Madeleine Lebeau
Acting
Born: 1923-06-10 in 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.
Known For
Casablanca
Yvonne
8½
Madeleine, the French Actress
Angelique
La Grande Mademoiselle
Napoleon
Emilie Pellapra
Gentleman Jim
Anna Held
La Parisienne
Monique Wilson
La vuelta
The Royalists
Marie-Nathalie de Verneuil
Way of Youth
Flora, peite-amie éconduite de Paul
Sins of Madeleine
Malou
You Have Nothing to Declare?
Gloria Frontignac
Hold Back the Dawn
Anni
Paris Still Sings!
Gisèle
Cage of Gold
Marie
The Country I Come From
Fortuné de Marseille
Tonia
Life Together
Peggy
Quai des blondes
Nelly
Gunmen Of The Rio Grande
Jennie Lee
LAventurière du Tchad
Fanny Lacour
Cadet Rousselle
Marguerite de Beaufort
Music for Millions
Jane (as Madeleine LeBeau)
Lightly and Shortly Dressed
Jacqueline Vermorel
Mandat d'amener
Françoise Delanglade
Girls in Distress
Une élève de la pension
The Secret of Monte-Cristo
Marguerite Vigouroux
The Miller's Saucy Wife
Jacqueline
Paris After Dark
Collette
Et moi j'te dis qu'elle t'a fait d'l'oeil!
Aurélie Lambrusque
