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Delphine Seyrig

Apr 10, 1932 - Oct 15, 1990 (58 years old) in Beirut, Lebanon

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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The Day of the Jackal
Colette de Montpellier
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Pete and Gladys
Michele Martin
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Sherlock Holmes
Betty Durham
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Last Year at Marienbad
A – The Brunette Woman
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Donkey Skin
The Fairy
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Daughters of Darkness
Countess Elizabeth Báthory

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