Portrait of Thérèse Dorny

Thérèse Dorny

Acting

Biography

Thérèse Dorny (born Thérèse Jeanne Longo-Dorni; 18 September 1891 - 14 March 1976) was a French film and stage actress. Thérèse Jeanne Longo-Dorni was born on 18 September 1891 in Paris, Île-de-France, France, the only child to Gaudence Jean Baptiste Marie Longo-Dorni (born 1859) and Marie Antonia Longo-Dorni (née Junghaans, born 1865). She began her career as a stage actress in 1913, and made her debut as a film actress in the 1930 film The Sweetness of Loving. She was best known for her roles in Cognasse (1932) and Les Diaboliques (1955). Dorny married the French painter and graphic artist André Dunoyer de Segonzac on 19 December 1964 in Viroflay, Île-de-France, France, who she remained with until his death in 1974. Dorny died on 14 March 1976 in Saint-Tropez, Var, France. Source: Article "Thérèse Dorny" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Born: September 18, 1891

Place of Birth: Paris, France

Filmography

1959
Oh! What a Mambo

as La belle-mère

1955
Diabolique

as Mrs. Herboux

1954
Adam Is... Eve

as Mme Beaumont

1953
1951
Le Passage de Vénus

as Zoé Chantoiseau

1950
The Sad Sack

as Mme Blandin d'Ombelles

1950
Caught in the Foreign Legion

as Solange Duroc, André's aunt

1948
1947
Mystery Tour

as Mademoiselle Roberta

1946
Devil's Daughter

as Aunt Hortense

1945
Box of Dreams

as Woman (uncredited)

1944
Behold Beatrice

as Aunt Hermance

1943
A Dog's Life

as Léocadie

1941
1941
The Acrobat

as Pauline

1941
Little Nothings

as L'habilleuse

1939
Whirlwind of Paris

as (uncredited)

1939
Visages de femmes

as Verdurette

1938
Return at Dawn

as The fashion house director

1938
Prince de mon cœur

as Isabelle Gatemouille

1938
Katia

as Baroness

1937
Abused Confidence

as La logeuse

1937
À nous deux, madame la vie

as Wife of 'Toto la Vache'

1936
Ménilmontant

as Toinon

1936
One of the Legion

as Antoinette Espitalion

1936
Passé à vendre

as Marthe Dupont

1935
Les Sœurs Hortensia

as Madame Hormalin

1935
Divine

as La Poison

1935
La Mascotte

as Dame Turlurette

1935
Monsieur Sans-Gêne

as La féministe

1933
Ciboulette

as Zénobie