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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)
* ''
Geneviève
Genevieve (french: link=no, Sainte Geneviève; la, Sancta Genovefa, Genoveva; 419/422 AD –
502/512 AD) is the patroness saint of Paris in the Catholic and Orthodox traditions. Her feast is on 3 January.
Genevieve was born in Nanterre an ...
'' (1923)
* ''
Paris
Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), ma ...
'' (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
*
Dolly Davisat Virtual History
1896 births
1962 deaths
French film actresses
French silent film actresses
Actresses from Paris
20th-century French actresses
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