Sylvie

Actor

January 3, 1883 — January 6, 1970 (87 years)
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.

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Known For

  • Le Corbeau
    Le Corbeau1943
  • Ulysses
    Ulysses1954
  • The Little World of Don Camillo
    The Little World of Don Camillo1952
  • Angels of Sin
    Angels of Sin1943
  • The Adultress
    The Adultress1953
  • The Shameless Old Lady
    The Shameless Old Lady1965
  • The End of the Day
    The End of the Day1939
  • Family Diary
    Family Diary1962
  • The Mirror Has Two Faces
    The Mirror Has Two Faces1958
  • The Idiot
    The Idiot1946
  • Belphegor, or The Phantom of the Louvre
    Belphegor, or The Phantom of the Louvre4 episodes
  • Under the Paris Sky
    Under the Paris Sky1951
  • Passionnelle
    Passionnelle1947
  • White Paws
    White Paws1949
  • Germinal
    Germinal1913
  • Nutty, Naughty Chateau
    Nutty, Naughty Chateau1963
  • God Needs Men
    God Needs Men1950
  • Marie-Martine
    Marie-Martine1943
  • Crime and Punishment
    Crime and Punishment1935
  • Paris Romance
    Paris Romance1941

Filmography

1965
Umorismo in nero · as La Mère Belhomme - Segment 1 'la Bestiole" (as Louise Sylvie)
1965
La vieille dame indigne · as Madame Bertini
1965
1963
Nutty, Naughty Chateau · as La Grand-Mère
1962
Family Diary · as Grandmother
1960
Croesus · as Delphine
1960
Quai du Point-du-Jour · as Madame Dupont
1958
The Mirror Has Two Faces · as Mme Tardivet
1957
The Gangsters · as Clarisse
1956
Michael Strogoff · as Marfa Strogoff
1955
Black Dossier · as Mme Bouju
1954
Ulysses · as Eurycleia
1954
The Anatomy of Love · as Zelinda (segment: Casa D'altri)
1953
The Adultress · as Madame Raquin
1952
Forbidden Fruit · as Madame Pellegrin Mère
1952
We Are All Murderers · as Laetitia Bollini
1952
The Little World of Don Camillo · as Signora Cristina
1951
Under the Paris Sky · as Mademoiselle Perrier
1950
God Needs Men · as Coise Karbacen
1949
White Paws · as Maurice's Mother
1948
Stolen Affections · as Mademoiselle Barge
1947
Passionnelle · as La Baronne De Marsannes
1947
Miroir · as The Nun
1946
L'idiot · as Madame Ivolvine
1946
One Does Not Die That Way · as Suzanne Bouvier
1946
Land Without Stars · as Madame Nogret
1945
1945
Le père Goriot · as Mademoiselle Michonneau
1944
L'île d'amour · as 'la Strega', Fortune-Teller
1944
Le Voyageur sans bagage · as Madame Renaud
1943
Le Corbeau · as La Mère Du Cancéreux
1943
Angels of Sin · as Prioress
1943
Marie-Martine · as Maurice's Mother
1941
Montmartre · as Madame Courtin
1941
1940
La comédie du bonheur · as Madame Marie
1939
The End of the Day · as Madame Tusini
1939
Pasha's Wives · as Safèle, The Mother
1938
The Lafarge Case · as Adélaîde Lafarge
1938
The Curtain Rises · as Clémence
1937
Un Carnet de bal · as Gaby - La Maîtresse De Thierry
1935
Crime and Punishment · as Catherine Ivanovna
1917
Le coupable · as Louise Rameau
1913

1956
Cinépanorama · as Self