Dora Doll
Born
May 19, 1922
Died
November 15, 2015 (93 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Berlin, Germany
Dora Doll, the daughter of a Russian-Jewish banker who was expelled after the 1917 Revolution, was born in Berlin in 1922. She came to France at the end of the 1930s and aspired to become an actress. She already spoke Russian and German and soon learned French, then Italian and English.
One of her first screen appearances was as Juliette in Henri-Georges Clouzot's Manon (1949). She appeared as Lola in Jacques Becker's Touchez pas au grisbi (1954) and as Genisse in Jean Renoir's French Cancan (1955).
In 1976, she appeared on television in the French series Hôtel Baltimore in the role of Suzy. In 1977, she appeared in Fred Zinnemann's Julia as the woman passenger accompanying Lillian Hellman (Jane Fonda) when Lily smuggled $50,000 through Nazi Germany for her friend Julia (Vanessa Redgrave). In 1982, she played in Ettore Scola's That Night in Varennes. In the late 1990s, she played the grandmother Louise Chantreuil in the TV series Tide of Life.
She was married twice. Her first husband was the actor Raymond Pellegrin, who she had a daughter with, Danielle. She was later married to François Deguelt.
In 1993, Dora Doll was awarded the Prix "Reconnaissance des cinéphiles" from Puget-Théniers in honour of her life's work. She was made Knight of France's National Order of Merit in 2000.
Dora Doll died on 15 November 2015 at her home in Gard, France, at the age of 93.
Source: Article "Dora Doll" de Wikipédia en français, soumis à la licence CC-BY-SA.
Known For
Jacquou the Rebel
Fantille
2007
Comme t'y es belle !
Mémé
2006
You Are So Beautiful
Catherine
2005
Et demain, Paula ?
Andrée
2002
Return to Algiers
Paula Azera
2000
Le Grand Batre
Annette · (9 episodes)
1997
Sapho
1997
Les Allumettes suédoises
Albertine Huque · (3 episodes)
1996
Le Chambon
Emilienne
1994
Torment
Mme Chabert
1994
Édith Piaf : Une brève rencontre
Fréhel
1993
Pas d'amour sans amour!
Rose, la mère
1993
The Castle of Olive Trees
Amélie Boucoiran · (8 episodes)
1993
Morasseix!!!
The mother
1993
Les Cœurs brûlés
Marie-Thérèse Fromentin · (8 episodes)
1992
Princesse Alexandra
Madame Humeau · (2 episodes)
1992
Maria the Wolf
La Juine
1991
Sabbath
La Juine · (1 episode)
1989
Once More
La mère
1988
Lady Cops
Mme Lou
1987
The Two Crocodiles
Félicité
1987
Maniac Killer
Dorine
1987
Cloud Waltzing
Madame Solange
1987
François Villon: The Maverick Poet
Margot matroana bordelului
1987
Gros dégueulasse
La serveuse choucroute
1986
Catherine
Ermengarde de Chateauvillain · (60 episodes)
1986
Le voyage à Paimpol
La mère de Maryvonne
1985
Angel of Death
Sarah
1985
Ave Maria
Constance
1984
Bastille
Mw. Friedlander
1984
Doctor Lerne, Subgod
Honorine
1983
Marianne, une étoile pour Napoléon
' Fanchon Fleur de Lys' · (60 episodes)
1983
Le Secret des Andrônes
Rosa Chamboulive
1982
The Night of Varennes
Nanette Precy
1982
Les Charlots contre Dracula
Commissioner Gluck
1980
Les givrés
Mme Gruber
1979
Hothead
Head nun
1979
Monsieur Saint-Saëns
La lingère
1978
Les filles du régiment
Alphonsine, dite Fonfon, dite Pente-Douce
1978
Les Hommes de Rose
Rose Dupuy · (6 episodes)
1978
Violette Nozière
Madame Mayeul
1978
Grandison
Attendant
1978
Women in Cellblock 9
Loba
1978
Peppermint Soda
The Gymnastics Teacher
1977
Julia
Woman Passenger
1977
Black and White in Color
Maryvonne
1976
Shattered Dreams
Lisa
1976
Boomerang
Ginette
1976
Femmes Fatales
Simone, captain of the soldiers
1976
Catherine & Co.
Mère de Catherine
1975
Incorrigible
Thérèse, bar cashier
1975
En grandes pompes
Miss Lamour
1975
Midi Première
Self · (1 episode)
1975
Godefinger ou Certaines chattes n'aiment pas le mou
Rose, Brother mistress
1975
Un curé de choc
Julia Michalet · (1 episode)
1974
Bloody Murder
Pascale Effront
1974
Les Déracinés
1972
Hellé
1972
La Liberté en croupe
Suzanne
1970
Les Eaux mêlées
La serveuse
1969
Pas de caviar pour tante Olga
Rosa Patache
1965
A Mouse with the Men
Catherine
1964
Any Number Can Win
Countess Doublianoff
1963
Le dernier quart d'heure
Portière
1962
Secret File 1413
L'entraîneuse qui drogue Baranger
1961
Première brigade criminelle
Julia Manton
1961
Cocagne
Hélène
1961
Queen of the Tabarin Club
Cabaret Singer
1960
Les frangines
Jeanine - la servante
1960
The Enigma of the Folies-Bergère
Clara
1959
125 rue Montmartre
Germaine Montillier, dite Mémène
1959
Witness in the City
Prostitute (uncredited)
1959
The Magnificent Tramp
Mme Lucette Pichon
1959
Miss Pigalle
Pascaline
1958
The Young Lions
Simone
1958
Les Cinq Dernières Minutes
La gardienne · (1 episode)
1958
The Fast Set
Rita
1957
Quelle sacrée soirée
Lola Wander
1957
Pas de grisbi pour Ricardo
Brigitte
1957
Adorables démons
Barbara Onisse
1957
Love Descends from the Sky
Véra
1957
Le colonel est de la revue
Cora, la Sanglante
1957
What a Team!
Vicky
1957
Soupçons
Angèle Amélie Jeanne Mersch
1956
Main Street
Tonia
1956
Elena and Her Men
Rosa la Rose
1956
Fernand cow-boy
Mae Marlene
1956
Tides of Passion
Mariotte Borderet
1956
We're Moving the Colonel
Flora
1955
La Môme Pigalle
Catherine, la fiancée "éternelle" de Félix
1955
No Mercy for the Cellers
Jessy
1955
The Little Rebels
Mrs. Lecarnoy
1955
Pleasures and Vices
Josepha Marewska
1955
Girl on the Third Floor
Louise Richter
1955
Nana
Rose Mignon
1955
Le Crâneur
Betty Bell
1955
French Cancan
La Génisse
1955
Pas de souris dans le business
Mado
1955
Napoleon
'Une Merveilleuse' (uncredited)
1955
Yours Truly, Blake
Isabelle
1954
Obsession
L'entraîneuse
1954
La cage aux souris
'Salade', kitchen aid
1954
Les impures
Lili, une fille
1954
Touchez Pas au Grisbi
Lola
1954
La fille perdue
Suzy
1954
Daughters of Destiny
A girl (segment "Jeanne")
1954
Illicit Motherhood
Anita, la sœur de Doudou
1953
Mr. Scrupule, Gangster
1953
Other Side of Paradise
Michèle
1953
Dans la vie tout s'arrange
Yvette
1952
Savage Triangle
La blonde amie de Paul
1951
Pardon My French
Yvette
1951
The Passerby
Irma
1951
Paris Vice Squad
Dora Bourbon, une victime du sadique
1951
The Red Rose
Evelyne Dorsey, movie star
1951
Bed for Two
Miss Paulette
1950
A Man Walks in the City
Girl
1950
The Passenger
Colette Mouche
1949
Thus Finishes the Night
1949
Manon
Juliette
1949
The Wizard of Heaven
Benoîte
1949
The House Under the Sea
Prostitute
1947
Inspector Sergil
Sandra Grégoriff
1947
Devil and the Angel
Lenoir's secretary
1946
The Heart of a Nation
(uncredited)
1943
Parade in 7 Nights
Monique, friend of Irène (uncredited)
1941
Night in December
Une fille de la bande (uncredited)
1941
Moulin Rouge
1940
Beating Heart
La secrétaire
1940
Four Flights to Love
(uncredited)
1939
Cordial Agreement
Extra (uncredited)
1939
Hôtel du Nord
Une femme au restaurant (uncredited)
1938
The Curtain Rises
Une élève du Conservatoire (uncredited)
1938