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

• Frédéric le gardian — maman rose
• 1965Husband for Sale — Ms Reinhof
• 1965Thomas the Impostor — la cartomancienne
• 1964Cyrano and d'Artagnan — Mme de Mauvières
• 1964Monsieur — Monsieur's Mother-in-law
• 1963Germinal — Catherine's grandmother
• 1962A Monkey in Winter — Mme Victoria, la directrice
• 1962Climates of Love
• 1962Gigot — Madame Brigitte
• 1959Drôles de phénomènes — Madame Marcevault
• 1959Katia
• 1958Resurrection — Kitajewa
• 1958The Queen of Spades — La comtesse Anna Feodotovna Tomski
• 1957The Spies — Madame Andrée l'infirmière
• 1956Pity for the Vamps — Éléonore Davis
• 1955Nagana
• 1954Le Fil à la patte — La baronne du Verger, mère de Viviane
• 1954Madame du Barry — La Gourdan
• 1954The Two Orphans — La Frochard
• 1953Act of Love — Adèle Lacaud
• 1953Little Boy Lost — Mother Superior
• 1953Traviata 53 — Zoe
• 1952Judgement of God — La margrave Josépha
• 1952So Little Time — Madame de Malvines
• 1952Son of the Hunchback — Contessa Lagardere
• 1952The Truth About Bebe Donge — Mme d'Ortemont
• 1950Born of Unknown Father — Mrs. Mussot
• 1950Dream Ballerina — Aunt
• 1950Tomorrow Is Too Late — Headmistress
• 1949Manon — Saleswoman
• 1948Just a Big Simple Girl — Aunt Edmée
• 1948The Queen's Lover — la duchesse d'Albuquerque
• 1948The Storm Within — Tante Léo
• 1947Distress — Madame Meillan
• 1947Mirror — Mrs. Puc
• 1947Monsieur Vincent — La présidente Groussault
• 1946Goodbye Darling — Constance Hélène Brétillac
• 1946L'ange qu'on m'a donné — Countess of Cébrat
• 1945Check on the King — Madame de Maintenon
• 1945Paris Frills — Solange, l'assistante de Philippe
• 1943Le Voyageur de la Toussaint — Gérardine Éloi
• 1943The Phantom Baron — La comtesse de Saint-Helie
• 1943The Wolf of the Malveneurs — Magda de Malveneur
• 1942L'Appel du bled — Madame Darbois
• 1942Patricia — Mademoiselle Pressac, aunt Laurie
• 1942Soyez les bienvenus — Madame Boisleroi
• 1942The Newspaper Falls at Five O'Clock — Mademoiselle Lebeau
• 1941Her First Affair — The director of the orphanage
• 1940From Mayerling to Sarajevo — Archduchess Marie-Thérèse
• 1940The French Way — Madame Ancelot
• 1940The Man Who Seeks the Truth — Adrienne
• 1939Behind the Facade — Mrs. Bernier, wife of the President
• 1939The End of the Day — Marthe Chabert
• 1938A Foolish Maiden — Gisèle's mother
• 1938Hatred — Mme Mollenard
• 1938Monsieur Breloque a disparu — Baroness Granger
• 1938Mother Love — Adrienne
• 1938The Shanghai Drama — College director
• 1938Êtes-vous jalouse ? — Gabrielle Brunois
• 1937L'amour veille — Madame de Juvigny
• 1937Southern Carrier — La mère
• 1937The Lie of Nina Petrovna — Baroness Engern
• 1937Woman of Malacca — Lady Patricia Brandmore
• 1936Forty Little Mothers — Mme Granval, the director
• 1936Mayerling — Empress Élisabeth
• 1936Samson — la marquise d'Andeline

Appearances as themselves (3)

• Le Grand Échiquier — Self
• Cinépanorama — Self
• 1948Paris 1900 — Self (archive footage)