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Isabel Jeans (16 September 1891 – 4 September 1985) was an English stage and film actress known for her roles in several Alfred Hitchcock films and her portrayal of Aunt Alicia in the 1958 musical film Gigi.
Aunt Alicia : Gigi, you're from another planet. Aunt Alicia : Marriage is not forbidden to us, but instead of getting married at once, it sometimes happens we get married at last. Aunt Alicia : Bad table manners, my dear Gigi, have broken up more households than infidelity.
Vaughan points out "Chevalier's practiced but irresistible charm [as] one of the film's greatest assets" as well as "the brilliant high-comedy playing of Isabel Jeans, who as Aunt Alicia consummately portrays the distinction and beauty of a retired aristocrat of the demimonde."
Following an absence from the screen for almost ten years, she came once again into her own in delicious character parts, shining as Aunt Alicia in Gigi (1958) and in the satirical Peter Sellers comedy Heavens Above!
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Sep 27, 2023 · Isabel Jeans was an English stage and film actress known for her roles in several Alfred Hitchcock films and her portrayal of Aunt Alicia in the 1958 musical...
Based on French author Colette's beloved 1945 novella of the same name, Gigi is the musical story of a young girl in turn-of-the-century Paris (Leslie Caron) who is being trained by her grandmother (Hermione Gingold) and great aunt (Isabel Jeans) for a life as a courtesan.
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the scenes of Gigi being sent to her regal great Aunt Alicia (Isabel Jeans), Mme. Alvarez's sister, to be groomed as a courtesan to learn etiquette and charm, where she sang: "The Parisians" - her concerns about the love-obsessed Parisians: "I don't understand the Parisians Thinking love so miraculous and grand, but they rave about it and won't ...
