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