Barbara Laage

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

La Maison des bois

Bed and Board

Paris Blues

Défense de savoir

The Respectful Prostitute

Private Screening

The Happy Road

Therese and Isabelle

All Movies (36)

• Private Screening1973 · as Madeleine
• Défense de savoir1973 · as Mrs. Christiani
• Le Père Goriot1972 · as Duchess of Langeais
• Bed and Board1970 · as Monique, la Secrétaire
• Therese and Isabelle1968 · as Thérèse's mother
• Strange Game1968 · as Mathilde
• The Burning Body1966 · as Marcia
• The Heat of a Thousand Suns1965 · as (voice)
• The Crime of Aldeia Velha1964 · as Joana
• Portuguese Vacation1963 · as Barbara
• The Captive1962 · as Sylvie Hamelin
• Paris Blues1961 · as Marie Séoul
• There's Going to Be a Party1960 · as Michèle Laurent
• The Boss1960 · as Rita
• Bombs on Monte Carlo1960 · as Olga
• Orientalische Nächte1960 · as Arlette
• Tonight We Kill1959 · as Nelly
• Soft Skin on Black Silk1959 · as Isabelle
• Miss Pigalle1958 · as Yvonne Pigalle
• Whereabouts Unknown1957 · as Mariana
• The Happy Road1957 · as Suzanne Duval
• To Catch a Spy1957 · as Hiedi Effen
• Every Second Counts1956 · as Simone Simonet
• Guilty?1956 · as Jaqueline Delbois
• The Adventures of Gil Blas1956 · as Antonia Caldera
• Nagana1955
• A Parisian in Rome1954 · as Germaine, la Parigina
• Quai des blondes1954 · as Barbara
• Zoé1954 · as Zoé
• Act of Love1953 · as Nina
• Traviata 531953 · as Margherita
• The Slave1953 · as Anne-Marie 'Fétiche'
• The Respectful Prostitute1952 · as Lizzie McKay
• The Red Rose1951 · as Claire Claris, photographer
• B.F.'s Daughter1948 · as Eugenia Taris, Tom's dutch Girl
• Signé illisible1942

All TV Shows (1)

• La Maison des bois1971 · as Hélène