Madeleine Lebeau
Actor
June 10, 1923 — May 1, 2016 (92 years)
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
Filmography
| 1964 | Angélique · as La Grande Mademoiselle |
| 1964 | Gunmen of the Rio Grande · as Jennie Lee |
| 1963 | 8½ · as Madeleine, The French ActressOn Plex |
| 1959 | Le chemin des écoliers · as Flora |
| 1959 | Vous n'avez rien à déclarer? · as Gloria Frontignac |
| 1958 | Life as a Couple · as Peggy |
| 1957 | The Parisian · as Monique Wilson |
| 1956 | |
| 1955 | La pícara molinera · as Jacqueline |
| 1955 | Napoleon · as Emilie Pellapra |
| 1954 | Cadet Rousselle · as Marguerite De Beaufort |
| 1954 | Royal Affairs in Versailles · as Une Dame De La Cour |
| 1953 | Lightly and Shortly Dressed · as Jacqueline Vermorel |
| 1951 | Paris Still Sings! · as Gisèle |
| 1951 | Dupont Barbès · as Malou |
| 1950 | Cage of Gold · as Marie |
| 1947 | The Royalists · as Marie-Nathalie De Verneuil |
| 1944 | Music for Millions · as Jane (as Madeleine Lebeau) |
| 1943 | Paris After Dark · as Collette |
| 1942 | Casablanca · as Yvonne |
| 1942 | Gentleman Jim · as Anna Held |
| 1941 | Hold Back the Dawn · as Anni |
| 1939 | Girls in Distress · as Une Élève De La Pension |