Sylvia Bataille
French actress (1908–1993) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sylvia Bataille (born Sylvia Maklès; 1 November 1908 – 22 December 1993)[1][2][lower-alpha 1] was a French actress of Romanian-Jewish descent.[3] When she was twenty, she married the writer Georges Bataille with whom she had a daughter, the psychoanalyst Laurence Bataille (1930–1986).[4] Georges Bataille and Sylvia separated in 1934 but did not divorce until 1946. Starting in 1938, she was a companion of the psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan with whom, in 1941, she had a daughter, Judith (married name Judith Miller). Sylvia Bataille married Jacques Lacan in 1953.
Sylvia Bataille | |
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| Born | Sylvia Maklès (1908-11-01)1 November 1908 Paris, France |
| Died | 22 December 1993(1993-12-22) (aged 85) Paris, France |
| Years active | 1933–1950 |
| Spouses | Georges Bataille
(m. 1928; div. 1946)Jacques Lacan
(m. 1953; died 1981) |
A pupil of Charles Dullin, Bataille's theatrical debut was with the agit-prop troupe Groupe Octobre, directed by Jacques Prévert. Her film debut came in 1933, and in 1936 she played her most memorable role in Partie de campagne (A Day in the Country) directed by Jean Renoir. Her final appearance was in 1950.