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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
January 3, 1883
Place of Birth:
Paris, France
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Sylvie
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.
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1965 | The Shameless Old Lady | Madame Bertini |
| 1965 | Black Humor | La mère Belhomme - segment 1 'La Bestiole" (as Louise Sylvie) |
| 1963 | Nutty, Naughty Chateau | La grand-mère |
| 1963 | Un cas intéressant | The mother |
| 1962 | Family Diary | Grandmother |
| 1960 | Croesus | Delphine |
| 1958 | The Mirror Has Two Faces | Mme Tardivet |
| 1956 | Michael Strogoff | Marfa Strogoff |
| 1956 | Les Truands | Clarisse |
| 1955 | Black Dossier | Mme Bouju |
| 1954 | Ulysses | Euriclea |
| 1953 | Thérèse Raquin | Madame Raquin |
| 1952 | Forbidden Fruit | Madame Pellegrin mère |
| 1952 | The Little World of Don Camillo | Signora Cristina |
| 1952 | We Are All Murderers | Laetitia Bollini |
| 1951 | Under the Paris Sky | Mademoiselle Perrier |
| 1950 | God Needs Men | Coise Karbacen |
| 1949 | Tous les deux | Mrs. Gendron |
| 1949 | White Paws | Maurice's mother |
| 1949 | Two Loves | Mrs. Vincent |
| 1948 | Stolen Affections | Mademoiselle Barge |
| 1947 | Mirror | The nun |
| 1947 | Coïncidences | Amélie |
| 1947 | Passionnelle | La baronne de Marsannes |
| 1946 | The Idiot | Madame Ivolvine |
| 1946 | Land Without Stars | Madame Nogret |
| 1946 | One Does Not Die That Way | Suzanne Bouvier |
| 1946 | Mensonges | Agnès Leroux at 8 |
| 1945 | La Route du bagne | |
| 1945 | Father Goriot | Mademoiselle Michonneau |
| 1944 | The Island of Love | 'La Strega', fortune-teller |
| 1944 | The Traveler Without Luggage | Madame Renaud |
| 1943 | Le Corbeau | La mère du cancéreux |
| 1943 | L'homme sans nom | Madame Ourdebey |
| 1943 | Angels of Sin | Prioress |
| 1943 | Marie-Martine | Maurice's mother |
| 1941 | Paris Romance | |
| 1941 | Montmartre on the Seine | Madame Courtin |
| 1940 | Comedy of Happiness | Madame Marie |
| 1939 | The End of the Day | Madame Tusini |
| 1939 | Pasha's Wives | Safèle, the mother |
| 1938 | The Curtain Rises | Clémence |
| 1938 | The Lafarge Case | Adélaîde Lafarge |
| 1937 | Life Dances On | Gaby - La maîtresse de Thierry |
| 1922 | Roger la Honte | Henriette Laroque |
| 1917 | Le Coupable | Louise Rameau |
| 1913 | Germinal | Catherine |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1965 | Belphegor, or The Phantom of the Louvre | Lady Hodwin |
| 1956 | Cinépanorama | Self |