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In her new film, Leslie Caron plays a starchy French matriarch but, in real life, she's always been drawn to outsiders.

In the glorious 1958 MGM musical 'Gigi,' a brash little French girl mocks the world of courtesan Paris by singing 'I don't understand the Parisians.' When actress Leslie Caron delivered those lyrical lines in the film, she was in real life just beginning to understand their merit.

Norman and Suzanne Cohn hosted a cocktail reception Nov. 20 for 80 guests at their penthouse apartment on the 45th floor of the St.

Leslie Caron says she got rid of the "dead wood" writing her autobiography, "Thank Heaven." "I must say, writing this book, it is a new world for me," the lithe 78-year-old film star reports.

Academy Award-nominated actress Leslie Caron received the 2,394th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame today, honoring her work in such MGM musicals as "An American in Paris," "Lili" and "Gigi," and the drama "The L-Shaped Room." Jack Larsen, best known for his portrayal of Jimmy Olson in the 1951-57 syndicated television series "The Adventures of ...

Audio for this story from Weekend Edition Saturday will be available at approx. 12:00 p.m. ET Leslie Caron was an 18-year-old ballet student living in post-war Paris when Gene Kelly cast her to play a wide-eyed young beauty he meets in post-war Paris in the film An American in Paris .

On screen, Leslie Caron dazzled as Lise, Lili, Gaby, Gigi, and Fanny - and that was just her first decade in film.

GIGI star LESLIE CARON is to be honoured with the 2,394th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

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Michael Feinstein and Cheyenne Jackson are among the celebrities who will appear at the Lincoln Triangle Barnes and Noble in December.

Leslie Caron's memoir provides remembrances of such films as "An American in Paris" and "Gigi." Zap2it.com Leslie Caron's memoir provides remembrances of such films as "An American in Paris" and "Gigi." In the "Mad Men" era, they were the pinnacles of sophisticated pin-upry: grown-up, smart and sexy.

I see a woman who has aged very well. I'm 78. There are a few wrinkles, a few sags, but very sparkly eyes and a tendency to giggle and smile a lot.

If you're like most Americans, the title - Daddy Long Legs ' rings an extremely distant bell.

Turner Classic Movies is running a special on Leslie Caron in October -- every Monday this month features her movies, and tonight are the best-known musicals: An American In Paris , Gigi and Lili .

CARON: 'LOVER BEATTY TOLD ME I WAS TOO OLD TO PLAY HIS BONNIE' Movie & Entertainment News provided by World Entertainment News Network 2009-10-01 09:33:08 - French movie icon LESLIE CARON missed out on the lead in BONNIE & CLYDE because her real-life lover, WARREN BEATTY, thought she was too old.

By the time she was sixteen years old, Caron was a member of the Ballet des Champs-Elysees and received recognition for her talent.

The lovely Leslie Caron will be honored as the October Star of the Month at Turner Classic Movies.

LESLIE Caron has kissed Nureyev, danced with Astaire and Kelly, and talked film with Renoira it's no wonder Lee Randall is a little starstruck LESLIE Caron is a petite lady with an enormous a ' and dazzling a ' list of accomplishments.

Leslie Caron, the actress famed for her demure poise, is giving a kicking to Warren Beatty and the other men in her life Giles Hattersley Leslie Caron knew her relationship with Warren Beatty was going down the day he shook her awake at 5am and told her off for being unconscious.

'Warren Beatty was one hell of a lover - but we fought like stray dogs' By Leslie Caron Last updated at 1:59 AM on 19th September 2009 The attraction was immediate - a magnetic pull.