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
French Cancan
(1955)
La Génisse
Femmes Fatales
(1976)
Simone, captain of the soldiers
Torment
(1994)
Mme Chabert
Touchez Pas au Grisbi
(1954)
Lola
Peppermint Soda
(1977)
The Gymnastics Teacher
Julia
(1977)
Woman Passenger
The Young Lions
(1958)
Simone
Any Number Can Win
(1963)
Countess Doublianoff
Jacquou the Rebel
(2007)
Fantille
Hothead
(1979)
Head nun
Hôtel du Nord
(1938)
Une femme au restaurant (uncredited)
The Night of Varennes
(1982)
Nanette Precy
Violette Nozière
(1978)
Madame Mayeul
Full Filmography
Acting
The Curtain Rises
(1938)
Une élève du Conservatoire (non créditée)
Hôtel du Nord
(1938)
Une femme au restaurant (uncredited)
Paradis perdu
(1939)
(uncredited)
Cordial Agreement
(1939)
Extra (uncredited)
Moulin Rouge
(1940)
Beating Heart
(1940)
La secrétaire
Parade in 7 Nights
(1941)
Monique, friend of Irène (uncredited)
Night in December
(1941)
Une fille de la bande (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
Thus Finishes the Night
(1949)
Manon
(1949)
Juliette
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
Savage Triangle
(1951)
La blonde amie de Paul
Paris Vice Squad
(1951)
Dora Bourbon, une victime du sadique
Pardon My French
(1951)
Yvette
The Passerby
(1951)
Irma
The Red Rose
(1951)
Evelyne Dorsey, la star de cinéma
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)
Yours Truly, Blake
(1954)
Isabelle
La fille perdue
(1954)
Touchez Pas au Grisbi
(1954)
Lola
La cage aux souris
(1954)
Obsession
(1954)
L'entraîneuse
Daughters of Destiny
(1954)
Une fille (segment "Jeanne")
Les impures
(1954)
Lili, une fille
Nana
(1955)
Rose Mignon
The Little Rebels
(1955)
Mme Lecarnoy
La Môme Pigalle
(1955)
Catherine, la fiancée "éternelle" de Félix
Le Crâneur
(1955)
Betty Bell
Girl on the Third Floor
(1955)
Louise Richter
No Mercy for the Cellers
(1955)
Jessy
We're Moving the Colonel
(1955)
Flora
Pas de souris dans le business
(1955)
Mado
Napoleon
(1955)
'Une Merveilleuse' (uncredited)
French Cancan
(1955)
La Génisse
Pleasures and Vices
(1955)
Main Street
(1956)
Tonia
Soupçons
(1956)
Angèle Amélie Jeanne Mersch
Tides of Passion
(1956)
Mariotte Borderet
Elena and Her Men
(1956)
Rosa la Rose
Fernand cow-boy
(1956)
Mae Marlene
Adorables démons
(1957)
Barbara Onisse
What a Team!
(1957)
Vicky
Love Descends from the Sky
(1957)
Véra
Pas de grisbi pour Ricardo
(1957)
Quelle sacrée soirée
(1957)
Lola Wander
The Fast Set
(1957)
Rita
Le colonel est de la revue
(1957)
Cora, la Sanglante
The Young Lions
(1958)
Simone
Miss Pigalle
(1958)
Pascaline
Witness in the City
(1959)
Une prostituée (uncredited)
The Enigma of the Folies-Bergère
(1959)
Clara
125, rue Montmartre
(1959)
Germaine Montillier, dite Mémène
The Magnificent Tramp
(1959)
Mme Lucette Pichon
Queen of the Tabarin Club
(1960)
Cabaret Singer
Les frangines
(1960)
Jeanine - la servante
Secret File 1413
(1961)
L'entraîneuse qui drogue Baranger
Cocagne
(1961)
Hélène
Première brigade criminelle
(1961)
Julia Manton
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
Hellé
(1972)
Les déracinés
(1972)
Bloody Murder
(1974)
Pascale Effront
Godefinger ou Certaines chattes n'aiment pas le mou
(1975)
Rose, Brother mistress
Incorrigible
(1975)
Thérèse, bar cashier
En grandes pompes
(1975)
Mlle Lamour
Catherine & Co.
(1975)
Mère de Catherine
Shattered Dreams
(1976)
Lisa
Boomerang
(1976)
Ginette
Femmes Fatales
(1976)
Simone, captain of the soldiers
Black and White in Color
(1976)
Maryvonne
Peppermint Soda
(1977)
The Gymnastics Teacher
Julia
(1977)
Woman Passenger
Les filles du régiment
(1978)
Alphonsine, dite Fonfon, dite Pente-Douce
Monsieur Saint-Saëns
(1978)
La lingère
Women in Cellblock 9
(1978)
Loba
Violette Nozière
(1978)
Madame Mayeul
Grandison
(1978)
Attendant
Hothead
(1979)
Head nun
Les givrés
(1979)
Mme Gruber
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
Le voyage à Paimpol
(1985)
La mère de Maryvonne
Angel of Death
(1985)
Sarah
Gros dégueulasse
(1986)
La serveuse choucroute
Cloud Waltzing
(1987)
Madame Solange
The Two Crocodiles
(1987)
Félicité
Maniac Killer
(1987)
Dorine
François Villon: The Maverick Poet
(1987)
Margot matroana bordelului
Once More
(1988)
La mère
Morasseix!!!
(1993)
The mother
Pas d'amour sans amour!
(1993)
Rose, la mère
Le Chambon
(1994)
Emilienne
Torment
(1994)
Mme Chabert
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