Josiane Balasko
Josiane Balasko | |
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Josiane Balasko in February 2014. | |
Born |
Josiane Balašković 15 April 1950 Paris, France |
Occupation | Actress, comedian, director, writer |
Years active | 1973–present |
Spouse(s) | |
Partner(s) |
Bruno Moynot (1974-1981) Philippe Berry (1982-1999) |
Children | 2 |
Relatives |
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Awards |
César Award for Best Writing 1996 French Twist Honorary César 2000 Lifetime Achievement |
Josiane Balasko (born Josiane Balašković; 15 April 1950) is a French actress, writer and director. She has been nominated seven times for César Awards, and won twice.
Career
One of Balasko's most recognized roles among English speakers is as a lesbian in 1995's Gazon maudit (French Twist). She won the 1996 César Award (shared with Telsche Boorman) for best screenplay, and was also nominated as best director. The movie itself was nominated for best film. Balasko's other César nominations for best actress were for Too Beautiful for You (1989), Tout le monde n'a pas eu la chance d'avoir des parents communistes (1993), and Cette femme-là (2003).
1973–1980: The beginning
She began her career in 1973 and was 23 years old when she first appeared on screen, in the short L'Agression, with Patrick Bouchitey. She was in the movie L'an 01, directed by Jacques Doillon. After an absence of three years she returned to the screen in 1976 in the film The Tenant, directed by Roman Polanski, with a screenplay was written by him and Gérard Brach. The movie was based on the novel written by Roland Topor.
Her career really exploded in 1977, with her appearing in seven films over the course of the year. She first appeared in "Solveig et le Violon turc", with Eugène Ionesco and Dominique Lavanant. Then, she played Simone in "Une fille unique" alongside her boyfriend at time, Bruno Moynot. She made an appearance in Animal, directed by Claude Zidi, on a screenplay written by him, Michel Audiard and Dominique Fabre. It was a big success with more than three million attendances in France, the movie was #5 in 1977 in France. She appeared in Pardon Mon Affaire, Too!, directed by Yves Robert and written by him and Jean-Loup Dabadie. The movie was also a big success with more than two million attendances in France, and was #8 in 1977 in France.[1]
She played Nadine in This Sweet Sickness, directed by Claude Miller, based on the novel written by Patricia Highsmith. The movie starred Gérard Depardieu, Miou-Miou, Claude Piéplu, Dominique Laffin and Christian Clavier. She also acted, under the direction of Philippe Monnier, in Monsieur Papa, in which the dialogue was written by Jean-Marie Poiré.
She starred alongside Claude Brasseur, Nathalie Baye, Daniel Auteuil and Éva Darlan. Finally, she appeared (in an uncredited role) in Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo, directed by Vincent McEveety, written by Don Nelson. With almost three millions attendances in France and nearly 30 million worldwide, the movie was a big success.
In 1978, she played in "Si vous n'aimez pas ça, n'en dégoûtez pas les autres", with Gérard Jugnot and Thierry Lhermitte, and in "Les Petits Câlins", directed by Jean-Marie Poiré, alongside Dominique Laffin, Françoise Bertin and Gérard Jugnot. Then, she was in La Tortue sur le dos.
She had the leading role in the comedy "Pauline et l'Ordinateur", for which she wrote the dialogue and where she acted next to Gérard Jugnot, Éva Darlan, Jacques Attali and Marie-Anne Chazel. Finally, she played Nathalie Morin in the cult comedy Les Bronzés, directed by Patrice Leconte, with her friends from Le Splendid, Marie-Anne Chazel, Michel Blanc, Gérard Jugnot, Thierry Lhermitte, Christian Clavier and Dominique Lavanant. The movie was a hit with more than two million attendances.[2]
In 1979, she played Emma-Ammé in one episode of the TV Mini-Series, "Les Quatre Cents Coups de Virginie", alongside Anémone. Then Nathalie Morin again, in the sequel Les Bronzés font du ski with the same cast, which was also a success with more than a millions attendances.[3] She also appeared as a client in the movie "Les héros n'ont pas froid aux oreilles", with Daniel Auteuil, Gérard Jugnot, Roland Giraud, Gérard Lanvin, Michel Blanc, Thierry Lhermitte, Marie-Anne Chazel and Christian Clavier.
1981–1990: directing debut
The year 1981 was very successful for Josiane. First, she played Louise in Clara et les Chics Types. Later, she had the leading role in the very successful comedy Les hommes préfèrent les grosses. The movie was a commercial success. It was directed by Jean-Marie Poiré, who co-wrote the film, with Balasko.[4] After this, she was in another comedy named Le Maître d'école, directed by Claude Berri. This film was also commercially successful, the #9 movie at the French Box Office in 1981.[5] She then played Colette, a supporting role, in Hotel America, directed by André Téchiné, also starring Catherine Deneuve and Patrick Dewaere.
In 1982, she was in another cult movie, Le Père Noël est une ordure, directed for the third time by Jean-Marie Poiré. The film was commercially successful.[6]
In 1983, she had two comedy hits. Papy fait de la résistance, which was #7 in the 1983 French box office.[7] and Signes extérieurs de richesse, another success.[8]
In 1984, she played a supporting role in the comedy P'tit Con, directed by Gérard Lauzier. She then had the leading role in another comedy, La smala, directed by Jean-Loup Hubert. Finally, she played a supporting role in the comedy La vengeance du serpent à plumes directed by Gérard Oury. The movie was her biggest success of that year.[9] In 1985, she appeared in the movie Tranches de vie directed by François Leterrier. That year she also made her directional debut with the comedy Sac de noeuds, which she wrote, directed and starred in.
1990 onward
Since 1990 she has enjoyed a busy career acting in numerous films in a very wide variety of roles but having an international directing success in 1995 with Gazon Maudit (French Twist), in which she co-starred with Alain Chabat and gained her a César for best screenplay and a nomination for best film. In 2006 she was re-united once again with the Le Splendid team for another Bronzés film Bronzés 3: Amis pour La Vie.
Personal life
Bruno Moynot was her partner from 1974-81. In a second union with sculptor Philippe Berry (brother of actor Richard Berry), she has a daughter, Marilou Berry (born 1 February 1983, Paris), also an actress, and an adopted son, Rudy Berry (born 1988). Divorced from Philippe Berry in 1999, she remarried Native American actor George Aguilar in 2003, she met on the set of The Frenchman's Son in 1999.
In July 2018, her daughter Marilou Berry announce on her Instagram that she's pregnant with her first child. This will be the first grandchild of Balasko.
Filmography
Actress
Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
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1973 | The Year 01 | Jacques Doillon, Alain Resnais & Jean Rouch | ||
L'Agression | Frank Cassenti | Short | ||
1976 | The Tenant | Viviane | Roman Polanski | |
An Unusual Girl | Simone | Philippe Nahoun | ||
1977 | Pardon Mon Affaire, Too! | Josy | Yves Robert | |
This Sweet Sickness | Nadine | Claude Miller | ||
Animal | Supermarket Girl | Claude Zidi | ||
Monsieur Papa | Philippe Monnier | |||
Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo | Vincent McEveety | |||
Solveig et le Violon turc | Jean-Jacques Grand-Jouan | |||
1978 | French Fried Vacation | Nathalie Morin | Patrice Leconte | |
The Little Wheedlers | Corinne | Jean-Marie Poiré | ||
Pauline et l'Ordinateur | Pauline | Francis Fehr | ||
Si vous n'aimez pas ça, n'en dégoûtez pas les autres |
A spectator | Raymond Lewin | ||
Like a Turtle on Its Back | Luc Béraud | |||
1979 | French Fried Vacation 2 | Nathalie Morin | Patrice Leconte | |
Heroes Are Not Wet Behind the Ears | A client | Charles Nemes | ||
Les Quatre Cents Coups de Virginie | Emma-Ammé | Bernard Queysanne | TV Mini-Series | |
1981 | Le Maître d'école | Mlle Lajoie | Claude Berri | |
Hotel America | Colette | André Téchiné | ||
Clara et les Chics Types | Louise | Jacques Monnet | ||
Men Prefer Fat Girls | Lydie Langlois | Jean-Marie Poiré | ||
1982 | Santa Claus Is a Stinker | Madame Musquin | Jean-Marie Poiré | |
1983 | Signes extérieurs de richesse | Béatrice Flamand | Jacques Monnet | |
Gramps Is in the Resistance | The pharmacist | Jean-Marie Poiré | ||
1984 | P'tit Con | Rolande | Gérard Lauzier | |
The Vengeance of the Winged Serpent | Jackie | Gérard Oury | ||
La smala | Simone | Jean-Loup Hubert | ||
1985 | All Mixed Up | Anita | Josiane Balasko | |
Tranches de vie | Madame Dupuis | François Leterrier | ||
1986 | Nuit d'ivresse | Frède | Bernard Nauer | |
The Joint Brothers | Aline | Hervé Palud | ||
1987 | Lady Cops | Mireille Molineux | Josiane Balasko | |
1988 | Without Fear or Blame | Handmaid | Gérard Jugnot | |
Nuit d'ivresse | Simone | Alain Dhénaut | TV Movie | |
1989 | Too Beautiful for You | Colette Chevassu | Bertrand Blier | Nominated - César Award for Best Actress |
Une nuit à l'Assemblée Nationale | The journalist | Jean-Pierre Mocky | ||
1991 | My Life Is Hell | Leah Lemonier | Josiane Balasko | |
The Professional Secrets of Dr. Apfelgluck | The scientist | Alessandro Capone, Thierry Lhermitte, ... | ||
1993 | Not Everybody's Lucky Enough to Have Communist Parents |
Irène | Jean-Jacques Zilbermann | Nominated - César Award for Best Actress |
Shadow of a Doubt | Sophia | Aline Issermann | ||
1994 | Dead Tired | Herself | Michel Blanc | |
1995 | French Twist | Marijo | Josiane Balasko | |
1997 | Didier | Madame Massart | Alain Chabat | |
Arlette | Arlette Bathiat | Claude Zidi | ||
1998 | Un grand cri d'amour | Gigi Ortega | Josiane Balasko | |
1999 | The Frenchman's Son | Suzanne | Gérard Lauzier | |
2000 | The Libertine | Baroness Holbach | Gabriel Aghion | |
Actors | André Dussollier 2 | Bertrand Blier | ||
Chicken Run | Bernadette | Peter Lord & Nick Park | French Voice | |
2001 | A Crime in Paradise | Lucienne Braconnier | Jean Becker | |
Absolutely Fabulous | Edith Mousson | Gabriel Aghion | ||
2002 | The Race | Madame Jo | Djamel Bensalah | |
2003 | That Woman | Michèle Varin | Guillaume Nicloux | Nominated - César Award for Best Actress |
2004 | Madame Édouard | Nina Tchitchi | Nadine Monfils | |
2005 | The Ex-Wife of My Life | Marie-Pierre Sarrazin | Josiane Balasko | |
It's Our Life! | Blanche Delhomme | Gérard Krawczyk | ||
I Saw Ben Barka Get Killed | Marguerite Duras | Serge Le Péron & Saïd Smihi | ||
2006 | French Fried Vacation 3 | Nathalie Morin | Patrice Leconte | |
2007 | L'Auberge rouge | Rose Martin | Gérard Krawczyk | |
The Key | Michèle Varin | Guillaume Nicloux | ||
2008 | A French Gigolo | Irène | Josiane Balasko | |
Ruby Blue | Stéphanie | Jan Dunn | ||
A Day at the Museum | Mother in Chanel | Jean-Michel Ribes | ||
Françoise Dolto, le désir de vivre | Françoise Dolto | Serge Le Péron | TV Movie | |
2009 | The Hedgehog | Renée Michel | Mona Achache | Nominated - Women Film Critics Circle for Courage in Acting Award |
Park Benches | Solange Renivelle | Bruno Podalydès | ||
Neuilly Yo Mama! | School's director | Gabriel Julien-Laferrière | ||
2010 | Holiday | Christiane Mercier | Guillaume Nicloux | |
2011 | A Happy Event | Claire | Rémi Bezançon | |
Beur sur la ville | Mamie Nova | Djamel Bensalah | ||
2012 | Sport de filles | Joséphine de Silène | Patricia Mazuy | |
Maman | Paulette Mine | Alexandra Leclère | ||
Mes héros | Olga | Eric Besnard | ||
2013 | Demi-soeur | Antoinette Novack | Josiane Balasko | |
2014 | Aunt Hilda! | Dolorès | Benoît Chieux & Jacques-Rémy Girerd | |
Les Gazelles | Brigitte | Mona Achache | ||
The law of Barbara | Barbara Malo | Didier Le Pêcheur | TV Mini-Series | |
2015 | The Roommates Party | Bernadette | Alexandra Leclère | |
2016 | Arrête ton cinéma | Brigitte | Diane Kurys | |
Joséphine s'arrondit | Josephine's mother | Marilou Berry | ||
Back to Mom's | Jacqueline Mazerin | Éric Lavaine | ||
Par tous les seins | Voice | Caroline le Moing | Short | |
Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir | Josiane / Sarah | Thomas Astruc | TV Series (1 Episode) | |
2017 | Let the Sunshine In | Maxime | Claire Denis | |
The New Adventures of Cinderella | Josépha | Lionel Steketee | ||
2018 | Volontaire | Muriel Baer | Hélène Fillières | |
Bécassine | Mademoiselle Châtaigne | Bruno Podalydès | ||
Neuilly sa mère, sa mère ! | Madame Bachelot | Gabriel Julien-Laferrière | ||
J'ai perdu Albert | Madame Le Couidec | Didier Van Cauwelaert | Post-Production | |
À nos pères | Mona | Franchin Don | Post-Production | |
15 minutes de guerre | Fred Grivois | Post-Production | ||
2019 | Alexandre | François Ozon | Post-Production | |
All Inclusive | Lulu | Fabien Onteniente | Post-Production | |
Le gendre | Coline | Héctor Cabello Reyes | Post-Production | |
L'esprit de famille | Marguerite | Eric Besnard | Filming | |
Les amis des amis | Pascal Bonitzer | Pre-Production | ||
100% bio | Fabien Onteniente | Pre-Production | ||
Director
Year | Title | Box Office | Notes |
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1985 | Sac de noeuds | $4.7 million[10] | |
1987 | Les keufs | $8 million[11] | |
1991 | My Life Is Hell | $8.8 million[12] | |
1995 | French Twist | $75.2 million[13] | César Award for Best Writing Palm Springs International Film Festival - Best Foreign Language Film Lumières Award for Best Screenplay Nominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film Nominated - César Award for Best Film Nominated - César Award for Best Director Nominated - GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Film – Limited Release Nominated - Festival du Film Francophone - Film in Competition |
1998 | Un grand cri d'amour | $3.4 million[14] | |
2005 | L'Ex-femme de ma vie | $6.8 million[15] | |
2008 | Cliente | $10.1 million[16] | Nominated - Sundance Film Festival for Grand Jury Prize : World Cinema Dramatic Nominated - Rome Film Festival for Golden Marc'Aurelio Award Nominated - City of Lights, City of Angels - In Competition Nominated - Hublot d'Or - Best Adaptation Nominated - Young Public Award - Best Adaptation Nominated - RAIMU Award - Best Comedy Film Nominated - RAIMU Award - Best Actress Nominated - RAIMU Award - Best Screenplay Nominated - RAIMU Award - Best Direction Nominated - Festival du Film Francophone - Film in Competition |
2013 | Demi-soeur | $1.6 million[17] |
Box-office
Movies starring Josiane Balasko with more than a million of entries in France.
Theater
Year | Title | Author | Director |
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1970 | La pipelette ne pipa pas | Josiane Balasko | Josiane Balasko |
1971 | Quand j'srai grande, j'srai paranoïaque | Josiane Balasko | Josiane Balasko |
1973 | Jeanne l'ébouriffée | Catherine Dasté | Catherine Dasté |
1975 | Silence là-dedans | ||
1976 | Le Pot de terre contre le pot de vin | Le Splendid | Le Splendid |
Ginette Lacaze | Coluche | Coluche | |
1977 | Amour, coquillages et crustacés | Le Splendid | Le Splendid |
1979 | Le Père Noël est une ordure | Le Splendid | Philippe Galland |
1982 | Bunny's bar | Josiane Balasko | Josiane Balasko |
1985 | Nuit d'ivresse | Josiane Balasko | Josiane Balasko |
1989 | L'Ex-femme de ma vie | Josiane Balasko | Josiane Balasko |
1992 | Solo | Willy Russell | Josiane Balasko |
1996-97 | Un grand cri d'amour | Josiane Balasko | Josiane Balasko |
2002 | Nuit d'ivresse | Josiane Balasko | Josiane Balasko |
2006 | Dernier Rappel | Josiane Balasko | Josiane Balasko |
2009 | Tout le monde aime Juliette | Josiane Balasko | Josiane Balasko |
2011-12 | La nuit sera chaude | Josiane Balasko | Josiane Balasko |
2014-15 | Un grand moment de solitude | Josiane Balasko | Josiane Balasko |
2016-18 | The Woman Destroyed | Simone de Beauvoir | Hélène Fillières |
2017 | Corps de bataille | Valérie Lang | Stanislas Nordey |
2019 | Un chalet à Gstaad | Josiane Balasko | Josiane Balasko |
Writer
- 2004 : Cliente, it became a movie in 2008 directed and starring Balasko, with Nathalie Baye, Éric Caravaca, Isabelle Carré, Catherine Hiegel, Marilou Berry, George Aguilar, Richard Berry and Maria Schneider.
- 2006 : Parano express
- 2011 : La nuit sera chaude, it became a play in 2011-2012
References
- ↑ http://www.jpbox-office.com/charts_france.php?qpage=datefr&infla=no&variable=1977
- ↑ http://www.jpbox-office.com/charts_france.php?qpage=datefr&infla=no&variable=1978
- ↑ http://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=7634
- ↑ http://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=7248
- ↑ http://www.jpbox-office.com/charts_france.php?qpage=datefr&infla=no&variable=1981
- ↑ http://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=7055&affich=france
- ↑ http://www.jpbox-office.com/charts_france.php?qpage=datefr&infla=no&variable=1983
- ↑ http://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=6856
- ↑ http://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=6611
- ↑ http://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=6457
- ↑ http://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=5966
- ↑ http://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=5054
- ↑ http://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=3974
- ↑ http://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=3108
- ↑ http://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=747
- ↑ http://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=10048
- ↑ http://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=13569
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