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Former top fashion model for Parisian haute couture houses who came to Hollywood in the late 1950s, studied acting and made her Hollywood screen debut as a Russian princess in "Song Without End" (1960). Capucine's patrician beauty leant an aloof elegance to such Hollywood films as "A Walk on the Wild Side" (1962), "The Pink Panther" (1964), in which she played Inspector Clouseau's treacherous wife, and "What's New Pussycat?" (1965) and later helped to make her an international star in films by Federico Fellini, Joseph Mankiewicz and Francois Truffaut....
Full Bio & Milestones

Filmography

Blue Blood - ( / 1988 / Released / )
I Miei Primi Quarant'Anni - ( Massimiliano Caracciolo's Mother / 1987 / Released / )
Le Foto di Gioia - ( Flora / 1987 / Released / )
De l'enfer a la Victoire - ( Mrs Levine / 1984 / Released / )
Balles Perdues - ( Madam Teufminn / 1983 / Released / WMF )
Curse of the Pink Panther - ( Lady Litton / 1983 / Released / UIP The Film Consortium )
Trail of the Pink Panther - ( Lady Litton / 1982 / Released / )
Arabian Adventure - ( Vahishta / 1979 / Released / )
Da Dunkerque alla Vittoria - ( / 1979 / Released / )
Jaguar Lives! - ( Zina Vanacore / 1979 / Released / AIP )
Ritratto di Borghesia in Nero - ( Amalia Mazzarani / 1978 / Released / Paramount Pictures )
Per Amore - ( / 1976 / Released / )
L' Incorrigible - ( Helene / 1975 / Released / )
Las Crueles - ( Parker / 1971 / Released / )
Soleil Rouge - ( Pepita / 1971 / Released / )
Fellini Satyricon - ( Tryphaena / 1970 / Released / )
Fraulein Doktor - ( Dr Saforet / 1969 / Released / )
The Honey Pot - ( Princess Dominique / 1967 / Released / )
What's New, Pussycat? - ( Renee Lefebvre / 1965 / Released / )
The 7th Dawn - ( Dhana / 1964 / Released / United Artists Pictures Inc. )
The Pink Panther - ( Simone Clouseau / 1963 / Released / )
The Lion - ( Christine / 1962 / Released / )
Walk on the Wild Side - ( Hallie / 1962 / Released / )
North to Alaska - ( Michelle / 1960 / Released / )
Song Without End - ( Princess Carolyne / 1960 / Released / )
TV Credits
Sins ( 1986 / Released ): Actor
Murder, She Wrote ( Released ): Actor
Full Biography (Back to top)

Former top fashion model for Parisian haute couture houses who came to Hollywood in the late 1950s, studied acting and made her Hollywood screen debut as a Russian princess in "Song Without End" (1960). Capucine's patrician beauty leant an aloof elegance to such Hollywood films as "A Walk on the Wild Side" (1962), "The Pink Panther" (1964), in which she played Inspector Clouseau's treacherous wife, and "What's New Pussycat?" (1965) and later helped to make her an international star in films by Federico Fellini, Joseph Mankiewicz and Francois Truffaut. She committed suicide in 1990.

Profession(s):
Actor, model
Sometimes Credited As:
Germaine Lefebvre
Milestones (Back to top)
1981 Bequeathed $50,000 in William Holden's will
1960 First US film, "Song Without End"
1949 Film debut at 16 in a bit part in Jacques Becker's "Les Rendez-Vous De Juillet"; also appeared in Marcel Achard's "La Valse de Paris" (1950)
Worked as model in Paris for haute couture houses such as Dior and Givenchy
Moved to Hollywood; signed contract with producer Charles K. Feldman and learned English in the late 1950s

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