Sylvia Bataille

Entering films in 1934, actress Sylvia Bataille quickly became a favorite leading lady of several top European directors. Her most celebrated appearance was as the melancholy heroine in Jean Renoir's...
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BirthDate
BirthPlace
12/31/1911
France
Summary
Entering films in 1934, actress Sylvia Bataille quickly became a favorite leading lady of several top European directors. Her most celebrated appearance was as the melancholy heroine in Jean Renoir's fragmentary but brilliant Une Partie du Campagne (1936). She also registered well in Renoir's Crime de Monsieur Lange, filmed the same year. Sylvia Bataille's last screen showing was as Madame LeCuyer in Marcel Carne's Portes de la Nuit (1946).

~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide