Valérie Allain (born 3 April 1966) is a French actress. She portrayed " Mireille" in the 1987 instructional television series '' French in Action'', which acquired a

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/ref> She has two children: a boy, born in 1990, Pablo and a girl, born in 2003, Juliette.

Professional career

* Allain was featured (but did not pose) in the November 1988 edition of ''

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Filmography

Cinema

*' (1984) – Sylvie *' (1984) – Stéphanie *'' Le véto'' (1985) *'' Club de rencontres'' (1986) *'' Armide'', a short film in the anthology ''

'' (1987) *' (1987) *' (1987) *'' Un parfum d'odyssée'' (1988) *'' La chambre d'ami'' (1988) *''

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'' (1990) *'' Princesse Alexandra'' (1991) *'' La plage'' (1991) *'' De justesse'' (1992) *'' TOB (tête d'oeuf bouilli)'' (1994) *'' Le moine'' (1997) *'' Présomption d'innocence'' (1997) *'' L'inconnue de la nationale'' (1998) *'' Amorce'' (2000)

Television

*'' Le chevalier de Pardaillan'' (1985) *'' French in Action'' (1987) *' (1988) (

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) *'' Duo'' (1990) *'' Un comédien dans un jeu de quilles'' (1990) (miniseries) *'' Un mort très convenable'' (1992) (miniseries) *' (1993) *' (1997) *'' Cassidi et Cassidi: Le démon de midi'' (1997)

References

External links

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Valérie Allain Filmography - actricesdefrance.orgFan Site for French in Action
(fancyrobot.com archived by archive.org) {{DEFAULTSORT:Allain, Valerie 1966 births Living people French film actresses 20th-century French actresses People from Saint-Raphaël, Var Actresses from Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur