Delphine Seyrig

Known for: Acting
Born: April 10, 1932, Beirut, Lebanon
Died: October 15, 1990
Movies: 89

Delphine Claire Beltiane Seyrig (April 10, 1932 – October 15, 1990) was a Lebanese-born French actress and film director. She became active in the feminist movement in the 1970s along with filmmakers Chantal Akerman, Marguerite Duras, and Ulrike Ottinger. In 1975, Seyrig joined forces with Carole Roussopoulos and Ioana Wieder to form the collective Les Insoumuses (The Resistant Muses) and produced videos that became an emancipatory tool and medium of political activism.

Best-Known Movies

7.4

The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie

1972

7.5

The Day of the Jackal

1973

7.2

Donkey Skin

1970

7.4

Last Year at Marienbad

1961

7.3

Stolen Kisses

1968

7.4

Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles

1976

6.2

Daughters of Darkness

1971

6.9

Muriel, or the Time of Return

1963

7.1

The Milky Way

1969

6.4

Accident

1967

Filmography

2024	In Her Own Words	Jeanne Dielman
2021	Morceaux de Cannes
2020	Jean Rochefort, l'irrésistible	Self (archive footage)
2020	Calamity Jane & Delphine Seyrig: A Story	Self
2020	Delphine and Carole	Self (archive footage)
2019	Black Sun	Self (voice)
2015	Energy of Delusion
2014	Duras and Cinema	Self [archive footage]
2012	Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen	(archive footage)
2010	Les variations Dielman	Jeanne Dielman (archive footage)
2007	J'aime	(archive footage)
2000	Delphine Seyrig, portrait d'une comète	Self (archive footage)
1990	Pictures of Europe	Self
1989	Johanna d’Arc of Mongolia	Lady Windermere
1989	Voix off
1989	De doute et de grâce	Narrator
1988	Superbia – The Pride	Bettlerfürstin
1987	The Colors of Madness	Self
1987	In Memory	Self
1986	The Discoveries of a Modern Couple	Marie-Claude Poitevin
1986	Golden Eighties	Jeanne
1986	Seven Women, Seven Sins	Kabuki Theatre Lady (segment "Pride")
1986	Letters Home	Aurelia Plath
1984	The Colour of Words	Self
1984	Dorian Gray in the Mirror of the Yellow Press	Dr. Mabuse / Grand Inquisitor of Seville
1983	Grain of Sand	Solange
1982	Documenteur	Delphine (voice)
1981	Freak Orlando	Helena Müller, als Lebensbaumgöttin, Kaufhausonsängerin, Mutter der Wundergeburt, Helena-Maya, Siamese sister Lena, Bunny Helena
1981	The Man of Destiny	The Lady
1981	Be Pretty and Shut Up!	Self - Interviewer
1981	Le petit Pommier	La mère
1981	La bête dans la jungle	Catherine Bertram
1980	I Sent a Letter to My Love	Yvette
1980	The Lost Way	Mathilde
1979	On the Move	Barbara
1977	Faces of Love	Julie
1977	Baxter, Vera Baxter	L'inconnue
1977	The Ambassadors	Marie de Vionnet
1977	Portrait of Actress Delphine Seyrig	Self
1976	Dear Michele	Adriana Vivanti
1976	Son nom de Venise dans Calcutta désert	Anne-Marie Stretter
1976	The Places of Marguerite Duras
1976	Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles	Jeanne Dielman
1976	Scum Manifesto	Self
1976	Maso and Miso Go Boating	Self
1975	India Song	Anne-Marie Stretter
1975	The Garden That Tilts	Kate
1975	Aloïse	Aloïse (adulte)
1975	The Butcher, the Star and the Orphan	Widow
1975	The Last Word	Simone
1975	Around Jeanne Dielman	Self (archive footage)
1974	Inês	Narrator / Inês Etienne Romeu
1974	Cry of the Heart	Mme Bunkermann
1974	Say it with Flowers	Françoise Berger, the mother
1974	The Black Windmill	Ceil Burrows
1973	A Doll's House	Kristine Linde
1973	The Day of the Jackal	Colette de Montpellier
1973	Diary of a Suicide	L'interprète
1972	The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie	Simone Thévenot
1971	Tartuffe	Elmire
1971	Daughters of Darkness	Countess Elizabeth Báthory
1970	Donkey Skin	The Fairy
1970	Delphine Seyrig
1970	Le Lys dans la vallée	Madame de Mortsauf
1969	The Milky Way	The Prostitute
1969	Mr. Freedom	Marie-Madeline
1969	El vientre de la ballena
1968	Stolen Kisses	Fabienne Tabard
1968	Spray of the Days	Narrator (voice)
1967	Hedda Gabler	Hedda Gabler
1967	La Musica	Her
1967	Accident	Francesca
1966	Who Are You, Polly Maggoo?	Une rédactrice
1966	Un mois à la campagne	Natalia Petrovna
1966	Comédie	La maîtresse (F 2)
1965	Qui donc a rêvé?	Alice
1963	Le Troisième Concerto	Catherine Miller
1963	Muriel, or the Time of Return	Hélène Aughain
1961	Last Year at Marienbad	A – The Brunette Woman
1959	Pull My Daisy	Milo's Wife

Directing, Writing & Producing

1987	In Memory	Director
1986	Letters Home	Screenplay
1981	Be Pretty and Shut Up!	Director, Producer
1977	Il ne fait pas chaud	Director
1976	Scum Manifesto	Director
1976	Où est-ce qu'on se "Mai"?	Director
1976	Maso and Miso Go Boating	Director
1974	Inês	Writer, Director
1974	Les trois portugaises	Director

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