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