With classic patrician features and an independent, non-conformist
personality, Capucine began her film debut in 1949 at the age of 21
with an appearance in the film
Rendezvous in July (1949).
She attended school in France and received a BA degree in foreign
languages. Married for six months in her early twenties, she never
remarried. In 1957, she was discovered by director
Charles K. Feldman while working as a
high-fashion model for Givenchy in Paris and was brought to Hollywood
to study acting under
Gregory Ratoff. She
was put under contract by Columbia studios in 1958 and had her first
leading part in the movie
Song Without End (1960). She
made six more major movies in the early to mid 1960s, two of which
(
The Lion (1962) and
The 7th Dawn (1964)) starred
William Holden, with whom she had
a two-year affair. Moving from Hollywood to a penthouse apartment in
Lausanne, Switzerland, in 1962, she continued making movies, mostly in
Europe, until her suicide in 1990.
Il giudice istruttore(1990)as Signora Corderi
Quartier nègre(1990)
Blaues Blut(1988)as Gräfin Simone von Altenberg
Gila and Rik(1987)as Camilla
Du côté de chez Fred(1988)as Self
Permission de minuit(1987)as Self
Passez donc me voir(1979)as Self
Allons au cinéma(1975)as Self
Claudia Cardinale, la créature du secret(2019)as Self
Raised Human(2014)as Self
My Lion and Me(2016)as Self
Living Famously(2002)as Simone Clouseau
The Paranormal Peter Sellers(2002)as Self
