Delphine Seyrig
Acting

Delphine Seyrig

Born 10 April 1932 · Beirut, Lebanon · Died 15 October 1990

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.

Known for

The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
The Day of the Jackal
Donkey Skin
Last Year at Marienbad
Stolen Kisses
Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles
Daughters of Darkness
Muriel, or the Time of Return
The Milky Way
Accident
The Black Windmill
India Song
In Her Own Words
Calamity Jane & Delphine Seyrig: A Story
Energy of Delusion
Voix off
Johanna d’Arc of Mongolia
De doute et de grâce
Sieben Frauen, sieben Sünden
In Memory
Golden Eighties
Letters Home
The Discoveries of a Modern Couple
Dorian Gray in the Mirror of the Yellow Press
Grain of Sand
Documenteur
Freak Orlando
La bête dans la jungle
The Man of Destiny
Le petit Pommier
Be Pretty and Shut Up!
I Sent a Letter to My Love
The Lost Way
On the Move
Baxter, Vera Baxter
Faces of Love
The Ambassadors
Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles
Son nom de Venise dans Calcutta désert
Dear Michele
Scum Manifesto
Où est-ce qu'on se "Mai"?
Maso and Miso Go Boating
Aloïse
India Song
The Garden That Tilts
The Butcher, the Star and the Orphan
The Last Word
The Black Windmill
Say it with Flowers
Cry of the Heart
Inês
Les trois portugaises
The Day of the Jackal
A Doll's House
Diary of a Suicide
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
Daughters of Darkness
Tartuffe
Donkey Skin
Le Lys dans la vallée
Mr. Freedom
El vientre de la ballena
The Milky Way
Stolen Kisses
Spray of the Days
Hedda Gabler
Accident
La Musica
Un mois à la campagne
Comédie
Who Are You, Polly Maggoo?
Qui donc a rêvé?
Muriel, or the Time of Return
Last Year at Marienbad
Pull My Daisy
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