Edna Best

She died in Geneva, Switzerland. In 1953, she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for her starring role in the film Lili. Edna Best has star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her contribution to Motion Pictures at 6124 Hollywood Boulevard. She is one of the few leading ladies (or actors of any type for that matter) from the classic era of MGM musicals who is still active in film. They were the parents of the actress Sarah Marshall. She continues to act, appearing recently for example in the acclaimed film Chocolat. She was married to the actor Herbert Marshall from 1928 until 1940. She went on to star in Gigi with Maurice Chevalier and, Lili, plus other classic films set in France.

She received a nomination for an Emmy Award in 1957 for her role in This Happy Breed. She was discovered by Gene Kelly, who chose her to appear opposite him in the classic musical An American in Paris.. Muir (both 1947). She was born in Boulogne-Billancourt, France. Among her other film credits are Intermezzo: A Love Story (1939), Swiss Family Robinson (1940), The Late George Apley and The Ghost and Mrs. July 1, 1931) is a French film actress and dancer. She is best remembered for her role as the mother in the original 1934 film version of Alfred Hitchcock's The Man Who Knew Too Much. Leslie Caron (b.