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
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
(1972)
Mme Thevenot
Last Year at Marienbad
(1961)
A – The Brunette Woman
The Day of the Jackal
(1973)
Colette de Montpellier
Daughters of Darkness
(1971)
Countess Elizabeth Báthory
Stolen Kisses
(1968)
Fabienne Tabard
Donkey Skin
(1970)
La fée
The Milky Way
(1969)
The Prostitute
Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles
(1976)
Jeanne Dielman
Accident
(1967)
Francesca
India Song
(1975)
Anne-Marie Stretter
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
(2012)
(archive footage)
Muriel, or the Time of Return
(1963)
Hélène Aughain
Full Filmography
Acting
Pull My Daisy
(1959)
Milo's Wife
Last Year at Marienbad
(1961)
A – The Brunette Woman
Le Troisième Concerto
(1963)
Catherine Miller
Muriel, or the Time of Return
(1963)
Hélène Aughain
Qui donc a rêvé ?
(1965)
Alice
Un mois à la campagne
(1966)
Natalia Petrovna
Who Are You, Polly Maggoo?
(1966)
Une rédactrice
Comédie
(1966)
La maîtresse (F 2)
Hedda Gabler
(1967)
Hedda Gabler
La Musica
(1967)
Her
Accident
(1967)
Francesca
Spray of the Days
(1968)
Narrator (voice)
Stolen Kisses
(1968)
Fabienne Tabard
The Milky Way
(1969)
The Prostitute
Mr. Freedom
(1969)
Marie-Madeline
El vientre de la ballena
(1969)
Le lys dans la vallée
(1970)
Madame de Mortsauf
Donkey Skin
(1970)
La fée
Delphine Seyrig
(1970)
Daughters of Darkness
(1971)
Countess Elizabeth Báthory
Tartuffe
(1971)
Elmire
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
(1972)
Mme Thevenot
A Doll's House
(1973)
Kristine Linde
Diary of a Suicide
(1973)
L'interprète
The Day of the Jackal
(1973)
Colette de Montpellier
Say it with Flowers
(1974)
Françoise Berger, la mère
Cry of the Heart
(1974)
Mme Bunkermann
Inês
(1974)
Narrator / Inês Etienne Romeu
The Black Windmill
(1974)
Ceil Burrows
The Garden That Tilts
(1975)
Kate
India Song
(1975)
Anne-Marie Stretter
The Butcher, the Star and the Orphan
(1975)
The widow
Aloïse
(1975)
Aloïse (adulte)
Autour de Jeanne Dielman
(1975)
Self (archive footage)
The Last Word
(1975)
Simone
Dear Michele
(1976)
Adriana Vivanti
Son nom de Venise dans Calcutta désert
(1976)
Anne-Marie Stretter
Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles
(1976)
Jeanne Dielman
Maso and Miso Go Boating
(1976)
Self
Scum Manifesto
(1976)
Self
Location Hunting
(1977)
Julie
Baxter, Vera Baxter
(1977)
L'inconnue
The Ambassadors
(1977)
Marie de Vionnet
Portrait of Actress Delphine Seyrig
(1977)
Self
On the Move
(1979)
Barbara
The Lost Way
(1980)
Mathilde
I Sent a Letter to My Love
(1980)
Yvette
Be Pretty and Shut Up!
(1981)
Self - Interviewer
Documenteur
(1981)
Delphine (voice)
La bête dans la jungle
(1981)
Catherine Bertram
The Man of Destiny
(1981)
The Lady
Freak Orlando
(1981)
Helena Müller, als Lebensbaumgöttin, Kaufhausonsängerin, Mutter der Wundergeburt, Helena-Maya, Siamese sister Lena, Bunny Helena
Le petit Pommier
(1981)
La mère
Grain of Sand
(1983)
Solange
The Colour of Words
(1984)
Self
Dorian Gray in the Mirror of the Yellow Press
(1984)
Dr. Mabuse / Grand Inquisitor of Seville
Letters Home
(1986)
Aurelia Plath
The Discoveries of a Modern Couple
(1986)
Marie-Claude Poitevin
Golden Eighties
(1986)
Jeanne
Seven Women, Seven Sins
(1986)
Kabuki Theatre Lady (segment "Pride")
The Colors of Madness
(1987)
Self
Superbia – The Pride
(1988)
Bettlerfürstin
Johanna d‘Arc of Mongolia
(1989)
Lady Windermere
Voix off
(1989)
Picture of Europe
(1990)
Self
In and Out of Fashion
(1998)
Self (archive footage)
Delphine Seyrig, portrait d'une comète
(2000)
Self (archive footage)
J'aime
(2007)
(archive footage)
Les variations Dielman
(2010)
Jeanne Dielman (archive footage)
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
(2012)
(archive footage)
Duras and Cinema
(2014)
Self [archive footage]
Black Sun
(2019)
Self (voice)
Jean Rochefort, l'irrésistible
(2020)
Self (archive footage)
Calamity Jane & Delphine Seyrig: A Story
(2020)
Self
Delphine and Carole
(2020)
Self (archive footage)
Angry Annie
(2022)
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Directing
Les trois portugaises
(1974)
Director
Inês
(1974)
Director
Scum Manifesto
(1976)
Director
Maso and Miso Go Boating
(1976)
Director
Où est-ce qu'on se "Mai"?
(1976)
Director
Il ne fait pas chaud
(1977)
Director
Be Pretty and Shut Up!
(1981)
Director
Pour mémoire
(1987)
Director
Calamity Jane & Delphine Seyrig: A Story
(2020)
Co-Director
Writing
Production