Madeleine LeBeau

Rating: 10/10 (12 December 2012)

At the risk of sounding these days as religious (I'm 78), the word martyr actually comes from the Greek, and it means Witness. So, if people really do receive their share of gold stars at the Pearly Gate for being previous good witnesses, then for her although brief, shining singing role when the Marseillaise was played in Casablanca, this was the exact moment at movie theaters during WWII when tens of millions of moviegoers all over America really shed tears, from New York to Los Angeles, and I hope the French people even today know.
So, if Madeleine LeBeau already has earned the biggest collection of such pending gold stars of them all, bless her.