Thérèse Dorny

Thérèse Dorny

Known for

Acting

Born

September 18, 1891

Birthplace

Paris, France

Died

March 14, 1976 (aged 84)

Biography

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...

Best known work

Diabolique
Diabolique
1955
Devil's Daughter
Devil's Daughter
1946
La belle de Cadix
La belle de Cadix
1953
Abused Confidence
Abused Confidence
1937
Return at Dawn
Return at Dawn
1938
One of the Legion
One of the Legion
1936
Mystery Tour
Mystery Tour
1947
Adam Is... Eve
Adam Is... Eve
1954
Divine
Divine
1935
The Italian Straw Hat
The Italian Straw Hat
1941

Filmography

  1. 1959

    Oh! What a Mambo

    as La belle-mère

  2. 1955

    Diabolique

    as Mrs. Herboux

  3. 1954

    Adam Is... Eve

    as Mme Beaumont

  4. 1953

  5. 1951

    Le Passage de Vénus

    as Zoé Chantoiseau

  6. 1950

    The Sad Sack

    as Mme Blandin d'Ombelles

  7. 1950

    Caught in the Foreign Legion

    as Solange Duroc, André's aunt

  8. 1949

  9. 1948

  10. 1947

    Mystery Tour

    as Mademoiselle Roberta

  11. 1946

    Devil's Daughter

    as Aunt Hortense

  12. 1945

    Box of Dreams

    as Woman (uncredited)

  13. 1944

    Le mort ne reçoit plus

    as Miss Verdelier

  14. 1944

    Behold Beatrice

    as Aunt Hermance

  15. 1944

  16. 1943

  17. 1943

    A Dog's Life

    as Léocadie

  18. 1941

  19. 1941

    The Acrobat

    as Pauline

  20. 1941

    Little Nothings

    as L'habilleuse

  21. 1939

    Whirlwind of Paris

    as (uncredited)

  22. 1939

    Visages de femmes

    as Verdurette

  23. 1938

    Return at Dawn

    as The fashion house director

  24. 1938

    Prince de mon cœur

    as Isabelle Gatemouille

  25. 1938

    Katia

    as Baroness

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