Barbara Laage
Acting • Born 1920-07-30 – Died 1988-05-21
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
37 credits
Bed and Board
Movie • 1970
Monique, la Secrétaire
Défense de savoir
Movie • 1973
Mrs. Christiani
Paris Blues
Movie • 1961
Marie Séoul
To Catch a Spy
Movie • 1957
Hiedi Effen
Traviata 53
Movie • 1953
Margherita
Signé illisible
Movie • 1942
B.F.'s Daughter
Movie • 1948
Eugenia Taris, Tom's dutch Girl
Le Père Goriot
Movie • 1972
Duchess of Langeais
The Happy Road
Movie • 1957
Suzanne Duval
The Burning Body
Movie • 1966
Marcia
Every Second Counts
Movie • 1956
Simone Simonet
The Crime of Aldeia Velha
Movie • 1964
Joana
The Respectful Prostitute
Movie • 1952
Lizzie McKay
Bombs on Monte Carlo
Movie • 1960
Olga
Act of Love
Movie • 1953
Nina
The Boss
Movie • 1960
Rita
Nagana
Movie • 1955
Tonight We Kill
Movie • 1959
Nelly
The Adventures of Gil Blas
Movie • 1956
Antonia Caldera
Guilty?
Movie • 1956
Jaqueline Delbois
The Heat of a Thousand Suns
Movie • 1965
(voice)
A Parisian in Rome
Movie • 1954
Germaine, la Parigina
Orientalische Nächte
Movie • 1960
Arlette
The Red Rose
Movie • 1951
Claire Claris, photographer
Therese and Isabelle
Movie • 1968
Thérèse's mother
Soft Skin on Black Silk
Movie • 1959
Isabelle
Private Screening
Movie • 1973
Madeleine
Zoé
Movie • 1954
Zoé
Miss Pigalle
Movie • 1958
Yvonne Pigalle
There's Going to Be a Party
Movie • 1960
Michèle Laurent
The Slave
Movie • 1953
Anne-Marie 'Fétiche'
The Captive
Movie • 1962
Sylvie Hamelin
Whereabouts Unknown
Movie • 1957
Mariana
Quai des blondes
Movie • 1954
Barbara
Portuguese Vacation
Movie • 1963
Barbara
Strange Game
Movie • 1968
Mathilde
The House in the Woods
TV • 1971
Hélène