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.
Casablanca
as YvonneIn Casablanca, Morocco in December 1941, a cynical American expatriate meets a former lover,...
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8½
as Madeleine, the French ActressGuido Anselmi, a film director, finds himself creatively barren at the peak of his career. Urged...
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Angelique
as La Grande MademoiselleIn 17th-century France, beautiful country maiden Angélique marries wealthy neighbor Jeoffray de...
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Gentleman Jim
as Anna HeldAs bare-knuckled boxing enters the modern era, brash extrovert Jim Corbett uses new rules and...
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Napoleon
as Emilie PellapraThe film follows the life of Napoleon from his early life in Corsica to his death at Saint...
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La Parisienne
as Monique WilsonThe spoiled daughter of the French Ambassador tricks one of his aides into marrying her.
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Hold Back the Dawn
as AnniRomanian-French gigolo Georges Iscovescu wishes to enter the USA. Stopped in Mexico by the quota...
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You Have Nothing to Declare?
as Gloria FrontignacMarried against her will to the Comte de Trivelin, Paulette Dupont shares her anxieties with her...
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Cage of Gold
as MarieThe love that Judy, a young painter, feels for Alan, a promising doctor to whom she is engaged,...
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The Secret of Monte-Cristo
as Marguerite VigourouxOne of Alexandre Dumas's most popular adventure novels is "The Count of Monte-Cristo". What is...
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The Country I Come From
as uncreditedOne Christmas Eve, a carefree young man, Eric, arrives in a small provincial town. Here, he...
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Et moi j'te dis qu'elle t'a fait d'l'oeil!
as Aurélie LambrusqueAndré Courvalin, a merry bachelor, considers marrying, but not his exuberant mistress Aurélie....
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Life Together
as PeggyThe writer Pierre Carot became rich and famous with his book "Life as a Couple", which was based...
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Music for Millions
as Jane (as Madeleine LeBeau)Six-year-old "Mike" goes to live with her pregnant older sister, Babs, who plays string bass in...
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Cadet Rousselle
as Marguerite de BeaufortThe Adventures of Cadet Rousselle that on the French Revolution left his hometown in search of...
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Paris Still Sings!
as GisèleA famous comedian decrees that his fortune will go to whoever collects as many pop star...
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Girls in Distress
as Une élève de la pensionJeune Filles en Detresse (Young Girls in Distress) was director G. W. Pabst's last French...
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Paris After Dark
as ColletteAndre Marbel is the upper-class doctor who is able to continue his practice above suspicion even...
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The Royalists
as Marie-Nathalie de VerneuilThe Marquis de Montauran was appointed to command the Chouans whose first two revolts were...
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Lightly and Shortly Dressed
as Jacqueline VermorelJacqueline and Jacques, newlyweds, are in frequent discussions. The cause is Jacqueline's...
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Gunmen Of The Rio Grande
as Jennie LeeWyatt Earp comes to a small town, Rio Bravo, to help the woman saloon owner against the town...
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Quai des blondes
as NellyThe blond cigarette trade is raging in the Mediterranean, pitting the crew of a former naval...
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Sins of Madeleine
as MalouMalou, a prostitute from Montmartre, and her pimp, have found a well laid scheme : whenever she...
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Mandat d'amener
as uncreditedAppointed public prosecutor in a small provincial town, Gérard Latour befriends Delanglade,...
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L'aventurière du Tchad
as Fanny LacourAlain de Blomette, a family man, is in danger of becoming a deviant under the influence of his...
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Fortuné de Marseille
as ToniaA rich businessman, threatened by his pregnant mistress, decides to make him marry a man who...
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The Miller's Saucy Wife
as JacquelineIn a region of Andalusia, all the men lust after the miller's young wife.
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L'Étrange Amazone
as uncreditedMichel, a young painter in poor health, enters the grounds of a château and faints when he sees...
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