Played by Madeline Lebeau.
The French actress was just 19 when she appeared as Rick's soon-to-be-discarded girlfriend near the begnning of the movie. Bogart was nearly twice her age at the time.
During the scene where the patrons of Rick's burst into the rendition of "La Marseillaise" that is her face up front and center singing with gusto.
She died in 2016, the movie's last surviving cast member.
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MAJOR STRASSER
Played by Conrad Veidt.
Another German Jew, Veidt was a highly respected actor who escaped the Nazisin 1933.
Despite being Jewish, Veidt often insisted on playing Nazis to bring asttention to their villainous agenda.
He only made one more movie after "Casablanca" before dying of a heart attack while playing golf in April 1943.
--CootBlanca
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