Name
Barbara Laage
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1920-07-30
Deathday
1988-05-21 (68 years old)
Place of Birth
Menthon-Saint-Bernard, Haute Savoie, France
Biography
Barbara Laage (30 July 1920 – 21 May 1988) was a French film actress who flourished in the 1950s.
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.
Known For
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During the 1960s, two American jazz musicians living in Paris meet and fall in love with t...
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Parisian everyman Antoine Doinel has married his sweetheart Christine Darbon, and the newl...
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Fred, the nephew of a senator,has murdered a Black man on a train. The two only witnesses ...
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Two young girls experience awakening sexuality in the heated atmosphere of a Swiss girls' ...
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An engineer has a romance with the mistress of a rich banker but she sacrifices herself,re...
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When a woman is accused of murder, the investigation slowly reveals numerous political con...
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Françoise and her husband Jean-Pierre invite some friend couples to spend a weekend in th...
- 1970 Bed and Board as Monique, la Secrétaire
- 1973 Défense de savoir as Mrs. Christiani
- 1961 Paris Blues as Marie Séoul
- 1957 To Catch a Spy as Hiedi Effen
- 1953 Traviata 53 as Margherita
- 1942 Signé illisible
- 1948 B.F.'s Daughter as Eugenia Taris, Tom's dutch Girl
- 1972 Le Père Goriot as Duchess of Langeais
- 1957 The Happy Road as Suzanne Duval
- 1966 The Burning Body as Marcia
- 1956 Every Second Counts as Simone Simonet
- 1964 The Crime of Aldeia Velha as Joana
- 1952 The Respectful Prostitute as Lizzie McKay
- 1960 Bombs on Monte Carlo as Olga
- 1953 Act of Love as Nina
- 1960 The Boss as Rita
- 1955 Nagana
- 1959 Tonight We Kill as Nelly
- 1956 The Adventures of Gil Blas as Antonia Caldera
- 1956 Guilty? as Jaqueline Delbois
- 1965 The Heat of a Thousand Suns as (voice)
- 1954 A Parisian in Rome as Germaine, la Parigina
- 1960 Orientalische Nächte as Arlette
- 1951 The Red Rose as Claire Claris, photographer
- 1968 Therese and Isabelle as Thérèse's mother
- 1959 Soft Skin on Black Silk as Isabelle
- 1973 Private Screening as Madeleine
- 1954 Zoé as Zoé
- 1958 Miss Pigalle as Yvonne Pigalle
- 1960 There's Going to Be a Party as Michèle Laurent
- 1953 The Slave as Anne-Marie 'Fétiche'
- 1962 The Captive as Sylvie Hamelin
- 1957 Whereabouts Unknown as Mariana
- 1954 Quai des blondes as Barbara
- 1963 Portuguese Vacation as Barbara
- 1968 Strange Game as Mathilde
- 1971 La Maison des bois ( 2 episodes ) as Hélène
