Pauline Lafont

Pauline Lafont
Born	Pauline Aïda Simone Medveczky April 6, 1963 Nîmes, France
Died	August 11, 1988 (aged 25) Barre-des-Cévennes, Lozère, France
Years active	1975, 1982-1988

Pauline Lafont (April 6, 1963 – August 11, 1988) was a French actress. She was the daughter of film star Bernadette Lafont and Diourka Medveczky, a Hungarian sculptor.^[1]

Born Pauline Aïda Simone Medveczky in Nîmes, France, she died in a hiking accident in Barre-des-Cévennes, Lozère, France.^[1] Three months and ten days after she had set out, her body was found by a passing farmer at the foot of a cliff, four kilometres from her home. Investigators determined she had fallen more than ten metres and died instantly. Prior to the discovery of her body, her disappearance had triggered several rumours regarding her whereabouts.^[2]

Filmography

Movies

• (1976) Vincent mit l'âne dans un pré (et s'en vint dans l'autre), directed by Pierre Zucca
• (1983) Les Planqués du régiment, directed by Michel Caputo
• (1983) Vive les femmes !, directed by Claude Confortes
• (1983) Papy fait de la résistance, directed by Jean-Marie Poiré
• (1983) Balade sanglante, directed by Sylvain Madigan (short)
• (1984) L'amour braque, directed by Andrzej Żuławski
• (1984) The Bay Boy, directed by Daniel Petrie
• (1985) Le pactole, directed by Jean-Pierre Mocky
• (1985) Poulet au vinaigre, directed by Claude Chabrol
• (1986) La galette du roi, directed by Jean-Michel Ribes
• (1986) Je hais les acteurs / I Hate Actors, directed by Gérard Krawczyk
• (1987) Jing du qiu xia, directed by Hong Xie
• (1987) Sale temps, directed by Alain Pigeaux (short)
• (1987) Sale destin, directed by Sylvain Madigan
• (1987) Soigne ta droite / Keep Up Your Right, directed by Jean-Luc Godard
• (1987) L'été en pente douce, directed by Gérard Krawczyk
• (1988) Deux minutes de soleil en plus, directed by Gérard Vergez

Television

• (1984) Dernier banco TV film
• (1984) Un chien écrasé TV film
• (1986) Le petit docteur TV series
• (1988) Coup de pouce TV episode

References

1. "Pauline Lafont". Alice Cinéma. Retrieved 2009-04-27.
2. Paris Match (in French) (N°2053). 30 September 1988 http://www.parismatch.com/People/Cinema/Novembre-1988-Pauline-Lafont-l-espoir-perdu-de-Bernadette-133184. Retrieved 8 July 2015. Missing or empty |title= (help)

External links

• Pauline Lafont at the Internet Movie Database
• Pauline Lafont at AllMovie