Dolly Davis (30 October 1896 – 3 November 1962) was a French

film actress An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), li ...

. Born Julienne Alexandrine David in Paris, Davis died in Neuilly-sur-Seine.

Selected filmography

* ''Hantise'' (1922) * ''

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'' (1923) * ''

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'' (1924) * ''

The Imaginary Voyage ''The Imaginary Voyage'' (French: ''Le voyage imaginaire'') is a 1926 French silent comedy film directed by René Clair and starring Dolly Davis, Jean Börlin and Albert Préjean.Oscherwitz & Higgins p.355 Cast * Dolly Davis as Lucie - une ...

'' (1926) * '' Mademoiselle Josette, My Woman'' (1926) * ''

The Chocolate Girl ''The Chocolate Girl'' (french: La Belle Chocolatière, german: Das Schokoladenmädchen) is one of the most prominent pastels of Genevan artist Jean-Étienne Liotard, showing a chocolate-serving maid. The girl carries a tray with a porcelain ch ...

'' (1927) * '' Le chauffeur de Mademoiselle'' (1927) * '' Café Elektric'' (1927) * '' Tingel-Tangel'' (1927) * '' Dolly'' (1928) * '' Orient'' (1928) * '' Misled Youth'' (1929) * '' My Daughter's Tutor'' (1929) * '' The Wonderful Day'' (1929) * '' The White Roses of Ravensberg'' (1929) * '' A Hole in the Wall'' (1930) * '' Shadows of Paris'' (1932) * '' Un Train dans La Nuit'' (1934) * ''Southern Bar'' (1938)

Bibliography

* Powrie, Phil & Rebillard, Éric. ''Pierre Batcheff and stardom in 1920s French cinema''. Edinburgh University Press, 2009

External links

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Dolly Davis
at Virtual History 1896 births 1962 deaths French film actresses French silent film actresses Actresses from Paris 20th-century French actresses {{France-film-actor-stub