Fifi D'Orsay

Personal Info

Birthday

April 16, 1904

Day of Death

1983-12-02

(79 years old)

Place of Birth

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Also Known As

Fifi Dorsay

The French Bombshell

Marie-Rose Angelina Yvonne Lussier

Fifi D'Orsay

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.

Known For

Perry Mason

Combat!

The Lucy Show

Adventures in Paradise

Thriller

Nabonga

What a Way to Go!

General Electric Theater

Filmography

1976
That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
1968
Assignment to Kill
as Mrs. Hennie
1965
The Art of Love
as Fanny
1964
What a Way to Go!
as Baroness
Wild and Wonderful
as Simone
1947
The Gangster
as Mrs. Ostroleng
1944
Dixie Jamboree
as Yvette
Delinquent Daughters
as Mimi
Nabonga
as Marie
1943
Submarine Base
as Maria Styx
1942
Piano Mooner
as Maid
1937
Three Legionnaires
as Olga
1934
Wonder Bar
as Mitzi
1933
Going Hollywood
as Lili Yvonne
The Life of Jimmy Dolan
as Budgie
1932
The Girl from Calgary
as Fifi Follette
1931
Young as You Feel
as Fleurette
Women of All Nations
as Fifi
The Stolen Jools
as Fifi D'Orsay
Mr. Lemon Of Orange
as Julie La Rue
1930
Those Three French Girls
as Charmaine (as Fifi Dorsay)
Women Everywhere
as Lili La Fleur
On the Level
as Mimi
1929
Hot for Paris
as Fifi Dupre
They Had to See Paris
as Fifi