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Barbara Laage

Acting Born Jul 30, 1920 Menthon-Saint-Bernard, Haute Savoie, France 24 credits

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.

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Known for

Film

Bed and Board

as Monique, la Secrétaire

La Maison des bois

as Hélène

Full filmography

  • Bed and Board (1970) as Monique, la Secrétaire
  • Paris Blues (1961) as Marie Séoul
  • La Maison des bois (1971) as Hélène
  • Private Screening (1973) as Madeleine
  • Act of Love (1953) as Nina
  • The Happy Road (1957) as Suzanne Duval
  • The Slave (1953) as Anne-Marie 'Fétiche'
  • Orientalische Nächte (1960) as Arlette
  • B.F.'s Daughter (1948) as Eugenia Taris, Tom's dutch Girl
  • Traviata 53 (1953) as Margherita
  • The Respectful Prostitute (1952) as Lizzie McKay
  • The Boss (1960) as Rita
  • Nagana (1955)
  • Therese and Isabelle (1968) as Thérèse's mother
  • Signé illisible (1942)
  • The Captive (1962) as Sylvie Hamelin
  • There's Going to Be a Party (1960) as Michèle Laurent
  • The Burning Body (1966) as Marcia
  • Quai des blondes (1954) as Barbara
  • Guilty? (1956) as Jaqueline Delbois
  • Bombs on Monte Carlo (1960) as Olga
  • The Heat of a Thousand Suns (1965) as (voice)
  • Défense de savoir (1973) as Mrs. Christiani
  • Tonight We Kill (1959) as Nelly