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Known For
Acting
Birthday
July 30, 1920
Died
May 21, 1988
Place of Birth
Menthon-Saint-Bernard, Haute Savoie, France
Barbara Laage
0.2 Popularity
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
4.6
Madeleine
Private Screening
1973
5.6
Mrs. Christiani
Défense de savoir
1973
6.0
Duchess of Langeais
Le Père Goriot
1972
6.5
Hélène
The House in the Woods
1971
7.1
Monique, la Secrétaire
Bed and Board
1970
3.9
Thérèse's mother
Therese and Isabelle
1968
5.5
Mathilde
Strange Game
1968
6.1
Marcia
The Burning Body
1966
5.8
(voice)
The Heat of a Thousand Suns
1965
6.8
Joana
The Crime of Aldeia Velha
1964
Credits
Private Screening
as Madeleine
1973
4.6
Défense de savoir
as Mrs. Christiani
1973
5.6
Le Père Goriot
as Duchess of Langeais
1972
6.0
The House in the Woods
as Hélène
1971
6.5
Bed and Board
as Monique, la Secrétaire
1970
7.1
Therese and Isabelle
as Thérèse's mother
1968
3.9
Strange Game
as Mathilde
1968
5.5
The Burning Body
as Marcia
1966
6.1
The Heat of a Thousand Suns
as (voice)
1965
5.8
The Crime of Aldeia Velha
as Joana
1964
6.8
Portuguese Vacation
as Barbara
1963
5.6
The Captive
as Sylvie Hamelin
1962
0.0
Paris Blues
as Marie Séoul
1961
6.5
There's Going to Be a Party
as Michèle Laurent
1960
7.0
The Boss
as Rita
1960
5.5
Bombs on Monte Carlo
as Olga
1960
5.5
🎬
Orientalische Nächte
as Arlette
1960
0.0
Tonight We Kill
as Nelly
1959
1.0
Soft Skin on Black Silk
as Isabelle
1959
4.6
🎬
Miss Pigalle
as Yvonne Pigalle
1958
0.0
Whereabouts Unknown
as Mariana
1957
0.0
The Happy Road
as Suzanne Duval
1957
5.6
To Catch a Spy
as Hiedi Effen
1957
5.0
Guilty?
as Jaqueline Delbois
1956
6.0
The Adventures of Gil Blas
as Antonia Caldera
1956
0.0
Les Assassins du dimanche
as Simone Simonet
1956
5.0
Nagana
1955
0.0
Una parigina a Roma
as Germaine, la Parigina
1954
8.5
Quai des blondes
as Barbara
1954
5.3
Zoé
as Zoé
1954
0.0
Act of Love
as Nina
1953
6.7
Traviata 53
as Margherita
1953
6.7
The Slave
as Anne-Marie 'Fétiche'
1953
5.5
The Respectful Prostitute
as Lizzie McKay
1952
5.3
The Red Rose
as Claire Claris, photographer
1951
5.1
B.F.'s Daughter
as Eugenia Taris, Tom's dutch Girl
1948
6.3
Signé illisible
1942
0.0