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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Acting
Movie
A Monkey in Winter
as Mme Victoria, la directrice
1962
Movie
Manon
as Saleswoman
1949
Movie
Monsieur Vincent
as La présidente Groussault
1947
Movie
The Spies
as Madame Andrée l'infirmière
1957
Movie
The End of the Day
as Marthe Chabert
1939
Movie
The Truth About Bebe Donge
as Mme d'Ortemont
1952
Movie
Paris Frills
as Solange, l'assistante de Philippe
1945
Movie
The Storm Within
as Tante Léo
1948
Movie
Katia
1959
Movie
Monsieur
as Monsieur's Mother-in-law
1964
Movie
Gigot
as Madame Brigitte
1962
Movie
Mayerling
as Empress Élisabeth
1936
Movie
The Queen's Lover
as la duchesse d'Albuquerque
1948
Movie
Thomas the Impostor
as la cartomancienne
1965
Movie
From Mayerling to Sarajevo
as Archduchess Marie-Thérèse
1940
Movie
Traviata 53
as Zoe
1953
Movie
The Phantom Baron
as La comtesse de Saint-Helie
1943
Movie
Cyrano and d'Artagnan
as Mme de Mauvières
1964
Movie
Goodbye Darling
as Constance Hélène Brétillac
1946
Movie
Her First Affair
as The director of the orphanage
1941
Movie
Hatred
as Mme Mollenard
1938
Movie
Paris 1900
as Self (archive footage)
1948
Movie
Mother Love
as Adrienne
1938
Movie
Le Voyageur de la Toussaint
as Gérardine Éloi
1943