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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

49

Gender

Female

Birthday

1883-01-03

Day of Death

1970-01-06 (87 years old)

Place of Birth

Paris, France

Also Known As

Louise Sylvie

Сильви

Луиза Сильви

Louise Mainguené

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. Source: Article "Sylvie (actress)" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Known For

Acting

The Idiot

1946

The Idiot

as

Madame Ivolvine

Life Dances On

1937

Life Dances On

as

Gaby - La maîtresse de Thierry

Le Corbeau

1943

Le Corbeau

as

La mère du cancéreux

Ulysses

1954

Ulysses

as

Euriclea

Thérèse Raquin

1953

Thérèse Raquin

as

Madame Raquin

Under the Paris Sky

1951

Under the Paris Sky

as

Mademoiselle Perrier

Family Diary

1962

Family Diary

as

Grandmother

Montmartre on the Seine

1941

Montmartre on the Seine

as

Madame Courtin

L'homme sans nom

1943

L'homme sans nom

as

Madame Ourdebey

Nutty, Naughty Chateau

1963

Nutty, Naughty Chateau

as

La grand-mère

The End of the Day

1939

The End of the Day

as

Madame Tusini

Angels of Sin

1943

Angels of Sin

as

Prioress

The Island of Love

1944

The Island of Love

as

'La Strega', fortune-teller

Land Without Stars

1946

Land Without Stars

as

Madame Nogret

One Does Not Die That Way

1946

One Does Not Die That Way

as

Suzanne Bouvier

Mensonges

1946

Mensonges

as

Agnès Leroux at 8

Mirror

1947

Mirror

as

The nun

Coïncidences

1947

Coïncidences

as

Amélie

Tous les deux

1949

Tous les deux

as

Mrs. Gendron

White Paws

1949

White Paws

as

Maurice's mother

The Mirror Has Two Faces

1958

The Mirror Has Two Faces

as

Mme Tardivet

Forbidden Fruit

1952

Forbidden Fruit

as

Madame Pellegrin mère

The Shameless Old Lady

1965

The Shameless Old Lady

as

Madame Bertini

Marie-Martine

1943

Marie-Martine

as

Maurice's mother

Father Goriot

1945

Father Goriot

as

Mademoiselle Michonneau

The Little World of Don Camillo

1952

The Little World of Don Camillo

as

Signora Cristina

Germinal

1913

Germinal

as

Catherine

The Traveler Without Luggage

1944

The Traveler Without Luggage

as

Madame Renaud

Le Coupable

1917

Le Coupable

as

Louise Rameau

Black Dossier

1955

Black Dossier

as

Mme Bouju

The Curtain Rises

1938

The Curtain Rises

as

Clémence

Un cas intéressant

1963

Un cas intéressant

as

The mother

God Needs Men

1950

God Needs Men

as

Coise Karbacen

Black Humor

1965

Black Humor

as

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

The Lafarge Case

1938

The Lafarge Case

as

Adélaîde Lafarge

Comedy of Happiness

1940

Comedy of Happiness

as

Madame Marie

Michael Strogoff

1956

Michael Strogoff

as

Marfa Strogoff

Two Loves

1949

Two Loves

as

Mrs. Vincent

Stolen Affections

1948

Stolen Affections

as

Mademoiselle Barge

Les Truands

1956

Les Truands

as

Clarisse

Pasha's Wives

1939

Pasha's Wives

as

Safèle, the mother

Roger la Honte

1922

Roger la Honte

as

Henriette Laroque

Croesus

1960

Croesus

as

Delphine

Passionnelle

1947

Passionnelle

as

La baronne de Marsannes

We Are All Murderers

1952

We Are All Murderers

as

Laetitia Bollini

Production

Crew

Directing