Biographie et filmographie

Gigi Perreau

Daughter of French-born Robert Perreau-Saussine and Eleanor Child Perreau-Saussine, she was born Ghislaine Elizabeth Marie Thérèse Perreau-Saussine. Perreau achieved success as a child actress in a number of films. She got into the business quite by accident. Her older brother Gerald was trying out for the part of the title character's son in Madame Curie. Because their mother could not find a babysitter, she took Gigi along. The two-year-old, who could speak French, got the (uncredited) part of Madame Curie's daughter Ève (while Gerald would have to wait a year to make his film debut in Passage to Marseille).

She also played the daughter of Claude Rains and Bette Davis's characters in the 1944 film Mr. Skeffington. In Shadow on the Wall, she starred as the sole witness to a murder. As the "top child movie actress for 1951", the then ten-year-old was given the keys to the city of Pittsburgh by its mayor, and later Pennsylvania governor, David L. Lawrence. She was the youngest person to be so honored. Perreau played the rebellious teen daughter of Fredric March in 1956's The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit. However, her film career lost momentum as she became an adult, so she turned to television.

In 1959, she played a friend of Shelley Fabares on The Donna Reed Show, and had a supporting role in the sitcom The Betty Hutton Show, with her brother Gerald. In 1960, Perreau and Robert Harland performed as Sara Lou and Lin Proctor, a young couple from the east who have eloped and are heading west, in the western series Stagecoach West with Wayne Rogers and Robert Bray. Also in 1960, Perreau was cast as Julie Staunton in an episode of The Islanders, set in the South Pacific. She was cast in "Don Gringo" and "The Promise", as well as in The Rebel. In 1961, she played Mary Bettelheim in an episode of The Roaring 20s. She was cast in a recurring role on Follow the Sun series from 1961–1962 as secretary, Katherine Ann "Kathy" Richards. She guest starred on The Rifleman in 1960 and 1961. She made guest appearances on Perry Mason. In 1964, she also co-starred as Lucy, a beleaguered homesteader, on an episode of Gunsmoke. In 1970, she appeared on The Brady Bunch as a math teacher who becomes the object of puppy love by Greg Brady, one of her students.

In the 2000s, she provided her voice in the animated films Fly Me to the Moon, A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures and Crash: The Animated Movie, and acted in Time Again.

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Films (42)

Meghan Markle: An American Princess

Meghan Markle: An American Princess

2018 · Self

Le Voyage extraordinaire de Samy

Le Voyage extraordinaire de Samy

2010 · Whale (voice)

High Seas Hijack

High Seas Hijack

1977 · Patricia Haber

Hell on Wheels

Hell on Wheels

1967 · Sue Robbins

Journey to the Center of Time

Journey to the Center of Time

1967 · Karen White

Tammy Tell Me True

Tammy Tell Me True

1961 · Rita

Look in Any Window

Look in Any Window

1961 · Eileen Lowell (as Gigi Pereau)

Girls Town

Girls Town

1959 · Serafina Garcia

Wild Heritage

Wild Heritage

1958 · Missouri Breslin

The Cool and the Crazy

The Cool and the Crazy

1958 · Amy

Dance with Me, Henry

Dance with Me, Henry

1956 · Shelley

The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit

The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit

1956 · Susan Hopkins

There's Always Tomorrow

There's Always Tomorrow

1956 · Ellen Groves

The Wild Bunch

The Wild Bunch

1955 · Carlotta

Bonzo Goes to College

Bonzo Goes to College

1952 · Betsy Drew

Has Anybody Seen My Gal?

Has Anybody Seen My Gal?

1952 · Roberta Blaisdell

Week-End with Father

Week-End with Father

1951 · Anne Stubbs

Reunion in Reno

Reunion in Reno

1951 · Margaret 'Maggie' Angeline Linaker

The Lady Pays Off

The Lady Pays Off

1951 · Diane Braddock

For Heaven's Sake

For Heaven's Sake

1950 · Item

Never a Dull Moment

Never a Dull Moment

1950 · Tina Hayward

Shadow on the Wall

Shadow on the Wall

1950 · Susan Starrling

My Foolish Heart

My Foolish Heart

1950 · Ramona

Song of Surrender

Song of Surrender

1949 · Faith Beecham

Roseanna McCoy

Roseanna McCoy

1949 · Allifair McCoy

Enchantment

Enchantment

1948 · Lark as a Child

Family Honeymoon

Family Honeymoon

1948 · Zoe

The Sainted Sisters

The Sainted Sisters

1948 · Beasley Girl (uncredited)

Song of Love

Song of Love

1947 · Julie

High Barbaree

High Barbaree

1947 · Nancy - Age 5 (uncredited)

Green Dolphin Street

Green Dolphin Street

1947 · Veronica

Alias Mr. Twilight

Alias Mr. Twilight

1946 · Susan Holden

To Each His Own

To Each His Own

1946 · Virgie Ingham

Yolanda and the Thief

Yolanda and the Thief

1945 · Gigi (as Ghislaine Perreau)

Voice of the Whistler

Voice of the Whistler

1945 · Bobbie (uncredited)

God Is My Co-Pilot

God Is My Co-Pilot

1945 · Robin Lee Scott (uncredited)

Dark Waters

Dark Waters

1944 · Yvette Boudreaux (uncredited)

The Master Race

The Master Race

1944 · Baby (as Ghislaine Perreau)

Two Girls and a Sailor

Two Girls and a Sailor

1944 · Jean - Age 2½ (uncredited)

Mr. Skeffington

Mr. Skeffington

1944 · Two-Year-Old Fanny (uncredited)

Madame Curie

Madame Curie

1943 · Eve at 18 Months (uncredited)

Mamie Exposed! The Life and Loves of the Last Blonde Bombshell

Mamie Exposed! The Life and Loves of the Last Blonde Bombshell

Séries (23)