Madeleine Lebeau
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
Yvonne
Casablanca
Madeleine, the French Actress
8½
Mlle Lambert
« Allô police » Retour à l'envoyeur
Anna Held
Gentleman Jim
Anni
Hold Back the Dawn
Marie-Nathalie de Verneuil
Les Chouans
Gisèle
Paris chante toujours !
Marguerite de Beaufort
Cadet Rousselle
Jacqueline Vermorel
Légère et Court-Vêtue
Tonia
Fortuné de Marseille
Marie
Cage of Gold
Jennie Lee
Sfida a Rio Bravo
Gloria Frontignac
Vous n'avez rien à déclarer ?
Collette
Paris After Dark
La Grande Mademoiselle
Angélique, marquise des anges
Peggy
La Vie à deux
L'Étrange Amazone
Françoise Delanglade
Mandat d'amener
Fanny Lacour
L'aventurière du Tchad
Aurélie Lambrusque
Et moi j'te dis qu'elle t'a fait d'l'oeil!
Le pays d'où je viens
Une élève de la pension
Jeunes filles en détresse
Monique Wilson
Une parisienne
Malou
Dupont Barbès
Jacqueline
La pícara molinera
Marguerite Vigouroux
Le Secret de Monte-Cristo
Emilie Pellapra
Napoléon
Jane (as Madeleine LeBeau)
Music for Millions
Nelly
Quai des blondes
La vuelta
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
30
Gender
Female
Birthday
1923-06-10
Place of Birth
Antony, France
Also Known As
Marie Madeleine Berthe Lebeau