1923-06-10 Antony, France
Madeleine LeBeau, was a French actress who played Humphrey Bogart’s jilted mistress Yvonne, in “Casablanca,” In “Casablanca,” LeBeau gets teary-eyed when “La Marseillaise” is played and shouts “Viva la France!” She was among several cast members who were actually refugees from the German occupation. Her life echoed the film: After she made her screen debut in French film “Girls in Distress” in 1939, LeBeau and her husband, actor Marcel Dalio, fled Paris for Portugal. They were said to have received transit visas that allowed them to enter Spain and then Portugal before continuing on towards Chile. They were stranded in Mexico when their visas turned out to be forgeries and were able to enter the United States with temporary Canadian passports.
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« Allô police » Retour à l'envoyeur | Mlle Lambert | 1970-07-20 |
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La vuelta | 1965-01-01 | |
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Desafío en Río Bravo | Jennie Lee | 1964-11-19 |
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Angélique, marquise des anges | La Grande Mademoiselle | 1964-12-08 |
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8½ | Madeleine, the French Actress | 1963-02-14 |
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Vous n'avez rien à déclarer ? | Gloria Frontignac | 1959-08-29 |
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La Vie à deux | Peggy | 1958-09-24 |
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Une parisienne | Monique Wilson | 1957-12-16 |
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Le pays d'où je viens | 1956-10-19 | |
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Napoléon | Emilie Pellapra | 1955-03-25 |
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La pícara molinera | Jacqueline | 1955-12-05 |
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Cadet Rousselle | Marguerite de Beaufort | 1954-10-20 |
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Quai des blondes | Nelly | 1954-04-07 |
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L'étrange amazone | 1953-04-19 | |
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Légère et Court-Vêtue | Jacqueline Vermorel | 1953-11-06 |
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L'aventurière du Tchad | 1953-11-06 | |
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Mandat d'amener | 1953-08-02 | |
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Fortuné de Marseille | Tonia | 1952-06-13 |
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Dupont Barbès | Malou | 1951-08-09 |
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Paris chante toujours ! | Gisèle | 1951-11-28 |
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Et moi j'te dis qu'elle t'a fait d'l'oeil! | Aurélie Lambrusque | 1950-12-20 |
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Cage of Gold | Marie | 1950-10-23 |
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Le Secret de Monte-Cristo | Marguerite Vigouroux | 1948-09-17 |
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Les Chouans | Marie-Nathalie de Verneuil | 1947-03-20 |
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Music for Millions | Jane (as Madeleine LeBeau) | 1944-12-18 |
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Paris After Dark | Collette | 1943-10-15 |
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Casablanca | Yvonne | 1943-01-15 |
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Gentleman Jim | Anna Held | 1942-11-14 |
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Hold Back the Dawn | Anni | 1941-09-26 |
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Jeunes filles en détresse | Une élève de la pension | 1939-01-10 |