Sylvie

Acting

Sylvie

Born
Died
(aged 87)
Birthplace
Paris, France
Credits
50 titles

Biography

Louise Pauline Mainguené, known as Sylvie (3 January 1883 – 5 January 1970), was a French actress.

The daughter of a sailor and a teacher, Sylvie entered an acting conservatory where she won a class comedy award unanimously. She started her professional career in 1903 and she earned her first success with The Old Heidelberg. She first appeared in French silent films. She was an actress known for Don Camillo (1952), The Shameless Old Lady (1965), and Le Corbeau (1943).

She was born on 3 January 1883 in Paris and died on 5 January 1970 in Compiègne, France.

She won the first National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress in 1966 for her performance in The Shameless Old Lady.

Source: Article "Sylvie (actress)" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Signature work

Known For

Acting credits 50

YearTitleRole
1965 Black Humor Film La mère Belhomme - segment 1 'La Bestiole" (as Louise Sylvie)
1965 The Shameless Old Lady Film Madame Bertini
1965 Belphegor, or The Phantom of the Louvre TV Lady Hodwin (3 ep)
1963 Nutty, Naughty Chateau Film La grand-mère
1963 Un cas intéressant Film The mother
1962 Family Diary Film Grandmother
1960 Croesus Film Delphine
1958 The Mirror Has Two Faces Film Mme Tardivet
1956 Michael Strogoff Film Marfa Strogoff
1956 Les Truands Film Clarisse
1956 Cinépanorama TV Self (1 ep)
1955 Black Dossier Film Mme Bouju
1954 Ulysses Film Eurycleia
1953 Thérèse Raquin Film Madame Raquin
1952 Forbidden Fruit Film Madame Pellegrin mère
1952 We Are All Murderers Film Laetitia Bollini
1952 The Little World of Don Camillo Film Signora Cristina
1951 Under the Paris Sky Film Mademoiselle Perrier
1950 God Needs Men Film Coise Karbacen
1949 White Paws Film Maurice's mother
1949 Tous les deux Film Mrs. Gendron
1949 Two Loves Film Mrs. Vincent
1948 Stolen Affections Film Mademoiselle Barge
1947 Coïncidences Film Amélie
1947 Passionnelle Film La baronne de Marsannes
1947 Mirror Film The nun
1946 Mensonges Film Agnès Leroux at 8
1946 One Does Not Die That Way Film Suzanne Bouvier
1946 The Idiot Film Madame Ivolvine
1946 Land Without Stars Film Madame Nogret
1945 La Route du bagne Film
1945 Father Goriot Film Mademoiselle Michonneau
1944 The Island of Love Film 'La Strega', fortune-teller
1944 The Traveler Without Luggage Film Madame Renaud
1943 Le Corbeau Film La mère du cancéreux
1943 Angels of Sin Film Prioress
1943 Marie-Martine Film Maurice's mother
1943 L'Homme sans nom Film Madame Ourdebey
1941 Montmartre on the Seine Film Madame Courtin
1941 Paris Romance Film
1940 Comedy of Happiness Film Madame Marie
1939 The End of the Day Film Madame Tusini
1939 Pasha's Wives Film Safèle, the mother
1938 The Curtain Rises Film Clémence
1938 The Lafarge Case Film Adélaîde Lafarge
1937 Life Dances On Film Gaby - La maîtresse de Thierry
1935 Crime and Punishment Film Catherine Ivanovna
1922 Roger la Honte Film Henriette Laroque
1917 Le Coupable Film Louise Rameau
1913 Germinal Film Catherine
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