Leslie Caron

Birthday: 1 July 1931, Boulogne-Billancourt, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], France

Birth Name: Leslie Claire Margaret Caron

Height: 156 cm

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).

Even now, I feel furious with myself because whenever there's a camera pointed towards me, my MGM tr...Show more »

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. Show less «

Unfortunately, Hollywood considers musical dancers as hoofers. Regrettable expression.