Capucine (6 January 1931 – 17 March 1990) was a French actress. She made several forays into American cinema in addition to her lengthy European film career. Born Germaine Lefebvre in Saint-Raphaël, Var, at the age of 17 she became a fashion model, adopting the name Capucine (French for nasturtium), eventually working for Givenchy. Capucine suffered throughout her life from bipolar disorder and committed suicide at the age of 59 in Lausanne, Switzerland, by jumping from her 8th-floor apartment window.