Madeleine Lebeau
Born June 10, 1923 (Age: 102)
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Antony, France
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.
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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Filmography
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La vuelta
1965
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Age: 41
Angelique
1964
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as La Grande Mademoiselle
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Age: 41
Gunmen Of The Rio Grande
1964
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as Jennie Lee
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Age: 41
8½
1963
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as Madeleine, the French Actress
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Age: 39
You Have Nothing to Declare?
1959
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as Gloria Frontignac
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Age: 36
Life Together
1958
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as Peggy
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Age: 35
The Country I Come From
1956
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Age: 33
The Miller's Saucy Wife
1955
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as Jacqueline
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Age: 32
Napoleon
1955
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as Emilie Pellapra
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Age: 31
Cadet Rousselle
1954
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as Marguerite de Beaufort
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Age: 31
Quai des blondes
1954
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as Nelly
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Age: 30
Lightly and Shortly Dressed
1953
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as Jacqueline Vermorel
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Age: 30
L'aventurière du Tchad
1953
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as Fanny Lacour
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Age: 30
Mandat d'amener
1953
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as Françoise Delanglade
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Age: 30
L'Étrange Amazone
1953
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Age: 29
Et moi j'te dis qu'elle t'a fait d'l'oeil!
1950
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as Aurélie Lambrusque
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Age: 27
Cage of Gold
1950
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as Marie
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Age: 27
Gentleman Jim
1942
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as Anna Held
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Age: 19
Hold Back the Dawn
1941
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as Anni
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Age: 18