Personal Info
Birth date
1919-01-27 (106 Years)
Day of death
1998-08-16
Gender
Female
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Paris, France
Also known as
Marie-Louise Gournay
Dominique Davray
Biography
Dominique Davray (born Marie-Louise Gournay; 27 January 1919 in Paris – 16 August 1998 in Paris) was a French actress. She performed in more than ninety films from 1942 to 1983. Source: Article "Dominique Davray" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
Filmography
The Wing or the Thigh?
7.21
Overview:
Charles Duchemin, a well-known gourmet and publisher of a famous restaurant guide, is waging a war against fast food entrepreneur Tri- catel to save the French art of cooking. After having agreed to appear on a talk show to show his skills in naming food and wine by taste, he is confronted with two disasters: his son wants to become a clown rather than a restaurant tester and he, the famous Charles Duchemin, has lost his taste!Cléo from 5 to 7
7.683
Overview:
Agnès Varda eloquently captures Paris in the sixties with this real-time portrait of a singer set adrift in the city as she awaits test results of a biopsy. A chronicle of the minutes of one woman’s life, Cléo from 5 to 7 is a spirited mix of vivid vérité and melodrama, featuring a score by Michel Legrand and cameos by Jean-Luc Godard and Anna Karina.Going Places
6.779
Overview:
Two whimsical, aimless thugs harass and assault women, steal, murder, and alternately charm, fight, or sprint their way out of trouble. They take whatever the bourgeoisie holds dear, whether it’s cars, peace of mind, or daughters. Marie-Ange, a jaded, passive hairdresser, joins them as lover, cook, and mother confessor. She’s on her own search for seemingly unattainable sexual pleasure.The Gendarme Gets Married
6.5
Overview:
The Saint-Tropez police launch a major offensive against dangerous drivers. Marechal Cruchot (Louis de Funès) relishes the assignment, which he pursues with a manic zeal. Cruchot is after an offending driver, who turns out to be Josépha (Claude Gensac), the widow of a highly regarded police colonel. When they meet, Cruchot falls instantly in love....Crooks in Clover
7.743
Overview:
An aging gangster, Fernand Naudin is hoping for a quiet retirement when he suddenly inherits a fortune from an old friend, a former gangster supremo known as the Mexican. If he is ambivalent about his new found wealth, Fernand is positively nonplussed to discover that he has also inherited his benefactor’s daughter, Patricia. Unfortunately, not only does Fernand have to put up with the thoroughly modern Patricia and her nauseating boyfriend, but he also had to contend with the Mexican’s trigger-happy former employees, who are determined to make a claim.The Gendarme Takes Off
6.4
Overview:
The whole clique of Cruchot's police station is retired. Now he lives with his rich wife in her castle - and is bored almost to death. He fights with the butler, because he isn't even allowed to do the simple works. But when one of the clique suffers from amnesia after an accident, all of the others reunite and kidnap him, to take him on a tour to their old working places and through their memories. In their old uniforms they turn St. Tropez upside down.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.Touchez Pas au Grisbi
7.2
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.Maigret Sets a Trap
7.1
Overview:
Four women were murdered, each was knifed and, though they had their clothes torn, they weren't molested. As the famed police inspector Jules Maigret pieces the clues together, he comes to realize that for the elusive man that he suspects to be unmasked, he has to set him a trap.Les Misérables
6.924
Overview:
In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both men's lives, and soon Valjean finds himself in the midst of the student revolutions in France.The Exchange Student
6.848
Overview:
Monsieur Bosquier, the owner of a private school, is far from pleased when his eldest son, Philippe, fails his end of year exams. He decides to send his wayward offspring to England to improve his English. In exchange, Philippe’s host, a wealthy whisky distiller, Mac Farrel, will send his daughter, Shirley, to live with the Bosquiers in France. However, Philippe has already decided to spend the summer holidays on a yacht with his friends, so he sends a fellow student, Michonnet, to England in his place. The deception is soon discovered but things go from bad to worse when Philippe and Shirley fall in love and fly to Scotland to get married...The Tattoo
6.4
Overview:
An art dealer wants to buy a Modigliani, which is tattooed on the back of an old soldier.Cartouche
6.385
Overview:
In the 18th century, Louis de Bourguignon is working with the Malichot's gang, but their ways are too 'unethical' for him. He creates his own band, acting under the name of Cartouche, making audacious robberies of the rich people, and even distributing the takings with the poor. Thus, cartouche attracts the people's sympathies, Venus's love, and hate from the Police and Malichot... Cartouche can escape all the traps they set at him - except the entrapments of love. Eventually, he will be saved by a woman, at her own cost.Casque d'Or
7.37
Overview:
At the end of the 19th century, during a ball in Joinville, on the outskirts of Paris, Georges, a former delinquent working as a carpenter, meets Marie, a young woman connected to a criminal gang.How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning
5.7
Overview:
The film consists of three novels. The film begins with the fact that the Bernard Blier hero removes a lantern from the entrance to a brothel. The second part is about how the lantern and jewelery were stolen from a young baroness. And in the third part the hero of Louis de Funes hangs a lantern at the entrance to his house.The Gang
6.2
Overview:
In 1945, as World War Two comes to a close, five small time crooks unite to form a gang. After several bold robberies they become notorious as "the front-wheel drive gang". The police attempt to stop their crime spree with little success, but how long will their luck last?Chicken Feed for Little Birds
6.1
Overview:
In a building close to the Place de la Contrescarpe in Paris, a tale of criss‑crossings in turn romantic, gourmet, interested or mystical, between an Italian gigolo and a nightclub hostess, a family of butchers and an apprentice rocker, a mystic tailor, a writer sending himself telegrams, an alert paralytic woman, a thoughtful concierge, a bird breeder and a just‑out‑of‑jail hooligan. Little by little each one discovers each other’s more or less troubled history… when a mysterious death introduces the Police within this huis clos, hastens disclosure of well‑kept secrets and ruffle this little World.Mr. Peek-a-Boo
6.2
Overview:
Léon, a humble civil servant, has the unusual ability to walk through walls, however thick they are. One day, he falls madly in love with a charming hotel thief by the name of Suzan.Emile's Boat
6.4
Overview:
Charles-Edmond, the eldest of the Larmentiel brothers, decides to return to La Rochelle, his hometown to die there. Forty years earlier he had been driven out by his father. Before passing away, the old eccentric announces that he has a hidden son, Émile, a fisherman to whom he wishes to bequeath his property. François, the younger brother, whom Charles-Edmond hates, is eyeing the inheritance to bail out the powerful family business, a veritable fishing trust, and will try to appropriate the affection and property of this inopportune heir. Émile, meanwhile, is too busy arguing with Fernande, a beugland singer, to suspect what awaits him...A Trap for Cinderella
6.1
Overview:
Based on Sébastien Japrisot's novel, the story revolves around a young girl who suffers from amnesia after surviving a terrible fire.How to Succeed in Love
2.5
Overview:
Bernard, a young, serious publisher of religious books, finds himself embroiled in amusing and eventful adventures with Sophie, a wacky twist dancer. Having lost his own situation, he joins Editions du Soleil thanks to his friend Marcel's manuscript "Comment réussir en amour". Freed of his shyness, he succeeds brilliantly in his career; and having put to good use the teachings of the manuscript, Bernard ends up marrying Sophie. But he soon finds himself confronted by the impetuous young woman's fantasies.Maya
5.636
Overview:
Based on a venerable Legend of the Sea, the story concerns a pliable prostitute named Bella (Romance) who is all things to all men. No matter what sort of woman her client wants, she will become that woman -- at least for the night. When a middle-aged man named Jean insists that Bella is his long-lost sweetheart, she plays along, hoping to escape her sordid lifestyle. The emotional tragedy that follows is meant to explain how Bella became "Maya," the living embodiment of Lost Souls.Hard Contract
4.7
Overview:
A cold hearted American hit man goes to Europe for "one last score". His encounter with a beautiful young woman casts self doubt on his lifeblood, and influences him to resist carrying out the contract.Coplan, Agent 005
4.667
Overview:
In a factory working for the National Defense, an employee steals a prototype. In charge of the investigation is Francis Coplan.Acting
1983Père Noël et fils as Lady in the red dress
1982Les Misérables as Mother Magnon
1979We'll Grow Thin Together as Unknown
1978Émile Zola ou la Conscience humaine (4 Episodes) as Alexandrine Zola
1977The Gang as The prostitute
1976The Wing or the Thigh? as Muscular Nurse
1976The Groper as Angèle
1976The Education in Love of Valentin as The hairdresser's wife
1974Going Places as Ursula / Suzanne
1973Closed Shutters as Victoire
1972Églantine as La marchande de casquettes
1970The Gendarme Takes Off as forsche Nonne
1969Hard Contract as Barmaid (uncredited)
1968A Flea in Her Ear as Olympe
1968The Gendarme Gets Married as La professeur de danse
1968The Tattoo as Suzanne Mézeray
1968Monsieur le Trouhadec saisi par la débauche as Madame Trestaillon
1967The Exchange Student as Rose
1967L'Espagnol as Germaine Bouchot
1967L'Espagnol (2 Episodes) as Germaine Bouchot
1966Paris in August as Model
1965How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning as Madame Blanche, wife of Charles (segment “La Fermeture”)
1965A Trap for Cinderella as Concierge
1965Under Your Hat as Une cliente du docteur Tannait
1965How Not to Rob a Department Store as Poulaine
1964Coplan, Agent 005 as Prostitute
1963Crooks in Clover as Madame Mado
1963Three Girls in Paris as Unknown
1963Any Number Can Win as Léone, Mario's wife
1963Chicken Feed for Little Birds as la patronne de "L'Aquarium"
1962How to Succeed in Love as Joséphine
1962Cléo from 5 to 7 as Angèle
1962Cartouche as Une fille de l'auberge
1962Emile's Boat as Boss of the Mistigri café-restaurant
1962A Horse for Two as Creamer
1961The Busybody as Loriot's concierge
1961Over the Wall as Madame Dupuis, mother
1961The Dwarf as Alexandra
1960The Itchy Palm as Girl from the streets
1959Guinguette as Marcelle
1958Women's Prison as Ginette
1958Maigret Sets a Trap as Marguerite Juteau
1957Young Girls Beware as Arlette
1955Pas de souris dans le business as Marcelle
1954Papa, Mama, the Maid and I as Neighborhood butcher
1954Touchez Pas au Grisbi as Une prostituée
1954Tempest in the Flesh as Margot, canteen dishwasher
1954Piédalu député as Vardivol's friend
1953Flukt fra paradiset as En gatepike
1953Follow That Man as Mrs. Fernande, seamstress
1952Casque d'Or as Unknown
1951Paris Vice Squad as Un prostituée (uncredited)
1951Mr. Peek-a-Boo as A model (uncredited)
1950Just Me as Unknown
1950One Only Loves Once as La fille au café-restaurant (uncredited)
1949Maya as Une entraîneuse qui danse (uncredited)
1949Cage of Girls as A student of the course
1949Les Dieux du dimanche as Unknown
1948The Secret of Monte-Cristo as Unknown
1948The Devil Who Limped as (uncredited)
1948The Killer is Listening as (uncredited)
1942Wicked Duchess as A 'grisette' (uncredited)