Acting · Menthon-Saint-Bernard, Haute Savoie, France · Born July 30, 1920
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.
MoviePrivate Screening
1973
as Madeleine
MovieDéfense de savoir
1973
as Mrs. Christiani
MovieLe Père Goriot
1972
as Duchess of Langeais
TVLa Maison des bois
1971
as Hélène
MovieBed and Board
1970
as Monique, la Secrétaire
MovieTherese and Isabelle
1968
as Thérèse's mother
MovieStrange Game
1968
as Mathilde
MovieThe Burning Body
1966
as Marcia
MovieThe Heat of a Thousand Suns
1965
as (voice)
MovieThe Crime of Aldeia Velha
1964
as Joana
MoviePortuguese Vacation
1963
as Barbara
MovieThe Captive
1962
as Sylvie Hamelin
MovieParis Blues
1961
as Marie Séoul
MovieThere's Going to Be a Party
1960
as Michèle Laurent
MovieThe Boss
1960
as Rita
MovieBombs on Monte Carlo
1960
as Olga
Orientalische Nächte
1960
as Arlette
MovieTonight We Kill
1959
as Nelly
MovieSoft Skin on Black Silk
1959
as Isabelle
Miss Pigalle
1958
as Yvonne Pigalle
MovieWhereabouts Unknown
1957
as Mariana
MovieThe Happy Road
1957
as Suzanne Duval
MovieTo Catch a Spy
1957
as Hiedi Effen
MovieEvery Second Counts
1956
as Simone Simonet
MovieGuilty?
1956
as Jaqueline Delbois
MovieThe Adventures of Gil Blas
1956
as Antonia Caldera
MovieNagana
1955
MovieA Parisian in Rome
1954
as Germaine, la Parigina
MovieQuai des blondes
1954
as Barbara
MovieZoé
1954
as Zoé
MovieAct of Love
1953
as Nina
MovieTraviata 53
1953
as Margherita
MovieThe Slave
1953
as Anne-Marie 'Fétiche'
MovieThe Respectful Prostitute
1952
as Lizzie McKay
MovieThe Red Rose
1951
as Claire Claris, photographer
MovieB.F.'s Daughter
1948
as Eugenia Taris, Tom's dutch Girl
MovieSigné illisible
1942
MovieLes atomistes
as Irène Thomas
