Delphine Claire Beltiane Seyrig (April 10, 1932, Beirut, Lebanon – October 15, 1990) was a stage and film actress and a film director.
Seyrig was the daughter of an archaeologist Henry Seyrig and Hermine de Saussure, the sister of the composer Francis Seyrig. She grew up in Lebanon and her family relocated to New York City when she was 10 years old. Later her parents returned to Lebanon and sent her to school in France.
As a young woman, Seyrig s...
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Delphine Claire Beltiane Seyrig (April 10, 1932, Beirut, Lebanon – October 15, 1990) was a stage and film actress and a film director.
Seyrig was the daughter of an archaeologist Henry Seyrig and Hermine de Saussure, the sister of the composer Francis Seyrig. She grew up in Lebanon and her family relocated to New York City when she was 10 years old. Later her parents returned to Lebanon and sent her to school in France.
As a young woman, Seyrig studied acting at the Comédie de Saint-Étienne, training under Jean Dasté, and at the Centre Dramatique de l'Est. She appeared briefly in small roles in the TV series Sherlock Holmes. In 1956 she returned to New York City and studied at the Actors Studio, and in 1958, she appeared in her first film, Pull My Daisy. In New York she met director Alain Resnais who asked her to star in his film, L'Année dernière à Marienbad. Her performance brought her international recognition and she moved to Paris. Among her roles of this period, is the older...
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