1973Winner
Best Performance
The Day of the Jackal
Delphine Seyrig
Actor · Director · Producer · Writer
Beirut, Lebanon
April 10, 1932
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.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1968Nominee
Best Performance
Stolen Kisses
1973Nominee
Best Performance
A Doll's House
Career Highlights
1970Highlight
Best Performance
Donkey Skin
1972Highlight
Best Performance
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
Video
The Day of the Jackal
Stolen Kisses
Donkey Skin