Sylvie counts as a veteran of both film and television who has rarely been away from the screen for long. She has been working on screen for more than 113 years. La mère du cancéreux in 'Le Corbeau' is the role that outgrew the rest. Viewers may also know her from 'The Little World of Don Camillo'. The oldest credits belong to a different era of the industry. Whatever else appears, mystery runs right through the filmography.
Sylvie
87 years (Jan 3, 1883 – Jan 6, 1970)Paris, France
44 Movies1 Series
Sylvie counts as a veteran of both film and television who has rarely been away from the screen for long. She has been working on screen for more than 113 years. La mère du cancéreux in 'Le Corbeau' is the role that outgrew the rest. Viewers may also know her from 'The Little World of Don Camillo'. The oldest credits belong to a different era of the industry. Whatever else appears, mystery runs right through the filmography.
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.