Dominique Sanda Tribute

Here are two soft songs, chosen to illustrate the beauty and talent of French firstclass actress and former successful fashion model Dominique Sanda. Before the age of twentyone, Sanda tall, blond and coolly mysterious had already left a permanent imprint on cinema history. She was born as Dominique MarieFrançoise Renée Varaigne in Paris, in 1948. She had escaped her convent education and upperclass Parisian life by marrying at the age of 15 (but divorced at 17) and enrolling in the École des BeauxArts to study painting. She appeared in such noted European films of the 1970s as Vittorio de Sica s Il Giardino dei FinziContini (which made her an international star), Bernardo Bertolucci s The Conformist and Novecento, and Liliana Cavani s Beyond Good and Evil. She also appeared in The Mackintosh Man (with Paul Newman) and Steppenwolf (with Max von Sydow). Sanda has worked with many of the film world