Thérèse Dorny
Born: 1891-09-18 in Paris, France
Died: 1976-03-14
Known For: Acting
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 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.
Filmography
1959
- Oh! What a Mambo as La belle-mère
1955
- Diabolique as Mrs. Herboux
1954
- Adam Is... Eve as Mme Beaumont
1953
- La belle de Cadix as Blanche
1951
- Le Passage de Vénus as Zoé Chantoiseau
1950
- Caught in the Foreign Legion as Solange Duroc, André's aunt
- The Sad Sack as Mme Blandin d'Ombelles
1949
1948
- 3rd chimney on the right as Concierge
1947
- Mystery Tour as Mademoiselle Roberta
1946
- Devil's Daughter as Aunt Hortense
1945
- Box of Dreams as Woman (uncredited)
1944
- Behold Beatrice as Aunt Hermance
- Portrait of a Woman
- Le mort ne reçoit plus
1943
- A Dog's Life as Léocadie
- Don't Shout it from the Rooftops as Madame Noblet
1941
- The Acrobat as Pauline
- Little Nothings as L'habilleuse
- The Italian Straw Hat as la baronne
1939
- Whirlwind of Paris as (uncredited)
- Visages de femmes as Verdurette
1938
- Katia as Baroness
- Return at Dawn as The fashion house director
- Prince de mon cœur as Isabelle Gatemouille
1937
- Abused Confidence as La logeuse
- À nous deux, madame la vie as Wife of 'Toto la Vache'
- Colonial Canteen
1936
- Ménilmontant as Toinon
- One of the Legion as Antoinette Espitalion
- Passé à vendre as Marthe Dupont
1935
- The Mascot as Dame Turlurette
- Les Sœurs Hortensia as Madame Hormalin
- Divine as La Poison
- Monsieur Sans-Gêne as La féministe
1933
- Ciboulette as Zénobie
- Knock, ou le triomphe de la médecine as La dame en violet
1932
1930
- The Sweetness of Loving as Lorette