Barbara Laage

Acting

Born July 30, 1920, 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

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