Personal Info
Birth date
1922-05-19 (103 Years)
Day of death
2015-11-15
Gender
Female
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Berlin, Germany
Also known as
Dorothea Hermina Feinberg
Dora Doll
Biography
Dora Doll, the daughter of a Russian-Jewish banker who was expelled after the 1917 Revolution, was born in Berlin in 1922. She came to France at the end of the 1930s and aspired to become an actress. She already spoke Russian and German and soon learned French, then Italian and English. One of her first screen appearances was as Juliette in Henri-Georges Clouzot's Manon (1949). She appeared as Lola in Jacques Becker's Touchez pas au grisbi (1954) and as Genisse in Jean Renoir's French Cancan (1955). In 1976, she appeared on television in the French series Hôtel Baltimore in the role of Suzy. In 1977, she appeared in Fred Zinnemann's Julia as the woman passenger accompanying Lillian Hellman (Jane Fonda) when Lily smuggled $50,000 through Nazi Germany for her friend Julia (Vanessa Redgrave). In 1982, she played in Ettore Scola's That Night in Varennes. In the late 1990s, she played the grandmother Louise Chantreuil in the TV series Tide of Life. She was married twice. Her first husband was the actor Raymond Pellegrin, who she had a daughter with, Danielle. She was later married to François Deguelt. In 1993, Dora Doll was awarded the Prix "Reconnaissance des cinéphiles" from Puget-Théniers in honour of her life's work. She was made Knight of France's National Order of Merit in 2000. Dora Doll died on 15 November 2015 at her home in Gard, France, at the age of 93. Source: Article "Dora Doll" de Wikipédia en français, soumis à la licence CC-BY-SA.
Filmography
Midi Première
10
Overview:
Midi Première is a French variety show presented by Danièle Gilbert, directed by Jacques Pierre and broadcast from January 6, 1975 until January 1, 1982 on TF1. The program was generally broadcast between 12:15 p.m. and 12:55 p.m., then giving way to the 1:00 p.m. TV news. However, the broadcast schedule could change, depending on the guests, and the setting where the recording of the program was shot. Certain performances by artists who have become cult like the one where Ringo jostles with a demonstrator in interpretation (1977), that of Dalida with the title There is always a song with the soundtrack that does not start, twice, at the right speed (1978), Claude François and his Clodettes, who, in the provinces, are unable to join "the set" in order to interpret his song, the latter being taken by the crowd of delirious fans (summer 1977) . The group Supertramp performed there with the title "Dreamer" on March 8, 1975.Les Cinq Dernières Minutes
NYR
Overview:
Les Cinq Dernieres Minutes is a crime based French television seriesThe Castle of Olive Trees
6
Overview:
The Castle of Olive Trees is the ancestral home of the "Laborie de Sauveterre". Located at "Châteauneuf-du-Pape", it holds many mysteries and legends. Like every summer "Estelle Laborie" goes there to take some time off. But this summer she take an important decision: run from Paris and stay here at the castle definitively. Little does she knows that her arrival will awake a lot of drama and secrets, beginning with this enigmatic "Pierre Séverin" who wants to demolish the castle to the ground, to make an amusement parc "Cigaleland". She will learn unfortunately that this "Pierre Séverin" is also knowned as "Marceau" the little boy of the steward of the castle when her father was the master of the domain. That steward also died in terrible circumstance. However Estelle decides to face this vengeance and save the castle with the aid of archaeologist "Raphaël Fauconnier"...Sabbath
NYR
Overview:
Exploring perspectives on witches from different angles, ranging from historical accounts to popular folklore, shedding light on the complex narratives surrounding these notorious figures.Catherine
5
Overview:
Catherine - a French TV series produced for Antenne 2 channel in 1986. It was based on the series of "Catherine" novels written by Juliette Benzoni. The series was directed by Marion Sarraut, who had already successfully brought on TV another of Madame Benzoni's work - Marianne. The director had the author's assistance going so far as working together, like mother and daughter, to work on the best-seller Catherine. Two years of preparation, fifteen months of shooting, two hundred actors - over fifteen hundred costumes. The episodes were not to be seen in prime time - but from 13:30 - 14:00 each afternoon. The production was nevertheless a huge success. The readers of the books were more than satisfied with what Marion Sarraut had done to Catherine. To their great joy, the producers had adapted the seven books more or less truthfully. Some minor changes had to be made, probably also because of the small bugdet they had at their disposal. Claudine Ancelot was a perfect Catherine. At her side, Pierre-Marie Escourrou as her great love Arnaud de Montsalvy. Pascale Petit was Sara, Benoît Brione was the evil Gilles de Rais, and Geneviève Casile Queen Yolande. For over two decades, the story of "Catherine and Arnaud" had vanished. In December 2007 the French company France Loisirs started releasing the long awaited Catherine Il suffit d'un amour TV-Serie on DVD. At the moment the whole TV series has been released on 5 double DVDs.Princesse Alexandra
NYR
Overview:
In search of freedom, Duchess Alexandra, cousin of Empress Sissi, leaves Austria and her violent husband to settle incognito in Paris.Women in Cellblock 9
4.905
Overview:
A group of female freedom-fighters led by Karine Levere is caught by the warden of a women's prison, located somwhere in the South American jungle. None of them will reveal the secrets of their organisation or the names of their collaborators in the cities, so they are handed over to Dr. Costa who, after four years inactivity in Europe, is delighted to be able to practice his torture techniques once more. Laverne fails to resist the inhuman treatments and reveals all. The only hope of saving the organization is for the girls to warn the city cell before it's too late. They trick the prison guard into having sex with them, knock him out and break out of prison. The warden and Dr. Costa must prevent them from revealing the practices inside the prison. The hunt is on and it's shoot to kill...Torment
6.8
Overview:
Forced to work extremely hard to keep things afloat, Paul begins hearing voices in his head questioning his past choices. Convinced that his wife has been unfaithful, he begins to see every male guest as a potential threat. What follows is Paul's downward spiral into the madness of deranged jealousy where he finally discovers that hell is not a state of mind – hell is himself.Any Number Can Win
7.2
Overview:
Charles, fresh out of jail, rejects his wife's plan for a quiet life of bourgeois respectability. He enlists a former cell mate, Francis, to assist him in pulling off one final score, a carefully planned assault on the vault of a Cannes casino.Julia
6.474
Overview:
At the behest of an old and dear friend, playwright Lillian Hellman undertakes a dangerous mission to smuggle funds into Nazi Germany.Touchez Pas au Grisbi
7.185
Overview:
Gentleman gangster Max and his partner, Riton, pull off their last, most successful heist and find themselves comfortable enough to retire in the style they enjoy. However, Max confides the details of the theft to his younger mistress, Josey -- who has secretly taken up with ambitious young rival gangster Angelo. Angelo then has Riton kidnapped and demands the stash of gold as ransom, which threatens Max's dreams of the perfect retirement.The Night of Varennes
6.879
Overview:
During the French Revolution, a surprising company shares a coach, trying to catch up something - the time itself, perhaps.French Cancan
7.1
Overview:
Nineteenth-century Paris comes vibrantly alive in Jean Renoir’s exhilarating tale of the opening of the world-renowned Moulin Rouge. Jean Gabin plays the wily impresario Danglard, who makes the cancan all the rage while juggling the love of two beautiful women—an Egyptian belly-dancer and a naive working girl turned cancan star.Manon
6.947
Overview:
Port of Marseille, France, recently liberated from the German yoke. Caught as stowaways aboard a ship, Manon, a young woman who was accused of collaborating with the Nazis, and Robert, a freedom fighter who saved her from reprisals, tell the captain about the many challenges they have had to face in order to survive.Femmes Fatales
6.2
Overview:
Two men, fortyish, worn out by their wives, abandon everything to go and live in the back of beyond. There they meet a truculent priest, a boozer, Émile who recalls them to life's simple pleasures. Calm is what they want. But soon their example inspires thousands of disorientated males...Elena and Her Men
5.856
Overview:
Set amid the military maneuvers and Quatorze Juillet carnivals of turn-of-the-century France, Jean Renoir’s delirious romantic comedy Elena and her Men stars a radiant Ingrid Bergman as a beautiful, but impoverished, Polish princess who drives men of all stations to fits of desperate love. When Elena elicits the fascination of a famous general, she finds herself at the center of romantic machinations and political scheming, with the hearts of several men—as well as the future of France—in her hands.Napoleon
6.6
Overview:
The film follows the life of Napoleon from his early life in Corsica to his death at Saint Helena. The film is notable for its use of location shooting for numerous scenes, especially at the French estates of Malmaison and Fontainebleau, the Palace of Versailles, and sites of Napoleonic battles including Austerlitz and Waterloo.Hôtel du Nord
7.247
Overview:
A young couple's suicide pact goes awry, leaving the woman to face her survival with a new admirer while pining for her lost love.Main Street
6.201
Overview:
A small town in Spain, October 1955. Isabel, a 35-year-old dreamer who feels like a failure because she is not married yet, becomes the new target of a group of soulless pranksters.Peppermint Soda
6.534
Overview:
In the fall of 1963, Anne is becoming a teenager. She lives in Paris with her mother and her older sister, Frédérique. They're just back from summer at the beach with their father. School starts. A turbulent year awaits them both.Jacquou the Rebel
6.6
Overview:
In 1815, young Jacquou lives an idyllic peasant life with his parents in the Périgord region of France. But one day, his childhood happiness is cruelly ended when his father is arrested, after a dispute with the arrogant Count de Nansac. With both his parents dead, Jacquou is adopted by Bonal, a kind priest, under whose influence he grows into an assured, morally upright young man. Now an adult, Jacquou has one desire. To repay the Count de Nansac for the evil he once inflicted on his parents...Acting
2007Jacquou the Rebel as Fantille
2006Comme t'y es belle ! as Mémé
2005You Are So Beautiful as Catherine
2002Et demain, Paula ? as Andrée
2000Return to Algiers as Paula Azera
1997Le Grand Batre (9 Episodes) as Annette
1997Sapho as Unknown
1996Les Allumettes suédoises (3 Episodes) as Albertine Huque
1994Le Chambon as Emilienne
1994Torment as Mme Chabert
1993Édith Piaf : Une brève rencontre as Fréhel
1993Pas d'amour sans amour! as Rose, la mère
1993The Castle of Olive Trees (8 Episodes) as Amélie Boucoiran
1993Morasseix!!! as The mother
1992Les Cœurs brûlés (8 Episodes) as Marie-Thérèse Fromentin
1992Princesse Alexandra (2 Episodes) as Madame Humeau
1991Maria the Wolf as La Juine
1989Sabbath (1 Episode) as La Juine
1988Once More as La mère
1987Lady Cops as Mme Lou
1987The Two Crocodiles as Félicité
1987Maniac Killer as Dorine
1987Cloud Waltzing as Madame Solange
1987François Villon: The Maverick Poet as Margot matroana bordelului
1986Gros dégueulasse as La serveuse choucroute
1986Catherine (60 Episodes) as Ermengarde de Chateauvillain
1985Le voyage à Paimpol as La mère de Maryvonne
1985Angel of Death as Sarah
1984Ave Maria as Constance
1984Bastille as Mw. Friedlander
1983Doctor Lerne, Subgod as Honorine
1983Marianne, une étoile pour Napoléon (60 Episodes) as ' Fanchon Fleur de Lys'
1982Le Secret des Andrônes as Rosa Chamboulive
1982The Night of Varennes as Nanette Precy
1980Les Charlots contre Dracula as Commissioner Gluck
1979Les givrés as Mme Gruber
1979Hothead as Head nun
1978Monsieur Saint-Saëns as La lingère
1978Les filles du régiment as Alphonsine, dite Fonfon, dite Pente-Douce
1978Les Hommes de Rose (6 Episodes) as Rose Dupuy
1978Violette Nozière as Madame Mayeul
1978Grandison as Attendant
1978Women in Cellblock 9 as Loba
1977Peppermint Soda as The Gymnastics Teacher
1977Julia as Woman Passenger
1976Black and White in Color as Maryvonne
1976Shattered Dreams as Lisa
1976Boomerang as Ginette
1976Femmes Fatales as Simone, captain of the soldiers
1975Catherine & Co. as Mère de Catherine
1975Incorrigible as Thérèse, bar cashier
1975En grandes pompes as Miss Lamour
1975Midi Première (1 Episode) as Self
1975Godefinger ou Certaines chattes n'aiment pas le mou as Rose, Brother mistress
1974Un curé de choc (1 Episode) as Julia Michalet
1974Bloody Murder as Pascale Effront
1972Les Déracinés as Unknown
1972Hellé as Unknown
1970La Liberté en croupe as Suzanne
1969Les Eaux mêlées as La serveuse
1965Pas de caviar pour tante Olga as Rosa Patache
1964A Mouse with the Men as Catherine
1963Any Number Can Win as Countess Doublianoff
1962Le dernier quart d'heure as Portière
1961Secret File 1413 as L'entraîneuse qui drogue Baranger
1961Première brigade criminelle as Julia Manton
1961Cocagne as Hélène
1960Queen of the Tabarin Club as Cabaret Singer
1960Les frangines as Jeanine - la servante
1959The Enigma of the Folies-Bergère as Clara
1959125 rue Montmartre as Germaine Montillier, dite Mémène
1959Witness in the City as Prostitute (uncredited)
1959The Magnificent Tramp as Mme Lucette Pichon
1958Miss Pigalle as Pascaline
1958The Young Lions as Simone
1958Les Cinq Dernières Minutes (1 Episode) as La gardienne
1957The Fast Set as Rita
1957Quelle sacrée soirée as Lola Wander
1957Pas de grisbi pour Ricardo as Brigitte
1957Adorables démons as Barbara Onisse
1957Love Descends from the Sky as Véra
1957Le colonel est de la revue as Cora, la Sanglante
1957What a Team! as Vicky
1956Soupçons as Angèle Amélie Jeanne Mersch
1956Main Street as Tonia
1956Elena and Her Men as Rosa la Rose
1956Fernand cow-boy as Mae Marlene
1956Tides of Passion as Mariotte Borderet
1955We're Moving the Colonel as Flora
1955La Môme Pigalle as Catherine, la fiancée "éternelle" de Félix
1955No Mercy for the Cellers as Jessy
1955The Little Rebels as Mrs. Lecarnoy
1955Pleasures and Vices as Josepha Marewska
1955Girl on the Third Floor as Louise Richter
1955Nana as Rose Mignon
1955Le Crâneur as Betty Bell
1955French Cancan as La Génisse
1955Pas de souris dans le business as Mado
1955Napoleon as 'Une Merveilleuse' (uncredited)
1954Yours Truly, Blake as Isabelle
1954Obsession as L'entraîneuse
1954La cage aux souris as 'Salade', kitchen aid
1954Les impures as Lili, une fille
1954Touchez Pas au Grisbi as Lola
1954La fille perdue as Suzy
1954Daughters of Destiny as A girl (segment "Jeanne")
1953Illicit Motherhood as Anita, la sœur de Doudou
1953Mr. Scrupule, Gangster as Unknown
1953Other Side of Paradise as Michèle
1952Dans la vie tout s'arrange as Yvette
1951Savage Triangle as La blonde amie de Paul
1951Pardon My French as Yvette
1951The Passerby as Irma
1951Paris Vice Squad as Dora Bourbon, une victime du sadique
1951The Red Rose as Evelyne Dorsey, movie star
1950Bed for Two as Miss Paulette
1950A Man Walks in the City as Girl
1949The Passenger as Colette Mouche
1949Thus Finishes the Night as Unknown
1949Manon as Juliette
1949The Wizard of Heaven as Benoîte
1947The House Under the Sea as Prostitute
1947Inspector Sergil as Sandra Grégoriff
1946Devil and the Angel as Lenoir's secretary
1943The Heart of a Nation as (uncredited)
1941Parade in 7 Nights as Monique, friend of Irène (uncredited)
1941Night in December as Une fille de la bande (uncredited)
1940Moulin Rouge as Unknown
1940Beating Heart as La secrétaire
1939Four Flights to Love as (uncredited)
1939Cordial Agreement as Extra (uncredited)
1938Hôtel du Nord as Une femme au restaurant (uncredited)
1938The Curtain Rises as Une élève du Conservatoire (uncredited)