Gabrielle Dorziat
65 movies · 1 TV show
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jan 25, 1880
- Died
- Nov 30, 1979 (age 99)
- Place of birth
- Épernay, Marne, France
- Also known as
- Габриель Дорзиа · Marie Odile Léonie Gabrielle Sigrist · Gabrielle Sigrist Moppert
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.
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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.
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Gabrielle Dorziat: movies and TV shows
Acting (66)
- 1965
- 1965 Husband for Sale
as Ms Reinhof
- 1965 Thomas the Impostor
as la cartomancienne
- 1964 Cyrano and d'Artagnan
as Mme de Mauvières
- 1964 Monsieur
as Monsieur's Mother-in-law
- 1963 Germinal
as Catherine's grandmother
- 1962 Gigot
as Madame Brigitte
- 1962 A Monkey in Winter
as Mme Victoria, la directrice
- 1962
- 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 The Two Orphans
as La Frochard
- 1954 Le Fil à la patte
as La baronne du Verger, mère de Viviane
- 1954 Madame du Barry
as La Gourdan
- 1953 Act of Love
as Adèle Lacaud
- 1953 Traviata 53
as Zoe
- 1953 Little Boy Lost
as Mother Superior
- 1952 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
- 1950 Born of Unknown Father
as Mrs. Mussot
- 1950 Dream Ballerina
as Aunt
- 1950 Tomorrow Is Too Late
as Headmistress
- 1949 Manon
as Saleswoman
- 1948 The Storm Within
as Tante Léo
- 1948 Just a Big Simple Girl
as Aunt Edmée
- 1948 The Queen's Lover
as la duchesse d'Albuquerque
- 1947 Monsieur Vincent
as La présidente Groussault
- 1947 Mirror
as Mrs. Puc
- 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 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
- 1941 Her First Affair
as The director of the orphanage
- 1940 The French Way
as Madame Ancelot
- 1940 The Man Who Seeks the Truth
as Adrienne
- 1940 From Mayerling to Sarajevo
as Archduchess Marie-Thérèse
- 1939 The End of the Day
as Marthe Chabert
- 1939 Behind the Facade
as Mrs. Bernier, wife of the President
- 1938 A Foolish Maiden
as Gisèle's mother
- 1938 Mother Love
as Adrienne
- 1938 The Shanghai Drama
as College director
- 1938 Monsieur Breloque a disparu
as Baroness Granger
- 1938 Hatred
as Mme Mollenard
- 1938 Êtes-vous jalouse ?
as Gabrielle Brunois
- 1937 The Lie of Nina Petrovna
as Baroness Engern
- 1937 Woman of Malacca
as Lady Patricia Brandmore
- 1937 L'amour veille
as Madame de Juvigny
- 1937 Southern Carrier
as La mère
- 1936 Forty Little Mothers
as Mme Granval, the director
- 1936 Samson
as la marquise d'Andeline
- 1936 Mayerling
as Empress Élisabeth
Talk shows and appearances (3)
- 1972 Le Grand Échiquier
1 episode
- 1956 Cinépanorama
1 episode
- 1948