Barbara Laage
36 movies · 1 TV show
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jul 30, 1920
- Died
- May 21, 1988 (age 67)
- 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.
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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.
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Known for
Barbara Laage: movies and TV shows
Acting (37)
- 1973 Private Screening
as Madeleine
- 1973 Défense de savoir
as Mrs. Christiani
- 1972 Le Père Goriot
as Duchess of Langeais
- 1971
- 1970 Bed and Board
as Monique, la Secrétaire
- 1968 Therese and Isabelle
as Thérèse's mother
- 1968 Strange Game
as Mathilde
- 1966 The Burning Body
as Marcia
- 1965 The Heat of a Thousand Suns
as (voice)
- 1964 The Crime of Aldeia Velha
as Joana
- 1963 Portuguese Vacation
as Barbara
- 1962 The Captive
as Sylvie Hamelin
- 1961 Paris Blues
as Marie Séoul
- 1960 There's Going to Be a Party
as Michèle Laurent
- 1960 The Boss
as Rita
- 1960 Bombs on Monte Carlo
as Olga
- 1960 Orientalische Nächte
as Arlette
- 1959 Tonight We Kill
as Nelly
- 1959 Soft Skin on Black Silk
as Isabelle
- 1958 Miss Pigalle
as Yvonne Pigalle
- 1957 Whereabouts Unknown
as Mariana
- 1957 The Happy Road
as Suzanne Duval
- 1957 To Catch a Spy
as Hiedi Effen
- 1956 Every Second Counts
as Simone Simonet
- 1956 Guilty?
as Jaqueline Delbois
- 1956 The Adventures of Gil Blas
as Antonia Caldera
- 1955
- 1954 A Parisian in Rome
as Germaine, la Parigina
- 1954 Quai des blondes
as Barbara
- 1954 Zoé
as Zoé
- 1953 Act of Love
as Nina
- 1953 Traviata 53
as Margherita
- 1953 The Slave
as Anne-Marie 'Fétiche'
- 1952 The Respectful Prostitute
as Lizzie McKay
- 1951 The Red Rose
as Claire Claris, photographer
- 1948 B.F.'s Daughter
as Eugenia Taris, Tom's dutch Girl
- 1942