Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
30
Gender
Female
Birthday
June 10, 1923 ( 93 years old )
Place of Birth
Antony, France
Also Known As
Marie Madeleine Berthe Lebeau
Madeleine Lebeau
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
1943-01-158½
1963-02-14« Allô police » Retour à l'envoyeur
1970-07-20Gentleman Jim
1942-11-14Hold Back the Dawn
1941-09-26Les Chouans
1947-03-20Paris chante toujours !
1951-11-28Cadet Rousselle
1954-10-20Légère et Court-Vêtue
1953-11-06Fortuné de Marseille
1952-06-13