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Aliases: Marie Madeleine Berthe Lebeau

Gender: Female

Place of birth: Antony, France

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Movie Involvements: 16

TV Involvements: 0


Most Famous Work

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

(1943) Yvonne
8½
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8

(1963) Madeleine, the French Actress
Angelique
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7

Angelique

(1964) La Grande Mademoiselle
Cage of Gold
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7

Cage of Gold

(1950) Marie
Hold Back the Dawn
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7

Hold Back the Dawn

(1941) Anni
Napoleon
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7

Napoleon

(1955) Emilie Pellapra
Gunmen Of The Rio Grande
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5

Gunmen Of The Rio Grande

(1964) Jennie Lee
« Allô police » Retour à l'envoyeur
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0

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
1970 Mlle Lambert
1965 N/A
1964 La Grande Mademoiselle
Jennie Lee
1963 Madeleine, the French Actress
1959 Gloria Frontignac
1958 Peggy
1957 Monique Wilson
1956 N/A
1955 Jacqueline
Emilie Pellapra
1954 Marguerite de Beaufort
Nelly
1953 Jacqueline Vermorel
Fanny Lacour
N/A
N/A
1952 Tonia
1951 Gisèle
Malou
1950 Aurélie Lambrusque
Marie
1948 Marguerite Vigouroux
1947 Marie-Nathalie de Verneuil
1944 Jane (as Madeleine LeBeau)
1943 Collette
Yvonne
1942 Anna Held
1941 Anni
1939 Une élève de la pension
Year Character Movie/Tv

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