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.

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.

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.

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.

Return at Dawn

Return at Dawn · 1938

MovieDramaRomance

Married to Karl Ammer, the station master of Thaya, a Hungarian quiet village, Anita is a pretty young peasant who feels deeply bored. She dreams of another life while watching the daily express trains to Budapest. An incident will force her to leave her province: she has to go to Budapest to attend the funeral of an aunt and receive a share of the inheritance. After completing the formalities, Anita misses the train to go back home and then she finds herself alone in the capital.

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.

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.

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!

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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

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

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

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

Return at Dawn

Return at Dawn · 1938

MovieDramaRomance

Married to Karl Ammer, the station master of Thaya, a Hungarian quiet village, Anita is a pretty young peasant who feels deeply bored. She dreams of another life while watching the daily express trains to Budapest. An incident will force her to leave her province: she has to go to Budapest to attend the funeral of an aunt and receive a share of the inheritance. After completing the formalities, Anita misses the train to go back home and then she finds herself alone in the capital.

The fashion house director

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

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

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

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)

Don't Shout it from the Rooftops

Don't Shout it from the Rooftops · 1943

Don't Shout it from the Rooftops

A scientist who have discovered how to turn salt water into petrol dies before he has revealed his formula. By mistake it's assumed that his assistant knows it although he does not.

Madame Noblet

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

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

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

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

The Italian Straw Hat

The Italian Straw Hat · 1941

The Italian Straw Hat

Fadinard is going through the woods on his horse en route to his wedding. Unfortunately, his horse eats the straw hat of a married woman who is having a secret rendezvous with her lover. In order to save the woman's honor, Fadinard must find the exact same type of hat to replace the one his horse ate and still be able to get to his wedding on time.

la baronne

Monsieur Sans-Gêne

Monsieur Sans-Gêne · 1935

Monsieur Sans-Gêne

MovieRomanceComedy

A man creates a national scandal after he mistakenly kisses the wrong woman in a darkened cinema. The following year it was remade as an American comedy One Rainy Afternoon, released by United Artists.

La féministe

A Dog's Life

A Dog's Life · 1943

Mr. Gustave Bourdillon loves hopelessly the wife of the director of the institution where he is the only teacher. Soon a widow, the pretty wife of Mr. Calumet, agrees to marry the brave professor, but believes each onstant that her husband has returned in the form of his brave little dog Medor. After incredible situations and an immeasurable pursuit, Gustave Bourdillon and widow Émilie will live a deserved happiness.

Léocadie

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

Faust and the Devil

Faust and the Devil · 1949

Faust and the Devil

MovieMusicDrama

Goethe's drama and Gounod's opera "Faust" is treated here like a movie rather than the usual photographed-opera from a stage method. Faust is a man who sells his soul to Mephistopheles in exchange for eternal youth, and the latter, with guileful glee, leads Faust to disaster along the paths of pleasure. Marguerite falls in love with Faust, and suffers as a consequence.

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)

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

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

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'

Knock, ou le triomphe de la médecine

Knock, ou le triomphe de la médecine · 1933

Knock, ou le triomphe de la médecine

"Everybody is ill: you just don't know it yet". Knock, a newly arrived physician takes over a small town through fear and authority. NB : this is a different movie from the 1951 version where Louis Jouvet also plays Dr Knock.

La dame en violet