Dominique Davray
Acting
Biography
Dominique Davray (born Marie-Louise Gournay; 27 January 1919 in Paris – 16 August 1998 in Paris) was a French actress. She performed in more than ninety films from 1942 to 1983. Source: Article "Dominique Davray" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
Born: January 27, 1919
Place of Birth: Paris, France
Known For
Crooks in Clover
An aging gangster, Fernand Naudin is hoping for a quiet retirement when he suddenly inherits a fortune from an old friend, a former gangster supremo known as the Mexican. If he is ambivalent about his new found wealth, Fernand is positively nonplussed to discover that he has also inherited his benefactor’s daughter, Patricia. Unfortunately, not only does Fernand have to put up with the thoroughly modern Patricia and her nauseating boyfriend, but he also had to contend with the Mexican’s trigger-happy former employees, who are determined to make a claim.
Cléo from 5 to 7
Agnès Varda eloquently captures Paris in the sixties with this real-time portrait of a singer set adrift in the city as she awaits test results of a biopsy. A chronicle of the minutes of one woman’s life, Cléo from 5 to 7 is a spirited mix of vivid vérité and melodrama, featuring a score by Michel Legrand and cameos by Jean-Luc Godard and Anna Karina.
Casque d'Or
At the end of the 19th century, during a ball in Joinville, on the outskirts of Paris, Georges, a former delinquent working as a carpenter, meets Marie, a young woman connected to a criminal gang.
Paris in August
A man is alone in Paris during the month of August while his woman and children go on vacation. He meets a young English girl posing as a model who came to Paris for a shoot.
The Wing or the Thigh?
Charles Duchemin, a well-known gourmet and publisher of a famous restaurant guide, is waging a war against fast food entrepreneur Tri- catel to save the French art of cooking. After having agreed to appear on a talk show to show his skills in naming food and wine by taste, he is confronted with two disasters: his son wants to become a clown rather than a restaurant tester and he, the famous Charles Duchemin, has lost his taste!
Any Number Can Win
Charles, fresh out of jail, rejects his wife's plan for a quiet life of bourgeois respectability. He enlists a former cell mate, Francis, to assist him in pulling off one final score, a carefully planned assault on the vault of a Cannes casino.
Touchez Pas au Grisbi
Gentleman gangster Max and his partner, Riton, pull off their last, most successful heist and find themselves comfortable enough to retire in the style they enjoy. However, Max confides the details of the theft to his younger mistress, Josey -- who has secretly taken up with ambitious young rival gangster Angelo. Angelo then has Riton kidnapped and demands the stash of gold as ransom, which threatens Max's dreams of the perfect retirement.
Monsieur le Trouhadec saisi par la débauche
Maigret Sets a Trap
Four women were murdered, each was knifed and, though they had their clothes torn, they weren't molested. As the famed police inspector Jules Maigret pieces the clues together, he comes to realize that for the elusive man that he suspects to be unmasked, he has to set him a trap.
Les Misérables
In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both men's lives, and soon Valjean finds himself in the midst of the student revolutions in France.
Filmography
as Lady in the red dress
as Mother Magnon
as Alexandrine Zola
as The prostitute
as L'infirmière musclée
as Angèle
as The hairdresser's wife
as Ursula / Suzanne
as Victoire
as La marchande de casquettes
as forsche Nonne
as Barmaid (uncredited)
as Olympe
as La professeur de danse
as Suzanne Mézeray
as Madame Trestaillon
as Rose
as Germaine Bouchot
as Germaine Bouchot
as Model
as Madame Blanche, épouse de Charles (sketch “La Fermeture”)
as Concierge
as Une cliente du docteur Tannait
as Poulaine
as Prostitute
as Madame Mado
as Léone, Mario's wife
as la patronne de "L'Aquarium"
as Mlle Barberini
as Joséphine
as Angèle
as Une fille de l'auberge
as Boss of the Mistigri café-restaurant
as Creamer
as Loriot's concierge
as Madame Dupuis, mother
as Alexandra
as Dan's mother
as Girl from the streets
as Marcelle
as Ginette
as Marguerite Juteau
as Arlette
as Marcelle
as Neighborhood butcher
as Une prostituée (uncredited)
as Margot, canteen dishwasher
as Vardivol's friend
as En gatepike
as Mrs. Fernande, seamstress
as Un prostituée (uncredited)
as A model (uncredited)
as La fille au café-restaurant (uncredited)
as Une entraîneuse qui danse (uncredited)
as A student of the course
as (uncredited)
as (uncredited)
as A 'grisette' (uncredited)