Leslie Caron admits she was a bit of a snob ... “I was sad to leave my friends at the ballet,” Caron says. “Hollywood didn’t mean anything to me. I was strictly a ballet dancer and I ...

In 1951, Leslie Caron arrived in California a malnourished and anemic ballerina. After spending the war in occupied Paris, Tinseltown was a... Leslie Caron: Dancing From WWII Paris To Hollywood In ...

features British ballerina Leanne Cope as Lise Bouvier, the role that won international acclaim for Leslie Caron in the classic 1951 movie. When Cope flashes her broad smile on stage, she bears an ...

Leslie Caron went from dancing as a ballerina in Paris to instant stardom with her debut in the musical "An American in Paris." In her memoir "Thank Heaven," Caron recounts living through ...

One was Leslie Caron. Although her last feature film was ... because I was leaving for Hollywood in three days.” In true ballerina style, she leapt at the opportunity. “You don’t refuse ...

Well, that is, except for actress Leslie Caron, who had no idea what ... (a Chicago release has yet to be scheduled). Caron, a former ballerina and movie musical star, plays a good-hearted ...

In the 1950s, the moviegoing world fell in love with a young French ballerina and actress named Leslie Caron. She brightened the silver screen in musical films like 1958's Gigi, where she played a ...

Gene Kelly memorably serenaded Leslie Caron in the classic motion picture ... She'd been discovered at age 17, at the Ballet des Champs Elysees in Paris, by Gene Kelly. She calls it luck ...

In 1951, Leslie Caron arrived in California a malnourished and anemic ballerina. After spending the war in occupied Paris, Tinseltown was a... Leslie Caron: Dancing From WWII Paris To Hollywood In ...

In the 1950s, the moviegoing world fell in love with a young French ballerina and actress named Leslie Caron. She brightened the silver screen in musical films like 1958's Gigi, where she played a ...