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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. 


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Born:
Jun 10, 1923
Movie/TV Credits:
28
First Appeared:
In the movie Girls in Distress 1939-01-10
Latest Project:
Movie « Allô police » Retour à l'envoyeur 1970-07-20
Known For
Poster of You Have Nothing to Declare?
Poster of The Miller's Saucy Wife
Poster of Sins of Madeleine
Poster of Girls in Distress
Filmography
Movie « Allô police » Retour à l'envoyeur Mlle Lambert 1970-07-20
Movie La vuelta 1965-01-01
Movie Gunmen Of The Rio Grande Jennie Lee 1964-11-19
Movie Angelique La Grande Mademoiselle 1964-12-08
Movie Madeleine, the French Actress 1963-02-14
Movie You Have Nothing to Declare? Gloria Frontignac 1959-08-29
Movie Life Together Peggy 1958-09-24
Movie La Parisienne Monique Wilson 1957-12-16
Movie The Country I Come From 1956-10-19
Movie Napoleon Emilie Pellapra 1955-03-25
Movie The Miller's Saucy Wife Jacqueline 1955-12-05
Movie Cadet Rousselle Marguerite de Beaufort 1954-10-20
Movie L'Étrange Amazone 1953-04-19
Movie Mandat d'amener 1953-08-02
Movie Lightly and Shortly Dressed Jacqueline Vermorel 1953-11-06
Movie Fortuné de Marseille Tonia 1952-06-13
Movie Sins of Madeleine Malou 1951-08-09
Movie Paris Still Sings! Gisèle 1951-11-28
Movie Cage of Gold Marie 1950-10-23
Movie Et moi j'te dis qu'elle t'a fait d'l'oeil! Aurélie Lambrusque 1950-12-20
Movie The Secret of Monte-Cristo Marguerite Vigouroux 1948-09-17
Movie The Royalists Marie-Nathalie de Verneuil 1947-03-20
Movie Music for Millions Jane (as Madeleine LeBeau) 1944-12-18
Movie Casablanca Yvonne 1943-01-15
Movie Paris After Dark Collette 1943-10-15
Movie Gentleman Jim Anna Held 1942-11-14
Movie Hold Back the Dawn Anni 1941-09-26
Movie Girls in Distress Une élève de la pension 1939-01-10