Personal Info
Birth date
1950-04-15 (75 Years)
Gender
Female
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Paris, France
Also known as
Josianne Balasko
Josiane Balaskovic
若西亚娜·巴拉斯科
喬希安芭拉絲寇
Josiane Balasko
Biography
Josiane Balasko (born 15 April 1950) is a French actress, writer and director. She was born Josiane Balašković in Paris. One of Balasko's most recognized roles among English speakers is as a lesbian in 1995's Gazon maudit (French Twist). She won the 1996 César Award (shared with Telsche Boorman) for best writing for this film, for which she was also nominated as best director. The movie itself was nominated for best film. Balasko's other César nominations for best actress were for Trop belle pour toi (1989), Tout le monde n'a pas eu la chance d'avoir des parents communistes (1993), Cette femme-là (2003). She is married to George Aguilar, who is also an actor. Description above from the Wikipedia article Josiane Balasko, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
Spécial cinéma
NYR
Overview:
Marcello Mastroianni, Isabelle Adjani, Alain Delon, Martin Scorsese, Woody Allen... the biggest stars in cinema were welcomed by Christian Defaye on his show Spécial cinéma. Between intimate confessions from actors and immersion in the world of the greatest filmmakers, Christian Defaye took viewers on a journey into the fascinating world of cinema for nearly thirty years.Midi Première
10
Overview:
Midi Première is a French variety show presented by Danièle Gilbert, directed by Jacques Pierre and broadcast from January 6, 1975 until January 1, 1982 on TF1. The program was generally broadcast between 12:15 p.m. and 12:55 p.m., then giving way to the 1:00 p.m. TV news. However, the broadcast schedule could change, depending on the guests, and the setting where the recording of the program was shot. Certain performances by artists who have become cult like the one where Ringo jostles with a demonstrator in interpretation (1977), that of Dalida with the title There is always a song with the soundtrack that does not start, twice, at the right speed (1978), Claude François and his Clodettes, who, in the provinces, are unable to join "the set" in order to interpret his song, the latter being taken by the crowd of delirious fans (summer 1977) . The group Supertramp performed there with the title "Dreamer" on March 8, 1975.Télématin
4.5
Overview:
Télématin is a French breakfast television news show, broadcast on France 2 since January 7, 1985. It is broadcast in Metropolitan France weekdays from 6:30 to 9:00 am CET. TV5 broadcast the show in Canada in its entirety until September 2011: it now shows a 90 minute version between 6:30 and 8:00 am Eastern Time, when the French original version is now 2h30 long. Télématin is hosted by William Leymergie. The show is daily seen by around 40% of the French morning audience, a very high percentage for French TV. In Metropolitan France, the newscasts are presented at 7:00, 7:30 and 8:00, with newsflashes at 6:30 and 8:50, and two press reviews at 7:20 and 8:30. The 6:30, 7:30 and 8:50 newscasts are usually presented by a female reader and the hourly newscasts by a male. The usual readers are Nathanaël de Rinquesen, Sophie Le Saint, Julien Benedetto, Sophie Gastrain, Patrice Romedenne and Frédéric Vion.C à vous
6.1
Overview:
Every day live on FRANCE 5, Anne-Élisabeth Lemoine and her team receive those who make the news. In the second part, the program welcomes, around a meal prepared by a qualified chef, artists in promotion.Burger Quiz
7.6
Overview:
A French humorous game show taking place in a burger restaurant which is managed by the TV host.When Fall Is Coming
6.6
Overview:
Michelle is enjoying a peaceful retirement in a Burgundy village, close to her longtime friend Marie-Claude. When her Parisian daughter Valérie drops off her son Lucas to spend school vacation with his grandma, Michelle, stressed out by her daughter, serves her toxic mushrooms for lunch. Valérie quickly recovers, but forbids her mother from seeing her grandson anymore. Feeling lonely and guilty, Michelle falls into a depression... until Marie-Claude's son gets out of prison.The Bonfire of Destiny
7.368
Overview:
After a devastating fire in 1897 Paris, three women find their lives upended by betrayals, deceptions and romantic turmoil. Inspired by real events.As An Aside
6.5
Overview:
The guest of the day is received on a set, located in an apartment without an audience, and guided simply by the sound of the host's voice.We're Live
1.5
Overview:
On est en direct is the place where we talk about news and culture, where we host singers, actors, writers, and where surprises, and humor are par for the course! It's freedom of speech, with guests coming to speak on the news for debates without filter. It's also an opportunity to discover new talents ...The Tenant
7.624
Overview:
A quiet and inconspicuous man rents an apartment in Paris where he finds himself drawn into a rabbit hole of dangerous paranoia.Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo
5.9
Overview:
Herbie, the Volkswagen Beetle with a mind of its own, is racing in the Monte Carlo Rally. But thieves have hidden a cache of stolen diamonds in Herbie's gas tank, and are now trying to get them back.15 Minutes of War
6.8
Overview:
February 1976. Somalian rebels hijack a school bus carrying 21 French children and their teacher in Djibouti City. When the terrorists drive it to a no-man’s-land on the border between Somalia and French territory, the French Government sends out a newly formed elite squad to rescue the hostages. Within a few hours, the highly trained team arrives to the crisis area, where the Somalian National Army has taken position behind the barbed wire on the border. The French unit is left with very few options to rescue the hostages. As the volatile situation unravels, the French men quickly come up with a daring plan: carry out a simultaneous 5 men sniper attack to get the children and the teacher out safely. A true story.By the Grace of God
7.1
Overview:
Alexandre, a man in his 40s living in Lyon with his wife and children, discovers that the priest who abused him decades ago continues to work with children. He joins forces with others victims of the priest, to bring justice and “lift the burden of silence” about what they endured.French Fried Vacation 2
7.343
Overview:
In this sequel to Les Bronzes (1978) summer has passed, but that doesn't mean the fun has to end for Bernard, Nathalie, Gigi, Jerome, Popeye, Jean-Claude, and Christiane.L'Âge d'or de la pub
6.5
Overview:
55 years ago, on October 1 1968, the first brand advertising spot appeared on the French television screen. Over the next three decades, thousands of creative little films would seduce and build our collective memory. Kitschy or cult spots, humor, slogans, music, stars, gimmicks, grand spectacle or sex appeal: during its golden age, how did advertising convince? Thierry Ardisson has brought together almost 400 advertising clips to relive the era of the conquest of minds and wallets.Gramps Is in the Resistance
6.864
Overview:
It is 1943 in Paris. Like so many others, the Bourbelle family's home has been taken over by the Germans and they now live in their cellar. Little do they know that the son, Guy-Hubert Bourdelle, is far from being the cowardly hairdresser he pretends. He is in truth the Germans’ most feared opponent: le super-résistant!Santa Claus Is a Stinker
7.324
Overview:
Two neurotics, working for a suicide hotline on the night of Christmas Eve, get caught up in a catastrophe when a pregnant woman, her abusive boyfriend, and a transvestite visit their office.The Hedgehog
7.2
Overview:
Paloma is a serious and highly articulate but deeply bored 11-year-old who has decided to kill herself on her 12th birthday. Fascinated by art and philosophy, she questions and documents her life and immediate circle, drawing trenchant and often hilarious observations on the world around her. But as her appointment with death approaches, Paloma finally meets some kindred spirits in her building's grumpy janitor and an enigmatic, elegant neighbor, both of whom inspire Paloma to question her rather pessimistic outlook on life.French Fried Vacation
6.585
Overview:
Holidaymakers arriving in a Club Med camp on the Ivory Coast are determined to forget their everyday problems and emotional disappointments. Games, competitions, outings, bathing and sunburn accompany a continual succession of casual affairs.Actors
5.8
Overview:
Les Acteurs is the absurd story of Jean-Pierre Marielle desperately waiting for a cup of hot water, the story of a conspiracy against actors, the story of aging actors whose careers are slowly less active than they used to be, but a stunning tribute to French actors and their cinema.Acting
TBAMission Véga as Unknown
TBAMarguerite Yourcenar biopic as Marguerite Yourcenar
TBAEn viager as Unknown
2025La Bonne étoile as Unknown
2025Offshoring as Marianne
2024When Fall Is Coming as Marie-Claude
2024Jean-Pierre Léaud: The Child of Cinema as Self - Actress
2024Party of Fools as Bobotte
2024Bonjour ! La Matinale TF1 (1 Episode) as Self - Guest
2023Au cœur du Papotin as Self
2023Têtàtête(s) (1 Episode) as Self - Guest
2023Faut Voir - L'hebdo cinéma (1 Episode) as Self - Guest
2023Des mains en or as Martha
2023Il était une fois... « Grâce à Dieu » as Self
2023L'Âge d'or de la pub as Self (archive footage)
2022Un chalet à Gstaad as Unknown
2022Les Rencontres du Papotin (1 Episode) as Self
2022Le soir où j'ai reçu le César as Self
2021Price of Parenting as Chantal Blanc
2021Old Fashioned as La Reine-Mère
2021Tralala as Lili
2021Knock, Knock, It's Mom! as Jacqueline Mazerin
2020C'est la vie as Dominique
2020We're Live (1 Episode) as Self - Guest
2020L'Esprit de famille as Marguerite, la mère d'Alexandre
2019The Spellbound as Leonora Evesco
2019The Bonfire of Destiny (8 Episodes) as Madame Huchon
2019Vous êtes jeunes, vous êtes beaux as Mona
2019My Out-Laws as Coline Rossi
2019By the Grace of God as Irène, Emmanuel's Mother
2019All Inclusive as Lulu
201915 Minutes of War as Michèle Sampieri
2018J'ai perdu Albert as Mme Le Couidec
2018Neuilly sa mère, sa mère ! as Mme Bachelot
2018Bécassine ! as Mademoiselle Châtaigne
2018Volontaire as La mère
2017The New Adventures of Cinderella as la méchante belle-mère / la voisine
2017Let the Sunshine In as Maxime
2017Michèle Bernier, l'irrésistible as Self
2017Diversion (1 Episode) as Self
2016Back to Mom's as Jacqueline Mazerin
2016Josephine, Pregnant & Fabulous as la mère de Joséphine
2016Arrête ton cinéma ! as Brigitte
2015The Roommates Party as La gardienne
2015Un grand moment de solitude as Brigitte Gaillard
2014Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui as Unknown
2014Un soir à la tour Eiffel (1 Episode) as Self
2014Les Gazelles as Brigitte
2014La Loi de Barbara (3 Episodes) as Maître Barbara Malo
2014Aunt Hilda! as Dolorès (voice)
2013Cinéast(e)s as Self
2013Half-Sister as Antoinette
2012Mes héros as Olga
2012Maman as La mère
2012Of Women and Horses as Joséphine de Silène
2011Beur sur la ville as Mamie Nova
2011A Happy Event as Claire
2011Il était une fois... « Le père Noël est une ordure » as Self
2010Holiday as Christiane Mercier
2010It's Only TV (1 Episode) as Self - Guest
2009C à vous (1 Episode) as Self - Guest
2009Neuilly Yo Mama! as Mme Bachelot, directrice du collège Saint-Exupéry
2009Park Benches as Solange Renivelle
2009The Hedgehog as Renée Michel
2008A Day at the Museum as The mother in Chanel
2008A French Gigolo as Irene
2008Françoise Dolto, for the love of children as Françoise Dolto
2007The Key as Michèle Varin
2007The Red Inn as Rose Martin
2007Ruby Blue as Stephanie
2006Salut les Terriens ! (1 Episode) as Self - Guest
2006French Fried Vacations 3: Friends Forever as Nathalie Morin
2005La vie est à nous ! as Blanche Delhomme
2005Les Enfoirés, 15 ans d'Enfoirés as Unknown
2005I Saw Ben Barka Get Killed as Marguerite Duras
2004The Ex-Wife of My Life as Marie-Pierre
2004Madame Edouard as Nina Tchitchi
2003Hanging Offense as Michèle Varin
2002The Race as Madame Jo
2001As An Aside (1 Episode) as Self - Guest
2001Absolutely Fabulous as Edith 'Eddie' Mousson
2001Burger Quiz (1 Episode) as Self
2001A Crime in Paradise as Lulu Braconnier
2000Actors as André Dussollier 2
2000The Libertine as Baronne d'Holbach
2000Les Enfoirés 2000 - Enfoirés en 2000 as Unknown
1999The Son of Français as Suzanne
1998Vivement dimanche (11 Episodes) as Self
1998Les Enfoirés 1998 - Enfoirés en cœur as Unknown
1998Un grand cri d'amour as Gigi Ortega
1997Arlette as Arlette
1997Didier as Commentateur sportif, Jean-Philippe
1995Les Enfoirés 1995 - Les Enfoirés à l'Opéra-Comique as Unknown
1995French Twist as Marijo
1994Dead Tired as Josiane Balasko
1993Not Everybody's Lucky Enough to Have Communist Parents as Irène
1993Les Enfoirés 1993 - Les Enfoirés chantent Starmania as Unknown
1991My Life Is Hell as Leah Lemonier
1991The Professional Secrets of Dr. Apfelgluck as La scientifique
1990Stars 90 (1 Episode) as Self
1989Too Beautiful for You as Colette Chevassu
1988Sans peur et sans reproche as Companion threatened with rape
1988Une nuit à l'Assemblée Nationale as la journaliste
1987Lady Cops as Inspecteur Molyneux
1987Sacrée soirée (2 Episodes) as Self
1987Nulle part ailleurs (1 Episode) as Self
1986The Joint Brothers as Aline
1986Nuit d'ivresse as Frède
1985Bunny's Bar as Anita, dame 'pipi'
1985All Mixed Up as Anita
1985Slices of Life as La parisienne
1985Télématin (1, 2 Episode) as Self (Duplex), Self
1985Nuit d'ivresse as Simone
1984The Vengeance of the Winged Serpent as Jackie
1984La Smala as Simone
1984Petit Con as Rolande
1983Outward Signs of Wealth as Béatrice Flamand, tax inspector
1983Gramps Is in the Resistance as La pharmacienne qui couche avec Ralph, un Allemand
1982L'Académie des 9 (3 Episodes) as Self
1982Santa Claus Is a Stinker as Marie-Ange Musquin, présidente de l'association
1982Champs-Elysées (10 Episodes) as Self
1981Droit de Réponse as Self
1981Hotel America as Colette
1981Le Maître d'école as Jacqueline Lajoie, depressed teacher
1981Men Prefer Fat Girls as Lydie Langlois
1981Clara and Chics Types as Louise
1979Les 400 Coups de Virginie (6 Episodes) as Emma-Ammé
1979French Fried Vacation 2 as Nathalie Morin, Bernard's wife
1979Heroes Are Not Wet Behind the Ears as Customer injured at the bank
1978Rire et sourire : Le Splendid (1 Episode) as Différents rôles (Thérèse Verrou, M.L. Chavasse, M. Pereira)
1978French Fried Vacation as Nathalie Morin, Bernard's wife
1978Like a Turtle on Its Back as une fêtarde dans la voiture
1978Si vous n'aimez pas ça, n'en dégoûtez pas les autres as une spectatrice
1978The Little Wheedlers as Corinne
1978Pauline et l'ordinateur as Pauline
1977We Will All Meet in Paradise as Josy, Lucien's girlfriend
1977Tell Her That I Love Her as Nadine
1977Monsieur Papa as Woman in the phone booth
1977Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo as Girl in Purple (uncredited)
1977An Unusual Girl as Simone
1976The Tenant as Viviane, Office Worker
1975Numéro un (2 Episodes) as Self
1975Midi Première (1 Episode) as Self
1974Spécial cinéma (1 Episode) as Self
1973The Year 01 as A televiewer / The cyclist
1973L'Agression as Jeune femme
1972Scoundrel in White as Ugly girl (uncredited)
1972Le Grand Échiquier (1 Episode) as Self
Writing
2022Un chalet à Gstaad ... Author
2019Nuit d'ivresse : Une autre histoire ... Writer
2015Un grand moment de solitude ... Author
2013Half-Sister ... Writer
2008A French Gigolo ... Writer
2006French Fried Vacations 3: Friends Forever ... Writer
2004The Ex-Wife of My Life ... Writer
1998Un grand cri d'amour ... Theatre Play, Screenplay
1995French Twist ... Writer
1991My Life Is Hell ... Writer
1989L'Ex-femme de ma vie ... Author
1987Lady Cops ... Scenario Writer
1986Nuit d'ivresse ... Writer
1985All Mixed Up ... Writer
1985Santa Claus Is a Stinker ... Theatre Play
1982Santa Claus Is a Stinker ... Writer
1981Men Prefer Fat Girls ... Writer
1981Next Year If All Goes Well ... Scenario Writer
1979French Fried Vacation 2 ... Writer
1978French Fried Vacation ... Writer
1978Pauline et l'ordinateur ... Screenplay
Directing
2015Un grand moment de solitude ... Director
2013Half-Sister ... Director
2008A French Gigolo ... Director
2004The Ex-Wife of My Life ... Director
1998Un grand cri d'amour ... Director
1995French Twist ... Director
1991My Life Is Hell ... Director
1989L'Ex-femme de ma vie ... Stage Director
1987Lady Cops ... Director
1985All Mixed Up ... Director
Creator
1978Rire et sourire : Le Splendid ... Creator