Gabrielle DorziatFilmography

Occupation:: Actor
Biography:: From 1922, French supporting actress Gabrielle Dorziat appeared in over 70 films. She was typically cast as a stern character. Prior to coming to films she worked in Parisian theater. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide...Read More

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Gigot

Actors: Jackie Gleason, Katherine Kath, Gabrielle Dorziat, Jean Lefebvre, Jacques Marin

Synopsis: Jackie Gleason plays Gigot, a lumbering but lovable mute Parisian derelict. Shunned by the "respectable" people around him, Gigot is beloved by the children. One of the kids, a little girl, is the melancholy daughter of an insensitive prostitute. Gigot befriends the lonely child and protects her Read More

1962
Un Singe En Hiver

Actors: Jean Gabin, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Suzanne Flon, Noël Roquevert

Synopsis: Latent forces for a strong individualism are pitted against the need to honor deeply held commitments in this effective comedy by Henri Verneuil. Jean Gabin and Jean-Paul Belmondo star as Albert and Gabriel, respectively. Albert is an inn owner who vowed never to drink again if he and his wife Read More

1962
Katia

Actors: Romy Schneider, Curd Jürgens, Pierre Blanchar, Monique Melinand, Gabrielle Dorziat, Françoise Brion

Synopsis: Feeling hamstrung and confined by Hollywood, writer/director Robert Siodmak returned to Europe to make most of his latter-day films. Produced in France, Magnificent Sinner stars Curt Jurgens as Czar Alexander II, with Romy Schneider as schoolgirl Katja. The Czar takes Katja as his mistress Read More

1959
Auferstehung

Actors: Myriam Bru, Horst Buchholz, Lea Massari, Gabrielle Dorziat

12/11/58
Madame Du Barry

Actors: Martine Carol, André Luguet, Gianna Maria Canale, Daniel Ivernel, Massimo Serato

Synopsis: This upteenth film version of the life of royal courtesan Madame Du Barry stars Martine Carol in the title role. Starting out as an ambitious shopgirl, our heroine catches the eye of the even more ambitious Count du Barry (Daniel Ivernei), who in turn brings the girl to the attention of King Louis Read More

10/13/54
Little Boy Lost

Actors: Bing Crosby, Claude Dauphin, Christian Fourcade, Gabrielle Dorziat, Nicole Maurey

Synopsis: Bing Crosby heads this heart-tugging post war drama of a grieving widower who is duped into forming an unbreakable bond with the French orphan he believes is his long-lost son. Crosby lost his beloved when the Nazis killed her for participating in the French resistance. Much later, Crosby is told Read More

1953
Un Acte d'Amour

Actors: Kirk Douglas, Dany Robin, Barbara Laage, Robert Strauss, Gabrielle Dorziat

Synopsis: Act of Love was based on The Girl on the Via Flamina, a novel by Alfred Hayes. Kirk Douglas plays an American soldier, participating in the 1944 liberation of France. Making the acquaintance of impoverished Parisian girl Dany Robin, Douglas takes pity on the girl, pretending to be married to her Read More

1953
So Little Time

Actors: John Bailey, Maria Schell, Gabrielle Dorziat, Stanley van Beers, Oscar Quitak, Barbara Mullen, David Hurst, Marius Goring

Synopsis: So Little Time takes so much time to tell its thinnish story. The scene is Nazi-occupied Belgium. Maria Schell plays a proud Belgian aristocrat; Marius Goring is a ruthless but innately decent German colonel who is billeted in Schell's mansion. At first hostile toward each other, the conqueror Read More

1952
La Verite Sur Bebe Donge

Actors: Danielle Darrieux, Jean Gabin, Gabrielle Dorziat, Claude Genia

Synopsis: La Verite sur Bebe Donge is another "socko" pure-entertainment vehicle from prolific French filmmaker Henri Decoin. The film stars Decoin's former wife Danielle Darrieux as the title character Bebe Donge, the wife of industrialist Francois Donge (Jean Gabin). Concerned only with surface values Read More

1951
Ne De Pere Inconnu

Actors: Gaby Morlay, Gabrielle Dorziat, Jean-Pierre Kerien, Nicole Stephane

Synopsis: Ne de Pere Iconnu is one of the lesser-known works of versatile French filmmaker Maurice Cloche (of Monsieur Vincent fame). The plot is set in motion by the suicide of an unwed mother. The father of the girl's baby is subsequently tried for murder. The young man's attorney (J. P. Kerien) proves Read More

12/12/50
Domani è troppo tardi

Actors: Vittorio De Sica, Lois Maxwell, Gabrielle Dorziat, Gino Leurini

Synopsis: Domani e Troppo Tardi is the first of two Leonide Moguy films dealing with the travails of postwar Italian life; the second was Domani e un altro Giorno. The story concerns the efforts to provide a proper sex education for youngsters. Progressive schoolteachers Landi (Vittorio de Sica) and Anna (Lois Maxwell Read More

9/21/50
Ballerina

Actors: Violette Verdy, Gabrielle Dorziat, Henri Guisol, Romney Brent

Synopsis: The frequently used title Ballerina (even more frequently after 1949's The Red Shoes) was applied to the English-language release of this French film. Dancer Violette Verday must choose between three men. Her suitors are jeweler Henri Guisoi, producer Romney Brent, thief Nicholas Orloff. She Read More

1950
Le Jugement De Dieu

Actors: Pierre Renoir, Andree Debar, Gabrielle Dorziat, Jean Pascal

1949
Les Parents Terribles

Actors: Jean Marais, Josette Day, Yvonne de Bray, Gabrielle Dorziat, Marcel André

Synopsis: Also known as The Storm Within, Les Parents Terribles was adapted by director Jean Cocteau from his own stage play. Yvonne de Bray plays a manipulative, possessive mother, married to weakling Marcel Andre. At present, Yvonne is violently opposed to the impending marriage between her son Jean Marais Read More

1949
Manon

Actors: Cécile Aubrey, Gabrielle Dorziat, Michel Auclair, Serge Reggiani

Synopsis: Updated from Abbe Prevost's Manon Lescaut, this non-operatic version of the familiar tale stars Cecile Aubrey in the title role. Accused of collaborating with the Nazis during WW II, Manon Lescaut is rescued by Robert Desgrieux (Michel Auclair). Safely ensconced in Paris with Robert, Manon falls Read More

1949
Une Grande Fille Toute Simple

Actors: Madeleine Sologne, Jean Desailly, Raymond Rouleau, Andrée Clement, Jacques Francois

Synopsis: The French Just a Big, Simple Girl strives to emulate Pirandello by blurring the line between artifice and reality. The scene is a theater, where a group of actors are performing in a play. We have already been informed that there is a real-life romantic triangle going on backstage, but the actors Read More

1949
Ruy Blas

Actors: Danielle Darrieux, Gabrielle Dorziat, Jean Marais, Alexandre Rignault, Marcel Herrand

Synopsis: Based on the novel by Victor Hugo, Ruy Blas was adapted for the screen by no less than Jean Cocteau. The title character, played by Jean Marais, is a dashing nobleman-turned-bandit operating in 17th century Spain ("played" by France and Italy). Marais is also seen as a bookish student who happens Read More

2/18/48
Monsieur Vincent

Actors: Pierre Fresnay, Lise Delamare, Gabrielle Dorziat, Aimé Clariond, Jean Debucourt

Synopsis: Pierre Fresnay stars as St. Vincent De Paul in this reverent but realistic French biopic. The film traces "Monsieur Vincent's" progress from his days of forced servitude in Algiers to his entry into the priesthood, culminating with his Herculean efforts on behalf of the ill and destitute in early Read More

1947
Miroir

Actors: Jean Gabin, Martine Carol, Gabrielle Dorziat

1946
Adieu Cherie

Actors: Danielle Darrieux, Gabrielle Dorziat, Louis Salou, Pierre Larquey

Synopsis: Danielle Darieux stars in the French romantic drama Adieu Cherie (Goodbye Darling). Darieux plays a Parisian woman of affairs who falls in love with wealthy young Jacques Berthier. In the tradition of Camille and Waterloo Bridge, the heroine tries her best to be accepted by Berthier's respectable Read More

1945
L'Ange Qu' On M' A Donne

Actors: Simone Renant, Gabrielle Dorziat, Catherine Fontenay, Mady Berry

1945
Le Voyageur De La Toussaint

Actors: Jean Desailly, Assia Noris, Jules Berry, Gabrielle Dorziat

4/8/43
Echec Au Roy

Actors: Odette Joyeux, Gabrielle Dorziat

1943
Falbalas

Actors: Micheline Presle, Raymond Rouleau, Gabrielle Dorziat

1943
Le Baron fantôme

Actors: Odette Joyeux, Jany Holt, Alain Cuny, Gabrielle Dorziat

Synopsis: Jean Cocteau wrote the dialogue for this acclaimed and atmospheric tale of the supernatural, in which he also plays a small role. When a baron suddenly vanishes from his estate, his friends and family organize a search party to find him, little realizing that what they're chasing is in fact a Read More

1942
L'Appel Du Bled

Actors: Madeleine Sologne, Gabrielle Dorziat, Jean Marchat, Pierre Renoir

1942
Le Journal Tombe A Cinq Heures

Actors: Pierre Fresnay, Marie Déa, Pierre Renoir, Gabrielle Dorziat

1942
Patricia

Actors: Louise Carletti, Gabrielle Dorziat, André Alerme, Aimé Clariond

1942
Le Loup Des Malveneur

Actors: Madeleine Sologne, Gabrielle Dorziat, Pierre Renoir

1942
Premier Rendez-Vous

Actors: Danielle Darrieux, Fernand Ledoux, Rosine Luguet, Jean Tissier, Sophie Desmarets, Gabrielle Dorziat

Synopsis: In this romantic comedy, a lonely orphan answers a singles ad in a paper and then slips out of the orphanage to meet the man whose letters she has come to love. However, the college professor she meets has actually been ghost writing for the real lonely heart. ~ Iotis Erlewine, All Movie Guide Read More

1941
De Mayerling a Sarajevo

Actors: John Lodge, Aimé Clariond, Edwige Feuillère, Gabrielle Dorziat

Synopsis: Director Max Ophuls managed to get three productions before the cameras in 1940, the best of which was De Mayerling a Sarajevo. In his characteristic pageant-like fashion, Ophuls traces the fall of the Austro-Hungarian empire by spiritually linking the tragic 19th century romance of Crown Duke Read More

1940
Fausse Alerte

Actors: Micheline Presle, Josephine Baker, Georges Marchal, Gabrielle Dorziat, Jean Tissier

Synopsis: The French Way (Fausse Alert) stars American expatriate musical star Josephine Baker as a Parisian cabaret singer. The plot is your standard "star-crossed lovers" melange, distinguished by the conspicuous lack of clothing on the female characters. The coy ingenue is played by 18-year-old Micheline Presle Read More

1940
Soyez Les Bienvenus

Actors: Gabrielle Dorziat, Jules Berry, Pierre Larquey

1940
La Fin du Jour

Actors: Michel Simon, Madeleine Ozeray, Louis Jouvet, Gabrielle Dorziat, Victor Francen

Synopsis: This poignant drama peeks in at the lives and relationships between elderly thespians living in an actors' retirement home. The home is almost bankrupt and so the actors must support themselves. The residents include a faded sex symbol, an intellectual actor who kept a great distance between Read More

1939
L'Homme Qui Cherche La Verite

Actors: Jacqueline Delubac, Gabrielle Dorziat, Raimu, André Alerme

Synopsis: The English-language title of this French diversion is The Man Who Seeks the Truth. Raimu stars as the modern-day Diogenes, a wealthy banker who feigns deafness to test the love and loyalty of his friends and relatives. Not surprisingly, Raimu is sorely disappointed by what he finds out Read More

1939
Mollenard

Actors: Harry Baur, Gabrielle Dorziat, Pierre Renoir, Albert Prejean, Robert Lynen

Synopsis: Hatred was originally released in France in 1938 under the title Mollenard. Harry Baur stars as Captain Mollenard, skipper of cargo ship who returns from a trip to China to the "loving" arms of his despicable, castrating wife (Gabrielle Dorziat). During his absence, Mme. Mollenard has raised her Read More

1938
Le Drame de Shanghai

Actors: Christiane Mardayne, Elina Labourdette, Raymond Rouleau, Dorville, Louis Jouvet, My Linh-Nam, Valery Inkijinoff

Synopsis: Shanghai Drama was originally released in France in 1938 under the title Le Drame de Shanghai. Director G. W. Pabst, best known for the erotic classics Diary of a Lost Girl and Pandora's Box, seems artistically subdued in this standard tale of pre-WW2 intrigue. The villains are the Japanese, who Read More

1938
La Chaleur Du Sein

Actors: Arletty, Gabrielle Dorziat

Synopsis: Also known as Mother Love, Chaleur du Sein was adapted by director Jean Boyer from his own stage play. The story concerns three women, all the ex-wives of archeology professor Michel Simon. Raising the first wife's son (Jean Paqui), without the benefit of a strong parental role model, the three Read More

1938
Etes Vous Jalouse

Actors: Suzy Prim, Gabrielle Dorziat, André Luguet, Fernand Charpin

1937
Courrier Sud

Actors: Charles Vanel, Jany Holt, Gabrielle Dorziat, Henri Cremieux

Synopsis: Courier Sud (Southern Carrier) dramatizes the exploits of a French commercial airline, making the treacherous run from Paris to Africa and back. Much of the drama takes place on solid ground, as pilot Jacques (Pierre Richard-Willm) tries to rekindle a romance with old flame Genevieve (Jany Holt) Read More

1937
Le Mensonge De Nina Petrovna

Actors: Isa Miranda, Gabrielle Dorziat, Fernand Gravey, Aimé Clariond, Annie Vernay

Synopsis: Le Mensonge de Nina Petrova (The Lie of Nina Petrova) was filmed in 1937, one year before its director, Russian-born Victor Tourjansky, set up shop in Germany. The titular Nina, played by Isa Miranda, wants to romantically pursue the dashing Lieutenant Franz Korff, played by Fernand Gravet. To do Read More

1937
Monsieur Breloque A Disparu

Actors: Junie Astor, Gabrielle Dorziat, Lucien Baroux, Marcel Simon

1937
Le Mioche

Actors: Gabrielle Dorziat, Pauline Carton, Lucien Baroux, Gilbert Gil

Synopsis: Le Mioche is the story of Prosper Martin (Lucien Baroux), a once-promising scholar who has met with nothing but failure in his adult life. When an abandoned baby is left on his doorstep, Martin decides to raise the child himself, obliging him to take the kid along when he starts his new job at a Read More

1936
Samson

Actors: Gaby Morlay, Gabrielle Dorziat, André Lefaur, Harry Baur, André Luguet, Suzy Prim

Synopsis: Sampson was the second of filmmaker Maurice Tourneur's three cinematic contributions to the calendar year 1936. Based on a play by Henry Bernstein, the film stars Harry Baur as ruthless stock-market manipulator Jacques Branchart. Feared by his enemies and mistrusted by his friends, Branchart hopes Read More

1936
Mayerling

Actors: Charles Boyer, Jean Dax, Jean Debucourt, Marthe Regnier, Danielle Darrieux, Suzy Prim, Gabrielle Dorziat

Synopsis: Based on Idol's End, a novel by Claude Anet, the French Mayerling is based on the tragic real-life story of Hapsburg Crown Prince Rudolph and his mistress, Baroness Marie Vetsera. Since the details of Rudolph and Marie's lives and deaths are clouded in controversy, much of the film is romanticized Read More

1936
L'Infante A La Rose

Actors: Gabrielle Dorziat, Denise Legeay, Georges Lannes

1921

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