Sylvie

Sylvie

1883-01-03 – 1970-01-06 (age 87) Paris, France
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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.

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Known For

Ulysses
Ulysses

1954

as Euriclea

Le Coupable
Le Coupable

1917

as Louise Rameau

Nutty, Naughty Chateau
Nutty, Naughty Chateau

1963

as La grand-mère

Crime and Punishment
Crime and Punishment

1935

as Catherine Ivanovna

White Paws
White Paws

1949

as Maurice's mother

Germinal
Germinal

1913

as Catherine

Michael Strogoff
Michael Strogoff

1956

as Marfa Strogoff

We Are All Murderers
We Are All Murderers

1952

as Laetitia Bollini

Coïncidences
Coïncidences

1947

as Amélie

The Little World of Don Camillo
The Little World of Don Camillo

1952

as Signora Cristina

The Mirror Has Two Faces
The Mirror Has Two Faces

1958

as Mme Tardivet

Mirror
Mirror

1947

as The nun

Croesus
Croesus

1960

as Delphine

Passionnelle
Passionnelle

1947

as La baronne de Marsannes

Montmartre on the Seine
Montmartre on the Seine

1941

as Madame Courtin

Black Dossier
Black Dossier

1955

as Mme Bouju

Le Corbeau
Le Corbeau

1943

as La mère du cancéreux

Comedy of Happiness
Comedy of Happiness

1940

as Madame Marie

Thérèse Raquin
Thérèse Raquin

1953

as Madame Raquin

Angels of Sin
Angels of Sin

1943

as Prioress