Capucine (1928-1990)
Germaine Lefebvre, known by her stage name Capucine, began her career as a model at the age of 17. In 1948, she became a film actress, first in France, then in the United States. Her best-known role was that of Simone Clouseau, the wife of the famous detective played by Peter Sellers in The Pink Panther. Capucine has played two openly lesbian roles, in ‘Walk On the Wild Side’ (1962) where she co-stars with Barbara Stanwyck, and in ‘Fräulein Doktor’ (1969). In 1985, Capucine spoke openly about her homosexuality in an interview with Boze Hadleigh for his book ‘Hollywood Lesbians‘. Until her death in 1990, Capucine was a close friend of Audrey Hepburn, whom she met in the early 1950s.











