Blanche Ravalec (born 19 September 1954) is a
French
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actress,
dubbing artist, and former
stewardess
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.
Career
Ravalec is known to English-speaking audiences mainly for her role as Dolly,
Jaws
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Arts, entertainment, and media
* Jaws (James Bond), a character in ''The Spy Who Loved Me'' and ''Moonraker''
* ...
' girlfriend in the 1979
James Bond
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film ''
Moonraker''.
Beyond this, she has made over 70 appearances in French-language TV and film. Among her English-to-French dubbing work is as "
Christina McKinney
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" (
Ashley Jensen
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) in ''
Ugly Betty
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'', as "Emily Waltham" (
Helen Baxendale
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) in ''
Friends
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'', and as "
Bree Van de Kamp
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" (
Marcia Cross
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) in ''
Desperate Housewives
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''. She also provides voices for the French dub of ''
Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends
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''.
Filmography
Film
* 1978: ''
Holiday Hotel'' – Yveline
* 1978: ''Trocadéro bleu citron''
* 1978: ''
La Carapate
''La Carapate'' is a 1978 French comedy film directed by Gérard Oury.
Plot
In May 1968, Jean-Philippe Duroc, a lawyer accused of ultra-leftism, visits his client, Martial Gaulard, sentenced to death for a murder he has not committed. At that mo ...
'' – Marguerite
* 1978: ''
Une histoire simple'' – Maggy (uncredited)
* 1979: ''
Moonraker'' – Dolly (Jaws' girlfriend)
* 1982: ''
Le Grand Pardon'' – Colette
* 1982: ''
Salut j'arrive''
* 1984: ''
Les Voleurs de la nuit
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Cast
*Véronique Jannot ...
'' – The first woman
* 1984: ''
The Blood of Others
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'' – Religieuse gare
* 1984: ''
À nous les garçons
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'' – Daphné
* 1985: ''
Suivez mon regard''
* 1986: ''
Kamikaze
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'' (1986) – La speakerine #3 en différé
* 1987: ''
Club de rencontres
''Club de rencontres'' is a 1987 French comedy film directed and written by Michel Lang. The film stars Francis Perrin.
Cast
*Francis Perrin... Nicolas Bergereau
*Jean-Paul Comart ... Bernard Lognon
*Valérie Allain ... Christiane, dit ...
'' – Marion
* 1992: ''
L'Homme de ma vie
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'' – Karate Client
* 1994: ''
Quand j'avais cinq ans je m'ai tué
''Quand j'avais 5 ans je m'ai tué'' (''When I was five, I killed myself'') is a French film directed by Jean-Claude Sussfeld, released in 1994.
Synopsis
Gil, an eight-year-old child, is in a 1950s French psychiatric hospital, "due to what he d ...
'' – La mère de gil
* 2000: ''
Scènes de crimes
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'' – Madame Bourgoin
Television
* 2012: ''
Joséphine, ange gardien
''Josephine, Guardian Angel'' (Joséphine, ange gardien) is a French television series. It has been aired since 1997 on TF1 (France).
Plot
Joséphine Delamarre is a guardian angel that Heaven sends to earth. With her psychological insight, abi ...
'' TV Series (one episode: "Suivez le guide") – Michelle
References
External links
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James Bond Multimedia Pages
French film actresses
Living people
French voice actresses
French television actresses
1954 births
Flight attendants
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