Gabrielle Dorziat
Biography
Gabrielle Dorziat was a French stage and film actress who made her stage debut in 1898 at the Royal Park Theatre in Brussels. Her performance as Thérèse Herbault in Chaîne anglaise (1906) brought her to public attention, and she went on to appear in over sixty films, including Mayerling, Les Parents terribles, and Manon. A fashion trendsetter in Paris, Dorziat helped popularize the designs of Coco Chanel.