Gabrielle Dorziat
Known for Acting · 69 credits
- Born
- 1880-01-25
- Died
- 1979-11-30
- 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.
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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Known For
TV Shows (3)
Movies (66)
Paris Frills
1945
as Solange, l'assistante de Philippe
Climates of Love
1962
Katia
1959
Samson
1936
as la marquise d'Andeline
Resurrection
1958
as Kitajewa
Monsieur
1964
as Monsieur's Mother-in-law
Manon
1949
as Saleswoman
The Spies
1957
as Madame Andrée l'infirmière
Monsieur Vincent
1947
as La présidente Groussault
Germinal
1963
as Catherine's grandmother
A Monkey in Winter
1962
as Mme Victoria, la directrice
Cyrano and d'Artagnan
1964
as Mme de Mauvières
The Newspaper Falls at Five O'Clock
1942
as Mademoiselle Lebeau
The End of the Day
1939
as Marthe Chabert
The Wolf of the Malveneurs
1943
as Magda de Malveneur
Madame du Barry
1954
as La Gourdan
The Truth About Bebe Donge
1952
as Mme d'Ortemont
The Shanghai Drama
1938
as College director
The Queen's Lover
1948
as la duchesse d'Albuquerque
Gigot
1962
as Madame Brigitte
Mayerling
1936
as Empress Élisabeth
Southern Carrier
1937
as La mère
Act of Love
1953
as Adèle Lacaud
Her First Affair
1941
as The director of the orphanage
Tomorrow Is Too Late
1950
as Headmistress
Goodbye Darling
1946
as Constance Hélène Brétillac
Husband for Sale
1965
as Ms Reinhof
Paris 1900
1948
as Self (archive footage)
Hatred
1938
as Mme Mollenard
Little Boy Lost
1953
as Mother Superior
Behind the Facade
1939
as Mrs. Bernier, wife of the President
From Mayerling to Sarajevo
1940
as Archduchess Marie-Thérèse
Dream Ballerina
1950
as Aunt
So Little Time
1952
as Madame de Malvines
Judgement of God
1952
as La margrave Josépha
The French Way
1940
as Madame Ancelot
The Phantom Baron
1943
as La comtesse de Saint-Helie
Woman of Malacca
1937
as Lady Patricia Brandmore
Le Fil à la patte
1954
as La baronne du Verger, mère de Viviane
L'amour veille
1937
as Madame de Juvigny
The Two Orphans
1954
as La Frochard
Distress
1947
as Madame Meillan
Drôles de phénomènes
1959
as Madame Marcevault
Pity for the Vamps
1956
as Éléonore Davis
Patricia
1942
as Mademoiselle Pressac, aunt Laurie
Mirror
1947
as Mrs. Puc
The Storm Within
1948
as Tante Léo
Thomas the Impostor
1965
as la cartomancienne
The Man Who Seeks the Truth
1940
as Adrienne
Êtes-vous jalouse ?
1938
as Gabrielle Brunois
Born of Unknown Father
1950
as Mrs. Mussot
The Lie of Nina Petrovna
1937
as Baroness Engern
L'ange qu'on m'a donné
1946
as Countess of Cébrat
Just a Big Simple Girl
1948
as Aunt Edmée
Son of the Hunchback
1952
as Contessa Lagardere
Check on the King
1945
as Madame de Maintenon
Forty Little Mothers
1936
as Mme Granval, the director
Mother Love
1938
as Adrienne
A Foolish Maiden
1938
as Gisèle's mother
The Queen of Spades
1958
as La comtesse Anna Feodotovna Tomski
Soyez les bienvenus
1942
as Madame Boisleroi
Traviata 53
1953
as Zoe
Nagana
1955
Le Voyageur de la Toussaint
1943
as Gérardine Éloi
Monsieur Breloque a disparu
1938
as Baroness Granger
L'Appel du bled
1942
as Madame Darbois
About 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-sta… With 69 credits spanning from 1936 to 1972, Gabrielle Dorziat has appeared in 66 films and 3 TV shows.
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- Paris Frills (1945) — as Solange, l'assistante de Philippe
- Climates of Love (1962)
- Katia (1959)
- Samson (1936) — as la marquise d'Andeline
- Resurrection (1958) — as Kitajewa
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