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I just finished watching an interview with Leslie Caron . It was conducted by Robert Osborne in 1999 when Leslie Caron was 68 --- she's 76 now and living back in France, where she owns and operates an affordable bed and breakfast, Auberge La Lucarne aux Chouettes . I first saw Caron in the movie Gigi , probably around 1975, and was immediately under her spell. She was 28 in that film (portraying a Parisian schoolgirl) and mesmerizing. But age isn't a factor for her: 20s, 30s, even now in her 70s she's just got this amazing quality. Turner Classic Movies is doing a small retrospective of her movies today but I'm only recording Father Goose and An American in Paris . Caron's been in a handful of movies in the past 20 years but her salad days were the late 50s and 60s. She did have an appearance in 2000 with Judi Dench and Johnny Depp in Chocolat and made a rare television appearance in a guest-star role on NBC's Law & Order: SVU in 2006 but those are rar...

Happy Birthday Leslie Caron! Leslie Caron , former professional dancer and longtime film star, native of France, star of many movies including Gigi , An American in Paris , Father Goose , Chocolat , and Daddy Long Legs , had her birthday today. She was born July 1st, 1931 which makes her 76-- though she looks far younger. I turned on the television this afternoon since Chris was busy writing up a report that she needed for later this week. On the tube were a number of movies with Caron in them and we watched the last quarter of Gigi . Chris thought she was in her mid-20s but I thought she must have been older than that since I knew she'd been a professional ballerina in Paris before she made any movies. Turns out I was wrong about Caron's age due to her being a dancer at a very early age. She was hired by the Ballets des Champs-Elysées when she was only 16 and worked there for 3 years before Gene Kelly personally recruited her for his movie An American in Paris due to his seei...