Claude Sylvain (1930–2005) was a French actor and singer.
[Powrie p.257] After appearing in films of the 1950s, playing in a mixture of female
lead
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and
supporting roles, she switched to appear as a performer in
cabaret
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where she met her husband
Francis Claude.
Selected filmography
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Madame du Barry
Jeanne Bécu, Comtesse du Barry (19 August 1743 – 8 December 1793) was the last ''maîtresse-en-titre'' of King Louis XV of France. She was executed, by guillotine, during the French Revolution due to accounts of treason—particularly being ...
'' (1954)
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Service Entrance'' (1954)
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On Trial'' (1954)
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Don Camillo's Last Round'' (1955)
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Rififi
''Rififi'' (french: Du rififi chez les hommes) is a 1955 French crime film adaptation of Auguste Le Breton's novel of the same name. Directed by American Hollywood blacklist, blacklisted filmmaker Jules Dassin, the film stars Jean Servais as the ...
'' (1955)
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Tower of Lust'' (1955)
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If Paris Were Told to Us
''If Paris Were Told to Us'' (french: Si Paris nous était conté) is a 1956 French historical film directed and written by Sacha Guitry. The admissions in France were 2,813,682 people.https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048616/business
Principal cas ...
'' (1956)
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Si tous les gars du monde...'' (1956)
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In the Manner of Sherlock Holmes'' (1956)
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Blood to the Head
''Blood to the Head'' (French: ''Le sang à la tête'') is a 1956 French drama film directed by Gilles Grangier and starring Jean Gabin, Paul Frankeur and Claude Sylvain.Oscherwitz & Higgins p.177 It is based on the 1942 novel '' Young Cardinaud'' ...
'' (1956)
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The Man in the Raincoat'' (1957)
References
Bibliography
* Powrie, Phil. ''The Cinema of France''. Wallflower Press, 2006.
External links
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1930 births
2005 deaths
French film actresses
20th-century French women singers
Actresses from Paris
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