Leslie Caron born 7/1/1931. ... Two new films landed in the Top 5 at the weekend box office, with How to Train Your Dragon taking over the top spot from three-time champion Lilo & Stitch.

At age 25, Leslie Caron was getting ready to play a 14-year-old in MGM’s 1958 Technicolor film “Gigi” but there was one problem — she had already given birth to her first child.

Well, that is, except for actress Leslie Caron, ... After the film came out, and won an Oscar for best picture in 1951, MGM signed her to a seven-year contract, ...

Leslie Caron in ‘Gigi' (1958) Leslie Caron, who, as noted, played the film's titular character, Gigi, didn't sing in the film.She was supposed to and even recorded all of the songs, but they ...

Five decades ago, Leslie Caron had no inkling that “Gigi” would become a legendary movie musical whose legacy is going strong today. She remembers it well. Caron was 26, a top star at MGM and ...

The French film actress and dancer Leslie Caron tangoed with Fred Astaire, partied with Barbra Streisand and matched wits on screen with Cary Grant. But the girl best known for her roles in the mov… ...

Leslie Caron recalls the days when she was brought to Hollywood and ballet, not films, meant everything to her. She Didn't Quite Leap Into Acting - Los Angeles Times ...

The 83-year-old film legend’s two most memorable movies, An American in Paris and Gigi , are currently lighting up Broadway. The actress shares her favorite cinema memories.

“An American In Paris” (1951) made a leading lady of Leslie Caron, a French export who would go on to win American hearts over more than six decades of work and 50 films.

If Leslie Caron had her way, she would have been a ballerina, not a movie star. "I wanted to be Pavlova," the actress said by phone from her home in Paris. "I even decided to call myself Caronova ...