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Aliases: Marie Madeleine Berthe Lebeau

Gender: Female

Place of birth: Antony, France

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Movie Involvements: 15

TV Involvements: 0


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Biography

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. 

Most Famous Work

Casablanca
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8

Casablanca

(1942) Yvonne
8½
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8

(1963) Madeleine, the French Actress
Angelique
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7

Angelique

(1964) La Grande Mademoiselle
Napoleon
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6

Napoleon

(1955) Emilie Pellapra
Hold Back the Dawn
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7

Hold Back the Dawn

(1941) Anni
Gunmen Of The Rio Grande
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5

Gunmen Of The Rio Grande

(1964) Jennie Lee
Cage of Gold
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7

Cage of Gold

(1950) Marie
The Royalists
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7

The Royalists

(1947) Marie-Nathalie de Verneuil

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