leslie caron


i love her in this movie. that's all i had to say.

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me too! It's hands down my favorite movie with her in it!

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She was also good in THE GLASS SLIPPER and GIGI.

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I fell in love with her in An American in Paris and a young teenager in the 1970s, and every movie she's been in since (that I've seen) has been a delight. My favorite: The Glass Slipper. Second: Father Goose.

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Has anyone seen her in "Chocolat" with Juliette Binoche? Leslie is still adorable, even as a little old lady.

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She's a great actress, but I have a question. Why did they always pair her off with men who were so much older than her when she was young? If you look over her earlier films, you'll note that many of her screen lovers were at least 10 years older than her and some a lot more. They even paired her off with Fred Astaire, for Pete's sake. He was practically old enough to be her grandfather. Even Audrey Hepburn and Sophia Loren didn't get paired off with much older men as often. I know nobody cares these days, but back in the 50s it was a big deal.

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That wasn't unusual at all during the era (and it's not all that unusual even now.

Audrey Hepburn and Grace Kelly in the fresh bloom of youth were also paired with older men in several films. Audrey was paired with Fred Astaire, probably 20 years older than she, in Funny Face and Cary Grant, at least 25 years older, in Charade. Remember Rear Window? Jimmy Stewart was probably 20 something years older than Grace Kelly.

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True enough, but no other actress as much as Caron and not with men so much younger. I thought it was ridiculous when I was young and I still do. It is still done now, that is also true, but not as much and the age differences aren't so great. Today, women in their late 30s and 40s look much younger, so they can stay active longer. Also, today we have more young leading men.

In past decades women could achieve major stardom in their 20s, but were mostly washed up for sexy romantic roles with a few exceptions like Jean Arthur. Men usually had to wait until their mid-thirties to achieve leading man status in A-list films, but could play romantic leads into their 60s (like Cary Grant).

Paul Newman admitted he made a major mistake when he made "The MacIntosh Man" (1974, I think). He was 47 and they paired him with French actress Dominique Sanda, then 24. The problem was Sanda looked 17. The picture bombed, Sanda ran back to France (where she still acts today), and Newman never made that mistake again. He did continue to pair with younger women in films, but not ones who looked like jailbait.

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She was brilliant in this movie!!!! Even if some say this is just a dopey movie (I don't think so) noone can say that her performance is not sensational. Now that Oscar race is comming up I thought about how a performance like Leslies could easily beat them by miles. :) sad how weak this past year has been for actresses and all.

"Does this movie have a plot or do they just start having sex?...Oh, never mind."

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I vividly remember the day I met Leslie in San Diego. I was the head cashier where I worked and cashed a check for her. Everyone in the office wanted a copy of that check! That was in the late sixties and her popularity was still very high.

Lili is definitely Leslie's most loveable role. Gigi may be her most memorable, but five years later she had lost the magic innocence playing a role comparable in age but by then too young for her. Anyway, she grew up in the most delightful way!

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"Thank Heaven, A Memoir".

borrowed my copy from the public library:
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This movie, while it's good in its own right, is worth watching just for Leslie's performance (and maybe the puppets). That aside, that girl had a very beautiful face and a nice body (those legs!).


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