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Gabrielle Dorziat (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• pennylrichardsca (now at ipernity) said:

  Gabrielle Dorziat (ck spelling), French actress, helped popularize Coco Chanel's designs, toured the US to raise money during WWI for war refugees. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabrielle_Dorziat

• Anne (LOC P&P) said:

  pennylrichardsca: Thanks for noting the correct spelling for Dorziat. We'll include this correction next time we update.

• B-59 said:

  The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current, November 08, 1914, SECTION FIVE, Image 60 used this photo with the caption: "America is being flooded with foreign actors and actresses who have sought refuge here from the dullness of cities in the war zone. Mlle. Gabrielle Dorziat is not one of these war refugees. She came here this season under an arrangement with William Faversham, made before the war was thought about, to take the principal woman's part in the French play called in the American version "The Hawk." New York audiences have found her beautiful, of fine poise and great emotional power, and a very welcome addition to the list of leading women on the American stage. The success of "The Hawk," which seems assured, will be credited in equal parts to the quality ot the play, the intelligent acting of Mr. Faversham in a veryiInteresting part, and the cleverness of Mlle. Dorziat." oregonnews.uoregon.edu/lccn/sn83045782/1914-11-08/ed-1/se...