Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1880-01-25
Day of Death
1979-11-30
Place of Birth
Épernay, Marne, France
Gabrielle Dorziat
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.
Filmography (66)
Husband for Sale
1965
Thomas the Impostor
1965
Cyrano and d'Artagnan
1964
Monsieur
1964
Germinal
1963
Gigot
1962
A Monkey in Winter
1962
Climates of Love
1962
Katia
1959
Drôles de phénomènes
1959
Resurrection
1958
The Queen of Spades
1958
The Spies
1957
Pity for the Vamps
1956
