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Barbara Laage

Barbara Laage

Born: 1920-07-30 • Menthon-Saint-Bernard, Haute Savoie, France

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.

Filmography
Private Screening poster
Private Screening
1973 • Madeleine
Défense de savoir poster
Défense de savoir
1973 • Mrs. Christiani
Le Père Goriot poster
Le Père Goriot
1972 • Duchess of Langeais
Bed and Board poster
Bed and Board
1970 • Monique, la Secrétaire
Therese and Isabelle poster
Therese and Isabelle
1968 • Thérèse's mother
Strange Game poster
Strange Game
1968 • Mathilde
The Burning Body poster
The Burning Body
1966 • Marcia
The Heat of a Thousand Suns poster
The Heat of a Thousand Suns
1965 • (voice)
The Crime of Aldeia Velha poster
The Crime of Aldeia Velha
1964 • Joana
Portuguese Vacation poster
Portuguese Vacation
1963 • Barbara
The Captive poster
The Captive
1962 • Sylvie Hamelin
Paris Blues poster
Paris Blues
1961 • Marie Séoul
There's Going to Be a Party poster
There's Going to Be a Party
1960 • Michèle Laurent
The Boss poster
The Boss
1960 • Rita
Bombs on Monte Carlo poster
Bombs on Monte Carlo
1960 • Olga
No Image
Orientalische Nächte
1960 • Arlette
Tonight We Kill poster
Tonight We Kill
1959 • Nelly
Soft Skin on Black Silk poster
Soft Skin on Black Silk
1959 • Isabelle
No Image
Miss Pigalle
1958 • Yvonne Pigalle
Whereabouts Unknown poster
Whereabouts Unknown
1957 • Mariana
The Happy Road poster
The Happy Road
1957 • Suzanne Duval
To Catch a Spy poster
To Catch a Spy
1957 • Hiedi Effen
Les Assassins du dimanche poster
Les Assassins du dimanche
1956 • Simone Simonet
Guilty? poster
Guilty?
1956 • Jaqueline Delbois
The Adventures of Gil Blas poster
The Adventures of Gil Blas
1956 • Antonia Caldera
Nagana poster
Nagana
1955
A Parisian in Rome poster
A Parisian in Rome
1954 • Germaine, la Parigina
Quai des blondes poster
Quai des blondes
1954 • Barbara
Zoé poster
Zoé
1954 • Zoé
Act of Love poster
Act of Love
1953 • Nina
Traviata 53 poster
Traviata 53
1953 • Margherita
The Slave poster
The Slave
1953 • Anne-Marie 'Fétiche'
The Respectful Prostitute poster
The Respectful Prostitute
1952 • Lizzie McKay
The Red Rose poster
The Red Rose
1951 • Claire Claris, photographer
B.F.'s Daughter poster
B.F.'s Daughter
1948 • Eugenia Taris, Tom's dutch Girl
Signé illisible poster
Signé illisible
1942