle

References

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