Gabrielle Dorziat

Known for ActingBorn 1880-01-25Died 1979-11-30Épernay, Marne, France

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.Read more

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Climates of Love

Pity for the Vamps

Check on the King

Patricia

Frédéric le gardian

Just a Big Simple Girl

Distress

L'ange qu'on m'a donné

Soyez les bienvenus

Cinépanorama

Le Grand Échiquier

Resurrection

The Two Orphans

Little Boy Lost

Germinal

The Man Who Seeks the Truth

A Monkey in Winter

Gigot

Behind the Facade

So Little Time

A Foolish Maiden

Le Voyageur de la Toussaint

Hatred

The Queen of Spades

Mirror

Nagana

Son of the Hunchback

Born of Unknown Father

Traviata 53

Act of Love

The Truth About Bebe Donge

L'Appel du bled

Monsieur Breloque a disparu

L'amour veille

Forty Little Mothers

From Mayerling to Sarajevo

Manon

The Queen's Lover

Goodbye Darling

The Spies

Thomas the Impostor

The Newspaper Falls at Five O'Clock

Her First Affair

The End of the Day

Drôles de phénomènes

The Storm Within

Monsieur Vincent

Monsieur