About

Known credits:
30
Birthday:
1923-06-10
Place of birth:
Antony, France
Website:
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Madeleine Lebeau

Overview

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. 

Known for

Acting
1970 Allô police: Retour à l'envoyeur Actor Mlle Lambert N/A
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1965 La vuelta Actor N/A
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1964 Angelique Actor La Grande Mademoiselle 61
Fair
1964 Gunmen Of The Rio Grande Actor Jennie Lee 58
Average
1963 8½ Actor Madeleine, the French Actress 77
Good
1959 You Have Nothing to Declare? Actor Gloria Frontignac 59
Average
1958 Life Together Actor Peggy 59
Average
1957 La Parisienne Actor Monique Wilson 58
Average
1956 The Country I Come From Actor 59
Average
1955 The Miller's Saucy Wife Actor Jacqueline 58
Average
1955 Napoleon Actor Emilie Pellapra 59
Average
1954 Cadet Rousselle Actor Marguerite de Beaufort 58
Average
1954 Quai des blondes Actor Nelly 58
Average
1953 L'aventurière du Tchad Actor Fanny Lacour N/A
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1953 Lightly and Shortly Dressed Actor Jacqueline Vermorel 58
Average
1953 Mandat d'amener Actor N/A
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1953 L'étrange amazone Actor N/A
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1952 Fortuné de Marseille Actor Tonia N/A
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1951 Paris Still Sings! Actor Gisèle N/A
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1951 Sins of Madeleine Actor Malou 59
Average
1950 Et moi j'te dis qu'elle t'a fait d'l'oeil! Actor Aurélie Lambrusque 58
Average
1950 Cage of Gold Actor Marie 59
Average
1948 The Secret of Monte-Cristo Actor Marguerite Vigouroux N/A
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1947 The Royalists Actor Marie-Nathalie de Verneuil 58
Average
1944 Music for Millions Actor Jane (as Madeleine LeBeau) 59
Average
1943 Paris After Dark Actor Collette 59
Average
1943 Casablanca Actor Yvonne 80
Very good
1942 Gentleman Jim Actor Anna Held 60
Fair
1941 Hold Back the Dawn Actor Anni 59
Average
1939 Girls in Distress Actor Une élève de la pension 58
Average