Gabrielle Dorziat
Acting
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. Source: Article "Gabrielle Dorziat" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Born: January 25, 1880
Place of Birth: Épernay, Marne, France
Known For
Filmography
as Self
as maman rose
as Ms Reinhof
as la cartomancienne
as Mme de Mauvières
as Monsieur's Mother-in-law
as Catherine's grandmother
as Madame Brigitte
as Mme Victoria, la directrice
as Madame Marcevault
as Kitajewa
as La comtesse Anna Feodotovna Tomski
as Madame Andrée l'infirmière
as Éléonore Davis
as Self
as La Frochard
as La baronne du Verger
as La Gourdan
as Adèle Lacaud
as Zoe
as Mother Superior
as Contessa Lagardere
as La margrave Josépha
as Madame de Malvines
as Mme d'Ortemont
as Mrs. Mussot
as Aunt
as Headmistress
as Saleswoman
as Tante Léo
as Aunt Edmée
as Self (archive footage)
as la duchesse d'Albuquerque
as La présidente Groussault
as Mrs. Puc
as Madame Meillan
as Constance Hélène Brétillac
as Countess of Cébrat
as Solange, l'assistante de Philippe
as Madame de Maintenon
as La comtesse de Saint-Helie
as Magda de Malveneur
as Gérardine Éloi
as Mademoiselle Pressac, aunt Laurie
as Madame Darbois
as Madame Boisleroi
as Mademoiselle Lebeau
as The director of the orphanage
as Madame Ancelot
as Adrienne
as Archduchess Marie-Thérèse
as Marthe Chabert
as Mrs. Bernier, wife of the President
as Gisèle's mother
as Adrienne
as College director
as Baroness Granger
as Mme Mollenard
as Gabrielle Brunois
as Baroness Engern
as Lady Patricia Brandmore
as Madame de Juvigny
as La mère
as Mme Granval, the director
as la marquise d'Andeline
as Empress Élisabeth