Gabrielle Dorziat
Actor
Born January 25, 1880 in Épernay, Marne, France
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.
Filmography
Le Grand Échiquier
Self
Frédéric le gardian
maman rose
Husband for Sale
Ms Reinhof
Thomas the Impostor
la cartomancienne
Cyrano and d'Artagnan
Mme de Mauvières
Monsieur
Monsieur's Mother-in-law
Germinal
Catherine's grandmother
Gigot
Madame Brigitte
A Monkey in Winter
Mme Victoria, la directrice
Climates of Love
Katia
Drôles de phénomènes
Madame Marcevault
Resurrection
Kitajewa
The Queen of Spades
La comtesse Anna Feodotovna Tomski
The Spies
Madame Andrée l'infirmière
Pity for the Vamps
Éléonore Davis
Cinépanorama
Self
Nagana
The Two Orphans
La Frochard
Le Fil à la patte
La baronne du Verger, mère de Viviane
Madame du Barry
La Gourdan
Act of Love
Adèle Lacaud
Traviata 53
Zoe
Little Boy Lost
Mother Superior
Son of the Hunchback
Contessa Lagardere
Judgement of God
La margrave Josépha
So Little Time
Madame de Malvines
The Truth About Bebe Donge
Mme d'Ortemont
Born of Unknown Father
Mrs. Mussot
Dream Ballerina
Aunt
Tomorrow Is Too Late
Headmistress
Manon
Saleswoman
The Storm Within
Tante Léo
Just a Big Simple Girl
Aunt Edmée
Paris 1900
Self (archive footage)
The Queen's Lover
la duchesse d'Albuquerque
Monsieur Vincent
La présidente Groussault
Mirror
Mrs. Puc
Distress
Madame Meillan
Goodbye Darling
Constance Hélène Brétillac
L'ange qu'on m'a donné
Countess of Cébrat
Paris Frills
Solange, l'assistante de Philippe
Check on the King
Madame de Maintenon
The Phantom Baron
La comtesse de Saint-Helie
The Wolf of the Malveneurs
Magda de Malveneur
Le Voyageur de la Toussaint
Gérardine Éloi
Patricia
Mademoiselle Pressac, aunt Laurie
L'Appel du bled
Madame Darbois
Soyez les bienvenus
Madame Boisleroi
The Newspaper Falls at Five O'Clock
Mademoiselle Lebeau
Her First Affair
The director of the orphanage
The French Way
Madame Ancelot
The Man Who Seeks the Truth
Adrienne
From Mayerling to Sarajevo
Archduchess Marie-Thérèse
The End of the Day
Marthe Chabert
Behind the Facade
Mrs. Bernier, wife of the President
A Foolish Maiden
Gisèle's mother
Mother Love
Adrienne
The Shanghai Drama
College director
Monsieur Breloque a disparu
Baroness Granger
Hatred
Mme Mollenard
Êtes-vous jalouse ?
Gabrielle Brunois
The Lie of Nina Petrovna
Baroness Engern
Woman of Malacca
Lady Patricia Brandmore
L'amour veille
Madame de Juvigny
Southern Carrier
La mère
Forty Little Mothers
Mme Granval, the director
Samson
la marquise d'Andeline
Mayerling
Empress Élisabeth