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Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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…
Known for
- That's Entertainment, Part II — (archive footage) (uncredited)1976
- Assignment to Kill — Mrs. Hennie1968
- The Art of Love — Fanny1965
- What a Way to Go! — Baroness1964
- Wild and Wonderful — Simone1964
- Bewitched1964
- Combat! — Mrs. Fouquet1962
- The Lucy Show — Madame Fifi1962
- The Merv Griffin Show — Self1962
- The Grim Reaper — Toinette1961
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Fifi D'Orsay (April 16, 1904 – December 2, 1983) was a Canadian actress and singer. Born Marie-Rose Angelina Yvonne Lussier in Montreal, as a young typist, filled with the desire to become an actress, she went to New York City. There, she found work in the Greenwich Village Follies after an audition in which she sang the song "Yes! We Have No Bananas' in French. In a burst of creativity, she told the play's director she was from Paris, France where she had worked in the Folies Bergère. <a href=
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Montreal
- Place of death
- Woodland Hills
- Occupation
- singer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Image
- D'Orsay NM130.jpg
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- place of burial
- Forest Lawn Memorial Park
- start of work period
- 1929-00-00
- Commons category
- Fifi D'Orsay
- date of birth
- 1904-04-16
- date of death
- 1983-12-02
- cause of death
- cancer
- manner of death
- natural causes
- birth name
- Marie-Rose Lussier
- writing language
- English language
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