Dolly Davis (30 October 1896 – 3 November 1962) was a French

film actress An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. ...

. Born Julienne Alexandrine David in Paris, she died in

Neuilly-sur-Seine Neuilly-sur-Seine (; 'Neuilly-on-Seine'), also known simply as Neuilly, is an urban Communes of France, commune in the Hauts-de-Seine Departments of France, department just west of Paris in France. Immediately adjacent to the city, north of the ...

Selected filmography

* ''Hantise'' (1922) * ''

Geneviève Genevieve (; ; also called ''Genovefa'' and ''Genofeva''; 419/422 AD – 502/512 AD) was a consecrated virgin, and is one of the two patron saints of Paris in the Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodox Church. Her feast day is on 3 January. Rec ...

'' (1923) * '' Vidocq'' (1923) * ''

Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of ci ...

'' (1924) * ''

The Imaginary Voyage ''The Imaginary Voyage'' (French: ''Le voyage imaginaire'') is a 1926 French silent film, silent comedy film directed by René Clair and starring Dolly Davis, Jean Börlin and Albert Préjean.Oscherwitz & Higgins p.355 Plot In a vivid daydream, ...

'' (1926) * '' Paris in Five Days'' (1926) * '' Mademoiselle Josette, My Woman'' (1926) * '' The Chocolate Girl'' (1927) * ''

Café Elektric ''Café Elektric'' (1927) is an Austrian film directed by Gustav Ucicky. Plot Erni ( Marlene Dietrich), the daughter of a wealthy industrialist Göttlinger (Fritz Alberti) falls for a pickpocket Fredl ( Willi Forst), but Fredl prefers Hansi ...

'' (1927) * '' Tingel-Tangel'' (1927) * ''

Orient The Orient is a term referring to the East in relation to Europe, traditionally comprising anything belonging to the Eastern world. It is the antonym of the term ''Occident'', which refers to the Western world. In English, it is largely a meto ...

'' (1928) * '' Mademoiselle's Chauffeur'' (1928) * '' Misled Youth'' (1929) * '' Dolly'' (1929) * '' My Daughter's Tutor'' (1929) * '' The Wonderful Day'' (1929) * '' The White Roses of Ravensberg'' (1929) * '' A Hole in the Wall'' (1930) * ''

Checkmate Checkmate (often shortened to mate) is any game position in chess and other chess-like games in which a player's king is in check (threatened with ) and there is no possible escape. Checkmating the opponent wins the game. In chess, the king is ...

'' (1931) * '' Make a Living'' (1931) * '' Shadows of Paris'' (1932) * '' A Train in the Night'' (1934) * '' Three Days Leave'' (1936) * ''Southern Bar'' (1938)

Bibliography

* Powrie, Phil & Rebillard, Éric. ''Pierre Batcheff and stardom in 1920s French cinema''. Edinburgh University Press, 2009

External links

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Dolly Davis
at Virtual History 1896 births 1962 deaths French film actresses French silent film actresses Actresses from Paris 20th-century French actresses {{france-film-actor-1890s-stub