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Actor Born: January 6, 1933 in Toulon, France Death: March 17, 1990 in Lausanne, Switzerland Biography:Born to a middle-class French family, Capucine (pronounced Ka-poo-cheen) was a top Parisian fashion model by her mid-teens. She made her first film, Jacques Becker's Rendezvous De Julliet (1949), when she was sixteen, but international stardom would not come for another ten years, until producer Charles K. Feldman "discovered" her for the role of Princess Carolyne in the 1960 Franz Liszt biopic "Song Without End". During her Hollywood stay, Capucine studied acting with Gregory Ratoff, and achieved a measure of notoriety for her portrayal of a lesbian hooker in 1962's "A Walk on the Wild Side" Capucine co-starred with William Holden in "The Lion" (1962) and "The Seventh Dawn" (1964). She was given a chance to display her comic know-how in the original 1964 "The Pink Panther", and 20 years later was engaged to recreate her role for one of the post-Peter Sellers "Panther" sequels. She also worked with... Full Biography
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