Lyne Chardonnet
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.
Filmography
Chanel Solitaire
as Young Nun
Chanel Solitaire
as Young Nun
Une merveilleuse journée
as Geneviève
Une merveilleuse journée
as Geneviève
Three Men to Kill
as L'infirmière au dossier
Three Men to Kill
as L'infirmière au dossier
Les coucous
as Barbara
Les coucous
as Barbara
The Toy
as Miss Blond
The Toy
as Miss Blond
Dracula and Son
as infirmière
Dracula and Son
as infirmière
One-Eyed Men Are Kings
One-Eyed Men Are Kings
I. You. They.
as La dactylo
I. You. They.
as La dactylo
Qui êtes-vous monsieur Renaudot ?
as Louise de Mascon
Qui êtes-vous monsieur Renaudot ?
as Louise de Mascon
A Time for Loving
as Bar Girl
A Time for Loving
as Bar Girl
The Egg
as Charlotte Berthoullet
The Egg
as Charlotte Berthoullet
Pas moral pour deux sous
as Doris Chalmont
Pas moral pour deux sous
as Doris Chalmont
My Uncle Benjamin
as Arabelle Minxit
My Uncle Benjamin
as Arabelle Minxit
Bruno: Sunday's Child
as Valérie
Bruno: Sunday's Child
as Valérie
Clerambard
as Brigitte Galuchon
Clerambard
as Brigitte Galuchon
Mayerling
as Hannah Vetsera
Mayerling
as Hannah Vetsera
The Tattoo
as Valérie Mézeray, fille de Félicien
The Tattoo
as Valérie Mézeray, fille de Félicien
The Diary of an Innocent Boy
as Jacotte
The Diary of an Innocent Boy
as Jacotte
Bon appétit monsieur
as Zozotte, la bonne
Bon appétit monsieur
as Zozotte, la bonne
The War Is Over
as The Pretty Blonde (uncredited)
The War Is Over
as The Pretty Blonde (uncredited)