Dora Doll
Known for Acting · 136 credits
- Born
- 1922-05-19
- Died
- 2015-11-15
- Place of birth
- Berlin, Germany
- Also known as
- Dorothea Hermina Feinberg
Biography
Dora Doll, the daughter of a Russian-Jewish banker who was expelled after the 1917 Revolution, was born in Berlin in 1922. She came to France at the end of the 1930s and aspired to become an actress. She already spoke Russian and German and soon learned French, then Italian and English.
One of her first screen appearances was as Juliette in Henri-Georges Clouzot's Manon (1949). She appeared as Lola in Jacques Becker's Touchez pas au grisbi (1954) and as Genisse in Jean Renoir's French Cancan (1955).
In 1976, she appeared on television in the French series Hôtel Baltimore in the role of Suzy. In 1977, she appeared in Fred Zinnemann's Julia as the woman passenger accompanying Lillian Hellman (Jane Fonda) when Lily smuggled $50,000 through Nazi Germany for her friend Julia (Vanessa Redgrave). In 1982, she played in Ettore Scola's That Night in Varennes. In the late 1990s, she played the grandmother Louise Chantreuil in the TV series Tide of Life.
She was married twice. Her first husband was the actor Raymond Pellegrin, who she had a daughter with, Danielle. She was later married to François Deguelt.
In 1993, Dora Doll was awarded the Prix "Reconnaissance des cinéphiles" from Puget-Théniers in honour of her life's work. She was made Knight of France's National Order of Merit in 2000.
Known For
TV Shows (14)
Midi Première
1975
as Self
Les Cinq Dernières Minutes
1958
as La gardienne
Catherine
1986
as Ermengarde de Chateauvillain
Sabbath
1989
as La Juine
Un curé de choc
1974
as Julia Michalet
The Castle of Olive Trees
1993
as Amélie Boucoiran
Les Hommes de Rose
1978
as Rose Dupuy
Princesse Alexandra
1992
as Madame Humeau
Les Allumettes suédoises
1996
as Albertine Huque
Ferbac
1991
as Mado
Marianne, une étoile pour Napoléon
1983
as ' Fanchon Fleur de Lys'
Les Cœurs brûlés
1992
as Marie-Thérèse Fromentin
Le Grand Batre
1997
as Annette
The Marked Woman
1992
as Mère Dorothée
Movies (122)
Femmes Fatales
1976
as Simone, Captain of the Soldiers
Women in Cellblock 9
1978
as Loba
Torment
1994
as Mme Chabert
The Young Lions
1958
as Simone
Julia
1977
as Woman Passenger
Touchez Pas au Grisbi
1954
as Lola
Napoleon
1955
as 'Une Merveilleuse' (uncredited)
French Cancan
1955
as La Génisse
A Mouse with the Men
1964
as Catherine, la caissière des magasins Dufour
Any Number Can Win
1963
as Countess Doublianoff
Hôtel du Nord
1938
as Une femme au restaurant (uncredited)
Violette Nozière
1978
as Madame Mayeul
Comme t'y es belle !
2006
as Mémé
Jenny Lamour
1947
as Léa (uncredited)
That Night of Varennes
1982
as Nanette Precy
Peppermint Soda
1977
as The Gymnastics Teacher
Incorrigible
1975
as Thérèse, bar cashier
You Are So Beautiful
2005
as Catherine
Manon
1949
as Juliette
Hothead
1979
as Head nun
Main Street
1956
as Tonia
Hellé
1972
Obsession
1954
as L'entraîneuse
Jacquou the Rebel
2007
as Fantille
Elena and Her Men
1956
as Rosa la Rose
Return to Algiers
2000
as Paula Azera
Superslob
1986
as La serveuse choucroute
125 rue Montmartre
1959
as Germaine Montillier, dite Mémène
Daughters of Destiny
1954
as A girl (segment "Jeanne")
Nana
1955
as Rose Mignon
Les Charlots contre Dracula
1980
as Commissioner Gluck
Catherine & Co.
1975
as Mère de Catherine
The Little Rebels
1955
as Mrs. Lecarnoy
Witness in the City
1959
as Prostitute (uncredited)
The Curtain Rises
1938
as Une élève du Conservatoire (uncredited)
Black and White in Color
1976
as Maryvonne
The Magnificent Tramp
1959
as Mme Lucette Pichon
Angel of Death
1985
as Sarah
Pardon My French
1951
as Yvette
Lady Cops
1987
as Mme Lou
The Red Rose
1951
as Evelyne Dorsey, movie star
Bloody Murder
1974
as Pascale Effront
The Enigma of the Folies-Bergère
1959
as Clara
Boomerang
1976
as Ginette
Cloud Waltzing
1987
as Madame Solange
Moulin Rouge
1940
The Impure Ones
1954
as Lili, une fille
Le Crâneur
1955
as Betty Bell
Dans la vie tout s'arrange
1952
as Yvette
Pleasures and Vices
1955
as Josepha Marewska
Queen of the Tabarin Club
1960
as Cabaret Singer
La Môme Pigalle
1955
as Catherine, la fiancée "éternelle" de Félix
Cordial Agreement
1939
as Extra (uncredited)
Maniac Killer
1987
as Dorine
Four Flights to Love
1939
as (uncredited)
Quelle sacrée soirée
1957
as Lola Wander
Thus Finishes the Night
1949
Monsieur Saint-Saëns
1978
as La lingère
Doctor Lerne, Subgod
1983
as Honorine
Le Chambon
1994
as Emilienne
Fernand cow-boy
1956
as Mae Marlene
Devil and the Angel
1946
as Lenoir's secretary
Paris Vice Squad
1951
as Dora Bourbon, une victime du sadique
Bastille
1984
as Mw. Friedlander
La Liberté en croupe
1970
as Suzanne
Pas d'amour sans amour!
1993
as Rose, la mère
The Heart of a Nation
1943
as (uncredited)
Grandison
1978
as Attendant
The Wizard of Heaven
1949
as Benoîte
Night in December
1941
as Une fille de la bande (uncredited)
No Mercy for the Cellers
1955
as Jessy
Shattered Dreams
1976
as Lisa
The House Under the Sea
1947
as Prostitute
Illicit Motherhood
1953
as Anita, la sœur de Doudou
Les filles du régiment
1978
as Alphonsine, dite Fonfon, dite Pente-Douce
Miss Pigalle
1958
as Pascaline
The Two Crocodiles
1987
as Félicité
Other Side of Paradise
1953
as Michèle
Bed for Two
1950
as Miss Paulette
Once More
1988
as La mère
Secret File 1413
1961
as L'entraîneuse qui drogue Baranger
Ave Maria
1984
as Constance
The Passerby
1951
as Irma
Pas de caviar pour tante Olga
1965
as Rosa Patache
Le Dernier Quart d'heure
1962
as Portière
Tides of Passion
1956
as Mariotte Borderet
The Passenger
1949
as Colette Mouche
Sapho
1997
Les Frangines
1960
as Jeanine - la servante
Girl on the Third Floor
1955
as Louise Richter
François Villon: The Maverick Poet
1987
as Margot matroana bordelului
A Man Walks in the City
1950
as Girl
La Cage aux souris
1954
as 'Salade', kitchen aid
Adorables démons
1957
as Barbara Onisse
Cocagne
1961
as Hélène
Yours Truly, Blake
1954
as Isabelle
Savage Triangle
1951
as La blonde amie de Paul
Le colonel est de la revue
1957
as Cora, la Sanglante
Les Déracinés
1972
Parade in 7 Nights
1941
as Monique, friend of Irène (uncredited)
Morasseix!!!
1993
as The mother
Soupçons
1956
as Angèle Amélie Jeanne Mersch
Pas de souris dans le business
1955
as Mado
The Fast Set
1957
as Rita
Beating Heart
1940
as Secretary (uncredited)
Édith Piaf : Une brève rencontre
1993
as Fréhel
Mr. Scrupule, Gangster
1953
En grandes pompes
1975
as Miss Lamour
We're Moving the Colonel
1955
as Flora
Et demain, Paula ?
2002
as Andrée
La fille perdue
1954
as Suzy
Love Descends from the Sky
1957
as Véra
Pas de grisbi pour Ricardo
1957
as Brigitte
Première brigade criminelle
1961
as Julia Manton
Inspector Sergil
1947
as Sandra Grégoriff
Les Eaux mêlées
1969
as La serveuse
Godefinger ou Certaines chattes n'aiment pas le mou
1975
as Rose, Brother mistress
Maria the Wolf
1991
as La Juine
What a Team!
1957
as Vicky
Le voyage à Paimpol
1985
as La mère de Maryvonne
About Dora Doll
Dora Doll, the daughter of a Russian-Jewish banker who was expelled after the 1917 Revolution, was born in Berlin in 1922. She came to France at the end of the 1930s and aspired to become an actress. She already spoke Russian and German and soon learned French, then Italian and English. One of her first screen appearances was as Juliette in Henri-Georges Clouzot's Manon (1949). She appeared as Lola in Jacques Becker's Touchez pas au grisbi (1954) and as Genisse in Jean Renoir's French Cancan (1955). In 1976, she appeared on television in the F… With 136 credits spanning from 1938 to 2007, Dora Doll has appeared in 122 films and 14 TV shows.
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Most Popular Dora Doll Movies
- Femmes Fatales (1976) — as Simone, Captain of the Soldiers
- Women in Cellblock 9 (1978) — as Loba
- Torment (1994) — as Mme Chabert
- The Young Lions (1958) — as Simone
- Julia (1977) — as Woman Passenger
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