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Sylvie

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Sylvie

Born January 3, 1883 in Paris, FranceDied January 6, 197048 films

Louise Pauline Mainguené, known as Sylvie (3 January 1883 – 5 January 1970), was a French actress.

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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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Filmography

48 films as actor
  1. 1965Black HumorLa mère Belhomme - segment 1 'La Bestiole" (as Louise Sylvie)
  2. 1965The Shameless Old LadyMadame Bertini
  3. 1963Nutty, Naughty ChateauLa grand-mère
  4. 1963Un cas intéressantThe mother
  5. 1962Family DiaryGrandmother
  6. 1960CroesusDelphine
  7. 1958The Mirror Has Two FacesMme Tardivet
  8. 1956Michael StrogoffMarfa Strogoff
  9. 1956Les TruandsClarisse
  10. 1955Black DossierMme Bouju
  11. 1954UlyssesEurycleia
  12. 1953Thérèse RaquinMadame Raquin
  13. 1952Forbidden FruitMadame Pellegrin mère
  14. 1952We Are All MurderersLaetitia Bollini
  15. 1952The Little World of Don CamilloSignora Cristina
  16. 1951Under the Paris SkyMademoiselle Perrier
  17. 1950God Needs MenCoise Karbacen
  18. 1949White PawsMaurice's mother
  19. 1949Tous les deuxMrs. Gendron
  20. 1949Two LovesMrs. Vincent
  21. 1948Stolen AffectionsMademoiselle Barge
  22. 1947CoïncidencesAmélie
  23. 1947PassionnelleLa baronne de Marsannes
  24. 1947MirrorThe nun
  25. 1946MensongesAgnès Leroux at 8
  26. 1946One Does Not Die That WaySuzanne Bouvier
  27. 1946The IdiotMadame Ivolvine
  28. 1946Land Without StarsMadame Nogret
  29. 1945La Route du bagne
  30. 1945Father GoriotMademoiselle Michonneau
  31. 1944The Island of Love'La Strega', fortune-teller
  32. 1944The Traveler Without LuggageMadame Renaud
  33. 1943Le CorbeauLa mère du cancéreux
  34. 1943Angels of SinPrioress
  35. 1943Marie-MartineMaurice's mother
  36. 1943L'Homme sans nomMadame Ourdebey
  37. 1941Montmartre on the SeineMadame Courtin
  38. 1941Paris Romance
  39. 1940Comedy of HappinessMadame Marie
  40. 1939The End of the DayMadame Tusini
  41. 1939Pasha's WivesSafèle, the mother
  42. 1938The Curtain RisesClémence
  43. 1938The Lafarge CaseAdélaîde Lafarge
  44. 1937Life Dances OnGaby - La maîtresse de Thierry
  45. 1935Crime and PunishmentCatherine Ivanovna
  46. 1922Roger la HonteHenriette Laroque
  47. 1917Le CoupableLouise Rameau
  48. 1913GerminalCatherine