Gabrielle Dorziat
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1880-01-25
Day of Death
1979-11-30 (99 years old)
Place of Birth
Épernay, Marne, France
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.
Known For
Acting
(1965)
Thomas the Impostor
as la cartomancienne
(1965)
Husband for Sale
as Ms Reinhof
(1964)
Monsieur
as Monsieur's Mother-in-law
(1964)
Cyrano and d'Artagnan
as Mme de Mauvières
(1963)
Germinal
as Catherine's grandmother
(1962)
A Monkey in Winter
as Mme Victoria, la directrice
(1962)
(1962)
Gigot
as Madame Brigitte
(1959)
(1959)
Drôles de phénomènes
as Madame Marcevault
(1958)
Resurrection
as Kitajewa
(1958)
The Queen of Spades
as La comtesse Anna Feodotovna Tomski
(1957)
The Spies
as Madame Andrée l'infirmière
(1956)
Pity for the Vamps
as Éléonore Davis
(1955)
(1954)
Madame du Barry
as La Gourdan
(1954)
The Two Orphans
as La Frochard
(1954)
Le Fil à la patte
as La baronne du Verger
(1953)
Little Boy Lost
as Mother Superior
(1953)
Traviata 53
as Zoe
(1953)
Act of Love
as Adèle Lacaud
(1952)
So Little Time
as Madame de Malvines
(1952)
Judgement of God
as La margrave Josépha
(1952)
The Truth About Bebe Donge
as Mme d'Ortemont
(1952)
Son of the Hunchback
as Contessa Lagardere
(1950)
Tomorrow Is Too Late
as Headmistress
(1950)
Dream Ballerina
as Aunt
(1950)
Born of Unknown Father
as Mrs. Mussot
(1949)
Manon
as Saleswoman
(1948)
The Queen's Lover
as la duchesse d'Albuquerque
(1948)
Paris 1900
as Self (archive footage)
(1948)
The Storm Within
as Tante Léo
(1948)
Just a Big Simple Girl
as Aunt Edmée
(1947)
Mirror
as Mrs. Puc
(1947)
Monsieur Vincent
as La présidente Groussault
(1947)
Distress
as Madame Meillan
(1946)
Goodbye Darling
as Constance Hélène Brétillac
(1946)
L'ange qu'on m'a donné
as Countess of Cébrat
(1945)
Paris Frills
as Solange, l'assistante de Philippe
(1945)
Check on the King
as Madame de Maintenon
(1943)
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
(1942)
L'Appel du bled
as Madame Darbois
(1942)
The Newspaper Falls at Five O'Clock
as Mademoiselle Lebeau
(1942)
Patricia
as Mademoiselle Pressac, aunt Laurie
(1942)
Soyez les bienvenus
as Madame Boisleroi
(1941)
Her First Affair
as The director of the orphanage
(1940)
From Mayerling to Sarajevo
as Archduchess Marie-Thérèse
(1940)
The French Way
as Madame Ancelot
(1940)
The Man Who Seeks the Truth
as Adrienne
(1939)
Behind the Facade
as Mrs. Bernier, wife of the President
(1939)
The End of the Day
as Marthe Chabert
(1938)
Monsieur Breloque a disparu
as Baroness Granger
(1938)
The Shanghai Drama
as College director
(1938)
A Foolish Maiden
as Gisèle's mother
(1938)
Hatred
as Mme Mollenard
(1938)
Êtes-vous jalouse ?
as Gabrielle Brunois
(1938)
Mother Love
as Adrienne
(1937)
Southern Carrier
as La mère
(1937)
Woman of Malacca
as Lady Patricia Brandmore
(1937)
L'amour veille
as Madame de Juvigny
(1937)
The Lie of Nina Petrovna
as Baroness Engern
(1936)
Mayerling
as Empress Élisabeth
(1936)
Forty Little Mothers
as Mme Granval, the director
(1936)
Samson
as la marquise d'Andeline