Leslie Caron Interview

French film actress and dancer Leslie Caron {GIGI} is interviewed on the final series of UK's The Paul O'Grady Show, Thursday October 29th 2009.
She promotes her autobiography "Thank Heaven" and talks about her life.
Boxer David Haye & Actor Neil Morrissey also guested.
Enjoy!
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[@Kaffyboy]

I was absolutely in love with her when I was about 15. I wrote to her, she sent me a signed pic, and I wrote back thanking her for the pic, she wrote me a full letter thanking me for thanking her! She told me that that never happens, and was very grateful. I still have that cherished letter!

[@lepetitchat123]

Do you think she still answers fan letters?

[@tadimaggio]

If there was any doubt about Leslie Caron's capacities as a serious actress, her guest appearance on "Law and Order: Special Victims Unit" as a survivor of rape, who was trying to help a much younger woman come to terms with her own violation, utterly eliminated it. You felt an entire life's worth of remembered pain every time she spoke. At the other end of the spectrum was her performance in "Lili", where she played scene after scene that, in the hands of a lesser actress, would have been unbearably syrupy and sentimental, and instead transmuted them into something poignant and deeply moving. Pure gold, both on and off the screen.

[@sheilarough236]

That scene at the end of her Law and Order SVU episode, where the man who raped her all those years ago is convicted, the way she walks, the burden she’d been carrying for years is lifted. It’s wonderful. I believe she got nominated for an Emmy for that guest role

[@hyramesshiramess1035]

She was a wonderful dancer, but I remember her MOST fondly for FANNY -- with Horst Buchholz, Charles Boyer and Maurice Chevalier -- a charming, very touching film with an especially beautiful background score. She has held up MARVELOUSLY. I am s glad, she's still very much alive.

[@jillwintz379]

It is truly one of the most beautiful love scenes ever filmed with -- as you say -- the most touchingly beautiful love theme accentuating the deeply moving love Fanny reveals to Marius. Because it touches in us the most basic yearning so convincingly by the lovely Fanny and Marius it couldn't be more powerful. An absolutely delicious and wonderful movie moment given by these two gifted actors .

[@ZoeyCLR78]

What a classy lady. She is one of my favorite dancer/actress. I'm so glad that she is doing so well. She looks fantastic !!

[@RobertoLorenzPianist]

She still has that incomparably natural charme. So lovely.

[@Zeppolino100]

A friend in London told me she used to take dance class as an older woman to stay in shape, and that she was lovely, elegant, polite, and sweet. How can one not be in love with her? She still slays me in "An American in Paris".....

[@mitchowen48]

What a lovely and classy lady. I just love this woman!

[@Amanda-ni2nc]

Seriously Dad.

[@jillwintz379]

We a l l do!

[@Cyberlucy]

Leslie is and has always been stunningly gorgeous. As a little girl I was fascinated by her and thought that she was the epitome of beauty, grace, and charm and everything a woman should be. It's good to see her still going strong.

[@XtremeKaiba]

Lili is the one I like. I have seen Gigi, An American in Paris, Cinderella, and Father Goose with her(which I like them all). I love her innocence in Lili and how she progresses from being a girl to a woman and learning about love.

[@iceone1216]

A living work of art! How elegant she looks today, a reminder of the impact she must have had at the peak of her career. I hope she gets the recognition she deserves as she stared with so many great actors...Astaire, Bogart, Holden, Kelley, Jordan, Chevalier, and least of all Cary Grant to name a few. How many actresses of the day could boast about that.

[@StrictlyMystic]

Ms. Caron could not be more delightful!

[@MsGreatNorth]

Unreal, what a hero she is to me even to this day. I grew up watching the movies of her day with Gene Kelly, etc. and She was wonderful..... god bless her!

[@egorganplayer1]

I just love her. So incredibly beautiful even as an older lady. I get chills every time I see her in that stunning Cecil Beaton white dress with the birds on the shoulder in 'GIGI'.

[@tcm140756]

I just watched Leslie in a saturday afternoon movie called 'promise her anything' I had never heard or seen this actress before but OMG!! what an angel...shes is gorgeous!!

[@penny539]

I met her in person where I work and I recognize her voice and she is so charming

[@gjd1942]

Lucky you!

[@MrImiller07]

Ms. Caron starred in arguably the greatest of the Arthur Freed produced MGM musicals An American In Paris and Gigi as well as Daddy Long Legs with Fred Astaire and Father Goose with Cary Grant. She also made the difficult transition to dramatic films, winning acclaim and an Oscar nomination for The L-Shaped Room and an Emmy for an episode of Law and Order.

[@ClaudiaRodriguez-zl6fk]

Que grandiosa fué Leslie. Talentosa. Gracias por el video

[@renettayorka6883]

My very favorite musical of all time is Gigi. I really enjoyed this interview. Thank you.

[@garrettmeadows2273]

She was a natural on the screen. So lovely and classy.

[@carlamartin8286]

Thank you so much for posting! What a delight!

[@jillwintz379]

Just could not agree more. This is one of the most endearing and beautiful actresses and ladies ever! Love Leslie!

[@patriciabarksdale6923]

I have loved Leslie Caron since, The L Shaped Room and Fannie. She will always be beautiful to me. Wonderful dancer!

[@freakyflow]

+Patricia Barksdale I remember as a kid watching father goose Thinking she was very pretty and acted like the way a french women should be prim and proper And thats where my crush began lol

[@bobbyjordan37]

Madame LESLIE CARON , une légende du cinéma

[@bobbyjordan37]

MISS LESLIE CARON YOU ARE A LEGEND FILM ALL THE WORLD LOVES YOU AND ME TOO.

[@jillwintz379]

A b s o l u t e l y. One hundred percent!

[@randiewalton]

I Love her and always have. I've seen her in many things, with Gene Kelly, fabulous. She is very beautiful and has aged well.

[@hellasexy22]

Really cool to see how well she's doing today. She looks healthy & great. I love listening about her life & career; especially about Gene Kelly! Keep doing your thing, Ms. Caron!

[@cynthiawilliams737]

Leslie mentioned in a previous interview that Fred Astaire once proposed to her & she really wished she had accepted his wife was passed on & he was lonely & she was in her early 30's but for whatever reason passed om it they would have made a great pairing!!

[@64downtown]

one of the best interviews by Paul O'Grady-thankyou for posting

Very powerful acting on Law & Order, really touched me...

[@sheilarough236]

I grew up loving Gigi. I hadn’t know she was a dancer. Rewatching recently, I finally got the joke that Grandmama makes about she should’ve gotten Gigi dancing lessons 😂😂

[@LoveFlatfootin1]

She's utterly charming!

[@elizabetheowynbelle]

She's marvelous!

[@vintom6440]

Beautiful 💐💐🌻🌻🍀🍀

[@gjd1942]

Lucky you! I too loved her since the first time I saw her on screen. Leslie has been my lifelong crush. In my opinion she is the most beautiful woman ever. Charming, immensely talented, poised.

[@stevelane1042]

Great to see a recent interview with her! She really does have that old-school glamour. Nice post.

[@christianterraes8334]

Bravo Madame !

[@activist81]

A real woman! A true talent!

[@jenbenepe]

Fabulous. She's amazing.

[@Provemewrongwithfacts]

Aged, like fine wine!

[@jadawin10]

Une grande dame...

[@EclecticSometimes]

Her accent is quite interesting, it's not obviously French, like with most French actresses, rather different.

[@mylesgarcia4625]

She grew up bilingual because of her American mother; and she spent many years of her first marriage to Peter Hall in London (like, don't quote me -- 1956 to 1962).

[@tomaf]

she's gotta have at least one asian grandparent. when she was young she looked asian in many of her films and pics

[@mylesgarcia4625]

Not really.

[@bones007able]

she was funny in father goose with cary grant

[@1justice2012]

She was really good looking!

[@lucycat2576]

I would love to ask her about making the movie (Promise Her Anything) with Warren Beatty.

[@STP43FAN1]

6:22 she got into a censorship problem - seeing that dance scene is a little risque. I'm always reminded of Ray Harryhausen's story of the censorship issue he had over the Ceratosaur fight scene in The Animal World.

[@LenHummelChannel]

The Audrey Hepburn of dance and elegance.

[@123Rockchild]

Her face looks great....must be good genes. Seems like a little ol' thing - maybe becaue of those two tall guys.

[@STP43FAN1]

6:24

[@suzannesadiiqa]

She is minute............good things come in small packages.

[@60hobbs1]

Isn't life funny. I lived with Leslie for four years and still have her letters telling me how much she loved me but I don't even get a mention in the book!!

[@jillwintz379]

O P L E A S E , p l e a s e write your own book and tell us all about it! We'd love to hear every detail! Can't imagine this dearest lady being anything but the sweetest, what she's always been.....there must be s o m e explanation---to protect her once deep feelings for you, your privacy?

[@ekimbro08]

She aged well

[@dcs93]

Its sad how Haye and morrisey don't really have a clue how brilliant she was, ther both just sitting there niavely, i would be jumping on her shaking her hand asking about gene etc haha

[@oliviacrockett2560]

I'd be afraid of him too as he has a shocking presence. A female is like that.

[@christianterraes8334]

Elle habitait Paris. Aux dernières nouvelles elle a quitté Paris et la France car elle ne reconnaît plus Paris ni la France. Je suis de son avis hélas.

[@johnsweeney5946]

You could see she was a bit nervous about sitting next to a giant gangster type....Why have a dope like that on with her ?

[@curiousspectator7295]

Not everyone shares your racist thoughts.

[@inersphobia]

+John Sweeney That's David Haye, a retired boxer. Also a vegan. Dual-citizen of the UK and North Cyprus. This is all right off the wikipedia page. And his name is in the description. Basic literacy tells you this. So, that makes you a dope. He's boxer who defeated six world champions and is so averse to violence he doesn't even eat eggs. Even if you were using gangster loosely, it wouldn't fit. But, you. Here are are. In all your smallness and trivialness and functional illiteracy.

[@gunterfreitag5562]

John Sweeney 0”!!

[@MRSOLARCHAPEL]

ppffffttt '....of course i can't sing anymore!...' She never could!! That's Betty Wand dubbing her voice in Gigi, and she didn't sing in An American In Paris.... there's demo tracks of her attempting the songs from Gigi, and she honestly cannot sing!! But no-one would ever know now... who cares anyway. she's still a legend!

[@anitamarie5049]

I really like her movies! But it makes me sad the way she hesitated after seeing the black man, and asked the host if it was safe. Did she think, just based on his skin color, that she was in danger? Really? How frustrating and awkward for the man to be judged by an icon as dangerous simply for being himself. I lost a little respect for her image.

[@TheGeek327]

Yes, this made me sad. Respect to him for not reacting.

[@roryedwards3023]

His name is David Haye, The haymaker , Heavyweight boxer, I think Leslie was making a joke?

[@roryedwards3023]

His name is David Haye, The haymaker , Heavyweight boxer, I think Leslie was making a joke?

[@TrangPakbaby]

Anita Marie it was a joke sweetie. Im black and Indian and I met her when I danced and she was extremely kind and complimentary towards me and my dancing