Dora Doll
Born May 19, 1922 (Age: 103)
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Berlin, Germany
Biography
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.
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.
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Filmography
You Are So Beautiful
2005
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as Catherine
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Age: 83
Return to Algiers
2000
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as Paula Azera
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Age: 77
Torment
1994
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as Mme Chabert
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Age: 71
Édith Piaf : Une brève rencontre
1993
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as Fréhel
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Age: 71
Maria the Wolf
1991
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as La Juine
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Age: 69
Monsieur Saint-Saëns
1978
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as La lingère
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Age: 56
Julia
1977
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as Woman Passenger
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Age: 55
Les Eaux mêlées
1969
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as La serveuse
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Age: 47
Le dernier quart d'heure
1962
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as Portière
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Age: 40
Secret File 1413
1961
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as L'entraîneuse qui drogue Baranger
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Age: 39
Première brigade criminelle
1961
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as Julia Manton
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Age: 39
Cocagne
1961
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as Hélène
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Age: 38
Les Frangines
1960
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as Jeanine - la servante
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Age: 37
The Enigma of the Folies-Bergère
1959
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as Clara
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Age: 37
125 rue Montmartre
1959
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as Germaine Montillier, dite Mémène
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Age: 37
Witness in the City
1959
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as Prostitute (uncredited)
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Age: 36
The Magnificent Tramp
1959
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as Mme Lucette Pichon
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Age: 36
No Image
Miss Pigalle
1958
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as Pascaline
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Age: 36
Soupçons
1956
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as Angèle Amélie Jeanne Mersch
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Age: 34
Fernand cow-boy
1956
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as Mae Marlene
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Age: 34
Tides of Passion
1956
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as Mariotte Borderet
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Age: 33
We're Moving the Colonel
1955
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as Flora
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Age: 33
La Môme Pigalle
1955
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as Catherine, la fiancée "éternelle" de Félix
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Age: 33
No Mercy for the Cellers
1955
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as Jessy
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Age: 33
Pleasures and Vices
1955
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as Josepha Marewska
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Age: 33
Girl on the Third Floor
1955
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as Louise Richter
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Age: 33
Le Crâneur
1955
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as Betty Bell
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Age: 32
Pas de souris dans le business
1955
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as Mado
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Age: 32
Parade in 7 Nights
1941
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as Monique, friend of Irène (uncredited)
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Age: 19
Night in December
1941
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as Une fille de la bande (uncredited)
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Age: 18