Fifi D'Orsay

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Birth Name: Marie-Rose Angelina Yvonne Lussier

Born: 16 April 1904 Died: 2 December 1983

Country of origin: Canada

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Description: Born Marie-Rose Angelina Yvonne Lussier in Montreal, Quebec, 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 Bergères. The show's impressed director hired her, billing her as "Mademoiselle Fifi." While working in the show, she became involved with Ed Gallagher, a veteran actor who joined her in putting together a vaude ... (more)