Capucine

Stage name of Germaine Lefèvre (1938), a French actress and model. The daughter of an industrial entrepreneur, she attended school in Samur, where she was discovered by a local photographer and immediately captured by the world of fashion. On the runways she wore clothes by Dior, Balmain and Givenchy. She belongs to the kind of model that has a sacral, sophisticated, and glossy beauty. After a trip to America, she went from the atelier to the movie set, making her début in 1960 in Song Without End. Among her other films are Walk On The Wild Side, The Pink Panther, and What’s New, Pussycat?