Dora Doll (born Dorothea Hermina Feinberg; 19 May 1922 – 15 November 2015) was a French actress.
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, and they had a daughter, 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.
Dora Doll died on 15 November 2015 at her home in Gard, France, at the age of 93.
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Known For
Women in Cellblock 9
(1978)
Loba
Femmes Fatales
(1976)
Simone, captain of the soldiers
Torment
(1994)
Mme Chabert
French Cancan
(1955)
La Génisse
The Young Lions
(1958)
Simone
Any Number Can Win
(1963)
Countess Doublianoff
Manon
(1949)
Juliette
Julia
(1977)
Woman Passenger
Comme t'y es belle !
(2006)
Mémé
Incorrigible
(1975)
Thérèse, bar cashier
Boomerang
(1976)
Ginette
Touchez Pas au Grisbi
(1954)
Lola
Angel of Death
(1985)
Sarah
Main Street
(1956)
Tonia
Peppermint Soda
(1977)
The Gymnastics Teacher
Violette Nozière
(1978)
Madame Mayeul
Full Filmography
Acting
Hôtel du Nord
(1938)
Une femme au restaurant (uncredited)
The Curtain Rises
(1938)
Une élève du Conservatoire (non créditée)
Paradis perdu
(1939)
(uncredited)
Cordial Agreement
(1939)
Extra (uncredited)
Beating Heart
(1940)
La secrétaire
Moulin Rouge
(1940)
Night in December
(1941)
Une fille de la bande (uncredited)
Parade in 7 Nights
(1941)
Monique, friend of Irène (uncredited)
Immortal France
(1943)
(uncredited)
Devil and the Angel
(1946)
Lenoir's secretary
The House Under the Sea
(1947)
La fille
Inspector Sergil
(1947)
Sandra Grégoriff
Manon
(1949)
Juliette
Thus Finishes the Night
(1949)
The Wizard of Heaven
(1949)
Benoîte
The Passenger
(1949)
Colette Mouche
A Man Walks in the City
(1950)
La fille
Bed for Two
(1950)
Miss Paulette
Paris Vice Squad
(1951)
Dora Bourbon, une victime du sadique
The Red Rose
(1951)
Evelyne Dorsey, la star de cinéma
Pardon My French
(1951)
Yvette
The Passerby
(1951)
Irma
Savage Triangle
(1951)
La blonde amie de Paul
Dans la vie tout s'arrange
(1952)
Yvette
Other Side of Paradise
(1953)
Michèle
Illicit Motherhood
(1953)
Anita, la sœur de Doudou
Mr. Scrupule, Gangster
(1953)
Touchez Pas au Grisbi
(1954)
Lola
Obsession
(1954)
L'entraîneuse
Daughters of Destiny
(1954)
Une fille (segment "Jeanne")
Les impures
(1954)
Lili, une fille
Yours Truly, Blake
(1954)
Isabelle
La fille perdue
(1954)
La cage aux souris
(1954)
Napoleon
(1955)
'Une Merveilleuse' (uncredited)
French Cancan
(1955)
La Génisse
The Little Rebels
(1955)
Mme Lecarnoy
Nana
(1955)
Rose Mignon
Le Crâneur
(1955)
Betty Bell
We're Moving the Colonel
(1955)
Flora
No Mercy for the Cellers
(1955)
Jessy
Girl on the Third Floor
(1955)
Louise Richter
La Môme Pigalle
(1955)
Catherine, la fiancée "éternelle" de Félix
Pleasures and Vices
(1955)
Pas de souris dans le business
(1955)
Mado
Main Street
(1956)
Tonia
Fernand cow-boy
(1956)
Mae Marlene
Elena and Her Men
(1956)
Rosa la Rose
Soupçons
(1956)
Angèle Amélie Jeanne Mersch
Tides of Passion
(1956)
Mariotte Borderet
The Fast Set
(1957)
Rita
What a Team!
(1957)
Vicky
Adorables démons
(1957)
Barbara Onisse
Love Descends from the Sky
(1957)
Véra
Le colonel est de la revue
(1957)
Cora, la Sanglante
Quelle sacrée soirée
(1957)
Lola Wander
Pas de grisbi pour Ricardo
(1957)
The Young Lions
(1958)
Simone
Miss Pigalle
(1958)
Pascaline
The Magnificent Tramp
(1959)
Mme Lucette Pichon
125, rue Montmartre
(1959)
Germaine Montillier, dite Mémène
The Enigma of the Folies-Bergère
(1959)
Clara
Witness in the City
(1959)
Une prostituée (uncredited)
Queen of the Tabarin Club
(1960)
Cabaret Singer
Les frangines
(1960)
Jeanine - la servante
Cocagne
(1961)
Hélène
Première brigade criminelle
(1961)
Julia Manton
Secret File 1413
(1961)
L'entraîneuse qui drogue Baranger
Le dernier quart d'heure
(1962)
Portière
Any Number Can Win
(1963)
Countess Doublianoff
A Mouse with the Men
(1964)
Catherine
Pas de caviar pour tante Olga
(1965)
Les Eaux mêlées
(1969)
La serveuse
La Liberté en croupe
(1970)
Suzanne
Les déracinés
(1972)
Hellé
(1972)
Bloody Murder
(1974)
Pascale Effront
Catherine & Co.
(1975)
Mère de Catherine
Incorrigible
(1975)
Thérèse, bar cashier
Godefinger ou Certaines chattes n'aiment pas le mou
(1975)
Rose, Brother mistress
En grandes pompes
(1975)
Mlle Lamour
Black and White in Color
(1976)
Maryvonne
Femmes Fatales
(1976)
Simone, captain of the soldiers
Shattered Dreams
(1976)
Lisa
Boomerang
(1976)
Ginette
Julia
(1977)
Woman Passenger
Peppermint Soda
(1977)
The Gymnastics Teacher
Violette Nozière
(1978)
Madame Mayeul
Women in Cellblock 9
(1978)
Loba
Grandison
(1978)
Attendant
Monsieur Saint-Saëns
(1978)
La lingère
Les filles du régiment
(1978)
Alphonsine, dite Fonfon, dite Pente-Douce
Les givrés
(1979)
Mme Gruber
Hothead
(1979)
Head nun
Les Charlots contre Dracula
(1980)
Le commissaire Gluck
The Night of Varennes
(1982)
Nanette Precy
Le Secret des Andrônes
(1982)
Rosa Chamboulive
Doctor Lerne, Subgod
(1983)
Honorine
Ave Maria
(1984)
Constance
Bastille
(1984)
Mw. Friedlander
Angel of Death
(1985)
Sarah
Le voyage à Paimpol
(1985)
La mère de Maryvonne
Gros dégueulasse
(1986)
La serveuse choucroute
The Two Crocodiles
(1987)
Félicité
Cloud Waltzing
(1987)
Madame Solange
Maniac Killer
(1987)
Dorine
François Villon: The Maverick Poet
(1987)
Margot matroana bordelului
Once More
(1988)
La mère
Pas d'amour sans amour!
(1993)
Rose, la mère
Morasseix!!!
(1993)
The mother
Torment
(1994)
Mme Chabert
Le Chambon
(1994)
Emilienne
Sapho
(1997)
Return to Algiers
(2000)
Paula Azera
Et demain, Paula ?
(2002)
Andrée
You Are So Beautiful
(2005)
Catherine
Comme t'y es belle !
(2006)
Mémé
Jacquou the Rebel
(2007)
Fantille