Delphine Seyrig (April 10, 1932 - October 15, 1990) was a stage and film actress and a film director. Born Delphine Claire Belriane Seyrig in Beirut, Lebanon on April 10, 1932, she was the daughter of an archeologist and the sister of the French composer Francis Seyrig. As a young lady, she studied acting at the Comédie de Saint-Etienne, training under Jean Dasté, and at the Centre Dramatique de l'Est. She also studied at the Actors Studio in New York City where, in 1958, she appeared in her first film, Pull My Daisy. She returned to France in 1960 and was hired by director Alain Resnais to star in his film, L'Année dernière à Marienbad. Her performance brought her international recognition. April 10 is the 100th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (101st in leap years). ... 1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link will take you to a full 1932 calendar). ... October 15 is the 288th day of the year (289th in leap years). ... This article is about the year. ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ... The film director, on the right, gives last minute direction to the cast and crew, whilst filming a costume drama on location in London. ... There is also a drinking game alternately refered to as Beirut or Beer Pong. ... April 10 is the 100th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (101st in leap years). ... 1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link will take you to a full 1932 calendar). ... Archaeology or sometimes in American English archeology (from the Greek words αρχαίος = ancient and λόγος = word/speech) is the study of human cultures through the recovery, documentation and analysis of material remains, including architecture, artefacts, biofacts, human remains, and landscapes. ... Jean Dasté - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Nickname: The Big Apple, The Capital of the World Official website: City of New York Government Counties (Boroughs) Bronx (The Bronx) New York (Manhattan) Queens (Queens) Kings (Brooklyn) Richmond (Staten Island) Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Geographical characteristics Area Total 468. ... Pull My Daisy is a 1958 short film that typifies the Beat Generation. ... Alain Resnais (born June 3, 1922 in Vannes, France) is a famous French film director, perhaps best known for his masterpieces Hiroshima mon amour (1959), written by Marguerite Duras, and Last Year at Marienbad (Lannée dernière à Marienbad) (1961), written by the French novelist Alain Robbe-Grillet. ... Lannée dernière à Marienbad (translated as Last Year in Marienbad in the UK and Last Year at Marienbad in North America) is a 1961 French movie directed by Alain Resnais, starring Delphine Seyrig, Giorgio Albertazzi, Sacha Pitoëff. ...

During the 1960s and 1970s, Delphine Seyrig worked with some of the best directors in the film industry including François Truffaut, Marguerite Duras and Alain Resnais. She became one of Europe's most respected actors both on stage and in film, and was named best actress at the Venice Film Festival for her role in the 1963 film, Muriel. Her range was such that she played many diverse roles, and because she was fluent in French, English, as well as in German, she appeared in films in all three languages, including a number of Hollywood productions. François Truffaut. ... Marguerite Donnadieu (April 4, 1914 - March 3, 1996), better known as Marguerite Duras, was a writer and film director. ... Alain Resnais (born June 3, 1922 in Vannes, France) is a famous French film director, perhaps best known for his masterpieces Hiroshima mon amour (1959), written by Marguerite Duras, and Last Year at Marienbad (Lannée dernière à Marienbad) (1961), written by the French novelist Alain Robbe-Grillet. ... The Venice Film Festival (it: Mostra Internazionale dArte Cinematografica) is the oldest Film Festival in the World (began in the 1932) and takes place every year in late August/early September on the Lido di Venezia in the historic Palazzo del Cinema on the Lungomare Marconi, in Venice, Italy. ... ...

Through the years, Seyrig used her celebrity status to promote women's rights. Of the three films she directed, her most important was the 1977 production Sois belle et tais-toi (Look Beautiful and Keep Your Mouth Shut) that included actresses, Shirley MacLaine, Maria Schneider and Jane Fonda, amongst others, speaking frankly about the level of sexism they had to deal with in the film industry. In 1982 Seyrig was a key member of the group that established the "Centre Audiovisuel Simone de Beauvoir" in Paris which maintains a large archive of women's filmed and recorded work and produces work by and about women. In 1989, Seyrig was given a festival tribute at the Créteil International Women's Film Festival, France. Shirley MacLaine (born April 24, 1934 ) is an Academy Award-winning American actress well-known not only for her acting, but for her devotion to her belief in reincarnation. ... Maria Schneider (born March 27, 1952 in Paris, France) is an actress who is most famous for playing Jeanne opposite Marlon Brando in the 1972 movie Last Tango in Paris. ... Jane Fonda, 2001 publicity photo Jane Seymour Fonda (born December 21, 1937) is an Academy Award-winning American actor, writer, producer, and political activist. ... The Créteil International Womens Film Festival is an annual event in Créteil, ÃŽle-de-France, France founded by Jackie Buet in 1978 to showcase the directing talents of female filmmakers who, at the time, had difficulty getting their films adequately distributed. ...

She was married to the American painter, Jack Youngerman (born 1926) who had studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. She died in Paris in 1990 at the age of 58, apparently from cancer, and was interred there in the Cimetière du Montparnasse. École des Beaux-Arts (IPA ) refers to several art schools in France. ... The Eiffel Tower, the international symbol of the city, with the skyscrapers of La Défense business district 5 km/ 3 mi behind. ... The Cimetière du Montparnasse is a famous cemetery in the Montparnasse quarter of Paris, France. ...

Filmography (actress)

• Pull My Daisy (1958)
• Last Year at Marienbad (L'année dernière à Marienbad) (1961)
• Muriel ou le temps d'un retour (1963)
• Qui êtes-vous, Polly Magoo? (1966)
• Comédie (1966)
• Accident (1967)
• Baisers volés (1968)
• La musica (1968)
• Mister Freedom (1969)
• La voie lactée (1969)
• El Vientre de la ballena (1969)
• Peau d'âne (1970)
• Le Lys dans la vallée (TV) (1970)
• Le Rouge aux lèvres (1970)
• Tartuffe (TV) (1971)
• Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie (1972)
• Le Journal d'un suicidé (1972)
• Le Boucher, la star et l'orpheline (1973)
• The Day of the Jackal (1973)
• A Doll's House (1973)
• The Black Windmill (1974)
• Diselo con flores (Dites-le avec des fleurs) (1974)
• Le Cri du coeur (1974)
• Le Jardin qui bascule (1974)
• India Song (1975)
• Der Letzte Schrei (1975)
• Aloïse (1975)
• Jeanne Dielman 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1976)
• Dear Micheal (Caro Michele) (1976)
• Scum Manifesto (1976)
• Baxter, Vera Baxter (1977)
• Son nom de Venise dans Calcutta desert (1976)
• Je t'aime, tu danses (1977)
• Repérages (1977)
• Utkozben (1979)
• Chère inconnue (1980)
• Le Chemin perdu (1980)
• Le Petit Pommier (TV) (1981)
• Freak Orlando (1981)
• Le Grain de sable (1983)
• Dorian Gray im Spiegel der Boulevardpresse (1984)
• Grosse (1985)
• Les Étonnements d'un couple moderne (TV) (1985)
• Golden Eighties (1986)
• Letters Home (1986)
• Seven Women, Seven Sins (1987)
• Johanna D'Arc of Mongolia (1989)
• Une saison de feuilles (TV) (1989)
• La Pagaille (1990)

Pull My Daisy is a 1958 short film that typifies the Beat Generation. ... Lannée dernière à Marienbad (translated as Last Year in Marienbad in the UK and Last Year at Marienbad in North America) is a 1961 French movie directed by Alain Resnais, starring Delphine Seyrig, Giorgio Albertazzi, Sacha Pitoëff. ... Accident is a 1967 drama film based on a novel by Nicholas Mosley and directed by Joseph Losey with a script by Harold Pinter. ... Stolen Kisses - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Tartuffe is a comedy by Molière, and is one of the most famous French plays of all time. ... Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie (The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie) is a surrealist 1972 film written and directed by Luis Buñuel, a Mexican film-maker. ... A promotional poster for The Day Of The Jackal The Day of the Jackal is a thriller novel by Frederick Forsyth, first published in 1971, about a professional assassin who is contracted by the OAS, a French terrorist group of the early 1960s, to kill Charles de Gaulle. ... A Dolls House is the name of several movies based on the 1879 play by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. ... The Black Windmill is a British spy thriller released in 1974. ...

Filmography (director)

• Sois belle et tais-toi (1981)
• Scum Manifesto (1976)
• Maso et Miso vont en bateau (1975)

Reference

• Adapted from the article Delphine Seyrig, from Wikinfo, licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License.

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External link

• Delphine Seyrig at The Internet Movie Database