The life and times of Leslie Caron

Long-time actress Leslie Caron has been nominated for two Academy Awards and has danced on stage with the likes of Gene Kelly, Fred Astair and Mikhail Baryshnikov. In her new memoir, “Thank Heaven,” she retells the stories of her many acting roles and of her dramatic life living in New York and Paris. Caron, who turns 80 years old next year, was born in Paris and known then as the “little French girl.”

Caron moved to Hollywood without knowing English nor with a single acquitance, but was quickly taken with America’s abundance and wealth. Americans fell for her, too, when she debuted in “An American in Paris” in 1951.

“Arriving in Hollywood, where you could take a shower at 10 o’clock if you wanted, was something magnificant, but it took some getting used to,” she says.