Personal Info
Birth date
1880-01-25 (145 Years)
Day of death
1979-11-30
Gender
Female
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Épernay, Marne, France
Also known as
Габриель Дорзиа
Marie Odile Léonie Gabrielle Sigrist
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
Monsieur Vincent
6.5
Overview:
The life of Vincent de Paul, the 17th-century author and priest who founded two religious orders.Madame du Barry
5.3
Overview:
The daughter of a seamstress, Jeanne Bécu could hardly imagine she would later become one of the most influential women of the Kingdom of France...Manon
7
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.Germinal
7.4
Overview:
Dismissed from the railroads in 1863 for his union activities, Etienne Lantier found a job at the Voreux coal mine. But work was hard, wages were low and safety left much to be desired. Lantier tried to organize the miners into a union. When mine manager Hennebeau refused to negotiate, the workers launched a general strike, which ended with the intervention of the troops.A Monkey in Winter
7.604
Overview:
During World War II, an innkeeper vows to abstain from alcohol for the sake of his family. Years later, as they thrive in Normandy, his resolve is tested by a charming advertising professional who loves to drink.Husband for Sale
1
Overview:
Berenice, a wealthy, spoiled and temperamental girl, loves a winter sports buddy and wants to get married. Her friends play a nasty prank on her to get back at her. They're going to celebrate a fake union, and in the end, the husband runs away. Unable to return to her parents on her own, she forces a companion to take on the role!Traviata 53
6.6
Overview:
An engineer has a romance with the mistress of a rich banker but she sacrifices herself,returning to the rich man, for the best interests of the lover and his family.Katia
6.4
Overview:
Tsar Alexandre II meets a young student, Katia. He understands that he loves her and try to send her away but they end up seeing each other again and becomes his mistress. With the help of Katia, Alexandre prepares a liberal constitution, but these reforms make him hostile to the more privileged subjects without satirising the revolutionaries against the regime.The Storm Within
6.5
Overview:
Young Michel is in love with the attractive Madeleine, so he decides to tell his parents of his intention to marry her. He thinks his announcement is innocent enough; his engagement, however, threatens to reveal dark secrets lurking within his family's home. Yvonne, Michel's overbearing mother, concocts an elaborate scheme to drive Madeleine away, thus keeping uncomfortable household truths from being exposed.The Shanghai Drama
6.4
Overview:
A Russian emigrant sings in a Shanghai nightclub under the assumed name of Kay Murphy. All she dreams of is a peaceful life with her daughter Vera. But this is only a pipe dream as she has been forced by her former lover Ivan to work for a secret criminal organization, "The Black Dragon". Vera, who studies in a Hong Kong boarding-school, knows nothing about her mother's past. When Ivan, who is also Vera's father, resurfaces and blackmails Kay, the young woman is determined to fight back...Mayerling
6.6
Overview:
Rudolf, the only heir to Emperor Franz Josef of Austria-Hungary, is trapped in a loveless marriage to a Belgian princess. As he seeks to flee his stifling environment, he meets the beautiful Maria, and the two enter into a scandalous affair. Despite the interference of the Emperor, the couple refuse to give each other up.Goodbye Darling
6.833
Overview:
Chérie is a beautiful young woman who works as an escort girl. She meets a young and wealthy man who propose her to be his fictional wife so that his mother won't bother him anymore with this other girl, a rich one, she wants to see her son married to.The Spies
6.5
Overview:
A doctor at a run-down psychiatric hospital is offered a large sum of money to shelter a new patient. Soon the place is full of suspicious and secretive characters, all apparently international secret agents trying to find out who and what the patient is.Act of Love
6.7
Overview:
An American soldier romances a beautiful Parisian during the final days of World War II.The End of the Day
6.8
Overview:
Aged penniless actors are living in a old people's home. They always talk about their past glory or failures. One day Raphael Saint-Clair comes; he has been a famous actor and had a lot of love affairs. Passions come back, and jealousies... A bitter film about aging, failure and the entertainment.Gigot
7.5
Overview:
A poignant comedy about a mute who befriends Nicole, the little daughter of a prostitute. Gleason shows his considerable talents as an actor without uttering a sound as he plays the bumbling, kind-hearted janitor, Gigot. Gleason wrote the original story and music for this film.Little Boy Lost
7.7
Overview:
A war correspondent who was stationed in Paris during WW II married a French girl who was murdered by the Nazis. After the war he returns to to try to find his son, whom he lost during a bombing raid but has been told is living in an orphanage in Paris.Forty Little Mothers
6
Overview:
After finding and adopting a child, a man gets a job at an all-girls school which doesn't allow families. Once the girls find the baby, they become his forty little mothers. At the same time, the child's true mother searches for him.Judgement of God
5
Overview:
Bavaria, 1433. Reason of state rules that Prince Albert is to marry Princess Bertha of Wurtemberg. But the fine-looking young man is loath to become the husband of a woman with pimples,flat feet and no breast. Nevertheless, he has to obey his authoritarian father, Duke Ernest, and accompanied by faithful Count Törring, he mounts his steed and sets out for Würtemberg. Stopping in Augsburg, he falls in love with the daughter of a local barber-surgeon, pure and beautiful Agnès Bernauer. The couple is soon secretly married and both take refuge at the castle of Margravine Josepha, Albert's aunt, waiting for Ernest's consent. Unluckily Albert's father will not accept his son's union with a commoner and Albert, supported by Josepha and an army of common people, declares war on the Duke. They seem about to be victorious when Brother Enrique, a monk formerly in the Holy Inquisition, finds a way to reverse the situation: accusing Agnès of witchcraft...The Queen's Lover
6.9
Overview:
Exiled from the court of Spain, Don Salluste, the chief of police, wants to take revenge on the Queen. One day he meets Ruy Blas, a young student who happens to be a lookalike of Don Cesar, his nephew. Salluste disguises Ruy Blas and presents him as Don Cesar. It doesn't take long before Ruy Blas, intelligent, virtuous and generous as he is becomes popular and the Queen, who has fallen in love with him, appoints him Prime Minister. All seems for the best in the best of worlds but Salluste has not forgotten his revenge, far from that ...Behind the Facade
7.8
Overview:
In the elevator of two large Parisian buildings, a telegraph operator discovers the body of an elderly woman, Madame Mathieu, the owner of both buildings. Boucheron, the local superintendent, is dispatched to investigate, along with his rival, Inspector Lambert of the "Sûreté". To solve the enigma, they scour staircases and corridors, visiting every floor of both buildings, courtyard and facade. Their gruff rivalry allows them to complement each other in discovering who committed the crime among a gallery of characters, humble or rich, who all have something to be ashamed of... A rare, fast-paced, picturesque comedy set against the backdrop of a police mystery.Le Voyageur de la Toussaint
7.1
Overview:
A young man comes back to his hometown to be confronted with a bourgeois obnoxious family who has always despised his -now dead - parents because they were music hall artists, "entertainers". But because he's the sole legatee of an uncle's fortune, his relatives become friendly with him.. at least for a while.The Truth About Bebe Donge
7.117
Overview:
François Donge, a rich industrialist and womaniser, meets a girl nicknamed Bébé who he marries. Ten years later, poisoned by his wife and dying in hospital, he recalls his married life and understands how his wife who adored him suffered from his many affairs and indifference.The Phantom Baron
6.1
Overview:
Elfy, Countess of Saint-Hélié's daughter, was brought up with her foster sister Anne, in an old dilapidated castle whose landlord, Baron Julius Carol, disappeared mysteriously some day. The two girls had a playmate, Hervé, the son of the gamekeeper. Now that they are adult, Anne is in love with Hervé while Elfy thinks she loves the young man. One day, the baron's mummified body is found in an oubliette and the secret of the estate is revealed...Acting
1972Le Grand Échiquier (1 Episode) as Self
1965Frédéric le gardian (24 Episodes) as maman rose
1965Husband for Sale as Ms Reinhof
1965Thomas the Impostor as la cartomancienne
1964Cyrano and d'Artagnan as Mme de Mauvières
1964Monsieur as “Monsieur”’s mother-in-law
1963Germinal as Catherine's grandmother
1962Gigot as Madame Brigitte
1962A Monkey in Winter as Mme Victoria, la directrice
1962Climates of Love as Unknown
1959Katia as Unknown
1959Drôles de phénomènes as Madame Marcevault
1958Resurrection as Kitajewa
1958The Queen of Spades as La comtesse Anna Feodotovna Tomski
1957The Spies as Madame Andrée l'infirmière
1956Pity for the Vamps as Éléonore Davis
1956Cinépanorama (1 Episode) as Self
1955Nagana as Unknown
1954The Two Orphans as La Frochard
1954Le Fil à la patte as La baronne du Verger
1954Madame du Barry as La Gourdan
1953Act of Love as Adèle Lacaud
1953Traviata 53 as Zoe
1953Little Boy Lost as Mother Superior
1952Son of the Hunchback as Contessa Lagardere
1952Judgement of God as La margrave Josépha
1952So Little Time as Madame de Malvines
1952The Truth About Bebe Donge as Mme d'Ortemont
1950Born of Unknown Father as Mrs. Mussot
1950Dream Ballerina as Aunt
1950Tomorrow Is Too Late as Headmistress
1949Manon as Saleswoman
1948The Storm Within as Tante Léo
1948Just a Big Simple Girl as Aunt Edmée
1948Paris 1900 as Self (archive footage)
1948The Queen's Lover as la duchesse d'Albuquerque
1947Monsieur Vincent as La présidente Groussault
1947Mirror as Mrs. Puc
1947Distress as Madame Meillan
1946Goodbye Darling as Constance Hélène Brétillac
1946L'ange qu'on m'a donné as Countess of Cébrat
1945Paris Frills as Solange, l'assistante de Philippe
1945Check on the King as Madame de Maintenon
1943The Phantom Baron as La comtesse de Saint-Helie
1943The Wolf of the Malveneurs as Magda de Malveneur
1943Le Voyageur de la Toussaint as Gérardine Éloi
1942Patricia as Mademoiselle Pressac, aunt Laurie
1942L'Appel du bled as Madame Darbois
1942Soyez les bienvenus as Madame Boisleroi
1942The Newspaper Falls at Five O'Clock as Mademoiselle Lebeau
1941Her First Affair as The director of the orphanage
1940The French Way as Madame Ancelot
1940The Man Who Seeks the Truth as Adrienne
1940From Mayerling to Sarajevo as Archduchess Marie-Thérèse
1939The End of the Day as Marthe Chabert
1939Behind the Facade as Mrs. Bernier, wife of the President
1938A Foolish Maiden as Gisèle's mother
1938Mother Love as Adrienne
1938The Shanghai Drama as College director
1938Monsieur Breloque a disparu as Baroness Granger
1938Hatred as Mme Mollenard
1938Êtes-vous jalouse ? as Gabrielle Brunois
1937The Lie of Nina Petrovna as Baroness Engern
1937Woman of Malacca as Lady Patricia Brandmore
1937L'amour veille as Madame de Juvigny
1937Southern Carrier as La mère
1936Forty Little Mothers as Mme Granval, the director
1936Samson as la marquise d'Andeline
1936Mayerling as Empress Élisabeth