Delphine Seyrig

Known for Acting

Delphine Seyrig's portrait

Details

Birthday: April 10, 1932

Deathday: October 15, 1990

Place of birth: Beirut, Lebanon

Biography

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.

Actress

2019

2007

1989

1987

1975

1975

1974

1971

1967

1967

1966

Writer

1974