Capucine
In our house there was a rumor that Capucine had once been male. After a while, true or not, it became accepted as fact. It seemed the most logical way to explain away such perfection. And, she was perfect.
Men look at me like I'm a suspicious-looking trunk, and they're customs agents.
Walk on the Wild Side (1962) - Capucine in her role as the disillusioned prostitute, Hallie Gerard, with Barbara Stanwyck as her Madam, Jo Courtney.
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Thursday, 22 January 2009
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8 comments:
OK, I'm dying - does he leave her? Gosh, but she's gorgeous.
Mrs B - I'm not telling. This is a must see.
For the sets I as well. You're such a tease.
I'm not familiar with her...I must find out more! thanks for this post.
I know a man who met her at a Mardi Gras party in Washington DC. He mentioned that her grandfather was a famous painter... someone like Cezanne... I'll have to call him up and ask.
Said she was absolutely charming and stunningly beautiful in person.
And she may well be my favourite reason for repeated viewings of "The Pink Panther."
Update: it was supposed to have been Renoir who was her grandfather.
I would love to be able to whip my hair around so dramatically...but I think I would break down in giggles or dislocate my neck!
When I lived in Paris during the 1960s, there was a well-known trans-gendered person who called herself "Capucine". I believe that's the source of the rumor of her sexual beginnings.
This beautiful Capucine was, in actuality, the mistress of Darryl F. Zanuck, the head of 20th Century Fox Studios and had a tragic end, killing herself by jumping from a window. Makes one wonder.............
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