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 ''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 libelous ...

'' (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 ...

, France. She won the first National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress 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'' (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 Studios i ...

'' (1937) - La maîtresse de Thierry * '' The Lafarge Case'' (1938) - Adélaîde Lafarge * '' The Curtain Rises'' (1938) - Clémence * '' The White Slave'' (1939) - Safète - la mère de Vedad * ''

The End of the Day ''The End of the Day'' (french: La fin du jour) is a 1939 French drama film directed by Julien Duvivier and starring Victor Francen, Michel Simon and Louis Jouvet. It was shot at the Epinay Studios in Paris and on location around the city as wel ...

'' (1939) - Madame Tusini * ''

La Comédie du bonheur ''La Comédie du bonheur'' ( "the comedy of happiness") is a French-Italian film directed by Marcel L'Herbier as a dual-language production. It was filmed in Rome in the early months of 1940, but after Italy joined World War II on the side of Germa ...

'' (1940) - Madame Marie * ''Ecco la felicità'' (1940) - Signora Marie * '' Romance of Paris'' (1941) - Madame Gauthier * ''

Montmartre Montmartre ( , ) is a large hill in Paris's northern 18th arrondissement. It is high and gives its name to the surrounding district, part of the Right Bank. The historic district established by the City of Paris in 1995 is bordered by Rue Ca ...

'' (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 a ...

'' (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'' (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 *'' Coincidences'' (1947) - Amélie * ''La révoltée'' (1948) - Mademoiselle Barge * ''

Two Loves ''Two Loves'' is a 1961 American drama film directed by Charles Walters and starring Shirley MacLaine, Laurence Harvey, Jack Hawkins, and Nobu McCarthy. It is based on the book ''Spinster'' by Sylvia Ashton-Warner. It was entered into the 11th B ...

'' (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 aristocra ...

'' (1949) - La mère de Maurice * '' God Needs Men'' (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 * '' Forbidden Fruit'' (1952) - Madame Pellegrin mère * '' Thérèse Raquin'' (1953) - Madame Raquin * '' A Slice of Life'' (1954) - Zelinda (segment "Casa d'altri") * '' Ulysses'' (1954) - Eurycleia * '' Black Dossier'' (1955) - Mme. Baju * '' Michel Strogoff'' (1956) - Marfa, mère de Strogoff * '' Les Truands'' (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 r ...

'' (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 apar ...

'' (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 * '' The Shameless Old Lady'' (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 discu ...

'' (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