Lyne Chardonnet
Born May 05, 1943 (Age: 82)
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Paris, France
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.
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.
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Filmography
Chanel Solitaire
1981
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as Young Nun
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Age: 38
Une merveilleuse journée
1980
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as Geneviève
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Age: 37
Three Men to Kill
1980
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as L'infirmière au dossier
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Age: 37
Les coucous
1978
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as Barbara
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Age: 35
One-Eyed Men Are Kings
1974
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as
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Age: 31
I. You. They.
1973
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as La dactylo
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Age: 30
Qui êtes-vous monsieur Renaudot ?
1972
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as Louise de Mascon
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Age: 29
A Time for Loving
1972
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as Bar Girl
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Age: 28
The Egg
1972
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as Charlotte Berthoullet
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Age: 28
No Image
Pas moral pour deux sous
1971
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as Doris Chalmont
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Age: 28
My Uncle Benjamin
1969
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as Arabelle Minxit
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Age: 26
Bruno: Sunday's Child
1969
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as Valérie
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Age: 26
Clerambard
1969
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as Brigitte Galuchon
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Age: 25