Barbara Laage
Born: 1920-07-30 in Menthon-Saint-Bernard, Haute Savoie, France
Died: 1988-05-21
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
1973
- Défense de savoir as Mrs. Christiani
- Private Screening as Madeleine
1972
- Le Père Goriot as Duchess of Langeais
1971
- The House in the Woods as Hélène
1970
- Bed and Board as Monique, la Secrétaire
1968
- Therese and Isabelle as Thérèse's mother
- 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
- The Boss as Rita
- Bombs on Monte Carlo as Olga
- There's Going to Be a Party as Michèle Laurent
- Orientalische Nächte as Arlette
1959
- Soft Skin on Black Silk as Isabelle
- Tonight We Kill as Nelly
1958
- Miss Pigalle as Yvonne Pigalle
1957
- The Happy Road as Suzanne Duval
- To Catch a Spy as Hiedi Effen
- Whereabouts Unknown as Mariana
1956
- Guilty? as Jaqueline Delbois
- The Adventures of Gil Blas as Antonia Caldera
- Every Second Counts as Simone Simonet
1955
1954
- Zoé as Zoé
- Quai des blondes as Barbara
- A Parisian in Rome as Germaine, la Parigina
1953
- Act of Love as Nina
- The Slave as Anne-Marie 'Fétiche'
- Traviata 53 as Margherita
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