Gabrielle Dorziat
Actor
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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Filmography
Manon
as Saleswoman 1949
Monsieur Vincent
as La présidente Groussault 1947
The Spies
as Madame Andrée l'infirmière 1957
The End of the Day
as Marthe Chabert 1939
The Truth About Bebe Donge
as Mme d'Ortemont 1952
Paris Frills
as Solange, l'assistante de Philippe 1945
Katia
1959
The Storm Within
as Tante Léo 1948
Monsieur
as Monsieur's Mother-in-law 1964
Gigot
as Madame Brigitte 1962
Mayerling
as Empress Élisabeth 1936
Thomas the Impostor
as la cartomancienne 1965
The Queen's Lover
as la duchesse d'Albuquerque 1948
From Mayerling to Sarajevo
as Archduchess Marie-Thérèse 1940
Traviata 53
as Zoe 1953
The Phantom Baron
as La comtesse de Saint-Helie 1943