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Fifi D'Orsay

Fifi D'Orsay

Actor

Born April 16, 1904 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Died December 2, 1983

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Biography

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.

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That's Entertainment, Part II Poster

That's Entertainment, Part II Documentary1976Clip from 'Going Hollywood'

Roll Out Poster

Roll Out TV Series1973Madame Delacort

Johnny Carson Presents the Sun City Scandals '70 TV Movie1970Self

Assignment to Kill Poster

Assignment to Kill Feature Film1968Mrs. Hennie

The Joey Bishop Show Poster

The Joey Bishop Show TV Series1967Self

The Art of Love Poster

The Art of Love Feature Film1965Fanny

Bewitched Poster

Bewitched TV Series1964Madame Wageir

What a Way to Go! Poster

What a Way to Go! Feature Film1964Baroness

Wild and Wonderful Poster

Wild and Wonderful Feature Film1964Simone

Combat! TV Series1962Mme. Fouquet

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse Poster

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse Feature Film1962French Prisoner

The Lucy Show Poster

The Lucy Show TV Series1962Madame Fifi

The Merv Griffin Show Poster

The Merv Griffin Show TV Series1962Self

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson Poster

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson TV Series1962Self

The Mike Douglas Show Poster

The Mike Douglas Show TV Series1961Self - Actress

Pete and Gladys Poster

Pete and Gladys TV Series1960Charmaine

The Roaring 20's Poster

The Roaring 20's TV Series1960Mme. Poitou

Thriller Poster

Thriller TV Series1960Toinette

Adventures in Paradise Poster

Adventures in Paradise TV Series1959Mother Superior

Bonanza TV Series1959Babette

Perry Mason Poster

Perry Mason TV Series1957Mrs. Davis

The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar Poster

The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar TV Series1957Self

General Electric Theater Poster

General Electric Theater TV Series1953Simone

The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse Poster

The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse TV Series1953Fifi

Mr. & Mrs. North Poster

Mr. & Mrs. North TV Series1952Madame Suzi

This Is Your Life Poster

This Is Your Life TV Series1952Self

All Star Revue Poster

All Star Revue TV Series1950Self - Guest Actress

You Bet Your Life Poster

You Bet Your Life TV Series1950Self - Special Guest

We, the People TV Series1948Self - Actress

The Gangster Poster

The Gangster Feature Film1947Mrs. Ostroleng

Delinquent Daughters Poster

Delinquent Daughters Feature Film1944Mimi

Dixie Jamboree Poster

Dixie Jamboree Feature Film1944Yvette

Nabonga Feature Film1944Marie

Submarine Base Poster

Submarine Base Feature Film1943Maria Styx

Chasing the Blues Short Film1942Fifi

Piano Mooner Poster

Piano Mooner Short Film1942Maid

Three Legionnaires Poster

Three Legionnaires Feature Film1937Olga

Toot Sweet Short Film1937Fifi

Better Than Gold Poster

Better Than Gold Short Film1935Fifi

Cure It with Music Short Film1935Fifi, the Maid

Katz' Pajamas Short Film1935Fifi

The Merry Widow Poster

The Merry Widow Feature Film1935Marcelle

The Merry Widow Poster

The Merry Widow Feature Film1934Marcelle

Wonder Bar Poster

Wonder Bar Feature Film1934Mitzi

Going Hollywood Poster

Going Hollywood Feature Film1933Lili Yvonne

The Life of Jimmy Dolan Poster

The Life of Jimmy Dolan Feature Film1933Budgie

Hollywood on Parade No. A-3 Short Film1932Self

The Girl from Calgary Poster

The Girl from Calgary Feature Film1932Fifi Follette

They Just Had to Get Married Poster

They Just Had to Get Married Feature Film1932Marie

Mr. Lemon of Orange Poster

Mr. Lemon of Orange Feature Film1931Julie La Rue

The Stolen Jools Poster

The Stolen Jools Short Film1931Fifi D'Orsay

Women of All Nations Poster

Women of All Nations Feature Film1931Fifi

Young as You Feel Poster

Young as You Feel Feature Film1931Fleurette

On the Level Poster

On the Level Feature Film1930Miimi

Those Three French Girls Poster

Those Three French Girls Feature Film1930Charmaine

Women Everywhere Poster

Women Everywhere Feature Film1930Lili La Fleur

Hot for Paris Poster

Hot for Paris Feature Film1929Fifi Dupre

They Had to See Paris Poster

They Had to See Paris Feature Film1929Fifi

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