Madeleine Lebeau
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.
Filmography
« Allô police » Retour à l'envoyeur
as Mlle Lambert
« Allô police » Retour à l'envoyeur
as Mlle Lambert
La vuelta
La vuelta
Angelique
as La Grande Mademoiselle
Angelique
as La Grande Mademoiselle
8½
as Madeleine, the French Actress
8½
as Madeleine, the French Actress
Way of Youth
as Flora, peite-amie éconduite de Paul
Way of Youth
as Flora, peite-amie éconduite de Paul
You Have Nothing to Declare?
as Gloria Frontignac
You Have Nothing to Declare?
as Gloria Frontignac
Life Together
as Peggy
Life Together
as Peggy
La Parisienne
as Monique Wilson
La Parisienne
as Monique Wilson
The Country I Come From
The Country I Come From
Napoleon
as Emilie Pellapra
Napoleon
as Emilie Pellapra
Cadet Rousselle
as Marguerite de Beaufort
Cadet Rousselle
as Marguerite de Beaufort
Quai des blondes
as Nelly
Quai des blondes
as Nelly
Lightly and Shortly Dressed
as Jacqueline Vermorel
Lightly and Shortly Dressed
as Jacqueline Vermorel
LAventurière du Tchad
as Fanny Lacour
LAventurière du Tchad
as Fanny Lacour
Mandat d'amener
as Françoise Delanglade
Mandat d'amener
as Françoise Delanglade
L'Étrange Amazone
L'Étrange Amazone
Fortuné de Marseille
as Tonia
Fortuné de Marseille
as Tonia
Paris Still Sings!
as Gisèle
Paris Still Sings!
as Gisèle
Sins of Madeleine
as Malou
Sins of Madeleine
as Malou
Et moi j'te dis qu'elle t'a fait d'l'oeil!
as Aurélie Lambrusque
Et moi j'te dis qu'elle t'a fait d'l'oeil!
as Aurélie Lambrusque
Cage of Gold
as Marie
Cage of Gold
as Marie
Paris After Dark
as Collette
Paris After Dark
as Collette
Hold Back the Dawn
as Anni
Hold Back the Dawn
as Anni