Acting

Thérèse Dorny

Born September 18, 1891 · Paris, France

Died March 14, 1976 · aged 84

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 h…

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Diabolique

Diabolique · 1955

MovieThrillerMystery

The cruel and abusive headmaster of a boarding school, Michel Delassalle, is murdered by an unlikely duo -- his meek wife and the mistress he brazenly flaunts. The women become increasingly unhinged by a series of odd occurrences after Delassalle's corpse mysteriously disappears.

Mystery Tour

Mystery Tour · 1947

The basic premise: A retired bus driver fulfills his lifelong dream of providing an extended "voyage surprise" (the title is translated as "Mystery Tour") for unsuspecting vacationers. They soon realize, while riding in the old man's home-made bus, that he hasn't bothered to plan any kind of itinerary. As a result, they end up in completely preposterous situations, of course. Voyage surprise!

Ciboulette

Ciboulette · 1933

MovieMusicComedy

Duparquet is the controller of Les Halles, and plays matchmaker between the young farm-girl Ciboulette and Antonin, a young spoiled aristocrat.

Ménilmontant

Ménilmontant · 1936

MovieDramaComedy

Because they brought her back a lost piece of jewelry, a very rich lady accedes to the request of three old people and transforms a vacant lot into a park for the neighborhood children.

Katia

MovieDramaHistory

In the middle of the 19th century, Tsar Alexander II made the acquaintance of a young aristocratic girl from the provinces, unruly in character. He falls in love with her and tries to see her again.

The Acrobat

The Acrobat · 1941

MovieAdventureComedy

After a deadbeat patron at his restaurant gets special care from the cops who think the man has amnesia, the maitre d'hotel decides to pretend he too has amnesia. He is claimed in turn by an aristocrat family and by trapeze artists.

3rd chimney on the right

3rd chimney on the right · 1948

3rd chimney on the right

The difficulty in finding accommodation in Paris, will cause many stories, between some colorful characters.

Abused Confidence

Abused Confidence · 1937

Abused Confidence

Lydia (Danielle Darrieux) is a student, poor and orphaned, who pretends to be the daughter of a famous writer.

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Diabolique

Diabolique · 1955

MovieThrillerMystery

The cruel and abusive headmaster of a boarding school, Michel Delassalle, is murdered by an unlikely duo -- his meek wife and the mistress he brazenly flaunts. The women become increasingly unhinged by a series of odd occurrences after Delassalle's corpse mysteriously disappears.

Mrs. Herboux

Mystery Tour

Mystery Tour · 1947

The basic premise: A retired bus driver fulfills his lifelong dream of providing an extended "voyage surprise" (the title is translated as "Mystery Tour") for unsuspecting vacationers. They soon realize, while riding in the old man's home-made bus, that he hasn't bothered to plan any kind of itinerary. As a result, they end up in completely preposterous situations, of course. Voyage surprise!

Mademoiselle Roberta

Ciboulette

Ciboulette · 1933

MovieMusicComedy

Duparquet is the controller of Les Halles, and plays matchmaker between the young farm-girl Ciboulette and Antonin, a young spoiled aristocrat.

Zénobie

Ménilmontant

Ménilmontant · 1936

MovieDramaComedy

Because they brought her back a lost piece of jewelry, a very rich lady accedes to the request of three old people and transforms a vacant lot into a park for the neighborhood children.

Toinon

Katia

MovieDramaHistory

In the middle of the 19th century, Tsar Alexander II made the acquaintance of a young aristocratic girl from the provinces, unruly in character. He falls in love with her and tries to see her again.

Baroness

The Acrobat

The Acrobat · 1941

MovieAdventureComedy

After a deadbeat patron at his restaurant gets special care from the cops who think the man has amnesia, the maitre d'hotel decides to pretend he too has amnesia. He is claimed in turn by an aristocrat family and by trapeze artists.

Pauline

3rd chimney on the right

3rd chimney on the right · 1948

3rd chimney on the right

The difficulty in finding accommodation in Paris, will cause many stories, between some colorful characters.

Concierge

Abused Confidence

Abused Confidence · 1937

Abused Confidence

Lydia (Danielle Darrieux) is a student, poor and orphaned, who pretends to be the daughter of a famous writer.

La logeuse

La belle de Cadix

La belle de Cadix · 1953

La belle de Cadix

A group of French filmmakers travel to Andalucia for film a movie titled" Beauty of Cadiz". It stars are Carlos, a famous heartthrob, and an unknown gypsy named Maria-Luisa.

Blanche

Oh! What a Mambo

Oh! What a Mambo · 1959

Oh! What a Mambo

MovieComedyDrama

Miguel foils a bank robbery and becomes a successful nightclub singer, but he doesn't know that his wife is being courted by an Italian fitness instructor.

La belle-mère

Whirlwind of Paris

Whirlwind of Paris · 1939

Whirlwind of Paris

MovieComedyMusic

A gang of broke student musicians travel to Paris to take exams. But very quickly, the lack of money pushes young people to pass themselves off as professionals during the performance. They will then win the victory!

(uncredited)

The Mascot

The Mascot · 1935

The turkey keeper, Bettina, brings good luck to those who make her work. She becomes the mascot of the good King Laurent XVII whose finances are in bad shape. In order for her to retain her beneficial power, an attempt is made to separate her from her lover, but in vain.

Dame Turlurette

Caught in the Foreign Legion

Caught in the Foreign Legion · 1950

Caught in the Foreign Legion

MovieAdventureComedy

André Duroc pretends to be a duke in order to extort money from Aunt Solange. But his trickery is discovered, he must flee and, thanks to a uniform, takes part in the great maneuvers.

Solange Duroc, André's aunt

Devil's Daughter

Devil's Daughter · 1946

Devil's Daughter

Pursued by the police, Saget usurps the identity of a man who was returning to his town after having made his fortune in the United States. Under this new name, he deceives his compatriots with the exception of a doctor and the savage Isabelle. During an explanation Saget understands that Isabelle secretly admires him. She denounces him and Saget surrenders without a fight. Thus he ruins all his prestige with the young Amazon.

Aunt Hortense

Adam Is... Eve

Adam Is... Eve · 1954

A newlywed boxer disappears shortly after the wedding. Only to return two years later as a whole new woman.

Mme Beaumont

Little Nothings

Little Nothings · 1941

Little Nothings

Following a broadcast on the radio, each of the listeners remembers these "little nothings" (the title is borrowed from a play by Mozart), which have often changed their lives. Each of these stories told will prove that a tiny detail in life can change an entire destiny.

L'habilleuse

Passé à vendre

Passé à vendre · 1936

Passé à vendre

Maryse blackmails her former lovers by threatening to mention their names in her memoirs. But a real blackmailer appears and cashes the checks for him.

Marthe Dupont

Visages de femmes

Visages de femmes · 1939

Visages de femmes

Georges Legrand is a young unscrupulous reveler. He seduces Fred, a woman doctor before shamelessly dumping her for Aline Ribourg, a tennis player. Soon fed up with his new conquest, he returns to Fred. But Aline is pregnant from him. Showing an admirable sense of self-sacrifice, Fred manages to persuade Georges to marry Aline.

Verdurette

À nous deux, madame la vie

À nous deux, madame la vie · 1937

À nous deux, madame la vie

Two bank employees like Lucie, their colleague. They steal money from the cash register to gamble. Jean wins and Paul ends up in prison for five years. When he leaves, he discovers that Jean has become a businessman and that he has married Lucie.

Wife of 'Toto la Vache'

Box of Dreams

Box of Dreams · 1945

MovieComedyDrama

Nicole tries to seduce a young man who lead a bohemian life in an untidy flat with his three pals.

Woman (uncredited)

Portrait of a Woman

Portrait of a Woman · 1944

Portrait of a Woman

A woman disappears after visiting her daughter and realizing her presence was unwelcome by her in-laws. Some time later, a body is found in a nearby lake.

Divine

MovieRomanceDrama

A country girl finds work as a chorus girl in Paris, gets embroiled with a bad egg, and then finds true love with a good-looking milkman.

La Poison

Les Sœurs Hortensia

Les Sœurs Hortensia · 1935

Les Sœurs Hortensia

Aline's father encourages his daughter's extra-marital love affair with a rich Argentinian. Aline's husband meets a little dancer, Marie, who looks like his wife. Marie is the daughter of a former friend of Aline's father. The two young women perform a dance number, the Argentinian is ruined and the spouses are reconciled.

Madame Hormalin

Behold Beatrice

Behold Beatrice · 1944

Behold Beatrice

The belated and revolting passion of a famous surgeon for a young orphan whom he once took in. He goes so far as to dishonor her to prevent her marriage to a young man she loves, whom she will however end up marrying. The young girl herself is not without reproach; she has missed a mother's love: in this ordeal, she has no sense of feminine dignity.

Aunt Hermance