Sylvia Lopez

Sylvia Lopez is interred in the Cimetičre du Montparnasse in Paris. A lifelong atheist, she donated her body to medical science. Diagnosed with leukemia, Lopez died while working on the set of Voulez-vous danser avec moi?, a French film with Brigitte Bardot. McQueen died in Augusta, Georgia as a result of burns received when a kerosene heater she was attempting to light exploded and doused her in fuel. As Sylvia Lopez, she made her first of two French-language films following which she appeared in several Italian swashbucklers with American stars such as Steve Reeves and Lex Barker that were commercially successful and for which she received favorable reviews. She had one more role of some substance in the 1986 film The Mosquito Coast. In November of 1956 she became the second wife of the French composer Francis López. Her acting roles after this were very few, and she devoted herself to other pursuits including study, and received a Bachelor's Degree in Political Science in 1975.

Eventually she modeled for couturier Jacques Fath, the first French fashion designer to export his creations to the United States. Appearing under the name "Sylvia Sinclair", Bernt earned enough exposure to attract the attention of film producers. By 1950 she had commenced a three year stint on the television series Beulah which reunited her with her Gone With The Wind co-star Hattie McDaniel. Born Tatjana Bernt, in Austria, she was raised in Paris, France where she began a career in modelling. She continued to play maids and small parts in various films including Since You Went Away, (1944), Mildred Pierce, (1945) and Duel in the Sun, (1946) but by 1947 had grown tired of the ethnic stereotypes she was required to play and ended her film career. Sylvia Lopez, born in 1931 - died November 20, 1959, was a European model and actress. She made her first film appearance playing an uncredited bit part as a sales assistant in The Women in 1939 and later that year filmed what would become her most identifiable role - as Prissy the maid in Gone With The Wind. Baratin (1956). Born Thelma McQueen in Tampa, Florida she trained as a dancer and took her stage name from "The Butterfly Dance" after performing it in a production of A Midsummer Night's Dream.

Tabarin (1958). Butterfly McQueen (January 7, 1911 - December 22, 1995) was an American film and television actress. Herod the Great (originally: Erode il grande). Il Moralista (1959). Son Of The Red Corsair (1959) (originally: Il Ercole Figlio del corsaro rosso).

Hercules Unchained (1959) (originally: Ercole e la regina di Lidia).