Personal Info
Birth date
1934-10-28 (90 Years)
Day of death
2015-09-04
Gender
Female
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Paris, France
Also known as
-Sylvie Joly
Biography
Sylvie Joly (18 October 1934 – 4 September 2015) was a French actress and comedian. She was best known for her roles in the films Going Places (1974) and Get Out Your Handkerchiefs (1978). Joly was born in Paris. She had a daughter, Mathilde Vitry, and a son Gregoire Vitry. In October 2010, she revealed she had Parkinson's disease. Joly died from a heart attack on 4 September 2015 in Paris, aged 80. Source: Article "Sylvie Joly" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Filmography
Palace
6.7
Overview:
The action takes place - as the title suggests - in a Palace, a really nice hotel. Funny scenes happen in different places: the kitchen, the reception, the elevator, the rooms, ...Going Places
6.783
Overview:
Two whimsical, aimless thugs harass and assault women, steal, murder, and alternately charm, fight, or sprint their way out of trouble. They take whatever the bourgeoisie holds dear, whether it’s cars, peace of mind, or daughters. Marie-Ange, a jaded, passive hairdresser, joins them as lover, cook, and mother confessor. She’s on her own search for seemingly unattainable sexual pleasure.The Visitors II: The Corridors of Time
6.011
Overview:
The sequel to The Visitors reunites us with those lovable ruffians from the French Medieval ages who - through magic - are transported into the present, with often drastic consequences. Godefroy de Montmirail travels to today to recover the missing family jewels and a sacred relic, guarantor of his wife-to-be's fertility. The confrontation between Godefroy's repellent servant Jack the Crack and his descendent, the effete Jacquart, present-day owner of the chateau, further complicates the matter.Lucky Luke and the Daltons
3.669
Overview:
Joe and Averell are the eldest and youngest of the four Dalton brothers, the worst outlaws in Wild West history...Femmes Fatales
6.1
Overview:
Two men, fortyish, worn out by their wives, abandon everything to go and live in the back of beyond. There they meet a truculent priest, a boozer, Émile who recalls them to life's simple pleasures. Calm is what they want. But soon their example inspires thousands of disorientated males...Get Out Your Handkerchiefs
6.596
Overview:
Solange is seriously depressed, and her kindhearted husband, Raoul, makes it his mission to cure her doldrums. After many failed attempts to cheer her up, Raoul hits upon a possible solution: find his wife a lover. Unfortunately, his choice, Stéphane, proves to be just as ineffectual in restoring her flagging spirits. In the end, the gorgeous Solange finds her own, highly problematic tonic to her troubles in the form of a 13-year-old boy.A Friend of Vincent
5.9
Overview:
Vincent is the victim of an assassination attempt carried out by a young woman who wants to avenge her sister. Albert, the childhood friend of Vincent, wants to help and begins to investigate the woman, but he realizes that Vincent is perhaps not the person he seems to be.La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
7.2
Overview:
In May 1974, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing became President of the Republic and wanted to bring about a new era of modernity. One of his first decisions was to break up the ORTF with the creation of three new television channels: TF1, Antenne 2 and FR3. Three new public channels but autonomous and competing. It is a race for the audience which is engaged then, and from now on the channels will make the war! This competition will give birth to a real golden age for television programs, with variety shows in the forefront. The stars of the song are going to invade the living rooms of the French for their biggest pleasure. This unedited documentary tells the story of the metamorphosis of this television of the early 1970s, between freedom of tone, scandals, political intrigues and programs that have become mythical.My Wife's Name Is Maurice
4.667
Overview:
Georges, a wealthy Parisian, has a mistress who wants to marry him, but he has no intention of divorcing his wife, the source of his money. The mistress, meanwhile, has a jealous boyfriend, so when Georges dumps her, two people are angry with him. Add Georges' wife, who suspects the affair. The mistress calls Georges to say she's coming to tell his wife everything, so Georges asks Maurice, a stranger who's passing by, to pose as his wife and scare off the mistress. In this farce, nothing goes as Georges plans.The Red Inn
5.403
Overview:
A group of travelers, including a monk, stay in a lonely inn in the mountains. The host confesses the monk his habit of serving poisoned soup to the guests, to rob their possessions and to bury them in the backyard. The story unfolds as the monk tries to save the guest's lives without violating the holy secrecy of the confession.Pick Up Your Belongings
5.6
Overview:
Pierre Cohen, a sophisticated Parisian psychologist, goes to his brother's farm in order to protect it from very hostile local landowners.Wild Animals
4.6
Overview:
Berg and Bela are married stunt drivers, but one night Bela dies in an accident. Jaded and reclusive, Berg becomes a nighttime security guard where he befriends a young woman, Mimi, who works nights too. Soon a shadowy figure from Bela's past comes into Berg and Mimi's lives. Berg is forced to protect Mimi and seems responsible for a murder, but the man from Bela's past who caused her so much pain won't stop until he sees Berg suffer as much as Bela did.The Egg
5.7
Overview:
Emile Magis, a modest employee, more or less ostracized by the others, would like only one thing, to be happy. Little by little he realizes that life in society is a matter of convention, lies and deception. When he has understood that cynicism rules the world, he decides to play by its untold rules and to take his revenge.588 rue Paradis
7.212
Overview:
A successful playwright reflects on his journey from his Armenian roots to adapting in France, forty years after his family's move to Marseilles. He now goes by a new name to fit in better with French society.Piaf
8
Overview:
Édith Giovanna Gassion is born in 1915. As a young girl she sings on the streets of Paris until a nightclub owner, Louis Leplée, discovers her. When he is murdered the composer Raymond Asso takes care of her and lets her perform at the ABC theatre, which leads to her breakthrough.The Seasons of Pleasure
4.659
Overview:
Charles and Emmanuelle organize as every year, the congress of perfumers who distribute their products in their castle. Garibaldi, their mutilated and somewhat disturbed son-in-law, will be the butler.Ça n'empêche pas les sentiments
4.7
Overview:
A former schoolteacher turned film distributor, Jean-Pierre Jackson made his directorial debut with this French comedy about two losers. When alimony payments catch up with Felix (Philippe Chevaillier), his furniture is seized. After a decade-long marriage, Raoul (Regis Laspales) leaves his wife. The two team for a job with Le Gai Vendangeur (The Jolly Vintner) as sales reps, but they score zero while tooling around Brittany in a silly station wagon decorated with an immense wine bottle atop the vehicle's roof. However, when they're joined by friendly, sexy Eliane (Cecile Bois), sales surge. The wine pours, and so does the money. Life is sweet, but it all turns sour when an affair begins between Felix and Eliane, much to Raoul's regret.Acting
TBASylvie Joly - Les trésors de Raphaël Mezrahi as Unknown
TBAMa chair et mon sang as Unknown
2022La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président as Self (archive footage)
2020Les 60 ans du one-man-show as Self (archive footage)
2009Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4) as Self (archive footage)
2009À la poursuite de l'amour as Mrs. Esteban
2007The Red Inn as Comtesse de Marcillac
2005Sylvie Joly : La si jolie vie de Sylvie Joly as Unknown
2004La Nuit du rire II à l'Olympia as Self
2004Lucky Luke and the Daltons as Ma Billy
2003Jusqu'au bout de la route as Inès
2002My Wife's Name Is Maurice as La femme dans Orlyval
2002Sylvie Joly - Je suis votre idole as Himself
2001Sylvie Joly : La Vie C'est Pas De La Rigolade as Unknown
2000Tomorrow's Another Day as Patiente 2
1999L'Ami du jardin as Mme Levadoux
1999Sylvie Joly : La cigale et la Joly as Unknown
1998Vivement dimanche (2 Episodes) as Self
1998La Mort du Chinois as Unknown
1998Ça n'empêche pas les sentiments as Hotel owner
1998The Visitors II: The Corridors of Time as Gisèle
1997Sidecar as Irène Moreau
1992588 rue Paradis as Georgette Sylva
1991Ferbac (1 Episode) as Angèle Louvier
1991Trois coups pour rire as Unknown
1988Palace (1 Episode) as La cliente de la chambre 217
1988The Seasons of Pleasure as Dominique
1987Septième ciel as Régine Castel
1987Sacrée soirée (3 Episodes) as Self
1987Miracle Healing as Mme Fox-Terrier
1985Victoires de la musique (1 Episode) as Self
1984Wild Animals as Suzanne
1983A Friend of Vincent as Claude
1983Pick Up Your Belongings as Marjolaine
1982Champs-Elysées (4 Episodes) as Self
1979We'll Grow Thin Together as Docteur Menkevitch
1979Pierrot mon ami as Léonie
1978Take It from the Top as La directrice d'école
1978Your Turn, My Turn as Stéphane
1978Get Out Your Handkerchiefs as la passante
1976Femmes Fatales as The head doctor
1975Numéro un (12, 1 Episode) as Self, Self - Host
1975Système 2 (1 Episode) as Self
1975Les Rendez-vous du dimanche (1 Episode) as Self
1974Un curé de choc (1 Episode) as Christine
1974Piaf as Lulu
1974Going Places as Owner of the stolen car
1973Hail the Artist as La femme du photographe
1973L'Heptaméron (Joyeux compères) as Innkeeper
1972The Egg as Woman who takes the bus
1971Samedi soir (1 Episode) as Self
1959Discorama (1 Episode) as Self
Directing
1997Pierre Palmade - Ma mère aime beaucoup ce que je fais ... Director