Gabrielle Dorziat
Gabrielle Dorziat 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.
Biography
She was born in 1880. Dorziat made her stage début in 1898 at the Royal Park Theatre in Brussels. She moved to Paris and appeared in Alfred Capus' La Bourse ou la vie, but it was her performance as Thérèse Herbault in Chaîne anglaise 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.
L'Infante à la rose - Olive de RomaninMayerling - L'impératrice ÉlisabethSamson - La Marquise d'AndelineForty Little Mothers - Mme Granval, La directriceSouthern Mail - La mèreL'amour veille - Madame de JuvignyWoman of Malacca - Lady Patricia BrandmoreThe Lie of Nina Petrovna - Baroness EngernÊtes-vous jalouse? - Gabrielle BrunoisMollenard - Mme. MollenardMonsieur Breloque Has Disappeared - La baronne GrangerLe drame de Shanghaï - La directrice du collègeMother Love - AdrienneA Foolish Maiden - La mère de GisèleBehind the Facade - Madame BernierThe End of the Day - Madame ChabertThe Man Who Seeks the Truth - AdrienneFalse Alarm - Madame AncelotSarajevo - L'archiduchesse Marie-Thérèse Premier rendez-vous - La directrice de l'orphelinatThe Newspaper Falls at Five O'Clock - Mademoiselle LebeauSoyez les bienvenus - Madame BoisleroiL'appel du bled - Madame DarboisPatricia - Mademoiselle Pressac - Tante LaurieThe Wolf of the Malveneurs - MagdaStrange Inheritance - Gérardine ÉloiThe Phantom Baron - La comtesse de Saint-HelieÉchec au roy - Madame de MaintenonParis Frills - SolangeThe Angel They Gave Me - La comtesse de CébratGoodbye Darling - ConstanceDésarroi - Madame MeillanMirror - Madame PucMonsieur Vincent - La présidente GroussaultRuy Blas - La duchesse d'AlbuquerqueUne grande fille toute simple - Tante EdméeLes Parents terribles - Tante LéoManon - Mme AgnèsTomorrow Is Too Late - La direttriceBallerina - AuntBorn of Unknown Father - Mme. MussotLa Vérité sur Bébé Donge - Madame D'OrtemontSo Little Time - Madame de MalvinesJudgement of God - La margrave JoséphaSon of the Hunchback - Contessa LagardereLittle Boy Lost - Mother SuperiorTraviata '53 - Signora ZoeAct of Love - Adèle LacaudMadame du Barry - La GourdanLe fil à la patte - La baronne Du Verger - la mère de VivianeThe Two Orphans - La FrochardNagana - Mme LarguillièrePity for the Vamps - Éléonore DavisMitsou - La baronneLes Espions - Madame Andrée - l'infirmièreResurrection - KitajewaPolikuschka - HerrinDrôles de phénomènes - Madame MarcevaultMagnificent Sinner - La directrice de l'institute SmolnyClimats - Mme Cheverny, la mère d'IsabelleUn singe en hiver - VictoriaGigot - Madame BrigitteGerminal - La grand-mère de CatherineMonsieur - La belle-mèreCyrano and d'Artagnan - Françoise de MauvièresThomas the Impostor - La cartomancienneUn mari à prix fixe - Mme Reinhoff, mère
Theatre
Chaîne anglaise by Camille Oudinot and Abel Hermant, Théâtre du Vaudeville Les Jacobines by Abel Hermant, Théâtre du Vaudeville Chérubin by Francis de Croisset, Théâtre Fémina La Sonate à Kreutzer by Fernand Nozière and Alfred Savoir Bel Ami Les Éclaireuses by Maurice Donnay, Comédie Marigny L'Épervier by Francis de Croisset, Théâtre de l'Ambigu Un homme en habit by André Picard and Yves Mirande, Théâtre des Variétés Comédienne by Jacques Bousquet, Paul Armont, Théâtre des Nouveautés Trois et une by Denys Amiel, Théâtre Saint-Georges Espoir by Henry Bernstein, Théâtre du Gymnase, with Claude Dauphin, Victor Francen and Renée Devillers, La vie est si courte by Léopold Marchand, Théâtre Pigalle Électre by Jean Giraudoux, Théâtre de l'Athénée Les Parents terribles by Jean Cocteau, Théâtre des Ambassadeurs La Machine à écrire by Jean Cocteau Le Dîner de famille by Jean Bernard-Luc, Théâtre de la Michodière