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Marta Labarr
American actress (1912–1999) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Marta Labarr (born Martha Eugénie Claquin; 4 June 1912 – 30 June 1999) was a French-American singer and actress who appeared in 11 British and French films, usually as a leading lady. Her final film was the 1946 thriller Tehran, playing opposite Derek Farr.[2] She also appeared on the London stage in musicals. She later worked as a language coach, teaching Gina Lollobrigida amongst others.[3] She is buried in Hautefort (France).
Labarr was born in New York City to French parents, Charles and Élizabeth Claquin, and had an older sister, Andrée Claquin. Her father was a salesman.[4]
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Selected filmography
- Ball at Savoy (1936)
- Second Bureau (1936)
- The Singing Cop (1938)
- Mollenard (1938)
- Break the News (1938)
- S.O.S. Sahara (1938)
- Traitor Spy (1939)
- Meet Maxwell Archer (1940)
- It Happened to One Man (1940)
- Teheran (1946)
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