
Sylvie
Known For
Acting
Born
1883-01-03 in Paris, France
Died
1970-01-06
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.
Most Known For

Cinépanorama
as Self

Ulysses
as Euriclea

Mirror
as The nun

We Are All Murderers
as Laetitia Bollini

Belphegor, or The Phantom of the Louvre
as Lady Hodwin

The Traveler Without Luggage
as Madame Renaud

White Paws
as Maurice's mother

Michael Strogoff
as Marfa Strogoff

Croesus
as Delphine

The Little World of Don Camillo
as Signora Cristina

Le Corbeau
as La mère du cancéreux

Germinal
as Catherine

Coïncidences
as Amélie

Thérèse Raquin
as Madame Raquin

Family Diary
as Grandmother

Under the Paris Sky
as Mademoiselle Perrier

The Mirror Has Two Faces
as Mme Tardivet

Black Dossier
as Mme Bouju

Angels of Sin
as Prioress

Black Humor
as La mère Belhomme - segment 1 'La Bestiole" (as Louise Sylvie)