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Actor Born: July 1, 1931 in Boulogne-Billancourt, France Biography:The sort of performer for whom the term "gaminlike" was coined, "Leslie Caron" was prepared for a performing career by her American mother, a former dancer. Training from childhood at the Paris Conservatoire, Caron was 16 when she was selected to dance with the Ballet de Champs Elysses. After three years with this prestigious troupe, she was discovered by "Gene Kelly", who cast her as the ingénue in his 1951 film "An American in Paris". This led to a long-term MGM contract and a string of films in which Caron's dancing and singing skills were showcased to the utmost: "Lili" (1953), "The Glass Slipper" (1954), "Gaby" (1956), and "Gigi" (1958). During this period, she was loaned out to co-star with "Fred Astaire" in 20th Century-Fox's "Daddy Long Legs" (1955), and was seen on the Paris stage in "Jean Renoir"'s Ornet. As musicals slowly went out of fashion, Caron sought to alter her screen image,... Full Biography
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