Sylvia Lopez Explained

Sylvia Lopez
Birthname:Tatjana Bernt
Birth Date:10 November 1933
Birth Place:Vienna, Austria
Death Date: (age 26)
Death Place:Nice, France
Other Names:Tania Karen
Sylvia Sinclair
Occupation:Actress, model
Yearsactive:1955-1959
Spouse:Francis Lopez
7 November 1956 - her death

Sylvia Lopez (November 10, 1933  - November 20, 1959) was a French model and actress.[1]

Career as a model

Born Tatjana Bernt, she was raised in Paris, where she began a career in modelling. Eventually she modeled for couturier Jacques Fath, the first French fashion designer to export his creations to the United States. Appearing under the name "Sylvia Sinclair", Bernt earned enough exposure to attract the attention of film producers.

Personal life

In November 1956 she became the second wife of the composer Francis Lopez.

Career in acting

Lopez made her first of two French-language films following which she appeared in several Italian swashbucklers with American stars such as Steve Reeves and Lex Barker that were commercially successful and for which she received favorable reviews.

Early death

Diagnosed with leukemia, Lopez died a few months after she withdrew while working on the set of a film Voulez-vous danser avec moi? (which was posthumously released a month later) with Brigitte Bardot.

Sylvia Lopez is interred in the Cimetière du Montparnasse in Paris.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1956Baratin Patricia Dubois-Dumasas Tania Karen
1957Cinq millions comptantLoulouas Sylvia Sinclair
Mademoiselle and Her Gang Marie-ChristineUncredited
1958TabarinFlorence Didier
1959Herod the GreatMariam / MiriamItalian title - Erode il grande
Hercules UnchainedQueen Omphale, of LidiaItalian title - Ercole e la regina di Lidia
Son of the Red CorsairCarmen di MontélimarItalian title - Il Figlio del corsaro rosso
Il MoralistaWoman in the Nightclub in MunichUncredited, (final film role)

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sylvia Lopez. unifrance.org . 2014-07-05.