I think she aged beautifully, but in this movie, though she is an incredible dancer, I found her so utterly unattractive and unappealing! It really got in the way for me.
And does anyone else think Beth Broderick is the reincarnation of Nina Foch?!?!
it's amazing how tastes differ. I find Leslie Caron in this film to be breathtakingly beautiful( as well as a great ballet dancer)
shareshe has a grace to her. not only in dance. but in speaking,walking,acting.She has what all these other starlets don;t have ,she has "IT" all the other Bimbo's that allegedly are actresses. can;'t dance or act. I watched her in GiGi she is delightful to the eye. These guys that don;t like her apperance you would probably find at the strip Bars, in Las Vegas. Beauty ,grace, charm.personality,are qualities you don;t find maybe one in a million.The only other star that I personally love is Judy Garland. She could sing,dance,act.The music in this movie is superior.
shareI've long rated as the three most beautiful women in motion picture history as: Leslie Caron in An American in Paris, Elizabeth Taylor in Ivanhoe and Anne Francis in Forbidden Planet.
shareI agree.
Well, I think she's "cute", but not beautiful.
I've always considered her to have "bulldog" chops - her jaw area is pronounced and too large for the rest of her face. Her whole mouth/jaw area is sort of bulbous.
If she had a more normal jawset, she'd probably be quite lovely.
Agreed, she was certainly not beautiful. She had buck teeth at least early in her career, perhaps corrected later. Rather an ugly duckling, I thought. It was a good thing she could dance.
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I felt the same way. Her teeth and her mouth seemed way too big for the rest of her face. I don't mean to sound shallow but it really interfered with me believing that Gene Kelly's character Jerry found her more attractive than Milo.
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I think she was certainly cute, albeit in a quirky kind of way, if not conventionally beautiful. I don't think that awful short haircut she sported in the film did her any favors in the looks department. Also (maybe this was just me), her skin had this awful orange hue to it, like she had just gone fakebaking with the crew of Jersey Shore. Maybe it was my DVD copy or television, but Sunkist orange is not a good shade on anyone. But I didn't find her looks distracting - I still found her appealing and stunning, even if she wasn't a conventional beauty.
I agree that Leslie Caron became more attractive as she aged. She's cute in AAIP (1951), pretty in Lili (1953), beautiful in Gigi (1958) and smoking hot in Fanny (1961). And she is a fabulous dancer.
"...her skin had this awful orange hue to it..."
An American in Paris has not been colorized. If your other posts have this accuracy you are to be ignored.
shareYeah, she's rather ugly-looking in THIS. I thought she was almost pretty in GIGI.
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I've always felt that the films Miss Caron appeared in would have benefitted aesthetically if the directors of said films had made her wear a bag over her unsightly head. Even today the owners of the films' copyrights could probably easily achieve the same effect with CGI effects. Until then I'll just have to place my thumb close to my eye and block her out. It's tiring but it's far less distasteful than actually looking at her. I mean no disrespect.
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I hadn't thought of her teeth. But you're right. They look like brontasaurus teeth.
shareShe certainly looked better when she'd aged a little... which made her lucky, in a way. The biggest problem with her appearance I've noticed in the film is when they make her wear stupid clothes... things that cut her right across the center and make her look like an overstuffed rag doll. The ballerina tutu is one of the prime offenders. Ballet gives you some pretty muscular legs, but hers were just thick around the thigh and hip area. And given her physique, the round hairdo wasn't the best choice either. She did look better when she didn't smile. It's odd, though... someone mentioned Gigi, and I do remember she seemed just lovely in that. Did something change?
shareFunny, I thought she bore an odd resemblance to the very young Carol Burnett, LOL.
I believe one reason Ms. Caron looked so much better in GIGI was that she had grown enormously as an actress and comedienne.
While she was an excellent dancer in AAIP, as an actress, she stunk--big time!
We agree with you. Her accent was charming, and she could dance.
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It's amazing how widely the perceptions of female beauty can vary. Leslie was 20 years old at the time of the filming and her leading man Gene Kelley was almost 40. I've never seen any actress who was as luminous and ethereal in the camera's eye, as Leslie was in "An American in Paris.' Her dazzling beauty took my breath away and it still does.