Delphine Seyrig

Delphine Seyrig

4/10/1932 – 10/15/1990Beirut, 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.

Filmography (87 titles)

In Her Own WordsMovie

In Her Own Words

Jeanne Dielman · 2024

Morceaux de Cannes2.0Movie

Morceaux de Cannes

2021

Jean Rochefort, l'irrésistible7.5Movie

Jean Rochefort, l'irrésistible

Self (archive footage) · 2020

Calamity Jane & Delphine Seyrig: A StoryMovie

Calamity Jane & Delphine Seyrig: A Story

Self · 2020

Delphine and Carole6.5Movie

Delphine and Carole

Self (archive footage) · 2020

Black Sun6.0Movie

Black Sun

Self (voice) · 2019

Energy of DelusionMovie

Energy of Delusion

2015

Duras and Cinema10.0Movie

Duras and Cinema

Self [archive footage] · 2014

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen7.6Movie

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

(archive footage) · 2012

Les variations DielmanMovie

Les variations Dielman

Jeanne Dielman (archive footage) · 2010

J'aimeMovie

J'aime

(archive footage) · 2007

Delphine Seyrig, portrait d'une comète7.5Movie

Delphine Seyrig, portrait d'une comète

Self (archive footage) · 2000

Pictures of EuropeMovie

Pictures of Europe

Self · 1990

Johanna d’Arc of Mongolia6.7Movie

Johanna d’Arc of Mongolia

Lady Windermere · 1989

Voix offMovie

Voix off

1989

De doute et de grâceMovie

De doute et de grâce

Narrator · 1989

Superbia – The Pride5.7Movie

Superbia – The Pride

Bettlerfürstin · 1988

Movie

The Colors of Madness

Self · 1987

In MemoryMovie

In Memory

Self · 1987

The Discoveries of a Modern Couple5.5Movie

The Discoveries of a Modern Couple

Marie-Claude Poitevin · 1986

Golden Eighties6.6Movie

Golden Eighties

Jeanne · 1986

Seven Women, Seven Sins5.5Movie

Seven Women, Seven Sins

Kabuki Theatre Lady (segment "Pride") · 1986

Letters Home7.4Movie

Letters Home

Aurelia Plath · 1986

9.0Movie

The Colour of Words

Self · 1984

Dorian Gray in the Mirror of the Yellow Press5.6Movie

Dorian Gray in the Mirror of the Yellow Press

Dr. Mabuse / Grand Inquisitor of Seville · 1984

Grain of Sand6.5Movie

Grain of Sand

Solange · 1983

Documenteur6.6Movie

Documenteur

Delphine (voice) · 1982

Aujourd'hui la vieShow

Aujourd'hui la vie

Self · 1982

Freak Orlando5.5Movie

Freak Orlando

Helena Müller, als Lebensbaumgöttin, Kaufhausonsängerin, Mutter der Wundergeburt, Helena-Maya, Siamese sister Lena, Bunny Helena · 1981

The Man of DestinyMovie

The Man of Destiny

The Lady · 1981