Thérèse Dorny (born Thérèse Jeanne Longo-Dorni; 18 September 1891 – 14 March 1976) was a French film and stage actress.
Biography
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 Junghanss, 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
''The Sweetness of Loving'' (French: ''La douceur d'aimer'') is a 1930 French comedy film directed by René Hervil and starring Victor Boucher, Renée Devillers and Henri Bosc.Rège p.328
Cast
* Victor Boucher as Albert Dumontier
* Renée ...
. 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
André Dunoyer de Segonzac (6 July 1884 – 17 September 1974) was a French painter and graphic artist.
Biography
Segonzac was born in Boussy-Saint-Antoine and spent his childhood there and in Paris. His parents wanted him to attend the military ...
on 19 December 1964 in
Viroflay
Viroflay () is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France in north-central France. It is located in the south-western suburbs of Paris from the center and from the Palace of Versailles.
The town motto is ''Lux mea lex'' which is ...
, Île-de-France, France, who she remained with until his death in 1974.
Dorny died on 14 March 1976 in Saint-Tropez, Var, France.
Filmography
*1930: ''
The Sweetness of Loving
''The Sweetness of Loving'' (French: ''La douceur d'aimer'') is a 1930 French comedy film directed by René Hervil and starring Victor Boucher, Renée Devillers and Henri Bosc.Rège p.328
Cast
* Victor Boucher as Albert Dumontier
* Renée ...
'' (by René Hervil) - Lorette
*1932: '' Cognasse'' (by
Louis Mercanton
Louis Mercanton (4 May 1879 – 29 April 1932) was a Swiss people, Swiss film director, screenwriter and actor.
Mercanton was born in Nyon, Vaud, Canton of Vaud, Switzerland and died in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France.
Partial filmography
Director
* '' ...
Claude Autant-Lara
Claude Autant-Lara (; 5 August 1901 – 5 February 2000) was a French film director and later Member of the European Parliament (MEP).
Biography
Born at Luzarches in Val-d'Oise, Autant-Lara was educated in France and at London's Mill Hill Sc ...
) - Zénobie
*1935: ''
Monsieur Sans-Gêne
''Monsieur Sans-Gêne'' is a 1935 French romantic comedy film directed by Karl Anton and starring Fernand Gravey, Josseline Gaël and Ginette Gaubert. The following year it was remade as an American comedy ''One Rainy Afternoon'', released by ...
'' (by
Karl Anton
Karl Anton or Karel Anton (25 October 1898 12 April 1979) was a Bohemian-born German film director, screenwriter and film producer.
Biography
He was born in Prague on 25 October 1898. His father Wilhelm Anton (1861–1918) was a physician. An ...
) - La féministe
*1935: ''
La mascotte
''La mascotte'' (''The Mascot'') is a three-act opéra comique with music by Edmond Audran and words by Alfred Duru and Henri Chivot. The story concerns a farm girl who is a "mascotte": someone with the mystic power to bring good luck to all aroun ...
'' (by
Léon Mathot
Léon Mathot (5 March 1886, Roubaix, Nord-Pas-de-Calais - 6 March 1968, in Paris) was a French film actor and film director best known perhaps for playing Edmond Dantes in '' The Count of Monte Cristo'' film serial in 1918.
He appeared in the ...
) - Dame Turlurette
*1935: ''
Divine
Divinity or the divine are things that are either related to, devoted to, or proceeding from a deity.divine< ...
'' (by
Max Ophüls
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) - La Poison
*1935: ''Les soeurs Hortensias'' (by René Guissart) - Madame Hormalin
*1936: ''Passé à vendre'' (by
René Pujol
Amédée Ferdinand René Pujol (21 August 1887 - 21 January 1942) was a French screenwriter, film director, and librettist.
Biography
Partial list of publications
*1919 : ''L'Homme qui gagne'', Éditions françaises illustrées
*1928 : ''S. ...
) - Marthe Dupont
*1936: ''Un by la légion'' (by Christian Jaque) - Antoinette Espitalion
*1936: ''
Ménilmontant
Ménilmontant () is a neighbourhood of Paris, situated in the city's 20th arrondissement. It is roughly defined as the area north of the Père Lachaise Cemetery, south of Parc de Belleville, and between ''Avenue Jean-Aicard'' on the west and ...
'' (by René Guissart) - Toinon
*1937: ''À nous deux madame la vie'' (by
Yves Mirande
Yves Mirande (Bagneux (Maine-et-Loire), May 8, 1876 – Paris, March 17, 1957) was a French screenwriter, director, actor, and producer.
Career
Yves Mirande began his acting career in the theater, transitioning to movies in the silent era.
F ...
and René Guissart) - La femme de Toto la Vache
*1937: ''La cantinier by la coloniale'' (by Henry Wulschleger) - Madame Piéchu
*1937: ''Abus by confiance'' (by Henri Decoin) - La logeuse
*1938: ''
Katia
Katia is a feminine given name. It is a variant of Katya.
Notable people with this name
Actresses and models
* Katia Dandoulaki, Greek actress
*Katia Margaritoglou, Greek fashion model and beauty contestant
*Katia Winter (born 1983), Swedis ...
'' (by Maurice Tourneur) - La baronne
*1938: ''Prince by mon coeur'' (by
Whirlwind of Paris
''Whirlwind of Paris'' (French: ''Tourbillon de Paris'') is a 1939 French musical comedy film directed by Henri Diamant-Berger and starring Ray Ventura, Mona Goya and Grégoire Aslan. Powrie & Cadalanu p.259 The film's sets were designed by the ...
'' (by Henri Diamant-Berger) - (uncredited)
*1941: '' The Acrobat'' (by Jean Boyer) - Pauline
*1941: ''Un chapeau de paille d'Italie'' (by
Maurice Cammage
Maurice Cammage is a French film director and dialoguist, born in 1882 and died on 15 April 1946 in Paris.
Filmography
* 1932 : '' Vive la classe''
* 1932 : '' Un beau jour de noces''
* 1932 : '' La Terreur de la pampa'' (script and dialogues ...
) - La baronne
*1942: ''Les Petits Riens'' (by
Raymond Leboursier
Raymond Leboursier (22 May 1917 – 26 July 1987) was a French film editor, film director, actor, and screenwriter.
Filmography
Actor
* 1930: ''Le Réquisitoire'' (first title of the film: ''Homicide'') by Dimitri Buchowetzki
* 1931: ''The ...
) - L'habilleuse
*1943: ''Une vie de chien'' (by Maurice Cammage) - Léocadie
*1943: ''Ne le criez pas sur les toits'' (by Jacques Daniel-Norman) - Madame Noblet
*1943: ''Une femme disparaît'' (by
Jacques Feyder
Jacques Feyder (; 21 July 1885 – 24 May 1948) was a Belgian actor, screenwriter and film director who worked principally in France, but also in the US, Britain and Germany. He was a director of silent films during the 1920s, and in the 1930 ...
) - Lucie
*1943: ''
Behold Beatrice
''Behold Beatrice'' or ''Beatrice's Temptation'' (French: ''Béatrice devant le désir'') is a 1944 French drama film directed by Jean de Marguenat and starring Fernand Ledoux, Jules Berry and Renée Faure. It features an early performance by t ...
'' (or ''Ainsi va la vie'') (by Jean by Marguenat) - Tante Hermance
*1943: ''Le mort ne reçoit plus'' (by Jean Tarride) - Mademoiselle Verdelier
*1945: ''La boîte aux rêves'' (by
Yves Allégret
Yves Allégret (13 October 1905 – 31 January 1987) was a French film director, often working in the film noir genre. He was born in Asnières-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine and died in Paris.
He was an assistant to film directors such as his broth ...
) - Une femme (uncredited)
*1946: ''La Fille du diable'' (by Henri Decoin) - Tante Hortense / Aunt Hortense
*1946: ''Voyage surprise'' (by Pierre Prévert) - Mademoiselle Roberta
*1947: ''Troisième cheminée à droite'' (by Jean Mineur) - La concierge
*1949: '' The Legend of Faust'' (by Carmine Gallone) - Marta
*1949: '' La Belle Meunière'' (by
Marcel Pagnol
Marcel Paul Pagnol (; 28 February 1895 – 18 April 1974) was a French novelist, playwright, and filmmaker. Regarded as an auteur, in 1946, he became the first filmmaker elected to the Académie française. Although his work is less fashionabl ...
)
*1950: ''Uniformes et grandes manoeuvres'' (by
René Le Hénaff
René Le Hénaff (24 April 1901 – 5 January 2005) was a French film editor and director. As a film editor he collaborated with directors Marcel Carné, René Clair, and Géza von Radványi among others. His three films with Carné in the late ...
) - Solange Duroc
*1950: ''Tire au flanc'' (by Fernand Rivers) - Mme Blandin d'Ombelles
*1951: ''Le passage de Vénus'' (by Maurice Gleize) - Zoé Chantoiseau
*1953: '' The Beauty of Cadiz'' (by Raymond Bernard) - Blanche - l'habilleuse
*1954: '' Adam Is Eve'' (by René Gaveau) - Mme Beaumont
*1955: '' Les Diaboliques'' (by Henri-Georges Clouzot) - Mme. Herboux
*1955: ''On ne badine pas avec l'amour'' (by Jean Desailly)
*1956: ''
Mitsou
Mitsou Annie Marie Gélinas (born September 1, 1970, in Loretteville, Quebec) is a Canadian pop singer, businesswoman, television and radio host, and actress. She is credited as Mitsou Gélinas when acting, but records simply as Mitsou (the Fre ...
'' (by Jacqueline Audry) - Madame Papier - l'habilleuse
*1959: ''Oh ! Qué mambo'' (by John Berry) - La belle-mère (final film role)