Fifi D'Orsay

Fifi D'Orsay

Fifi D'Orsay was born Marie-Rose Angelina Yvonne Lussier in Montreal, Canada, to a father who was a postal clerk. The couple had a large family, with Fifi having 11 siblings. She was educated at the Academy of the Sacred Heart in Montreal before graduating and finding work as a secretary. As a young typist she wished to become an actress, and moved to New York City. Once there she found work with the Greenwich Village Follies, after an audition in which she sang "Yes! We Have No Bananas" in French. When asked where she was from, she told the director she was from Paris, France, and that she had worked in the Folies Bergère. The impressed director hired her, billing her as "Mademoiselle Fifi". While working in the Follies, she became involved with Ed Gallagher, a veteran actor who was half of the successful Broadway comedy team of Gallagher and Shean. Gallagher and D'Orsay put together a vaudeville act, and he coached her in the art of show business. After touring in vaudeville, she headed to Hollywood and adopted the surname "D'Orsay" (after a favorite perfume). Soon after she began working in films, often cast as the "naughty French girl" from "gay Paris". She became a U.S. citizen in 1936, just as her career as a film star came to a sharp halt when she walked out on her contract at Fox Studios and was blacklisted. While never becoming a major top-billing name, she found steady work - appearing with such stalwarts as Bing Crosby and Buster Crabbe. For years she worked in both film and vaudeville; pacing her appearances in film with continued performances in vaudeville. When age put an end to the glamour roles, she took jobs in television; including 2 appearances each on ABC's Adventures in Paradise (as a mother superior in the episode "Castaways"), and the CBS legal drama Perry Mason (in the episode "The Case of the Grumbling Grandfather" and in the episode “The Case of the Bountiful Beauty”)- as well appearing in the CBS sitcom Pete and Gladys. She was a contestant on Groucho Marx's You Bet Your Life, and at the age of sixty-seven she bookended her career with a return to the Broadway stage in the Tony Award-winning musical, Follies.

  • Popularität : 3.121
  • Bekannt für : Acting
  • Geburtstag : 1904-04-16
  • Geburtsort : Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Fifi D'Orsay Filme

  • 1944
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    Die Rache des Gorillas

    Die Rache des Gorillas

    3.9 1944 HD

    Gorman stößt in Afrika auf die Geschichte einer weißen Hexe. Diese wurde von einem großen schwarzen Vogel geboren und lebt mit...

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  • 1947
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    The Gangster

    The Gangster

    4.7 1947 HD

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  • 1933
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    Going Hollywood

    Going Hollywood

    5.5 1933 HD

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  • 1930
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    On the Level

    On the Level

    1 1930 HD

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  • 1944
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    Delinquent Daughters

    Delinquent Daughters

    4 1944 HD

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  • 1931
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    Mr. Lemon Of Orange

    Mr. Lemon Of Orange

    6 1931 HD

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  • 1934
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    Wonder Bar

    Wonder Bar

    6.2 1934 HD

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  • 1929
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    They Had to See Paris

    They Had to See Paris

    5.6 1929 HD

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  • 1930
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    Women Everywhere

    Women Everywhere

    3 1930 HD

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  • 1933
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    The Life of Jimmy Dolan

    The Life of Jimmy Dolan

    6.1 1933 HD

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  • 1932
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    The Girl from Calgary

    The Girl from Calgary

    5 1932 HD

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  • 1929
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    Hot for Paris

    Hot for Paris

    1 1929 HD

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  • 1964
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    Immer mit einem anderen

    Immer mit einem anderen

    6.9 1964 HD

    Luisa Foster landet prompt in der Klapse, als sie mittels eines Riesenschecks die Steuerbehörde bezahlen will. Ein Psychiater nimmt sich ihrer...

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  • 1930
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    Those Three French Girls

    Those Three French Girls

    4 1930 HD

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  • 1944
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    Dixie Jamboree

    Dixie Jamboree

    4.5 1944 HD

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  • 1937
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    Three Legionnaires

    Three Legionnaires

    1 1937 HD

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  • 1964
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    Wild and Wonderful

    Wild and Wonderful

    6.3 1964 HD

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  • 1931
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    Juwelenraub in Hollywood

    Juwelenraub in Hollywood

    5.603 1931 HD

    Juwelenraub in Hollywood (Englisch: The Stolen Jools) ist eine US-amerikanische Kurzfilm-Kriminalkomödie von William C. McGann aus dem Jahr 1931.

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  • 1931
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    Women of All Nations

    Women of All Nations

    2.6 1931 HD

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  • 1942
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    Piano Mooner

    Piano Mooner

    1 1942 HD

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  • 1931
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    Young as You Feel

    Young as You Feel

    1 1931 HD

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  • 1976
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    That's Entertainment, Part II

    That's Entertainment, Part II

    6.8 1976 HD

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  • 1943
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    Submarine Base

    Submarine Base

    4.2 1943 HD

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  • 1965
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    Bei Madame Coco

    Bei Madame Coco

    5.3 1965 HD

    Der erfolglose junge Maler Paul Sloan weiß keine andere Lösung mehr, um seine Bilder zu verkaufen, als seinen Selbstmord...

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  • 1968
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    Sein gefährlichster Auftrag

    Sein gefährlichster Auftrag

    6 1968 HD

    Der Privatdetektiv Richard Cutting (Patrick O´Neil) soll einen Versicherungsbetrug eines Millionärs aufklären. Dabei gerät er in...

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  • 1957
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    Perry Mason

    Perry Mason

    7.7 1957 HD

    Es wird ein Verbrechen begangen, die Polizei ermittelt und verhaftet einen Unschuldigen. Dieser wird durch den Staatsanwalt Hamilton Burger...

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  • 1962
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    Combat!

    Combat!

    7.6 1962 HD

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  • 1964
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    Verliebt in eine Hexe

    Verliebt in eine Hexe

    7.872 1964 HD

    Bis auf die Tatsache, dass Samantha eine Hexe ist, ist bei Samantha und Darrin alles normal. Um ein möglichst normales Leben zu führen,...

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  • 1953
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    General Electric Theater

    General Electric Theater

    6 1953 HD

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  • 1960
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    Thriller

    Thriller

    6.4 1960 HD

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  • 1959
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    Adventures in Paradise

    Adventures in Paradise

    5.7 1959 HD

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  • 1960
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    Pete and Gladys

    Pete and Gladys

    6.5 1960 HD

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  • 1952
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    Mr. & Mrs. North

    Mr. & Mrs. North

    4.8 1952 HD

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  • 1961
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    The Mike Douglas Show

    The Mike Douglas Show

    5.1 1961 HD

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  • 1959
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    Adventures in Paradise

    Adventures in Paradise

    5.7 1959 HD

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  • 1952
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    This Is Your Life

    This Is Your Life

    6.6 1952 HD

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  • 1962
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    Hoppla Lucy

    Hoppla Lucy

    7.107 1962 HD

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  • 1957
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    Perry Mason

    Perry Mason

    7.7 1957 HD

    Es wird ein Verbrechen begangen, die Polizei ermittelt und verhaftet einen Unschuldigen. Dieser wird durch den Staatsanwalt Hamilton Burger...

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