Madeleine Lebeau
Madeleine Lebeau (born June 10, 1923 in Antony , Seine department , † May 1, 2016 in Estepona , Spain ) was a French actress .
Life
Lebeau played her first film role in 1939 in the French melodrama Jeunes filles en détresse , directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst . Only one year later, she and her husband (since 1938) and fellow actor Marcel Dalio had to flee from the Nazis who were invading France because of his Jewish origins. Via Portugal and South America she finally ended up in the USA , where both of them were able to continue their acting careers. Her first Hollywood films were The Golden Gate (Hold Back The Dawn) (1941) and The Cheeky Cavalier ( Gentleman Jim ) (1942). Also in 1942 Lebeau played her probably best-known role as Yvonne, the spurned lover of the café owner Rick ( Humphrey Bogart ), in the classic film Casablanca . In the same year Lebeau and Dalio divorced.
After the end of World War II, Lebeau returned to France and from then on was regularly seen in French and European films, including the British crime film Woman on the Net ( Cage of Gold , 1950) starring Jean Simmons and Federico Fellini's Eight and Half ( 8½ , 1963). In the late 1960s she also appeared in several television series before she completely withdrew from the film and television business. In 1988 she married the Italian screenwriter Tullio Pinelli , with whom she was married until his death in 2009.
Madeleine Lebeau died in 2016 at the age of 92 after a broken thigh. At the time of her death, she was considered the last living member of the Casablanca cast.
Filmography (selection)
- 1939: Jeunes filles en détresse
- 1941: The Golden Gate (Hold Back the Dawn)
- 1942: The Cheeky Cavalier (Gentleman Jim)
- 1942: Casablanca
- 1943: Paris After Dark
- 1944: Music for millions (Music for Millions)
- 1947: Les Chouans
- 1950: Woman on the Net (Cage of Gold)
- 1957: The Parisian Woman (Une parisienne)
- 1963: eight and a half (8½)
- 1964: Fast Colts for Jeannie Lee (Sfida a Rio Bravo)
Web links
- Madeleine Lebeau in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Madeleine Lebeau in the German dubbing file
Individual evidence
- ↑ Madeleine LeBeau, French actress who sang 'La Marseillaise' in 'Casablanca,' dies at 92
- ↑ Madeleine Lebeau, Rick's Discarded Lover in 'Casablanca,' Dies at 92 . In: The Hollywood Reporter . ( hollywoodreporter.com [accessed November 14, 2017]).
- ↑ Ruth McKee: Casablanca actor Madeleine LeBeau dies in Spain aged 92 . In: The Guardian . May 15, 2016, ISSN 0261-3077 ( theguardian.com [accessed November 14, 2017]).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lebeau, Madeleine |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | french actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 10, 1923 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Antony , Hauts-de-Seine department , France |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 1, 2016 |
| Place of death | Estepona , Spain |