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Birthday: Jul 1, 1931. Birthplace: Boulogne-Billancourt, Seine, France. An unconventional beauty who specialized in waif-like roles in her early career, Leslie Caron was an actress and dancer who ...
Gigi: Directed by Vincente Minnelli, Charles Walters. With Leslie Caron, Maurice Chevalier, Louis Jourdan, Hermione Gingold. Weary of the conventions of Parisian society, a rich playboy and a youthful courtesan-in-training enjoy a platonic friendship which may not stay platonic for long.
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May 14, 2018 · Leslie Caron remembers the classic, colorful MGM musical, more than half a century after its debut. By Patrick Monahan. May 14, 2018. French actress Leslie Caron in the title role of Gigi, 1958.
An Interview with Leslie Caron. Leslie Caron in "Gigi" (1958) In June of 2021, just a few weeks shy of her 90. th. birthday, Leslie Caron shared with the Library of Congress some of her favorite moments starring with Gene Kelly, Louis Jourdan and Cary Grant. She tells how she made her debut in “An American in Paris,” some behind the scenes ...
Leslie Claire Margaret Caron is a French actress and dancer who shot to limelight in the 1950s with much lauded American musicals like ‘An American in Paris’, ‘Daddy Long Legs’, ‘Lili’ and ‘Gigi’.
Aug 16, 2023 · But Leslie worked hard to develop that natural talent: before her break in films with 1951’s An American in Paris, Leslie Caron was a ballerina in Roland Petit’s prestigious ballet company, the Ballets des Champs-Elysees. (Interesting side note, Roland Petit is the son of Rose Repetto, founder of the dancewear and luxury brand, Repetto.)
Leslie Claire Margaret Caron nasceu em Boulogne-Billancourt em 1 de julho de 1931. Seu pai, Claude Caron, era um químico francês e sua mãe, Margaret Petit, uma dançarina estadunidense. A carreira artística de Caron foi estimulada desde cedo pela mãe.
