Fifi D'Orsay (April 16, 1904 â€" December 2, 1983) was a Canadian-born
actress.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. When asked where she was from, she told
the director she was from Paris, France, and that she had worked in
the Folies Bergère. The impressed director hired her, billing her as
"Mademoiselle Fifi".
actress.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. When asked where she was from, she told
the director she was from Paris, France, and that she had worked in
the Folies Bergère. The impressed director hired her, billing her as
"Mademoiselle Fifi".
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