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Barbara Laage

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Barbara Laage

Born July 30, 1920 in Menthon-Saint-Bernard, Haute Savoie, FranceDied May 21, 198836 films

Barbara Laage (30 July 1920 – 21 May 1988) was a French film actress who flourished in the 1950s.

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After fleeing Paris with her family during the German occupation in World War II , Laage returned to the city after the war and began her acting career in the Paris theater district of Montparnasse.

Her first move to Hollywood was arranged by theatrical agent William Morris , founder of the William Morris Agency. She is one of several Hollywood stars of the era who would frequent the Chateau Marmont.

She was the first choice for the lead role in the Orson Welles film The Lady from Shanghai , though the part was eventually awarded to Rita Hayworth.

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Bed and Board posterFirst watchBed and Board19707.1as Monique, la SecrétaireParisian everyman Antoine Doinel has married his sweetheart Christine Darbon, and the newlyweds have set up a cozy domestic life of selling flowers and giving violin lessons while Antoine…View film

Essential films

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Paris Blues poster6.5Paris Blues1961

Filmography

36 films as actor
  1. 1973Private ScreeningMadeleine
  2. 1973Défense de savoirMrs. Christiani
  3. 1972Le Père GoriotDuchess of Langeais
  4. 1970Bed and BoardMonique, la Secrétaire
  5. 1968Therese and IsabelleThérèse's mother
  6. 1968Strange GameMathilde
  7. 1966The Burning BodyMarcia
  8. 1965The Heat of a Thousand Suns(voice)
  9. 1964The Crime of Aldeia VelhaJoana
  10. 1963Portuguese VacationBarbara
  11. 1962The CaptiveSylvie Hamelin
  12. 1961Paris BluesMarie Séoul
  13. 1960There's Going to Be a PartyMichèle Laurent
  14. 1960The BossRita
  15. 1960Bombs on Monte CarloOlga
  16. 1960Orientalische NächteArlette
  17. 1959Tonight We KillNelly
  18. 1959Soft Skin on Black SilkIsabelle
  19. 1958Miss PigalleYvonne Pigalle
  20. 1957Whereabouts UnknownMariana
  21. 1957The Happy RoadSuzanne Duval
  22. 1957To Catch a SpyHiedi Effen
  23. 1956Every Second CountsSimone Simonet
  24. 1956Guilty?Jaqueline Delbois
  25. 1956The Adventures of Gil BlasAntonia Caldera
  26. 1955Nagana
  27. 1954A Parisian in RomeGermaine, la Parigina
  28. 1954Quai des blondesBarbara
  29. 1954ZoéZoé
  30. 1953Act of LoveNina
  31. 1953Traviata 53Margherita
  32. 1953The SlaveAnne-Marie 'Fétiche'
  33. 1952The Respectful ProstituteLizzie McKay
  34. 1951The Red RoseClaire Claris, photographer
  35. 1948B.F.'s DaughterEugenia Taris, Tom's dutch Girl
  36. 1942Signé illisible