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Sylvie Gance is a Actor French born on 10 march 1902

Sylvie Gance

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Birth name Marie Odette Vérité
Nationality France
Birth 10 march 1902
Death 19 november 1978 (at 76 years)

Marie Odette Vérité dite Sylvie, devenue après son mariage, Sylvie Gance (née le 10 mars 1902 et morte le 19 novembre 1978) est une actrice française.

Biography

Sylvie Gance fut la troisième et dernière épouse d'Abel Gance, (du 7 octobre 1933 à sa mort), et tourna dans certains de ses films sous ce pseudonyme ainsi que ceux de Sylvie Grenade, Marjolaine ou plus souvent Mary-Lou.

Ses plus notables interprétations furent celles de Théroigne de Méricourt dans le Napoléon Bonaparte (version sonore de 1935), et de Yolande de Foix dans Le Capitaine Fracasse (1943), tous deux dirigés par son mari.

Elle était la sœur de Henriette Vérité, dite « Yette », scripte entre autres de Sacha Guitry, Abel Gance et René Clément, notamment sur Plein Soleil (1959) et Paris brûle-t-il? (1966).

Abel et Sylvie Gance eurent une fille, Clarisse, qui fut scripte sur Marie Tudor, réalisé par son père pour la télévision française en 1966 et continua sa carrière à la SFP.

Gance conservera sur sa table de travail jusqu'à sa mort, une photo de lui et de Sylvie, afin, nota-t-il sur la photo, de pouvoir mourir sous son regard.

Usually with

Abel Gance
Abel Gance
(7 films)
Steve Passeur
Steve Passeur
(4 films)
Roger Blin
Roger Blin
(3 films)
Georges Cahuzac
Georges Cahuzac
(3 films)
Roger Hubert
Roger Hubert
(3 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Sylvie Gance (9 films)

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Actress

Pluck the Hen
Pluck the Hen (1947)
, 1h32
Directed by Walter Kapps
Origin France
Genres Comedy
Actors Georges Grey, Pierre Stephen, Jeanne Fusier-Gir, Paulette Dubost, Geno Ferny, Gabrielle Fontan
Roles la mère de Jacqueline

Un groupe d'étudiants parisiens participe aux moissons à Plume la Poule, un petit village de Gascogne. L'un d'eux, Pierre, un étudiant en médecine tombé amoureux de Jacqueline en oublie de rentrer à Paris où il était attendu pour un mariage arrangé avec Thérésina. Sous la pression de la famille de la future, le père de Pierre décide de faire le voyage à Plume la poule pour ramener son fils. Mais les circonstances en décideront autrement car il fera lui-même une rencontre amoureuse.
Captain Fracasse
Captain Fracasse (1943)
, 1h40
Directed by Abel Gance
Origin France
Genres Drama, Adventure
Actors Assia Noris, Roland Toutain, Jean Weber, Alice Tissot, Vina Bovy, Maurice Escande
Roles Yolande de Foix
Rating67% 3.372153.372153.372153.372153.37215
L’histoire se déroule entre 1637 et 1643 sous Louis XIII. Le baron de Sigognac, dernier héritier de l’illustre famille des Sigognac et jeune noble désargenté, vit reclus dans son manoir landais qui tombe en ruine. Un soir d’hiver, il offre l’hospitalité à une troupe de comédiens égarés, et tombe amoureux de l’Isabelle de la troupe ; l’attirance est réciproque. Le lendemain, sur la proposition des voyageurs, Sigognac décide de les suivre dans leurs aventures. Après de nombreuses péripéties, Le baron remplace sur les planches le Matamore, mort de froid lors d’une tempête de neige. Il prend alors le nom de scène de « Capitaine Fracasse ».
Blind Venus
Blind Venus (1941)
, 2h20
Directed by Abel Gance, Edmond T. Gréville
Origin France
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Viviane Romance, Georges Flamant, Henri Guisol, Lucienne Le Marchand, Jean Aquistapace, Sylvie Gance
Roles Mireille
Rating69% 3.4512753.4512753.4512753.4512753.451275
The beautiful Clarisse learns that she is going blind, and in order to prevent her lover Madére, a boatman, from sacrificing himself for her, she decides to break with him, pretending she no longer loves him. Madère angrily leaves, and Clarisse takes a job as a singer in a harbour bar to support herself and her crippled sister Mireille. When she discovers that she is pregnant, she wants to confess everything to Madère, but he has left on a year-long voyage with a new lover Giselle. Clarisse gives birth to a daughter Violette, and when Madère and Giselle return she learns that they are married and also have a baby daughter. Clarisse's child dies, and she herself becomes completely blind; embittered against men, she withdraws into herself. Mireille tells the truth to Madère, who has separated from Giselle, and he undertakes an elaborate deception to take care of Clarisse, posing as the owner of a yacht on which he wants to take her on a cruise. The yacht is in fact the broken-down boat which used to be their shared home, but all their friends conspire to create the illusion that Clarisse is on a sea voyage. Madère restores the boat in preparation for a real voyage, and just when it is ready, Clarisse tells him she has recognised him and the boat. She accepts his love for her, and simultaneously regains her sight.
I Accuse
I Accuse (1938)
, 1h44
Directed by Abel Gance
Origin France
Genres Drama, Science fiction, War, Horror
Themes French war films, Ghost films, Political films
Actors Victor Francen, Line Noro, Sylvie Gance, Paul Amiot, Jean-Louis Barrault, Marcel Delaître
Roles Flo
Rating70% 3.5251153.5251153.5251153.5251153.525115
The married Edith Laurin has a love affair with her husband's best friend. When both men serve together at the front her spouse realises he's cuckolded. Because his old friend is also his comrade who fights at his side again the mutual enemy, Laurin doesn't take action against him. After Laurin has died his friend returns home as a cripple.
The Woman Thief
The Woman Thief (1938)
, 1h30
Directed by Abel Gance
Origin France
Genres Drama
Actors Jules Berry, Blanchette Brunoy, Saturnin Fabre, Suzanne Desprès, Annie Ducaux, Gilbert Gil
Roles Pivoine, singer
Rating68% 3.437293.437293.437293.437293.43729
Sadoc Torner s'est toujours joué des femmes. Il s'éprend cependant d'une jeune fille qui connait bientôt son passé, aussi l'aventurier est-il oblige de fuir. Il retrouve plus tard celle qu'il allait aimer, elle est mariée et heureuse. Torner tente de ruiner le mari et de la compromettre. Il échoue, il a tout perdu.
The Life and Loves of Beethoven
The Life and Loves of Beethoven (1937)
, 2h15
Directed by Abel Gance, Jean Arroy
Origin France
Genres Drama, Historical, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about classical music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Harry Baur, Annie Ducaux, Jany Holt, André Nox, Jane Marken, Lucas Gridoux
Roles Dead child's mother
Rating67% 3.384033.384033.384033.384033.38403
Quelques moments de la vie du grand musicien, parmi lesquels ses rencontres avec Thérèse de Brunswick et Juliette Guicciardi, le drame de sa surdité et sa mort.
End of the World
End of the World (1931)
, 1h45
Directed by Abel Gance
Origin France
Genres Science fiction
Themes La fin du monde, Impact events in fiction, Disaster films
Actors Victor Francen, Abel Gance, Colette Darfeuil, Sylvie Gance, Samson Fainsilber, Jeanne Brindeau
Roles Isabelle Bolin
Rating59% 2.9877752.9877752.9877752.9877752.987775
The film opens with Jean Novalic (Abel Gance) playing Jesus Christ in a passion play. Isabelle Bolin (Sylvie Grenade) attends with her boyfriend stock promoter Schomburg (Samson Fainsilber) who is entranced by the blonde actress playing Mary Magdalene, Genevieve de Murcie (Colette Darfeuil). Genevieve defies her scientist father Monsieur de Murcie (Jean d'Yd) to propose to Jean, who tells her that they cannot marry. Back home, Genevieve's father, jealous of the wealthy Martial Novalic (Victor Francen)'s fame, accepts money from Schomburg to build an observatory better than Novalic's. Schomburg then announces his intention to court de Murcie's daughter.
Napoleon
Napoleon (1927)
, 5h30
Directed by Abel Gance
Origin France
Genres Drama, War, Biography, Historical
Themes French war films, Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films, Histoire de France, Napoleonic Wars films, French Revolution films
Actors Albert Dieudonné, Gina Manès, Antonin Artaud, Edmond van Daële, Abel Gance, Suzanne Bianchetti
Roles Théroigne de Méricourt
Rating81% 4.093764.093764.093764.093764.09376
The scenario of the film as originally written by Gance was published in 1927 by Librairie Plon. Much of the scenario describes scenes that were rejected during initial editing, and do not appear in any known version of the film. The following plot includes only those scenes that are known to have been included in some version of the film. Not every scene described below can be viewed today.