Sunday, May 1, 2016

Madeleine LeBeau

'Casablanca' actress Madeleine LeBeau dies

She was not on the list.

Madeleine LeBeau, widely believed to be the last surviving credited cast member from the classic film "Casablanca," has died, her stepson said. She was 92.

LeBeau played Yvonne, the jilted mistress of Humphrey Bogart's character, Rick.
In a memorable scene from the World War II-era film, her eyes fill with tears as "The Marseillaise" plays, and she cries out, "Vive la France!"

LeBeau died May 1 in Spain after breaking her thigh bone, her stepson, Carlo Alberto Pinelli, told CNN.
In addition to her role in "Casablanca," LeBeau also appeared in the 1950 film "Cage of Gold" and in Federico Fellini's 1963 film "8 1/2," according to CNN sister network Turner Classic Movies.
According to IMDB.com, there were parallels between LeBeau's role in "Casablanca" and her life. The French actress escaped Nazi-occupied France, fleeing with her then-husband, Marcel Dalio, who also had a role in "Casablanca."
"While the plot of Casablanca traces the movements of European refugees through Morocco, a look at the actors involved in the production also tells a story of émigrés," the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences noted in a 2014 article about LeBeau and other artists who fled Europe and appeared in the film.
Records indicate that actors from 34 different countries participated in "Casablanca," according to the Academy.
LeBeau was born in 1923 in Hauts-de-Seine, France, according to IMDB. She was married to Dalio, who played a croupier in Casablanca, from 1938-1942.
She later married Italian screenwriter Tullio Pinelli, whose writing credits included "La Dolce Vita," "8 1/2" and "La strada."


Filmography
Year       Title       Role       Notes
1939      Jeunes filles en détresse (Girls in Distress)             Une élève de la pension                Uncredited
1941      Hold Back the Dawn        Anni      
1942      Gentleman Jim Anna Held          
1942      Casablanca          Yvonne
1943      Paris After Dark                 Collette               
1944      Music for Millions            Jane      
1947      The Royalists      Marie de Verneuil           
1948      Le secret de Monte-Cristo (The Secret of Monte-Cristo) Marguerite Vigouroux   
1950      Cage of Gold       Marie   
1950      Et moi j'te dis qu'elle t'a fait d'l'oeil!         Aurélie Lambrusque       
1951      Sins of Madeleine            Malou  
1951      Paris Still Sings   Gisèle   
1952      Fortuné de Marseille      Tonia    
1953      L'étrange amazone          Eliane   
1953      Mandat d'amener            Françoise Delanglade    
1953      Légère et court vêtue (Lightly and Shortly Dressed)           Jacqueline Lorette / Kiki               
1953      L'aventurière du Tchad (The Adventurer of Chad)              Fanny Lacour    
1954      Si Versailles m'était conté (Royal Affairs in Versailles)       Une dame de la cour       Uncredited
1954      Quai des blondes [fr]      Nelly     
1954      Cadet Rousselle                Marguerite de Beaufort                
1955      Napoléon            Emilie Pellapra
1955      La pícara molinera           Jacqueline          
1956      Le pays d'où je viens (The Country I Come From)                Adrienne Terreau            
1957      La Parisienne     Monique Wilson              
1958      La Vie à deux (Life for Two)          Peggy   
1959      Vous n'avez rien à déclarer?        Gloria Frontignac             
1959      Le chemin des écoliers (Way of Youth)    Flora     
1963               Madeleine, the French actress   
1964      Desafío en Río Bravo (Gunmen of the Rio Grande)             Jennie Lee          
1964      Angélique, Marquise des Anges La Grande Demoiselle   
1965      La vuelta                             
1967      La bouquetière des innocents    Marie de Médicis             TV movie

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