Lyda Roberti

Roberti died from a heart attack while bending to tie her shoelace. She died in Paris in 1990 and was interred there in the Cimetière du Montparnasse. She began to work less frequently although two days before her death she performed a radio show with Al Jolson. She was married to the American painter, Jack Youngerman (born 1926) who had studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Roberti replaced Thelma Todd in a couple of films after the death of Todd, but her health was failing due to heart disease. In 1989, Seyrig was given a festival tribute at the Créteil International Women's Film Festival, France. In Roberta (1935), Ginger Rogers played the role that Roberti had originated on Broadway, with reviewers commenting that Rogers' performance was a completely accurate imitation of Roberti's idiosyncratic speech and mannerisms. In 1982 Seyrig was a key member of the group that established the "Centre Audiovisuel Simone de Beauvoir" in Paris which maintains a large archive of women's filmed and recorded work and produces work by and about women.

She found success as a comedienne and was also popular as a singer on radio. Of the three films she directed, her most important was the 1977 production Sois belle et tais-toi (Look Beautiful and Keep Your Mouth Shut) that included actresses, Shirley MacLaine, Maria Schneider and Jane Fonda, amongst others, speaking frankly about the level of sexism they had to deal with in the film industry. Her sexy but playful characterisations, along the unusual accent she had acquired during her years in Europe and Asia, made her popular with audiences. Through the years, Seyrig used her celebrity status to promote women's rights. She moved to Hollywood and during the 1930s played in a string of films. Her range was such that she played many diverse roles, and because she was fluent in French, English, as well as in German, she appeared in films in all three languages, including a number of Hollywood productions. She made her Broadway debut in You Said It in 1931, and with its success became an overnight sensation. She became one of Europe's most respected actors both on stage and in film, and was named best actress at the Venice Film Festival for her role in the 1963 film, Muriel.

They moved to the United States in the late 1920s where Roberti began singing in nightclubs. During the 1960s and 1970s, Delphine Seyrig worked with some of the best directors in the film industry including François Truffaut, Marguerite Duras and Alain Resnais. As the family toured Europe and Asia, Roberti's mother left her husband, settling in Shanghai, China where the younger Roberti earned money singing. Her performance brought her international recognition. Born in Warsaw, Poland, Roberti was the daughter of a clown and as a child performed in the circus as a trapeze artist, and as a singer on vaudeville. She returned to France in 1960 and was hired by director Alain Resnais to star in his film, L'Année dernière à Marienbad. Lyda Roberti (May 20, 1906 - March 12, 1938) was a film actress. She also studied at the Actors Studio in New York City where, in 1958, she appeared in her first film, Pull My Daisy.

As a young lady, she studied acting at the Comédie de Saint-Etienne, training under Jean Dasté, and at the Centre Dramatique de l'Est. Born Delphine Claire Belriane Seyrig in Beirut, Lebanon, she was the daughter of an archeologist and the brother of composer Francis Seyrig. Delphine Seyrig (April 10, 1932 - October 15, 1990) was a stage and film actress and a film director. Adapted from the article Delphine Seyrig (http://www.wikinfo.org/wiki.phtml?title=Delphine_Seyrig), from Wikinfo, licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License..

Maso et Miso vont en bateau (1975). Scum Manifesto (1976). Sois belle et tais-toi (1981). La Pagaille (1990).

Une saison de feuilles (TV) (1989). Johanna D'Arc of Mongolia (1989). Seven Women, Seven Sins (1987). Letters Home (1986).

Golden Eighties (1986). Les Étonnements d'un couple moderne (TV) (1985). Grosse (1985). Dorian Gray im Spiegel der Boulevardpresse (1984).

Le Grain de sable (1983). Freak Orlando (1981). Le Petit Pommier (TV) (1981). Le Chemin perdu (1980).

Chère inconnue (1980). Utkozben (1979). Repérages (1977). Je t'aime, tu danses (1977).

Son nom de Venise dans Calcutta desert (1976). Baxter, Vera Baxter (1977). Scum Manifesto (1976). Dear Micheal (Caro Michele) (1976).

Jeanne Dielman 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1976). Aloïse (1975). Der Letzte Schrei (1975). India Song (1975).

Le Jardin qui bascule (1974). Le Cri du coeur (1974). Diselo con flores (Dites-le avec des fleurs) (1974). Contre une poignée de diamants (The Black Windmill) (1974).

A Doll's House (1973). The Day of the Jackal (1973). Le Boucher, la star et l'orpheline (1973). Le Journal d'un suicidé (1972).

Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie (1972). Tartuffe (TV) (1971). Le Rouge aux lèvres (1970). Le Lys dans la vallée (TV) (1970).

Peau d'âne (1970). El Vientre de la ballena (1969). La voie lactée (1969). Mister Freedom (1969).

La musica (1968). Baisers volés (1968). Accident (1967). Comédie (1966).

Qui êtes-vous, Polly Magoo? (1966). Muriel ou le temps d'un retour (1963). Last Year at Marienbad (L'année dernière à Marienbad) (1961). Pull My Daisy (1958).