Delphine Seyrig

Delphine Seyrig

Known for
Acting
Born
April 10, 1932
Died
October 15, 1990 (aged 58)
Birthplace
Beirut, Lebanon

Biography

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

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Filmography

2024
In Her Own Words poster

In Her Own Words

Movie · as Jeanne Dielman

2021
Morceaux de Cannes poster

Morceaux de Cannes

Movie

2020
Jean Rochefort, l'irrésistible poster

Jean Rochefort, l'irrésistible

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2020
Delphine and Carole poster

Delphine and Carole

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2020
Calamity Jane & Delphine Seyrig: A Story poster

Calamity Jane & Delphine Seyrig: A Story

Movie · as Self

2019
Black Sun poster

Black Sun

Movie · as Self (voice)

2015
Energy of Delusion poster

Energy of Delusion

Movie

2014
Duras and Cinema poster

Duras and Cinema

Movie · as Self [archive footage]

2012
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen poster

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

Movie · as (archive footage)

2010
Les variations Dielman poster

Les variations Dielman

Movie · as Jeanne Dielman (archive footage)

2007
J'aime poster

J'aime

Movie · as (archive footage)

2000
Delphine Seyrig, portrait d'une comète poster

Delphine Seyrig, portrait d'une comète

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1990
Pictures of Europe poster

Pictures of Europe

Movie · as Self

1989
Voix off poster

Voix off

Movie

1989
Joan of Arc of Mongolia poster

Joan of Arc of Mongolia

Movie · as Lady Windermere

1989
De doute et de grâce poster

De doute et de grâce

Movie · as Narrator

1988
Sieben Frauen, sieben Sünden poster

Sieben Frauen, sieben Sünden

Movie · as Kabuki Theatre Lady (segment "Pride")

1987
The Colors of Madness

The Colors of Madness

Movie · as Self

1987
In Memory poster

In Memory

Movie · as Self

1986
Golden Eighties poster

Golden Eighties

Movie · as Jeanne

1986
Letters Home poster

Letters Home

Movie · as Aurelia Plath

1986
The Discoveries of a Modern Couple poster

The Discoveries of a Modern Couple

Movie · as Marie-Claude Poitevin

1984
Dorian Gray in the Mirror of the Yellow Press poster

Dorian Gray in the Mirror of the Yellow Press

Movie · as Dr. Mabuse / Grand Inquisitor of Seville

1984
The Colour of Words

The Colour of Words

Movie · as Self

1983
Grain of Sand poster

Grain of Sand

Movie · as Solange

1982
Documenteur poster

Documenteur

Movie · as Delphine (voice)

1982
Aujourd'hui la vie poster

Aujourd'hui la vie

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1981
Freak Orlando poster

Freak Orlando

Movie · as Helena Müller, als Lebensbaumgöttin, Kaufhausonsängerin, Mutter der Wundergeburt, Helena-Maya, Siamese sister Lena, Bunny Helena

1981
La bête dans la jungle poster

La bête dans la jungle

Movie · as Catherine Bertram

1981
Be Pretty and Shut Up! poster

Be Pretty and Shut Up!

Movie · as Self - Interviewer

1981
The Man of Destiny poster

The Man of Destiny

Movie · as The Lady

1981
Le petit Pommier poster

Le petit Pommier

Movie · as La mère

1980
I Sent a Letter to My Love poster

I Sent a Letter to My Love

Movie · as Yvette

1980
The Lost Way poster

The Lost Way

Movie · as Mathilde

1979
On the Move poster

On the Move

Movie · as Barbara

1977
Baxter, Vera Baxter poster

Baxter, Vera Baxter

Movie · as L'inconnue

1977
Portrait of Actress Delphine Seyrig poster

Portrait of Actress Delphine Seyrig

Movie · as Self

1977
Faces of Love poster

Faces of Love

Movie · as Julie

1977
The Ambassadors poster

The Ambassadors

Movie · as Marie de Vionnet

1976
Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles poster

Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles

Movie · as Jeanne Dielman

1976
Son nom de Venise dans Calcutta désert poster

Son nom de Venise dans Calcutta désert

Movie · as Anne-Marie Stretter

1976
Dear Michele poster

Dear Michele

Movie · as Adriana Vivanti

1976
Scum Manifesto poster

Scum Manifesto

Movie · as Self

1976
Maso and Miso Go Boating poster

Maso and Miso Go Boating

Movie · as Self

1976
The Places of Marguerite Duras poster

The Places of Marguerite Duras

Movie

1976
30 millions d'amis poster

30 millions d'amis

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1975
Aloïse poster

Aloïse

Movie · as Aloïse (adulte)

1975
India Song poster

India Song

Movie · as Anne-Marie Stretter

1975
The Garden That Tilts poster

The Garden That Tilts

Movie · as Kate

1975
The Butcher, the Star and the Orphan poster

The Butcher, the Star and the Orphan

Movie · as Widow

1975
The Last Word poster

The Last Word

Movie · as Simone

1975
Around Jeanne Dielman poster

Around Jeanne Dielman

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1975
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche poster

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1974
The Black Windmill poster

The Black Windmill

Movie · as Ceil Burrows

1974
Say it with Flowers poster

Say it with Flowers

Movie · as Françoise Berger, the mother

1974
Cry of the Heart poster

Cry of the Heart

Movie · as Mme Bunkermann

1974
Inês poster

Inês

Movie · as Narrator / Inês Etienne Romeu

1973
The Day of the Jackal poster

The Day of the Jackal

Movie · as Colette de Montpellier

1973
A Doll's House poster

A Doll's House

Movie · as Kristine Linde

1973
Diary of a Suicide poster

Diary of a Suicide

Movie · as L'interprète

1972
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie poster

The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie

Movie · as Simone Thévenot

1971
Daughters of Darkness poster

Daughters of Darkness

Movie · as Countess Elizabeth Báthory

1971
Tartuffe poster

Tartuffe

Movie · as Elmire

1970
Donkey Skin poster

Donkey Skin

Movie · as The Fairy

1970
Delphine Seyrig

Delphine Seyrig

Movie

1970
Le Lys dans la vallée poster

Le Lys dans la vallée

Movie · as Madame de Mortsauf

1969
Mr. Freedom poster

Mr. Freedom

Movie · as Marie-Madeline

1969
El vientre de la ballena poster

El vientre de la ballena

Movie

1969
The Milky Way poster

The Milky Way

Movie · as The Prostitute

1968
Stolen Kisses poster

Stolen Kisses

Movie · as Fabienne Tabard

1968
Spray of the Days poster

Spray of the Days

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

1967
Hedda Gabler poster

Hedda Gabler

Movie · as Hedda Gabler

1967
Accident poster

Accident

Movie · as Francesca

1967
La Musica poster

La Musica

Movie · as Her

1966
Un mois à la campagne poster

Un mois à la campagne

Movie · as Natalia Petrovna

1966
Comédie poster

Comédie

Movie · as La maîtresse (F 2)

1966
Who Are You, Polly Maggoo? poster

Who Are You, Polly Maggoo?

Movie · as Une rédactrice

1965
Qui donc a rêvé? poster

Qui donc a rêvé?

Movie · as Alice

1965
Dim Dam Dom poster

Dim Dam Dom

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1965
BBC Play of the Month poster

BBC Play of the Month

TV · as Marie de Vionnet · 1 ep

1963
Muriel, or the Time of Return poster

Muriel, or the Time of Return

Movie · as Hélène Aughain

1963
Le Troisième Concerto

Le Troisième Concerto

Movie · as Catherine Miller

1961
Last Year at Marienbad poster

Last Year at Marienbad

Movie · as A – The Brunette Woman

1960
Pete and Gladys poster

Pete and Gladys

TV · as Michele Martin · 3 eps

1959
Pull My Daisy poster

Pull My Daisy

Movie · as Milo's Wife

1954
Sherlock Holmes poster

Sherlock Holmes

TV · as Betty Durham · 1 ep