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Born Lillie Peiser, she was a graceful, sophisticated Prussian-born star. The daughter of an actress, she made her stage debut in Berlin in 1932, but soon moved to Paris in the wake of the Nazi takeover (she was Jewish); after appearing there in a Moulin Rouge operetta, she went to London and began appearing in British films in 1935. In 1943 she married actor Rex Harrison (they divorced in 1957), and two years later the two of them moved to the U.S.; for several years she appeared in Hollywood movies and Broadway plays. After returning to Europe she began appearing in international films. In 1957 she married actor Carlos Thompson. She authored an autobiography, Change Lobsters and Dance (1975), and novels including The Red Raven (1978).