Madeleine Lebeau

Known for ActingBorn 1923-06-10Died 2016-05-01Antony, France

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. Read more

Movies & web series

La vuelta

« Allô police » Retour à l'envoyeur

Mandat d'amener

The Secret of Monte-Cristo

8½

Casablanca

Paris Still Sings!

The Royalists

Gentleman Jim

The Miller's Saucy Wife

L'Étrange Amazone

LAventurière du Tchad

Fortuné de Marseille

The Country I Come From

Angelique

Cage of Gold

Sins of Madeleine

Hold Back the Dawn

Music for Millions

Napoleon

Way of Youth

Life Together

You Have Nothing to Declare?

Paris After Dark

Quai des blondes

La Parisienne

Gunmen Of The Rio Grande

Lightly and Shortly Dressed

Cadet Rousselle

Girls in Distress

Et moi j'te dis qu'elle t'a fait d'l'oeil!