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. Source: Article "Sylvie (actress)" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Movies & TV Shows
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Le Corbeau (1943) — La mère du cancéreux
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The Little World of Don Camillo (1952) — Signora Cristina
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Ulysses (1954) — Eurycleia
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Thérèse Raquin (1953) — Madame Raquin
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Family Diary (1962) — Grandmother
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Angels of Sin (1943) — Prioress
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The End of the Day (1939) — Madame Tusini
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Life Dances On (1937) — Gaby - La maîtresse de Thierry
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Michael Strogoff (1956) — Marfa Strogoff
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The Mirror Has Two Faces (1958) — Mme Tardivet
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We Are All Murderers (1952) — Laetitia Bollini
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The Shameless Old Lady (1965) — Madame Bertini
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The Curtain Rises (1938) — Clémence
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Croesus (1960) — Delphine
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Belphegor, or The Phantom of the Louvre (1965) — Lady Hodwin
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The Idiot (1946) — Madame Ivolvine
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White Paws (1949) — Maurice's mother
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Forbidden Fruit (1952) — Madame Pellegrin mère
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Black Dossier (1955) — Mme Bouju
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Marie-Martine (1943) — Maurice's mother
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Under the Paris Sky (1951) — Mademoiselle Perrier
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Nutty, Naughty Chateau (1963) — La grand-mère
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Germinal (1913) — Catherine
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Passionnelle (1947) — La baronne de Marsannes
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Mirror (1947) — The nun
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Montmartre on the Seine (1941) — Madame Courtin
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God Needs Men (1950) — Coise Karbacen
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Comedy of Happiness (1940) — Madame Marie
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Paris Romance (1941)
- Pasha's Wives (1939) — Safèle, the mother
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Crime and Punishment (1935) — Catherine Ivanovna
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Land Without Stars (1946) — Madame Nogret
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The Traveler Without Luggage (1944) — Madame Renaud
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Le Coupable (1917) — Louise Rameau
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The Lafarge Case (1938) — Adélaîde Lafarge
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Les Truands (1956) — Clarisse
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Cinépanorama (1956) — Self
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The Island of Love (1944) — 'La Strega', fortune-teller
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Tous les deux (1949) — Mrs. Gendron
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Father Goriot (1945) — Mademoiselle Michonneau