Dominique Sanda was born in 1948, in Paris, France. When she was 16, she left her upper-class family and married, but divorced two years later. She found a temporary job as a Vogue model, when Robert Bresson gave her the starring part in his absorbing drama A Gentle Woman (1969); she was quite impressive as a young woman who commits suicide when ...
She was preparing to make The Formula but co star George C. Scott complained that he couldn't understand her thick French accent so she was paid off and replaced by Marthe Keller.
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Dominique Sanda from 1995 to 1996 played Lady Chiltern in a very successful adaptation of Oscar Wilde's play "An Ideal Husband" in Paris, France, then on a tour in France, and Belgium, and, directed by Adrian Brine.
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Dominique Sanda in 1993 played in the stage production of "Mrs. Klein" written by Nicholas Wright as 'Melitta', and directed by French director, Brigitte Jaques-Wajeman at the Theater DE la Commune in France.
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Dominique Sanda in 1995 played also the lead role of Marquise DE Merteil, in a lavish, Italian stage production of "Dangerous Liasons" aka: "Les Liaisons Dangereuses" from Choderlos DE Loclos's novel, and directed by Mario Monicelli, and also starring Geppy Gleijeses, Laura Morante, and Yvonne Scio.
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Was originally supposed to play the female lead in India Song (1975), but backed out of the project and was replaced by Delphine Seyrig.
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Dominique Sanda lives in Buenos Aires, Argentina with her Argentinian boyfriend. She's presently performing on a play, acting in Spanish at a Buenos Aires theater. [October 2006]