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Sylvie

Sylvie

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.

Known for

Black Humor
Black Humor
1965 • La mère Belhomme - segment 1 'La Bestiole" (as Louise Sylvie)
The Shameless Old Lady
The Shameless Old Lady
1965 • Madame Bertini
Nutty, Naughty Chateau
Nutty, Naughty Chateau
1963 • La grand-mère
Un cas intéressant
Un cas intéressant
1963 • The mother
Family Diary
Family Diary
1962 • Grandmother
Croesus
Croesus
1960 • Delphine
The Mirror Has Two Faces
The Mirror Has Two Faces
1958 • Mme Tardivet
Michael Strogoff
Michael Strogoff
1956 • Marfa Strogoff

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