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 ''The Shameless Old Lady'' (Original title: ''La Vieille dame indigne'') is a 1965 French film. Based on the 1939 short story '' :de:Die unwürdige Greisin'' by Bertolt Brecht, it was directed by René Allio and stars Sylvie and Victor Lanoux. ...

'' (1965), and ''

Le Corbeau ''Le Corbeau'' () is a 1943 French film directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot and starring Pierre Fresnay, Micheline Francey and Pierre Larquey. The film is about a French town where a number of citizens receive anonymous letters containing libelou ...

'' (1943). She was born on 3 January 1883 in Paris and died on 5 January 1970 in

Compiègne Compiègne (; pcd, Compiène) is a commune in the Oise department in northern France. It is located on the river Oise. Its inhabitants are called ''Compiégnois''. Administration Compiègne is the seat of two cantons: * Compiègne-1 (with 19 c ...

, France. She won the first

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in 1966 for her performance in ''The Shameless Old Lady''.

Partial filmography

* '' Germinal'' (1913) - Catherine * ''Le coupable'' (1917) - Louise Rameau * '' Roger la Honte'' (1922) - Henriette Laroque * ''

Crime and Punishment ''Crime and Punishment'' ( pre-reform Russian: ; post-reform rus, Преступление и наказание, Prestupléniye i nakazániye, prʲɪstʊˈplʲenʲɪje ɪ nəkɐˈzanʲɪje) is a novel by the Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky. ...

'' (1935) - Catherine Ivanova * ''

Life Dances On ''Life Dances On'' or ''Christine'' or ''Dance Program'' (French: ''Un carnet de bal'') is a 1937 French drama film directed by Julien Duvivier and starring Marie Bell, Françoise Rosay and Louis Jouvet. It was partly shot at the Neuilly Studio ...

'' (1937) - La maîtresse de Thierry * ''

The Lafarge Case ''The Lafarge Case'' (French: ''L'Affaire Lafarge'') is a 1938 French historical crime film directed by Pierre Chenal and starring Pierre Renoir, Marcelle Chantal and Raymond Rouleau. It recalls a famous nineteenth century case, and is mostly por ...

'' (1938) - Adélaîde Lafarge * ''

The Curtain Rises ''The Curtain Rises'' (french: Entrée des artistes) is a 1938 French crime film directed by Marc Allégret and starring Louis Jouvet, Claude Dauphin and Odette Joyeux.Andrew p.144 The film's sets were designed by the art directors Jacques Kr ...

'' (1938) - Clémence * '' The White Slave'' (1939) - Safète - la mère de Vedad * '' The End of the Day'' (1939) - Madame Tusini * '' La Comédie du bonheur'' (1940) - Madame Marie * ''Ecco la felicità'' (1940) - Signora Marie * ''

Romance of Paris ''Romance of Paris'' (French: ''Romance de Paris'') is a 1941 French musical film directed by Jean Boyer and starring Charles Trenet, Jean Tissier and Yvette Lebon.Burch & Sellier p.135 The film was shot at the Francoeur Studios in Paris. It was ...

'' (1941) - Madame Gauthier * ''

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'' (1941) - Madame Courtin * '' The Man Without a Name'' (1943) - Madame Ourdebey * ''

Marie-Martine ''Marie-Martine'' is a 1943 French drama film directed by Albert Valentin and starring Renée Saint-Cyr, Jules Berry and Saturnin Fabre.Bertin-Maghit p.176 It was shot at the Photosonor Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art ...

'' (1943) - La mère de Maurice * ''

Angels of Sin ''Angels of Sin'' (original French title: ''Les anges du péché'') was the first feature film directed by Robert Bresson. Made in 1943, nine years after his comedy short '' Public Affairs'', it was Bresson's only film released during the German ...

'' (1943) - La prieure * ''

'' (1943) - La mère du cancéreux * '' Traveling Light'' (1944) - Madame Renaud * ''

The Island of Love ''The Island of Love'' (French: ''L'île d'amour'') is a 1944 French drama film directed by Maurice Cam and starring Tino Rossi, Édouard Delmont and Josseline Gaël.Rège p.166 A Corsican fisherman becomes ensnared by a sophisticated woman and f ...

'' (1944) - La voyante * '' Father Goriot'' (1945) - Mademoiselle Michonneau * ''Manon, a 326'' (1945) * ''Le pays sans étoiles'' (1946) - Madame Nogret * ''

The Idiot ''The Idiot'' ( pre-reform Russian: ; post-reform rus, Идиот, Idiót) is a novel by the 19th-century Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky. It was first published serially in the journal ''The Russian Messenger'' in 1868–69. The title is an ...

'' (1946) - Madame Ivolvine * ''

That's Not the Way to Die ''That's Not the Way to Die'' (French: ''On ne meurt pas comme ça'') is a 1946 mystery crime film directed by Jean Boyer and starring Erich von Stroheim, Anne-Marie Blanc and Denise Vernac. The film's sets were designed by the art director ...

'' (1946) - Suzanne Bouvier * ''Passionnelle'' (1947) - La baronne de Marsannes * '' Miroir'' (1947) - La religieuse *''

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'' (1947) - Amélie * ''La révoltée'' (1948) - Mademoiselle Barge * '' Two Loves'' (1949) - Mme Vincent * ''Tous les deux'' (1949) - Mme Gendron * ''

White Paws ''White Paws'' (French: ''Pattes blanches'') is a 1949 French drama film directed by Jean Grémillon and starring Suzy Delair, Fernand Ledoux and Paul Bernard. The Paws of the title refer to the white spats wore by the protagonist, the aristoc ...

'' (1949) - La mère de Maurice * ''

God Needs Men ''God Needs Men'' (French: ''Dieu a besoin des hommes'') is a 1950 French historical drama film directed by Jean Delannoy and starring Pierre Fresnay, Madeleine Robinson and Daniel Gélin. The film is based on a 1944 novel ''Un recteur de l'Î ...

'' (1950) - Coise Karbacen * ''

Under the Sky of Paris ''Under the Sky of Paris'' (French: ''Sous le ciel de Paris'') is a 1951 French drama film directed by Julien Duvivier. It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris and on location around the city. The film's sets were designed by the ar ...

'' (1951) - Mademoiselle Perrier * ''

Little World of Don Camillo ''The Little World of Don Camillo'' ( it, Don Camillo; french: Le Petit Monde de don Camillo) is a 1952 Italian-French film directed by Julien Duvivier, starring Fernandel and Gino Cervi. It was the first film in the ''"Don Camillo"'' series, which ...

'' (1952) - Signora Cristina * ''

We Are All Murderers ''We Are All Murderers'' (french: Nous sommes tous des assassins, also known as ''Are We All Murderers?'') is a 1952 French film written and directed by André Cayatte, a former attorney. It tells the story of René, a young man from the slums, tra ...

'' (1952) - Laetitia Bollini * ''

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'' (1952) - Madame Pellegrin mère * ''

Thérèse Raquin ''Thérèse Raquin'' is an 1868 novel by French writer Émile Zola, first published in serial form in the literary magazine ''L'Artiste'' in 1867. It was Zola's third novel, though the first to earn wide fame. The novel's adultery and murder ...

'' (1953) - Madame Raquin * '' A Slice of Life'' (1954) - Zelinda (segment "Casa d'altri") * ''

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'' (1954) - Eurycleia * '' Black Dossier'' (1955) - Mme. Baju * ''

Michel Strogoff ''Michael Strogoff: The Courier of the Czar'' (french: Michel Strogoff) is a novel written by Jules Verne in 1876. Critic Leonard S. Davidow, considers it one of Verne's best books. Davidow wrote, "Jules Verne has written no better book than thi ...

'' (1956) - Marfa, mère de Strogoff * ''

Les Truands ''Les Truands'' is a French comedy film starring Eddie Constantine directed by Carlo Rim. For English-speaking audiences it was renamed as ''Lock Up Your Spoons'' respectively ''The Gangsters''. Synopsis This is the story of racketeer Amédée ...

'' (1957) - Clarisse Benoit * ''

Le Miroir à deux faces ''Le Miroir à deux faces'' is a 1958 French drama film directed by André Cayatte who co-wrote screenplay with Gérard Oury, Jean Meckert and Denis Perret. The film stars Michèle Morgan, Bourvil and Ivan Desny. It was called ''The Mirror Has ...

'' (1958) - Mme Tardivet * ''Quai du Point-du-Jour'' (1960) - Madame Dupont * ''

Croesus Croesus ( ; Lydian: ; Phrygian: ; grc, Κροισος, Kroisos; Latin: ; reigned: c. 585 – c. 546 BC) was the king of Lydia, who reigned from 585 BC until his defeat by the Persian king Cyrus the Great in 547 or 546 BC. Croesus was ...

'' (1960) - Delphine * ''

Family Diary ''Family Diary'' ( it, Cronaca familiare) is a 1962 Italian film directed by Valerio Zurlini and based on the novel by Vasco Pratolini. It tells the story of two brothers (played by Marcello Mastroianni and Jacques Perrin) who are brought up ap ...

'' (1962) - Grandmother * ''

Nutty, Naughty Chateau ''Nutty, Naughty Chateau'' (french: Château en Suède, it, Il castello in Svezia) is a 1963 French-Italian comedy film directed by Roger Vadim starring Monica Vitti. Cast * Monica Vitti as Éléonore * Curd Jürgens as Hugo Falsen * Jean-Claude ...

'' (1963) - La grand-mère / Grandmother * ''

'' (1965) - Madame Berthe Bertini * ''

Black Humor Black comedy, also known as dark comedy, morbid humor, or gallows humor, is a style of comedy that makes light of subject matter that is generally considered taboo, particularly subjects that are normally considered serious or painful to discus ...

'' (1965) - La mère Belhomme - segment 1 'La Bestiole"

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sylvie (actress) 1883 births 1970 deaths Actresses from Paris French silent film actresses 20th-century French actresses