Delphine Seyrig's biography

Delphine Claire Belriane Seyrig is 58 years old actor born at Beirut, French Mandate of Syria and Lebanon [now Lebanon]. She was born on Sunday 10th of April 1932. She is often nicknamed as Delphine Claire Beltiane Seyrig, Delphine Seyrig, La Nouvelle Garbo. According to year of birth 1932 she belongs to Silent Generation. Birthday on 10th of April means she is Aries. Aries is the most active sign of Zodiac, one born with this sign is a very quick learner, aggressive and passionate.

Delphine is native french speaker. She is white french. She is citizen of France. Delphine´s primary profession is to be actor. You can know her also as film director, stage actor. She is recently known as film actor.

Delphine Seyrig's dad

Delphine Seyrig's father's name is Henry Seyrig.

Delphine Seyrig's mom

Delphine Seyrig's mother's name is Hermine de Saussure.

Delphine Seyrig's family

Delphine Seyrig's ex husband

Jack Youngerman

Delphine Seyrig and Jack Youngerman have been together.

Delphine Seyrig's schools

We found 1 school Delphine attended. Name of the school: Le Collège-Lycée Cévenol International.

Delphine Seyrig's career

Delphine´s main focus is to be actor. She is famous thanks to Last Year at Marienbad (1961).

Is Delphine Seyrig gay ?

Delphine is known to be straight.

How did Delphine Seyrig die

She died on on Monday 15th of October 1990 when he was 58 years old. Delphine Seyrigs death was caused by lung cancer. It happend like natural causes.

Awards and competitions

Delphine Seyrig's Awards

Her final stage performance was in a 1987 production of Alan Ayckbourn's "A Woman in Mind". She was nominated for a MoliÃ¨re award for it.
In December 1977, she was awarded the "French National Arts Prize" along with director Ãric Rohmer, actor FranÃ§ois PÃ©rier and composer Olivier Messiaen.
She was well-known for not caring about awards. She never attended the CÃ©sars when she was nominated and even refused the "Prix du Syndicat de la Critique" that she won for her stage performance in "Sarah et le cri de la langouste".
She was awarded the 1963 "Victoire du CinÃ©ma FranÃ§ais" for her performance in Muriel (1963).
As of 2015, she's the only French winner of the NSFC (National Society of Film Critics) Award for Best Supporting Actress (for her performance in Stolen Kisses (1968)).

Delphine Seyrig's Nominations

She was nominated for César Award for Best Actress for work India Song in 1976
Delphine was nominated for César Award for Best Actress for work Faces of Love in 1978

What else you don't know about Delphine Seyrig ?

Delphine´s middle name is Claire Beltiane.

What Delphine Seyrig has done for a first time

She often wore Chanel. She got to know the stylist as she first designed her clothes for Last Year at Marienbad (1961).
In 1972, she lent her apartment to Harvey Karman to give the first ever demonstration of the 'super coil' abortion technique.
In her adolescence, she was friends with stage actors Jacques Amyrian and DaniÃ¨le Condamin, both members of the theatre company Laniel Leveugle. This relationship was what got her interested in an acting career in the first place.

Delphine Seyrig's quotes

[on Marguerite Duras] Marguerite is not a woman. She is a person with characteristics which may be feminine.
The theater and films are very far from women's consciousness about themselves.
[on Beckettian theatre] Sam doesn't try to explain what the play means- the invisible part of the play. He says you have to do that and that, you have to do it with your body, your voice, your lips.
[on the Actors' Studio] It was an essential training for me. I lived in a milieu of painters and poets that led me to act in Robert Frank's first film, "Pull My Daisy", in 1959, and which was screened in the same program as Shadows (1958).
[on Dirk Bogarde] That English Bogey: ah, what a wonderful actor and partner he is.
Women who refuse the whole concept of femininity are lucid much earlier, but they suffer more. Many women strive for femininity as a way of getting by. There are lots of things I wouldn't do any more.
[on becoming a director] Video is my independence from men. It's my feminist thing. I can express things with video that I can't with films or plays. I like being able to fiddle with the camera, and the whole editing process.
[on the title character in Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975)] Her sex life is very much like any housewife's.
I had always been in rage. I had been very angry since childhood. But what man would want an angry woman? The rage came out as charm.
[on starring in the stage play of 'The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant'] Passion is a subject people don't dare speak of in a completely direct way now. Authors are afraid of talking about it.
[on working with female directors] It's odd. In one year I made three films with women. Somehow we must sense each other.
[on her acting profession] I can't give it up. It's the way I earn my living. All I can do is to try to get my personal points across.
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Delphine Seyrig's height, body shape, eye color

Lets describe how Delphine Seyrig looks. We will focus on her height, body shape, eye color and hair color. She is tall as 5' 7" (170 cm). Body build is slim. Delphine´s eyes are tinted blue. Her hair is shade of brown - dark.

Delphine Seyrig