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Leslie Caron

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Actress and dancer. Gene Kelly got her to the movies for the film An American in Paris (1951) in 1951. Got a world-wide reputation for her roles in Lili (1953) (1953) and Gigi (1958) (1958).

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Was president of the jury at the 'Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin' in 1989.

Co-respondent in the Peter Hall-Leslie Caron divorce case was actor Warren Beatty.

Born of a French father and an American mother

For Peter Hall's 30th birthday her present was - simply - a Rolls Royce.

When she told Fred Astaire that she wanted to create her own costumes for Daddy Long Legs (1955), he responded: "OK, but no feathers, please". Astaire recalled the exasperation he had with one of Ginger Rogers' elaborate gowns in a dance scene in Top Hat (1935). Some ostrich feathers broke loose from Ginger Rogers' gown and mischievously floated in mid air around Astaire's face. The shedding dress episode was recreated to hilarious effect in a scene from Easter Parade (1948) in which Fred Astaire danced with a clumsy, comical dancer played by Judy Garland.

Her talent as a dancer had been already noticed in 1946 by the then married Gene Kelly and Betsy Blair in a Roland Petit's ballet on the theme of Orpheus, but they could not meet her at the end of the show because Caron's mother used to take her immediately away.

Daughter, Jennifer Hall

She and her daughter, Jennifer Hall, co-starred on an episode of _"Love Boat, The" (1977), in the parts of mother and daughter.

Member of jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 1980

Warren Beatty, named as co-respondent by Peter Hall in his divorce from Caron, was ordered by the London court to pay "the costs of the case".

Was co-head of jury at the 'Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin' in 1989.

Personal Quotes

"I'm not a ballerina. I'm a hoofer."

[on Warren Beatty] Anyone who has come close to Warren has shed quite a few feathers. He tends to maul you.

Even now I feel furious with myself because whenever there's a camera pointed towards me my MGM training makes me smile. I don't like it. You can see it on all the people who came from that era because there was no question of them not smiling for the camera. Even Katharine Hepburn -- and God knows she was a dramatic actress -- if the camera is on her she smiles.

Where Are They Now

(1997) Owns and operates an inn located at Villeneuve sur Yonne about 100km South of Paris. The name of the inn is La Lucarne aux Chouettes which loosely translates to 'The Owl's Nest'.

(April 2005) Wisconsin

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