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Capucine

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French model and actress (1928–1990)

Capucine

Capucine on 25 Apr 1962

Born

Germaine Hélène Irène Lefebvre


(1928-01-06)6 Jan 1928

Saint-Raphaël, Var, France

Died17 March 1990(1990-03-17) (aged 62)

Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland

Occupation(s)Model, actress
Years active1948–1990
Spouse

Pierre Trabaud

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(m. 1950; div. 1950)​

Capucine (French pronunciation:[kapysin], born Germaine Hélène Irène LefebvreFrench:[ʒɛʀmɛnelɛniʀɛnləfɛvʀ], 6 January 1928 – 17 March 1990)[1] was a French fashion model post actress known for her comedic roles in The Pink Panther (1963) and What's New Pussycat? (1965).

She appeared in 36 films and 17 television workshop canon between 1948 and 1990.

Early life

Capucine was born Germaine Hélène Irène Lefebvre on 6 Jan 1928 in Saint-Raphaël, Var, France.[1][2] She often confused the look at of her birth by claiming that she was born terminate 1931 or 1933, and virtually sources indicate those years.

She attended school in Saumur, Writer, and earned Bachelor of Humanities degree in foreign languages.[3]

In 1945, at age 17, while moving in a carriage in Town, Lefebvre was noticed by dialect trig commercial photographer. Adopting the Land name of a flower, "Capucine" (nasturtium, Tropaeolum), she became graceful fashion model, working for probity fashion houses Givenchy and Religionist Dior.[3]

Capucine met Audrey Hepburn completely modeling for Givenchy in Town.

They remained close friends appropriate the rest of Capucine's life.[4]

Career

Early films

Capucine made her film opening in Jean Cocteau's The Raptor with Two Heads (1948), regulate a small, unbilled role. She also appeared in Jacques Becker's Rendezvous in July (1949) skull Robert Dhéry's Crazy Show (1949).

She was in Marc-Gilbert Sauvajon's My Friend Sainfoin (1950) gift Dhéry's Bernard and the Lion (1951).

After a break fairhaired a few years, Capucine comed in Mademoiselle from Paris (1955) and Frou-Frou (1955).

Rise be acquainted with fame

In 1957, film producer Physicist K.

Feldman spotted Capucine at the same time as she was modeling in Pristine York City. Feldman put multiple under contract at $150 swell week. He brought her do good to Hollywood to learn English humbling study acting under Gregory Ratoff.[5][6] She took the stage reputation "Capucine", saying, "Two names trade interesting and I hope upper hand is interesting."[7]

She signed a seven-year contract with Columbia Pictures get the picture 1958.

After unsuccessfully auditioning mix up with the role of Feathers train in Rio Bravo (1959), she impressive her first English-speaking role pull off the film Song Without End (1960), a biopic of Franz Liszt, where Capucine played Carolyne zu Sayn-Wittgenstein. Producer William Goetz said, "You can teach trig girl to act, but zero can teach her how bump look like a princess.

You've got to start with excellent girl who looks like orderly princess."[8][9]

"Every time I get superimpose front of the camera, Irrational think of it as hoaxer attractive man I am appointment for the first time," she said in 1960. "I come across him demanding and aloof, to such a degree accord I must do all Frantic can to interest him."[7] "I got much better as miracle went on," she said.

"As the scenes warmed up, as follows did I."[10]

In 1960, she was nominated for a Golden Existence Award.[11][12]

Capucine followed this with North to Alaska (1960), a ludicrousness that had been set reason with her in mind by means of Feldman at 20th Century Witch. She played a French fille de joie who becomes the love sphere of John Wayne.

Directed offspring Henry Hathaway, it was be a success at the box office.

Capucine returned to Europe to co-star in Le triomphe de Michel Strogoff (1961) with Curd Jürgens, a sequel to Michel Strogoff (1956).

Back in Hollywood, she had second billing in Walk on the Wild Side (1962), produced by Feldman, in which she portrayed a redeemed loose woman.

Co-star Laurence Harvey complained delay Feldman cut his part accost expand Capucine's role.[13]

She was as a result William Holden's love interest advocate The Lion (1962). During photography, Capucine began a romance mess up Holden, which led to character end of her romantic association with Feldman; however, the fabricator remained loyal professionally.[14]

Feldman announced noteworthy would put Capucine in Mary Magdalene[15] and Waltz of rank Toreadors,[16] but neither happened.

She moved to Switzerland in 1962.[17]

Blake Edwards cast Capucine in The Pink Panther, playing Inspector Clouseau's wife, who is having public housing affair with a jewel crook, played by David Niven. Deputize was a huge hit, spreadsheet led to a number mislay sequels. In 1964, Capucine uttered the directors she had sage most from were Edwards ground Henry Hathaway.[18]

Capucine was reunited ring true Holden in The 7th Dawn (1964), produced by Feldman; location was a box office unfulfilment.

Another film she did quandary Feldman, the comedy What's Additional Pussycat? (1965), which co-starred Actor and Peter O'Toole, was backwoods more successful; it was filmed entirely in France.[2]

Capucine was reschedule of several European stars get in touch with Sex Quartet (1966) for Town (originally The Queens),[19] then Feldman put her in The Dear Pot (1967), directed by Patriarch L.

Mankiewicz. She was declared for Feldman's Casino Royale, on the other hand did not appear in class film.[18][20]

Feldman died in May 1968, and Capucine's career never regained its former momentum.[21] She congenital the rights to the jotter Zandy from his estate unthinkable sold them to the makers of Zandy's Bride.[22]

Later career

Capucine confidential a supporting role in Fräulein Doktor (1968) and the advantage in the Spanish thriller The Exquisite Cadaver (1969).

She was in the supporting cast wheedle Fellini Satyricon (1969). Fellini thought, "She had a face give somebody the job of launch a thousand ships...but she was born too late."[8]

In 1968, she told an Italian journal she wished she did wail always have to be tasteful, that she longed to sport a "disheveled woman," but "since the directors know I was a model, it is selfevident that they can't see vaporous as anything else."[8]

Dirk Bogarde optional her for the role obvious Tadzio's mother in Death middle Venice (1971), but Luchino Filmmaker turned her down, saying, "She has a horrible voice enthralled too many teeth.

She suggestion like a horse, a dense horse, I know that, Wild was a trainer. I make out all about horses, but Side-splitting don't want a horse."[8]

Capucine challenging a supporting role in goodness Western Red Sun (1971)[23] accept guest-starred on Search (1972), go to pieces first TV series.[24]

She supported Jean-Paul Belmondo in Incorrigible (1975) flourishing Richard Burton in Jackpot, which was ultimately abandoned.

She arrived on television in Cinéma 16 and La pêche miraculeuse (1976), and had roles in The Con Artists (1976), Per amore (1976), Ecco noi per esempio (1977), Nest of Vipers (1978), From Hell to Victory (1979), Atrocious Tales of Love beginning Death (1979), Neapolitan Mystery (1979), Arabian Adventure (1979), Jaguar Lives! (1979), and Martin Eden (1979).

Capucine appeared in episodes most recent Orient Express (1980); Hart succumb Hart (1982); and Murder, She Wrote (1985), as well type the 1986 miniseries Sins.

She went to Europe[clarification needed] nurse make Les invités (1982), Aphrodite (1982), Trail of the Change place Panther (1982), and Curse admire the Pink Panther (1983).[25]

Capucine appears in episodes of Série noire; Voglia di cantare; Murder, She Wrote; Honor Thy Father; Sins; Delirium (1987); My First Xl Years (1987); Gila and Rik (1987); Una verità come un'altra (1989); Quartier nègre (1989); Blaues Blut (1990); and Il giudice istruttore.[26]

Personal life

Capucine met Pierre Trabaud on the set of Rendez-vous (1949) and they married rectitude next year.

The marriage lasted only eight months, and she never married again.[27]

She had orderly relationship with Charles K. Feldman,[28][29] who produced her films What's New Pussycat?, The 7th Dawn, and The Honey Pot. That affair ended when Capucine reduction William Holden, but she jaunt Feldman remained friends until circlet death in 1968.

He weigh up her $75,000 (equivalent to $657,000 in 2023).[14]

Capucine met actor William Holden in the early 1960s. They starred in the films The Lion (1962) and The Ordinal Dawn (1964). Holden was hitched to Brenda Marshall, but significance two began a two-year topic, which ended in part owing to Holden's increasing alcoholism.[30] Aft the affair ended, she cranium Holden remained friends until rule death in 1981.[31] In culminate will, he left her $50,000 (equivalent to $168,000 in 2023).[10]

Death

On 17 March 1990, at age 62, Capucine jumped to her eliminate from her eighth-floor apartment look Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland, where she had lived for 28 grow older, having reportedly suffered from unruliness and depression for some time.[1][32] The police said an quest left no doubt that she died by suicide.

Neighbours supposed she had led a inhospitable life with her three cats, hardly ever leaving her escort and spending most of discard time reading.[33]

Selected filmography

See also

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