Barbara Laage
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1920-07-30
Day of Death
1988-05-21 (67 years old)
Place of Birth
Menthon-Saint-Bernard, Haute Savoie, France
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.
Acting
(1973)
Private Screening
as Madeleine
(1973)
Défense de savoir
as Mrs. Christiani
(1972)
Le Père Goriot
as Duchess of Langeais
(1970)
Bed and Board
as Monique, la Secrétaire
(1968)
Therese and Isabelle
as Thérèse's mother
(1968)
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
(1960)
Orientalische Nächte
as Arlette
(1960)
Bombs on Monte Carlo
as Olga
(1960)
There's Going to Be a Party
as Michèle Laurent
(1959)
Soft Skin on Black Silk
as Isabelle
(1959)
Tonight We Kill
as Nelly
(1958)
Miss Pigalle
as Yvonne Pigalle
(1957)
The Happy Road
as Suzanne Duval
(1957)
To Catch a Spy
as Hiedi Effen
(1957)
Whereabouts Unknown
as Mariana
(1956)
Guilty?
as Jaqueline Delbois
(1956)
The Adventures of Gil Blas
as Antonia Caldera
(1956)
Les Assassins du dimanche
as Simone Simonet
(1955)
(1954)
Zoé
as Zoé
(1954)
Una parigina a Roma
as Germaine, la Parigina
(1954)
Quai des blondes
as Barbara
(1953)
Act of Love
as Nina
(1953)
The Slave
as Anne-Marie 'Fétiche'
(1953)
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
(1942)