D'Orsay, Fifi (1904–1983)
D'Orsay, Fifi (1904–1983)
Canadian actress. Born Yvonne Lussier, April 16, 1904, in Montreal, Canada; died Dec 2, 1983, in Woodland Hills, California; m. Maurice Hill.
Began career on Broadway and in vaudeville; debuted in film opposite Will Rogers in They Had to See Paris (1929); with trademark "ooh-la-la" and often typecast as a French "floozy," made 23 films, including On the Level, Those Three French Girls, Girl from Calgary, The Gangster, What a Way to Go!, Just Imagine, Silk Stockings, Wild and Wonderful and Assignment to Kill; lectured on religion.
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