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NutmegYankee

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5. The actress shown in the preview who played Yvonne is actually French.

Reply to louis c (Original post)

Mon Nov 16, 2015, 05:28 PM

Nov 2015

She fled in 1940 with her Jewish husband in advance of the Nazi drive into France. The tears near the end as she cries out Vive La France! are not fake.

Her name is Madeleine LeBeau.

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VIVE LA FRANCE (the riveting scene from Casablanca) [View all] louis c Nov 2015 OP

kick louis c Nov 2015 #1

Unforgettable moment. Octafish Nov 2015 #2

How pertinent that scene is............ louis c Nov 2015 #3

kick louis c Nov 2015 #4

The actress shown in the preview who played Yvonne is actually French. NutmegYankee Nov 2015 #5

Great little trivia. Thanks louis c Nov 2015 #6