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Known for much of her long and successful career simply as Sylvie, or Louise Sylvie, this lovely actress was born Louise Pauline Mainguené in 1883, began on the stage, at the Théatre National de l'Odéon in 1903, and completed her last film (in which she played the starring role), in 1965, five years before her death in 1970.
Over the course of her career, she performed in dozens of theatrical productions, and more than fifty films, also appearing in television productions.
This gorgeous, hand-tinted card, from a photograph by the famous theatrical portraitist Leopold Reutlinger of Paris, was posted in 1905, just two years after Mlle. Sylvie's career began. This image is the one we most frequently find of her, and is one of only a few we run across, leading us to believe that she was no postcard queen. More's the pity, as she was quite a beauty.
Though she appeared in several silent films as early as 1912, between 1903 and 1914, the Théatre National de l'Odéon was her main venue. As the third image in our listing, we offer you a glimpse (Not For Sale) of the Odéon. One of a very few National Theaters of France, this photograph, though probably taken a decade or so after our portrait of Mlle. Sylvie, shows the theater as it would have appeared in her time there. Actually, it looks very much the same today, pretty much as it did in 1818, after it was rebuilt following a fire that burned the previous structure to the ground.
Not a particularly uncommon image, but a wonderful card, with a fine example of unusual head decorations at her temples, and lovely coloration.
Please examine our high res scans for detail.
Postage is for first class shipping in a secure photo mailer, and we happily combine shipping on all paper goods. If you purchase two cards, we will refund the postage on the second card, and when you purchase three or more cards from us at the same time, your shipping will be entirely free, except for international orders which, because of sudden increases in international shipping rates will still be charged one card's shipping fees on orders of three or more.
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