Fifi D'Orsay (19041983):Although she made her career playing the quintessential Parisian coquette,Fifi D'Orsay was actually a Canadian.She was born in Montreal,Qubec,in 1904.At the age of 20 she arrived in New York,determined to become an actress.She was soon hired to appear in The Greenwich Village Follies. She told the director that she was an ex-Follies Bergre showgirl from Paris (!!!#.The director renamed her Mademoiselle Fifi".She went to Hollywood.By this time she had adopted the last name "D'Orsay",after her favorite perfume.She continued her career in movies,alternating them with highly paid appearances in vaudeville.She was one of the first major stars to appearon television in its early days,and later acted in such series as "Bewitched"#1964#,"Adventures in Paradise"#1959#,etc.In 1971-72,at the age of 67, she appeared on Broadway,ran for 522 performances.Nickname:The French Bombshell
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