Barbara Laage

Barbara Laage (30 July 1920 – 21 May 1988) was a French film actress who flourished in the 1950s.[1]

After initially fleeing Paris with her family during the German occupation in World War II, Laage returned to the city once the war concluded and commenced her acting career in the Paris theatre district of Montparnasse.[2]

Her first move to Hollywood was arranged by theatrical agent William Morris, founder of the William Morris Agency.[3] She is one of several notable Hollywood stars of the era that would frequent the Chateau Marmont. [4]

She was originally 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.[5] [6]

Partial filmography
  • Signé illisible (1942)
  • B.F.'s Daughter (1948) - Eugenia Taris
  • The Red Rose (1951) - Claire Claris - la photographe
  • La Putain respectueuse (1952) - Lizzie Mac-Kay - chanteuse entraîneuse
  • The Slave (1953) - Anne-Marie 'Fétiche'
  • Traviata '53 (1953) - Rita
  • Act of Love (1953) - Nina
  • Zoé (1954) - Zoé
  • Quai des blondes (1954) - Barbara
  • A Parisian in Rome (1954) - Germaine, la Parigina
  • Nagana (1955) - Geneviève Larguillière
  • The Adventures of Gil Blas (1956) - Antonia Caldera
  • Guilty? (1956) - Jaqueline Delbois
  • Les Assassins du dimanche (1956) - Simone Simonet
  • The Happy Road (1957) - Suzanne Duval
  • Action immédiate (1957) - Hiedi Effen
  • Deuxième Bureau contre inconnu (1957) - Mariana
  • Miss Pigalle (1958) - Yvonne Pigalle
  • Un mundo para mí (1959) - Isabelle
  • Ce soir on tue (1959) - Nelly
  • Orientalische Nächte (1960) - Arlette
  • Bombs on Monte Carlo (1960) - Olga
  • Le caïd (1960) - Rita
  • Ça va être ta fête (1960) - Michèle Laurent
  • Paris Blues (1961) (with Paul Newman) - Marie Séoul
  • Le captif (1962) - Sylvie Hamelin
  • Portuguese Vacation (1963) - Barbara
  • The Crime of Aldeia Velha (1964) - Joana
  • O Corpo Ardente (1966) - Marcia
  • Drôle de jeu (1968) - Mathilde
  • Therese and Isabelle (1968) - Thérèse's mother
  • Bed and Board (1970) - Monique, la secrétaire
  • Défense de savoir (1973) - Mme Christiani
  • Projection privée (1973) - Madeleine

References
  1. "Barbara Laage". BFI. Archived from the original on 2012-07-26.
  2. "Busy French Girl". LIFE. 3 June 1946.
  3. "French Swim Suit". LIFE. 2 September 1946.
  4. Sarlot, Raymond; Basten, Fred E. (2013). Life at the Marmont. Penguin Publishing Group. ISBN 9781101598696.
  5. Mell, Eila (2005). Casting Might-Have-Beens. Macfarland Incorporated. p. 140. ISBN 9780786420179.
  6. Thomson, David (2008). Have You Seen...?. Penguin Books Limited. ISBN 9780141926582.


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