Sylvia Bataille (born Sylvia Maklès; 1 November 1908 – 22 December 1993) was a French actress of

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descent. When she was twenty, she married the writer

Georges Bataille Georges Albert Maurice Victor Bataille (; ; 10 September 1897 – 9 July 1962) was a French philosopher and intellectual working in philosophy, literature, sociology, anthropology, and history of art. His writing, which included essays, novels ...

with whom she had a daughter, the psychoanalyst

Laurence Bataille Laurence Bataille (1930–1986) was a French doctor, psychoanalyst and writer. She was the only daughter of the writer Georges Bataille and the actress Sylvia Bataille. After ten years of marriage, in 1971 she divorced André Basch, by whom she h ...

(1930–1986). Georges Bataille and Sylvia separated in 1934 but did not divorce until 1946. Starting in 1938, she was a companion of the psychoanalyst

Jacques Lacan Jacques Marie Émile Lacan (, , ; 13 April 1901 – 9 September 1981) was a French psychoanalyst and psychiatrist. Described as "the most controversial psycho-analyst since Freud", Lacan gave yearly seminars in Paris from 1953 to 1981, and ...

with whom, in 1941, she had a daughter, Judith (married name Judith Miller). Sylvia Bataille married Jacques Lacan in 1953. A pupil of

Charles Dullin Charles Dullin (; 8 May 1885 – 11 December 1949) was a French actor, theater manager and director. Career Dullin began his career as an actor in melodrama:185 In 1908, he started his first troupe with Saturnin Fabre, the ''Théâtre de Foire ...

, Bataille's theatrical debut was with the

agit-prop Agitprop (; from rus, агитпроп, r=agitpróp, portmanteau of ''agitatsiya'', "agitation" and ''propaganda'', "propaganda") refers to an intentional, vigorous promulgation of ideas. The term originated in Soviet Russia where it referred to ...

troupe Groupe Octobre, directed by

Jacques Prévert Jacques Prévert (; 4 February 1900 – 11 April 1977) was a French poet and screenwriter. His poems became and remain popular in the French-speaking world, particularly in schools. His best-regarded films formed part of the poetic realist moveme ...

. Her film debut came in 1933, and in 1936 she played her most memorable role in ''

Partie de campagne ''Partie de campagne'' (; English: ''A Day in the Country'') is a 1946 French featurette written and directed by Jean Renoir. The film is based on the short story "Une partie de campagne" (1881) by Guy de Maupassant, who was a friend of Renoir's f ...

'' (''A Day in the Country'') directed by

Jean Renoir Jean Renoir (; 15 September 1894 – 12 February 1979) was a French film director, screenwriter, actor, producer and author. As a film director and actor, he made more than forty films from the silent era to the end of the 1960s. His films '' ...

. Her final appearance was in 1950.

Filmography

* 1930: '' The Tale of the Fox''

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by Ladislas Starevitch, voice of Rabbit * 1930: '' La Joie d'une heure'',

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by André Cerf * 1933: ''

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'' by Léo Mittler * 1934: '' Por un perro chico, una mujer'' (''Un chien qui raccroche''), short film by Santiago de la Concha -

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* 1934: '' Adémaï aviateur'' by Jean Tarride * 1935: '' Son excellence Antonin'' by Charles-Félix Tavano * 1936: '' Topaze'' by

Marcel Pagnol Marcel Paul Pagnol (; 28 February 1895 – 18 April 1974) was a French novelist, playwright, and filmmaker. Regarded as an auteur, in 1946, he became the first filmmaker elected to the Académie française. Although his work is less fashionabl ...

* 1936: ''

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'' by

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* 1936: ''

'' by

* 1936: '' Œil de lynx, détective'' by

Pierre-Jean Ducis Pierre-Jean Ducis (5 March 1907 - 24 June 1980) was a French film director. He mainly directed short films. Filmography * 1932: ''Le Dernier Preux'' * 1933: ''Gudule'' * 1933: ''Deux picon-grenadine'' * 1933: ' * 1934: ' * 1934: ''Quatre à T ...

* 1936: ''

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'' by

* 1936: ''

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'' by

Marcel Carné Marcel Albert Carné (; 18 August 1906 – 31 October 1996) was a French film director. A key figure in the poetic realism movement, Carné's best known films include ''Port of Shadows'' (1938), ''Le Jour Se Lève'' (1939), '' The Devil's Envoys ...

* 1937: '' Vous n'avez rien à déclarer?'' by Léo Joannon * 1937: '' Le Gagnant'' (short film) by

Yves Allégret Yves Allégret (13 October 1905 – 31 January 1987) was a French film director, often working in the film noir genre. He was born in Asnières-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine and died in Paris. He was an assistant to film directors such as his broth ...

* 1937: ''

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'' by Maurice Lehmann and

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* 1937: '' Forfaiture'' (released as ''The Cheat'' in English) by Marcel L'Herbier * 1937: ''

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'' by

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* 1938: '' Frères corses'' by Géo Kelber * 1938: '' People Who Travel'' (''Les Gens du voyage'' in French) by Jacques Feyder * 1939: '' Le Château des quatre obèses'' by Yvan Noé * 1939: '' Serge Panine'' by Charles Méré * 1939: '' L'Étrange nuit de Noël'' by Yvan Noé * 1939: ''

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'' by Pierre Colombier * 1940: ''

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'' by

Léon Mathot Léon Mathot (5 March 1886, Roubaix, Nord-Pas-de-Calais - 6 March 1968, in Paris) was a French film actor and film director best known perhaps for playing Edmond Dantes in ''The Count of Monte Cristo'' film serial in 1918. He appeared in the 19 ...

* 1940: ''

Camp Thirteen ''Camp Thirteen'' (French: ''Campement 13'') is a 1940 French drama film directed by Jacques Constant and starring Alice Field, Gabriel Gabrio and Paul Azaïs.Crisp p.125 It is set amongst a group of workers who are housed in a barracks known a ...

'' by Jacques Constant * 1941: '' L'Enfer des anges'' by

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* 1945: '' Ils étaient cinq permissionnaires'' by Pierre Caron * 1946: ''

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'' by

* 1948: '' Ulysse ou Les Mauvaises Rencontres'', short film (also known as ''Aller et retour'') by

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* 1948: '' L'Amore'',

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* 1950: '' Julie de Carneilhan'' by

Jacques Manuel Jacques Manuel (1897–1968) was a French costume designer and occasional film editor and director.Goble p.784 Selected filmography Costume designer * '' La Route impériale'' (1935) * ''Woman of Malacca'' (1937) * ''The Citadel of Silence'' (193 ...

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bataille, Sylvia French film actresses Actresses from Paris French people of Romanian-Jewish descent Jewish French actresses 1908 births 1993 deaths 20th-century French actresses