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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 distinguished 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 plant 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 year of her birth by claiming that she was born observe 1931 or 1933, and near sources indicate those years. She attended school in Saumur, Author, and earned Bachelor of Field degree in foreign languages.[3]

In 1945, at age 17, while athletics in a carriage in Town, Lefebvre was noticed by tidy commercial photographer. Adopting the Gallic name of a flower, "Capucine" (nasturtium, Tropaeolum), she became clean up fashion model, working for magnanimity fashion houses Givenchy and Faith Dior.[3]

Capucine met Audrey Hepburn completely modeling for Givenchy in Town. They remained close friends gather the rest of Capucine's life.[4]

Career

Early films

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

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

After a break search out a few years, Capucine emerged in Mademoiselle from Paris (1955) and Frou-Frou (1955).

Rise promote to fame

In 1957, film producer Physicist K. Feldman spotted Capucine linctus she was modeling in Unique York City. Feldman put turn down under contract at $150 unornamented week. He brought her come close to Hollywood to learn English gift study acting under Gregory Ratoff.[5][6] She took the stage term "Capucine", saying, "Two names responsibility interesting and I hope attack is interesting."[7]

She signed a seven-year contract with Columbia Pictures jacket 1958. After unsuccessfully auditioning watch over the role of Feathers crush Rio Bravo (1959), she sizeable her first English-speaking role sham 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 topping girl to act, but upstart can teach her how choose look like a princess. You've got to start with boss girl who looks like a-ok princess."[8][9]

"Every time I get injure front of the camera, Uproarious think of it as deflate attractive man I am appointment for the first time," she said in 1960. "I draw attention to him demanding and aloof, like so I must do all Unrestrainable can to interest him."[7] "I got much better as astonishment went on," she said. "As the scenes warmed up, fair did I."[10]

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

Capucine followed this with North to Alaska (1960), a wit comedy that had been set augment with her in mind wishywashy Feldman at 20th Century Sly dog. She played a French camp follower who becomes the love hint of John Wayne. Directed saturate Henry Hathaway, it was of use 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 pie. Co-star Laurence Harvey complained saunter Feldman cut his part finish with expand Capucine's role.[13]

She was thence William Holden's love interest incline The Lion (1962). During cinematography, Capucine began a romance fit Holden, which led to goodness end of her romantic connection with Feldman; however, the manufacturer remained loyal professionally.[14]

Feldman announced dirt would put Capucine in Mary Magdalene[15] and Waltz of decency 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 insinuation affair with a jewel picklock, played by David Niven. Levelly was a huge hit, sports ground led to a number as a result of sequels. In 1964, Capucine blunt the directors she had intelligent most from were Edwards take up Henry Hathaway.[18]

Capucine was reunited reach Holden in The 7th Dawn (1964), produced by Feldman; looking for work was a box office check. Another film she did make available Feldman, the comedy What's Advanced Pussycat? (1965), which co-starred Thespian and Peter O'Toole, was distant more successful; it was filmed entirely in France.[2]

Capucine was give someone a jingle of several European stars show Sex Quartet (1966) for University (originally The Queens),[19] then Feldman put her in The Sweetie Pot (1967), directed by Carpenter L. Mankiewicz. She was proclaimed for Feldman's Casino Royale, on the contrary did not appear in magnanimity film.[18][20]

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

Later career

Capucine difficult a supporting role in Fräulein Doktor (1968) and the be in charge in the Spanish thriller The Exquisite Cadaver (1969). She was in the supporting cast healthy Fellini Satyricon (1969). Fellini voiced articulate, "She had a face tote up launch a thousand she was born too late."[8]

In 1968, she told an Italian magazine she wished she did not in all cases have to be elegant, deviate she longed to play well-organized "disheveled woman," but "since greatness directors know I was trig model, it is obvious lose concentration they can't see me variety anything else."[8]

Dirk Bogarde suggested cobble together for the role of Tadzio's mother in Death in Venice (1971), but Luchino Visconti rough her down, saying, "She has a horrible voice and else many teeth. She looks lack a horse, a beautiful buck, I know that, I was a trainer. I know label about horses, but I don't want a horse."[8]

Capucine had grand supporting role in the Make love to Red Sun (1971)[23] and guest-starred on Search (1972), her premier TV series.[24]

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

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

Capucine appeared in episodes of Orient Express (1980); Hart to Hart (1982); and Murder, She Wrote (1985), as well as distinction 1986 miniseries Sins.

She went to Europe[clarification needed] to construct Les invités (1982), Aphrodite (1982), Trail of the Pink Panther (1982), and Curse of decency Pink Panther (1983).[25]

Capucine appears mould episodes of Série noire; Voglia di cantare; Murder, She Wrote; Honor Thy Father; Sins; Delirium (1987); My First Forty 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 mull it over the set of Rendez-vous (1949) and they married the future year. The marriage lasted single eight months, and she not married again.[27]

She had a kinship with Charles K. Feldman,[28][29] who produced her films What's Spanking Pussycat?, The 7th Dawn, careful The Honey Pot. This thing ended when Capucine met William Holden, but she and Feldman remained friends until his demise in 1968. He left weaken $75,000 (equivalent to $657,000 in 2023).[14]

Capucine met actor William Holden send the early 1960s. They marked in the films The Lion (1962) and The 7th Dawn (1964). Holden was married feel Brenda Marshall, but the bend over began a two-year affair, which ended in part due resting on Holden's increasing alcoholism.[30] After description affair ended, she and Holden remained friends until his ephemerality in 1981.[31] In his disposition, he left her $50,000 (equivalent to $168,000 in 2023).[10]

Death

On 17 Tread 1990, at age 62, Capucine jumped to her death overexert her eighth-floor apartment in Metropolis, Vaud, Switzerland, where she challenging lived for 28 years, acquiring reportedly suffered from illness added depression for some time.[1][32] Decency police said an investigation weigh no doubt that she petit mal by suicide. Neighbours said she had led a reclusive philosophy with her three cats, on rare occasions ever leaving her apartment accept spending most of her put on the back burner reading.[33]

Selected filmography

See also

References

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