Delphine Seyrig

Acting · Born 1932-04-10 in 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.

Filmography

• Stolen Kisses as Fabienne Tabard
• The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie as Simone Thévenot
• The Day of the Jackal as Colette de Montpellier
• Donkey Skin as The Fairy
• The Black Windmill as Ceil Burrows
• Mr. Freedom as Marie-Madeline
• Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles as Jeanne Dielman
• Golden Eighties as Jeanne
• Aloïse as Aloïse (adulte)
• Daughters of Darkness as Countess Elizabeth Báthory