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.
Dora Doll died on 15 November 2015 at her home in Gard, France, at the age of 93.
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Filmography
all 146
Movies 132
TV Shows 14
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Jacques Martin, derrière vos applaudissements (2021)

Jacquou the Rebel (2007)

You Are So Beautiful (2005)

Return to Algiers (2000)

Le Grand Batre (1997)

Les Allumettes suédoises (1996)

Le Chambon (1994)

Torment (1994)

Pas d'amour sans amour! (1993)

The Castle of Olive Trees (1993)

Leon's Husband (1993)

Morasseix!!! (1993)

Les Cœurs brûlés (1992)

Princesse Alexandra (1992)

Maria the Wolf (1991)

L'Impure (1991)

Sabbath (1989)

Once More (1988)

Lady Cops (1987)

The Two Crocodiles (1987)

Cloud Waltzing (1987)

François Villon: The Maverick Poet (1987)

Gros dégueulasse (1986)

Catherine (1986)

Le voyage à Paimpol (1985)

La femme ivoire (1984)

Ave Maria (1984)

Bastille (1984)

Doctor Lerne, Subgod (1983)

Marianne, une étoile pour Napoléon (1983)

Mr. President (1983)

Le Secret des Andrônes (1982)

The Night of Varennes (1982)

Au bon beurre (1981)

Les Charlots contre Dracula (1980)

Les givrés (1979)

Hothead (1979)

Monsieur Saint-Saëns (1978)

Les filles du régiment (1978)

Gaston Phébus (1978)

Les Hommes de Rose (1978)

Violette Nozière (1978)

Grandison (1978)

Peppermint Soda (1977)

Julia (1977)

Black and White in Color (1976)

Boomerang (1976)

Deux imbéciles heureux (1976)

Femmes Fatales (1976)

Champagner aus dem Knobelbecher (1975)

Catherine & Co. (1975)

Incorrigible (1975)

En grandes pompes (1975)

Godefinger ou Certaines chattes n'aiment pas le mou (1975)

Un curé de choc (1974)

Bloody Murder (1974)

The Wedding Day (1971)

Les Eaux mêlées (1969)

Pas de caviar pour tante Olga (1965)

A Mouse with the Men (1964)

Any Number Can Win (1963)

Secret File 1413 (1961)

Première brigade criminelle (1961)

Cocagne (1961)

Queen of the Tabarin Club (1960)

Les frangines (1960)

125 rue Montmartre (1959)

Witness in the City (1959)

The Magnificent Tramp (1959)

Miss Pigalle (1958)

Les Cinq Dernières Minutes (1958)

Quelle sacrée soirée (1957)

Adorables démons (1957)

Le colonel est de la revue (1957)

Soupçons (1956)

Elena and Her Men (1956)

Fernand cow-boy (1956)

Tides of Passion (1956)

La Môme Pigalle (1955)

The Little Rebels (1955)

Pleasures and Vices (1955)

Girl on the Third Floor (1955)

Nana (1955)

Le Crâneur (1955)

Napoleon (1955)

French Cancan (1954)

Yours Truly, Blake (1954)

Obsession (1954)

La cage aux souris (1954)

Les impures (1954)

Daughters of Destiny (1954)

Illicit Motherhood (1953)

Savage Triangle (1951)

Paris Vice Squad (1951)

The Red Rose (1951)

Bed for Two (1950)

The Passenger (1949)

Manon (1949)

Inspector Sergil (1947)

Devil and the Angel (1946)

Immortal France (1943)

Parade in 7 Nights (1941)

Night in December (1941)

Beating Heart (1940)

Four Flights to Love (1939)

Cordial Agreement (1939)

Hôtel du Nord (1938)

The Curtain Rises (1938)
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1922-05-19
Deathday2015-11-15 (93 years old)
Birth NameDorothée Feinberg
Birth PlaceBerlin, Germany
CitizenshipsFrance
Also Known AsDorothea Hermina Feinberg
AwardsCommandeur des Arts et des Lettres, Knight of the National Order of Merit
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