Gabrielle Dorziat
Biography
Gabrielle Dorziat (1880–1979) was a French stage and film actress.[Dorziat was a fashion trend setter in Paris and helped popularize the designs of Coco Chanel. The Théâtre Gabrielle-Dorziat in Épernay, France is named for her. She was born in 1880. Dorziat made her stage début in 1898 at the Théâtre Royal du Parc in Brussels. She moved to Paris and appeared in Alfred Capus' La Bourse ou la vie (1900), but it was her performance as Thérèse Herbault in Chaîne anglaise (1906) that brought her to public attention. She became known for her off-stage life as well, becoming romantically involved with actors Lucien Guitry and Louis Jouvet. She had close friendships with Jean Cocteau, Jean Giraudoux, Coco Chanel, Paul Bourget and Henri Bernstein. During World War I Dorziat left France to tour the United States where she raised money for war refugees. After the war she toured Canada, South America and the rest of Europe. In 1921 Dorziat appeared in her first film L'Infante à la rose. She went on to play in over sixty films including Mayerling, Les Parents terribles and Manon. In 1925, she married Count Michel de Zogheb, a friend of King Fuad I of Egypt. She published her memoirs Côté cour, côté jardin in 1968. She died in 1979. Source: Article "Gabrielle Dorziat" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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Movies (47)
Husband for Sale
as Ms Reinhof
1965
Thomas the Impostor
as la cartomancienne
1965
Cyrano and d'Artagnan
as Mme de Mauvières
1964
Monsieur
as Monsieur's Mother-in-law
1964
Germinal
as Catherine's grandmother
1963
Gigot
as Madame Brigitte
1962
A Monkey in Winter
as Mme Victoria, la directrice
1962
Climates of Love
1962
Katia
1959
Drôles de phénomènes
as Madame Marcevault
1959
Resurrection
as Kitajewa
1958
The Queen of Spades
as La comtesse Anna Feodotovna Tomski
1958
The Spies
as Madame Andrée l'infirmière
1957
Pity for the Vamps
as Éléonore Davis
1956
Nagana
1955
The Two Orphans
as La Frochard
1954
Le Fil à la patte
as La baronne du Verger
1954
Madame du Barry
as La Gourdan
1954
Act of Love
as Adèle Lacaud
1953
Traviata 53
as Zoe
1953
Little Boy Lost
as Mother Superior
1953
Son of the Hunchback
as Contessa Lagardere
1952
Judgement of God
as La margrave Josépha
1952
So Little Time
as Madame de Malvines
1952
The Truth About Bebe Donge
as Mme d'Ortemont
1952
Born of Unknown Father
as Mrs. Mussot
1950
Dream Ballerina
as Aunt
1950
Tomorrow Is Too Late
as Headmistress
1950
Manon
as Saleswoman
1949
The Storm Within
as Tante Léo
1948
Just a Big Simple Girl
as Aunt Edmée
1948
Paris 1900
as Self (archive footage)
1948
The Queen's Lover
as la duchesse d'Albuquerque
1948
Monsieur Vincent
as La présidente Groussault
1947
Mirror
as Mrs. Puc
1947
Distress
as Madame Meillan
1947
Goodbye Darling
as Constance Hélène Brétillac
1946
L'ange qu'on m'a donné
as Countess of Cébrat
1946
Paris Frills
as Solange, l'assistante de Philippe
1945
Check on the King
as Madame de Maintenon
1945
The Phantom Baron
as La comtesse de Saint-Helie
1943
The Wolf of the Malveneurs
as Magda de Malveneur
1943
Le Voyageur de la Toussaint
as Gérardine Éloi
1943
Patricia
as Mademoiselle Pressac, aunt Laurie
1942
L'Appel du bled
as Madame Darbois
1942
Soyez les bienvenus
as Madame Boisleroi
1942
The Newspaper Falls at Five O'Clock
as Mademoiselle Lebeau
1942
