
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.
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Acting (66 movies)

Resurrection
1958

Pity for the Vamps
1956

The Shanghai Drama
1938

Monsieur
1964

A Monkey in Winter
1962

The Storm Within
1948

The Truth About Bebe Donge
1952

Samson
1936

L'amour veille
1937

Êtes-vous jalouse ?
1938

Monsieur Breloque a disparu
1938

Traviata 53
1953

A Foolish Maiden
1938

The Newspaper Falls at Five O'Clock
1942

Soyez les bienvenus
1942

Behind the Facade
1939

Her First Affair
1941

L'Appel du bled
1942

Patricia
1942

The Man Who Seeks the Truth
1940

Hatred
1938

The Phantom Baron
1943

Distress
1947

Mirror
1947

Just a Big Simple Girl
1948

Monsieur Vincent
1947

Paris 1900
1948

Little Boy Lost
1953

Born of Unknown Father
1950

Germinal
1963

Thomas the Impostor
1965

Paris Frills
1945

Mother Love
1938

The Wolf of the Malveneurs
1943

Manon
1949

Cyrano and d'Artagnan
1964

Act of Love
1953

The Queen's Lover
1948

Gigot
1962

So Little Time
1952

Judgement of God
1952

Le Voyageur de la Toussaint
1943

The Spies
1957

The Two Orphans
1954

Check on the King
1945

Madame du Barry
1954

Nagana
1955

Woman of Malacca
1937

Climates of Love
1962

Husband for Sale
1965

From Mayerling to Sarajevo
1940

The End of the Day
1939

Southern Carrier
1937

Le Fil à la patte
1954

Tomorrow Is Too Late
1950

Forty Little Mothers
1936

The French Way
1940

L'ange qu'on m'a donné
1946

Goodbye Darling
1946

The Lie of Nina Petrovna
1937

Drôles de phénomènes
1959

Dream Ballerina
1950

Son of the Hunchback
1952

Katia
1959

Mayerling
1936

The Queen of Spades
1958
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