Catherine Lachens

Catherine Lachens

Catherine Lachens (born on September 2, 1945 in Boulogne-Billancourt (France) and died on September 27, 2023 in Paris), was a French actress with a flamboyant temperament, known for her glibness, husky voice and boundless energy. From a modest background, she worked in a variety of odd jobs before making her film debut in 1973 in Nina Companeez's L'Histoire très bonne et très joyeuse de Colinot trousse-chemise, alongside Brigitte Bardot. She went on to play a series of roles in popular comedies, working with directors such as Georges Lautner (Flic ou voyou, Mort d'un pourri), Philippe de Broca, Claude Zidi and Jean Yanne. She plays a variety of characters, from the big-hearted prostitute to the eccentric bourgeoise, from the school principal to the passionate teacher. On the stage, she alternates between the classics and contemporary plays, acting in Molière, Feydeau, Genet and Ionesco, under the direction of renowned directors such as Marcel Maréchal, Daniel Mesguich and Andrzej Wajda. She also performs internationally, notably in Russia. On television, she took part in shows such as L'Académie des neuf in the 1980s, then appeared in popular series such as Navarro, Sous le soleil and Scènes de ménages. A multi-talented artist, she also dabbles in sculpture, exhibiting alongside other artists such as Anny Duperey and Amanda Lear. In 2016, she was awarded the "Prix Reconnaissance".

  • Title: Catherine Lachens
  • Popularity: 0.3144
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1945-09-02
  • Place of Birth: Boulogne-Billancourt, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], France
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Catherine Lachens Movies

  • 1979
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    The Other One's Mug

    The Other One's Mug

    5.73 1979 HD

    Martial Perrin is the president of a right-wing political party which is gearing itself up for a forthcoming election. When he learns that a...

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  • 1983
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    It Could Be Worse

    It Could Be Worse

    3.5 1983 HD

    A macho junk shopkeeper, a lunar lawyer and a storekeeper meet by pure chance and develop the century's hold-up.

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  • 1984
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    The Blood of Others

    The Blood of Others

    5.346 1984 HD

    In the German-occupied Paris, Helene is torn between the love for her boyfriend Jean, working for the resistance and the German administrator...

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  • 1976
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    Winter Is Approaching

    Winter Is Approaching

    3 1976 HD

    An intimate report on Paris. A heavy, mysterious night-time Paris: that of a young homosexual wandering the streets in search of desire.

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  • 1992
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    The Beautiful Story

    The Beautiful Story

    7.1 1992 HD

    A film with emphasis on visuals and music, the plot concerns characters who meet in present time, mainly the male gypsy Jesus, and the female thief...

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  • 1977
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    The Gang

    The Gang

    6.15 1977 HD

    In 1945, as World War Two comes to a close, five small time crooks unite to form a gang. After several bold robberies they become notorious as "the...

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  • 1979
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    The Medic

    The Medic

    5.517 1979 HD

    The film is set in a modern war, probably between a European country and a country in the Far East. Behind the battle lines, in a medical unit, a...

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  • 1977
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    Dis bonjour à la dame !..

    Dis bonjour à la dame !..

    2.75 1977 HD

    Robert Ferry, a PTT employee, is having problems with his two sons. The elder has impregnated his girlfriend, a young hippie, and the younger,...

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  • 1991
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    The Maid

    The Maid

    6.143 1991 HD

    A man goes off to Paris to start his new job at a bank. When he falls in love with a beautiful woman, he decides to work as her maid -- until he...

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  • 1989
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    Venetian Red

    Venetian Red

    10 1989 HD

    Venice. March 1735. The carnival is in full swing Everybody's happy mood and the lively streets are filled with musicians, mimes, clowns and acrobats...

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  • 1991
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    Le Cri du cochon

    Le Cri du cochon

    7 1991 HD

    On vacation in the country, a group of friends are requisitioned by a city official to work at the slaughterhouse.

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  • 2013
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    Bright Days Ahead

    Bright Days Ahead

    6 2013 HD

    Bright days ahead? Caroline has retired, at last. A new life lies before her: time to take care of her children, her husband, and, most of all,...

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  • 2024
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    Molière's Last Stage

    Molière's Last Stage

    4.9 2024 HD

    Royal Palace Theatre, Paris . February 17th 1673, the King’s theatre group is playing « Le Malade Imaginaire » when...

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  • 1975
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    Incorrigible

    Incorrigible

    6.176 1975 HD

    Victor Vautier is incorrigible: he's in constant motion, working several cons at once, using different names and changing disguises. He's charming...

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  • 1987
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    The Two Crocodiles

    The Two Crocodiles

    5.2 1987 HD

    A taxi driving, strip club managing conman chooses a salesman as a mark. The latter falls for his hospitality, but soon appears to be already in...

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  • 1980
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    Two Lions in the Sun

    Two Lions in the Sun

    5.125 1980 HD

    Paul and Rene, two men in their forties weary with life. One a widower, the other is divorced and pays alimony to his ex-wife. They live together, go...

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  • 1979
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    Le Divorcement

    Le Divorcement

    8 1979 HD

    In this rambling comic tale about a man and a wife, with four children, who calmly announce to the children that they want to divorce one another, it...

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  • 2001
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    It's Hard Killing Someone Even on a Monday

    It's Hard Killing Someone Even on a Monday

    7.5 2001 HD

    Jean doesn't want to stagnate in the anonymity of an unattractive life anymore. He chose to start a new career very mediatic but quite dangerous.

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  • 1977
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    Monsieur Papa

    Monsieur Papa

    4.875 1977 HD

    In this family comedy, Papa has no end of trouble getting his young son to accept his new girlfriend.

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  • 1975
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    The arrest

    The arrest

    8 1975 HD

    A young writer has just written a new novel, which has been accepted by an editor. A simple and familiar story about the terrifying power the state...

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  • 1973
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    The Edifying and Joyous Story of Colinot

    The Edifying and Joyous Story of Colinot

    4.9 1973 HD

    Colinot is a young, happy man, until the day three highway robbers abduct his fiancée. The search leads him to meet so many young, lovely...

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  • 2005
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    À vot' bon cœur

    À vot' bon cœur

    5.5 2005 HD

    French independent director Paul Vecchiali playfully bites the hand that periodically feeds him (and many of the nation's other creative filmmakers)...

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  • 1974
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    Ariane

    Ariane

    1 1974 HD

    A dreamlike adaptation of the legend of Ariadne and the Minotaur.

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  • 1978
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    These Sorcerers Are Mad

    These Sorcerers Are Mad

    5.636 1978 HD

    Julien est envoyé par son patron à l'île Maurice, où il fait la connaissance d'Henri, un chômeur professionnel. Un...

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  • 2015
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    French Cuisine

    French Cuisine

    4.752 2015 HD

    François and Charlotte directed together a gourmet hotel and restaurant on the edge of the sea, but their marital relationship is not fixed...

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  • 1976
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    Monsieur Albert

    Monsieur Albert

    9 1976 HD

    In this poetic slice-of-life film that reveals the problems and needs of a group of lowlife characters, unwed mother Vivaine (Dominique Labourier)...

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  • 1976
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    Let's Make a Dirty Movie

    Let's Make a Dirty Movie

    3.917 1976 HD

    A bumbling film crew attempts to make a porno movie.

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  • 1982
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    Bad Hats

    Bad Hats

    7 1982 HD

    In this routine drama, two men (a crass Brit and a slow Frenchman) decide to evade the war in 1917, but their flight on a stolen boat goes awry and...

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  • 1976
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    Silence... We're Shooting

    Silence... We're Shooting

    3.667 1976 HD

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  • 1986
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    Rosa la rose, fille publique

    Rosa la rose, fille publique

    5.1 1986 HD

    A radiant young sex worker thrives amidst the clients of Paris’s Les Halles under the protectiveness of her pimp. Her carefully balanced...

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  • 1975
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    Flic Story

    Flic Story

    6.411 1975 HD

    The film story depicts Emile Buisson, following the death of his wife and child, escaping from a psychiatric institution in 1947 and returning to...

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  • 1979
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    Dumb But Disciplined

    Dumb But Disciplined

    4.906 1979 HD

    Jacques does his military service. Shy, round and clumsy, he is forced to agree to be the driver of a special ambulance.

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  • 1984
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    Swann in Love

    Swann in Love

    5.568 1984 HD

    In Belle Époque Paris, a 19th-century Parisian aristocrat falls in love with a lower-class prostitute who seduces him but never loves him.

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  • 2012
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    Bonjour Madame, Bonjour Monsieur

    Bonjour Madame, Bonjour Monsieur

    10 2012 HD

    A man with a serious illness, visits his doctor. His condition does not improve. So, he asks him to come back with his wife. But here is the problem,...

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  • 1982
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    On s'en fout… nous on s'aime

    On s'en fout… nous on s'aime

    3.25 1982 HD

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  • 1995
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    French Twist

    French Twist

    6.076 1995 HD

    After learning of her husband's infidelities, a housewife invites an itinerant lesbian to move in with them. None of their lives will ever be the...

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  • 1979
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    Cop or Hood

    Cop or Hood

    6.332 1979 HD

    When the local police inspector was found dead in a prostitute's house, police division commissioner Stan Borowitz is sent to investigate the...

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  • 2004
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    One Fine Day, a Hairdresser

    One Fine Day, a Hairdresser

    5.444 2004 HD

    How do you ask a wild, impetuous hairdresser on a date if you're a pathologically timid philosophy student with no social skills?

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  • 1983
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    The Prize of Peril

    The Prize of Peril

    6.491 1983 HD

    In a futuristic society, contestants pit their survival skills against each other in a fight to the death for cash prizes, and the contest is aired...

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  • 1978
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    Too Shy to Try

    Too Shy to Try

    6.4 1978 HD

    Pierre is a hotel cashier in Vichy, so shy that he answers an ad from the Psychology Institute and can't say no to the salesman, Aldo; he spends...

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  • 1990
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    Le Sixième Doigt

    Le Sixième Doigt

    10 1990 HD

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  • 2001
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    Confession of a Dredger

    Confession of a Dredger

    5.375 2001 HD

    During the summer, Paul, provincial student, shy and bookish, went to Paris to integrate Sciences-Po, bed on a bench in the Luxembourg Gardens. One...

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  • 1979
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    I've Got You, You've Got Me by the Chin Hairs

    I've Got You, You've Got Me by the Chin Hairs

    5.22 1979 HD

    In this satire, a police detectiveis investigating the disappearance and kidnapping of the host of a television dance show. However, instead of...

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  • 1977
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    Violette & Francois

    Violette & Francois

    6.192 1977 HD

    Violette and François are a couple with a child. As they cannot lead a good life with odd jobs, François starts to steal.

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  • 1977
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    Death of a Corrupt Man

    Death of a Corrupt Man

    6.532 1977 HD

    In the middle of the night, deputy Philippe Dubaye wakes up his old friend Xavier Maréchal with disturbing news: he has just killed Serrano, a...

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  • 1983
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    Pauvre Eros

    Pauvre Eros

    10 1983 HD

    A man decides to use the classifieds to replace his mistress who left him.

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  • 1972
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    What a Flash!

    What a Flash!

    4.7 1972 HD

    The producers of this French film took approximately 100 people, put them on a soundstage and had them improvise this film based on the premise that...

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  • 1986
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    Softly from Paris

    Softly from Paris

    5.625 1986 HD

    An anthology of erotic stories by famous writers like Guy de Maupassant, Nicolas Edme Restif de La Bretonne, Marquis de Sade, Giovanni Boccaccio,...

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  • 2003
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    Arzak Rhapsody

    Arzak Rhapsody

    6.833 2003 HD

    Perched on his trusty anti-gravity Pteroid (where nothing serious can reach him), Arzak explores Desert "B" - a parallel world, populated by strange...

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