Sylvia Bataille
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Sylvia Bataille was a French actress, born Sylvia Maklès in Paris
(where she also died), of Romania
n-Jewish descent. When she was twenty, she married the writer Georges Bataille
with whom she had a daughter, the psychoanalyst Laurence Bataille (1930–1986). Georges Bataille and Sylvia separated in 1934 but did not divorce until 1946. Starting in 1938, she was a companion of the psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan
with whom, in 1941, she had a daughter, Judith, today Judith Miller
, also a psychoanalyst. Sylvia Bataille married Jacques Lacan in 1953.
A pupil of Charles Dullin
, Sylvia Bataille's theatrical debut was with the agit-prop troupe Groupe Octobre, directed by Jacques Prévert
. Her film debut came in 1933, and in 1936 she played her most memorable role in Partie de campagne
(A Day in the Country) directed by Jean Renoir
. Her final appearance was in 1950.
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
(where she also died), of Romania
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
n-Jewish descent. When she was twenty, she married the writer Georges Bataille
Georges Bataille
Georges Bataille was a French writer. His multifaceted work is linked to the domains of literature, anthropology, philosophy, economy, sociology and history of art...
with whom she had a daughter, the psychoanalyst Laurence Bataille (1930–1986). Georges Bataille and Sylvia separated in 1934 but did not divorce until 1946. Starting in 1938, she was a companion of the psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan
Jacques Lacan
Jacques Marie Émile Lacan was a French psychoanalyst and psychiatrist who made prominent contributions to psychoanalysis and philosophy, and has been called "the most controversial psycho-analyst since Freud". Giving yearly seminars in Paris from 1953 to 1981, Lacan influenced France's...
with whom, in 1941, she had a daughter, Judith, today Judith Miller
Judith Miller (philosopher)
Judith Miller is a French philosopher, and the daughter of Jacques Lacan — radical psychoanalyst, and wife to prominent Lacanian Jacques-Alain Miller....
, also a psychoanalyst. Sylvia Bataille married Jacques Lacan in 1953.
A pupil of Charles Dullin
Charles Dullin
Charles Dullin was a French actor, theater manager and director.-Life:Dullin was a student of Jacques Copeau...
, Sylvia Bataille's theatrical debut was with the agit-prop troupe Groupe Octobre, directed by Jacques Prévert
Jacques Prévert
Jacques Prévert was a French poet and screenwriter. His poems became and remain very popular in the French-speaking world, particularly in schools. Some of the movies he wrote are extremely well regarded, with Les Enfants du Paradis considered one of the greatest films of all time.-Life and...
. Her film debut came in 1933, and in 1936 she played her most memorable role in Partie de campagne
Partie de campagne
Partie de campagne is a film written and directed by the French auteur Jean Renoir in 1936. It chronicles a love affair over a single summer afternoon in 1860, along the banks of the Seine. The film is based on a short story by Guy de Maupassant, who was a friend of Renoir's father Auguste Renoir...
(A Day in the Country) directed by Jean Renoir
Jean Renoir
Jean Renoir was a French film director, screenwriter, actor, producer and author. As a film director and actor, he made more than forty films from the silent era to the end of the 1960s...
. Her final appearance was in 1950.
Filmography
- 1930 : Le Roman de RenardThe Tale of the FoxThe Tale of the Fox was stop-motion animation pioneer Ladislas Starevich's first fully animated feature film. It is based on the tales of Renard the Fox. Although the animation was finished in Paris after an 18-month period , there were major problems with adding a soundtrack to the film...
animatedAnimationAnimation is the rapid display of a sequence of images of 2-D or 3-D artwork or model positions in order to create an illusion of movement. The effect is an optical illusion of motion due to the phenomenon of persistence of vision, and can be created and demonstrated in several ways...
feature filmFeature filmIn the film industry, a feature film is a film production made for initial distribution in theaters and being the main attraction of the screening, rather than a short film screened before it; a full length movie...
by Ladislas Starevitch, voice of Rabbit - 1930 : La Joie d'une heure short film by André Cerf
- 1933 : La Voix sans visage by Léo Mittler
- 1934 : Por un perro chico, una mujer (Un chien qui raccroche) short film by Santiago de la Concha - Santiago Ontañón
- 1934 : Adémaï aviateur by Jean Tarride
- 1935 : Son excellence Antonin by Charles-Félix Tavano
- 1936 : Topaze by Marcel PagnolMarcel PagnolMarcel Pagnol was a French novelist, playwright, and filmmaker. In 1946, he became the first filmmaker elected to the Académie Française.-Biography:...
- 1936 : Rose by Raymond Rouleau
- 1936 : Partie de campagnePartie de campagnePartie de campagne is a film written and directed by the French auteur Jean Renoir in 1936. It chronicles a love affair over a single summer afternoon in 1860, along the banks of the Seine. The film is based on a short story by Guy de Maupassant, who was a friend of Renoir's father Auguste Renoir...
by Jean RenoirJean RenoirJean Renoir was a French film director, screenwriter, actor, producer and author. As a film director and actor, he made more than forty films from the silent era to the end of the 1960s... - 1936 : Œil de lynx, détective by Pierre-Jean Ducis
- 1936 : Le Crime de Monsieur Lange by Jean RenoirJean RenoirJean Renoir was a French film director, screenwriter, actor, producer and author. As a film director and actor, he made more than forty films from the silent era to the end of the 1960s...
- 1936 : Jenny by Marcel CarnéMarcel Carné-Biography:Born in Paris, France, the son of a cabinet maker whose wife died when their son was five, Carné began his career as a film critic, becoming editor of the weekly publication, Hebdo-Films, and working for Cinémagazine and Cinémonde between 1929 and 1933. In the same period he worked in...
- 1937 : Le Chemin de Rio (released as Woman Racket in English) by Richard Siodmak
- 1937 : Vous n'avez rien à déclarer? by Léo JoannonLéo JoannonLéo Joannon was a French writer and film director. Born in Aix-en-Provence, Joannon was originally a law student who became a novelist and journalist before entering the film industry in the 1920s as a cameraman....
- 1937 : Le Gagnant (short film) by Yves AllégretYves AllégretYves Allégret was a French film director in the film noir genre.He is noted as having been the husband of actress Simone Signoret between the years 1944–1949.-Selected filmography:...
- 1937 : L'Affaire du courrier de Lyon by Maurice Lehmann and Claude Autant-LaraClaude Autant-LaraClaude Autant-Lara , was a French film director and later Member of the European Parliament .-Biography:...
- 1937 : Forfaiture (released as The Cheat in English) by Marcel L'HerbierMarcel L'HerbierMarcel L'Herbier, Légion d'honneur, was a French film-maker, who achieved prominence as an avant-garde theorist and imaginative practitioner with a series of silent films in the 1920s. His career as a director continued until the 1950s and he made more than 40 feature films in total...
- 1938 : Frères corses by Géo Kelber
- 1938 : Les Gens du voyageLes Gens du voyageLes Gens du voyage is a 1938 French-German film directed by Jacques Feyder.- Plot :Due to an accident at the Barlay Circus, animal trainer Flora finds Fernand, a former prison escapee, and refers him to manager, Edouard Barlay. The son of Flora , Marcel, does the acrobatics with the manager's...
(released as People Who Travel in English) by Jacques FeyderJacques FeyderJacques Feyder was a Belgian actor, screenwriter and film director who worked principally in France, but also in the USA, Britain and Germany. He was a leading director of silent films during the 1920s, and in the 1930s he became associated with the style of poetic realism in French cinema... - 1939 : Le Château des quatre obèses by Yvan Noé
- 1939 : Serge Panine by Charles Méré
- 1939 : L'Étrange nuit de Noël by Yvan Noé
- 1939 : Quartier latin by Pierre ColombierPierre Colombier-Selected filmography:Director* Charlemagne * School for Coquettes...
- 1940 : Le Collier de chanvre (released as Hangman's Noose in English) by Léon MathotLéon MathotLéon Mathot was a French film actor and film director best known perhaps for playing Edmond Dantes in The Count of Monte Cristo film serial in 1918....
- 1940 : Campement 13 by Jacques Constant
- 1941 : L'Enfer des anges by Christian-JaqueChristian-JaqueChristian-Jaque was a French filmmaker. He was married to actress Martine Carol from 1954 to 1959.Christian-Jaque was born at Paris....
- 1945 : Ils étaient cinq permissionnaires by Pierre CaronPierre Caron (director)Pierre Caron was a French film director. At the end of the Second World War he was forced to flee to South America, where he later died.- Filmography :* 1920 : L'Homme qui vendit son âme au diable...
- 1946 : Les Portes de la nuit by Marcel CarnéMarcel Carné-Biography:Born in Paris, France, the son of a cabinet maker whose wife died when their son was five, Carné began his career as a film critic, becoming editor of the weekly publication, Hebdo-Films, and working for Cinémagazine and Cinémonde between 1929 and 1933. In the same period he worked in...
- 1948 : Ulysse ou Les Mauvaises Rencontres short film (also known as Aller et retour) by Alexandre AstrucAlexandre AstrucAlexandre Astruc is a French film critic and film director born 13 July 1923, in Paris .Before becoming a film director he was a journalist, novelist and film critic...
- 1948 : L'AmoreL'Amore (film)L'Amore is an anthology film directed by Roberto Rossellini starring Anna Magnani and Federico Fellini. The two segments are "Il Miracolo" and "Una Voce Umana", the latter based on the play The Human Voice by Jean Cocteau...
anthology filmAnthology filmAn anthology film is a feature film consisting of several different short films, often tied together by only a single theme, premise, or brief interlocking event . Sometimes each one is directed by a different director...
by Roberto RosselliniRoberto RosselliniRoberto Rossellini was an Italian film director and screenwriter. Rossellini was one of the directors of the Italian neorealist cinema, contributing films such as Roma città aperta to the movement.-Early life:Born in Rome, Roberto Rossellini lived on the Via Ludovisi, where Benito Mussolini had... - 1950 : Julie de Carneilhan by Jacques Manuel