30 Facts About Silvia Monfort

Silvia Monfort was the daughter of Charles-Maurice Favre-Bertin, a French sculptor, decorator, and medalist, and was the wife of Pierre Gruneberg.

Silvia Monfort was named a Knight of the Legion of Honour in 1973, an Officer of Arts and Letters in 1979, and Commander of Arts and Letters in 1983.

Silvia Monfort's family lived in this Parisian neighborhood for several generations.

Silvia Monfort's father sent her to boarding school after she lost her mother at an early age.

Silvia Monfort undertook her secondary studies first at Lycee Victor-Hugo and then at Lycee Victor Duruy.

Silvia Monfort obtained her baccalaureat at age 14 with special permission.

Silvia Monfort's father had intended for her to pursue a job at Gobelins Manufactory, but instead she took theatre classes with Jean Herve and Jean Valcourt.

Silvia Monfort was one of the notables who welcomed General De Gaulle on the square in front of the Cathedral of Chartres.

Silvia Monfort was decorated with the Croix de Guerre by General De Gaulle and the Bronze Star by General Patton.

In 1945, Silvia Monfort acted in Federico Garcia Lorca's play La casa de Bernarda Alba.

Silvia Monfort drew the attention of Edwige Feuillere, who she then acted alongside in L'Aigle a deux tetes by Jean Cocteau.

Silvia Monfort participated in the first Festival d'Avignon with The Story of Tobias and Sarah.

Silvia Monfort then co-starred with Jean Gabin and Nicole Courcel in Le Cas du Docteur Laurent, a film advocating for painless childbirth, and then in Le Chanois' film Par-dessus le Mur, which dealt with parent-child relations.

Silvia Monfort actively participated in this experiment, seeing that new and contemporary plays were staged alternately with the classical repertoire.

Silvia Monfort wrote at least once, sometimes several times a day, to her companion Pierre Gruneberg.

Silvia Monfort explored ancient and modern theatrical repertoires for nearly half a century, whether with the Treteaux, in festivals, in private theatres, and later in her Carres.

Silvia Monfort acted in no less than five versions of Phedre in different theatres as well as on television.

Silvia Monfort performed Sophocles' Electra in the most incongruous places, such as the "trou des Halles" in Paris in 1970.

Silvia Monfort acted in the plays and theatrical adaptations of Maurice Clavel, such as The Isle of Goats and The Noon Terrace.

Silvia Monfort made appearances in Summer and Smoke and Suddenly, Last Summer by Tennessee Williams.

Silvia Monfort incarnated the Sphinx of Cocteau's The Infernal Machine in festivals as well as on television with Claude Giraud in 1963.

Silvia Monfort was The Respectful Prostitute of Jean-Paul Sartre and The Duchess of Malfi beside Raf Vallone.

Silvia Monfort was seen in The Oresteia and The Persians of Aeschylus.

Silvia Monfort portrayed Lucrezia Borgia in Victor Hugo, Marguerite de Bourgogne in The Tower of Nesle by Alexandre Dumas, pere, Alarica in The Evil Is Spreading, Maid in Jacques Audiberti, Ethel in The Rosenbergs Should Not Die by Alain Decaux.

Silvia Monfort took on Ionesco with Jacques, or the Submission, When We Dead Awaken by Henrik Ibsen, and then The Lady from the Sea'.

Silvia Monfort is among the most influential performers of Phedre.

Silvia Monfort was especially interested in the circus world and organized an exhibit entitled Circus in Color, which met with success.

Silvia Monfort thus transferred her Nouveau Carre into the old theatre de la Gaite-Lyrique.

Silvia Monfort continued working to establish a permanent "Carre" at Vaugirard on the site of and in place of the big tops.

Silvia Monfort died on 30 March 1991 of lung cancer in Courchevel.