Louise Pauline Mainguené, known as Sylvie (3 January 1883 – 5 January 1970), was a French actress. The daughter of a sailor and a teacher, Sylvie entered an acting conservatory where she won a class comedy award unanimously. She started her professional career in 1903 and she earned her first success with The Old Heidelberg. She first appeared in French silent films. She was an actress known for Don Camillo (1952), The Shameless Old Lady (1965), and Le Corbeau (1943). She was born on 3 January 1883 in Paris and died on 5 January 1970 in Compiègne, France. She won the first National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress in 1966 for her performance in The Shameless Old Lady. Source: Article "Sylvie (actress)" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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Sylvie was a prolific French character actress of stage and screen whose career spanned from the early 20th century through the 1960s.
She is best known for her memorable performances in Le Corbeau, The Little World of Don Camillo, and winning critical acclaim for The Shameless Old Lady.
She won the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress in 1966 for her role in The Shameless Old Lady.
