Thérèse Dorny
Thérèse Dorny (born Thérèse Jeanne Longo-Dorni; 18 September 1891 - 14 March 1976) was a French film and stage actress. Thérèse Jeanne Longo-Dorni was born on 18 September 1891 in Paris, Île-de-France, France, the only child to Gaudence Jean Baptiste Marie Longo-Dorni (born 1859) and Marie Antonia Longo-Dorni (née Junghaans, born 1865). She began her career as a stage actress in 1913, and made her debut as a film actress in the 1930 film The Sweetness of Loving. She was best known for her roles in Cognasse (1932) and Les Diaboliques (1955). Dorny married the French painter and graphic artist André Dunoyer de Segonzac on 19 December 1964 in Viroflay, Île-de-France, France, who she remained with until his death in 1974. Dorny died on 14 March 1976 in Saint-Tropez, Var, France. Source: Article "Thérèse Dorny" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Diabolique
as Mrs. HerbouxThe cruel and abusive headmaster of a boarding school, Michel Delassalle, is murdered by an...
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Don't Shout it from the Rooftops
as Madame NobletA scientist who have discovered how to turn salt water into petrol dies before he has revealed...
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Divine
as La PoisonA country girl (Simone Berriau) finds work as a chorus girl in Paris, gets embroiled with a bad...
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Box of Dreams
as Woman (uncredited)Nicole tries to seduce a young man who lead a bohemian life in an untidy flat with his three pals.
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Katia
as La baronneIn the middle of the 19th century, Tsar Alexander II made the acquaintance of a young...
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Abused Confidence
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Passé à vendre
as Marthe DupontMaryse blackmails her former lovers by threatening to mention their names in her memoirs. But a...
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Devil's Daughter
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Oh! What a Mambo
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Colonial Canteen
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Mystery Tour
as Mademoiselle RobertaThe basic premise: A retired bus driver fulfills his lifelong dream of providing an extended...
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Caught in the Foreign Legion
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Little Nothings
as L'habilleuseFollowing a broadcast on the radio, each of the listeners remembers these "little nothings" (the...
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Visages de femmes
as uncreditedGeorges Legrand is a young unscrupulous reveler. He seduces Fred, a woman doctor before...
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Les Sœurs Hortensia
as uncreditedAline's father encourages his daughter's extra-marital love affair with a rich Argentinian....
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Ciboulette
as ZénobieDuparquet is the controller of Les Halles, and plays matchmaker between the young farm-girl...
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La belle de Cadix
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Portrait of a Woman
as uncreditedA woman disappears after visiting her daughter and realizing her presence was unwelcome by her...
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Knock, ou le triomphe de la médecine
as La dame en violet"Everybody is ill: you just don't know it yet". Knock, a newly arrived physician takes over a...
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Whirlwind of Paris
as (uncredited)A gang of broke student musicians travel to Paris to take exams. But very quickly, the lack of...
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Return at Dawn
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Le Passage de Vénus
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The Sad Sack
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Monsieur Sans-Gêne
as La féministeA man creates a national scandal after he mistakenly kisses the wrong woman in a darkened...
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Le mort ne reçoit plus
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To have known
as uncreditedAn opinionated and cocky bookkeeper is certain he can rum his employer's business better than...
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The Italian Straw Hat
as la baronneFadinard is going through the woods on his horse en route to his wedding. Unfortunately, his...
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Adam Is... Eve
as Mme BeaumontIn this comedy, a man gets a sex change to fulfil his wish to become a cabaret artiste.
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The Acrobat
as PaulineAfter a deadbeat patron at his restaurant gets special care from the cops who think the man has...
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A Dog's Life
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One of the Legion
as Antoinette EspitalionFernand Espitalion is miserable as totally whipped husband of a dragon 'passed on' -like cloths-...
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Faust and the Devil
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Prince de mon cœur
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La Mascotte
as Dame TurluretteThe turkey keeper, Bettina, brings good luck to those who make her work. She becomes the mascot...
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3rd chimney on the right
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Ménilmontant
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À nous deux, madame la vie
as Wife of 'Toto la Vache'Two bank employees like Lucie, their colleague. They steal money from the cash register to...
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