Gabrielle Dorziat
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.
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Acted in
Le Grand Échiquier
1972
as Self
Frédéric le gardian
1965
as maman rose
Husband for Sale
1965
as Ms Reinhof
Thomas the Impostor
1965
as la cartomancienne
Cyrano and d'Artagnan
1964
as Mme de Mauvières
Monsieur
1964
as La belle-mère de « Monsieur »
Germinal
1963
as Grand-mère de Catherine
Gigot
1962
as Madame Brigitte
A Monkey in Winter
1962
as Mme Victoria, la directrice
Climates of Love
1962
Katia
1959
Drôles de phénomènes
1959
as Madame Marcevault
Resurrection
1958
as Kitajewa
The Spies
1957
as Madame Andrée l'infirmière
Pity for the Vamps
1956
Nagana
1955
The Two Orphans
1954
as La Frochard
Le Fil à la patte
1954
as La baronne du Verger
Madame du Barry
1954
Act of Love
1953
as Adèle Lacaud
Traviata 53
1953
as Zoe
Little Boy Lost
1953
as Mother Superior
Son of the Hunchback
1952
as Contessa Lagardere
Judgement of God
1952
as La margrave Josépha
So Little Time
1952
as Madame de Malvines
The Truth About Bebe Donge
1952
as Mme d'Ortemont
Born of Unknown Father
1950
as Mrs. Mussot
Dream Ballerina
1950
as Aunt
Tomorrow Is Too Late
1950
as Headmistress
Manon
1949
as Saleswoman
The Storm Within
1948
as Tante Léo
Just a Big Simple Girl
1948
as Aunt Edmée
Paris Nineteen Hundred
1948
as Self (archive footage)
The Queen's Lover
1948
as la duchesse d'Albuquerque
Monsieur Vincent
1947
as La présidente Groussault
Mirror
1947
as Mrs. Puc
Distress
1947
as Madame Meillan
Goodbye Darling
1946
as Constance
L'ange qu'on m'a donné
1946
as Countess of Cébrat
The French Way
1945
as Madame Ancelot
Paris Frills
1945
as Solange, l'assistante de Philippe
Check on the King
1945
as Madame de Maintenon
The Phantom Baron
1943
as La comtesse de Saint-Helie
The Wolf of the Malveneurs
1943
as Magda de Malveneur
Le Voyageur de la Toussaint
1943
as Gérardine Éloi
Patricia
1942
as Mademoiselle Pressac, aunt Laurie
L'Appel du bled
1942
as Madame Darbois
Soyez les bienvenus
1942
as Madame Boisleroi
The Newspaper Falls at Five O'Clock
1942
as Mademoiselle Lebeau
Her First Affair
1941
as The director of the orphanage
From Mayerling to Sarajevo
1940
as L'archiduchesse Marie-Thérèse
The Man Who Seeks the Truth
1940
as Adrienne
The End of the Day
1939
as Madame Chabert
Behind the Facade
1939
as Mme Bernier, épouse du Président
A Foolish Maiden
1938
as Gisèle's mother
Mother Love
1938
as Adrienne
The Shanghai Drama
1938
as College director
Monsieur Breloque a disparu
1938
as Baroness Granger
Hatred
1938
as Mme Mollenard
Êtes-vous jalouse ?
1938
as Gabrielle Brunois
The Lie of Nina Petrovna
1937
as Baroness Engern
Woman of Malacca
1937
as Lady Patricia Brandmore
L'amour veille
1937
as Madame de Juvigny
Southern Carrier
1937
as La mère
Forty Little Mothers
1936
as Mme Granval, the director
Samson
1936
as la marquise d'Andeline
Mayerling
1936
as Empress Élisabeth