About
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...
Known for
Perry MasonSeries • 1957
Adam-12Series • 1968
The RiflemanSeries • 1958
Studio OneSeries • 1948
Climax!Series • 1954
Four Star PlayhouseSeries • 1952
The Donna Reed ShowSeries • 1958
RawhideSeries • 1959
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.Series • 1964
Alfred Hitchcock PresentsSeries • 1955
The Brady BunchSeries • 1969
GunsmokeSeries • 1955
Surfside 6Series • 1960
TarzanSeries • 1966
The RebelSeries • 1959
Lux Video TheatreSeries • 1950
The Roaring 20'sSeries • 1960
A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's AdventuresMovie • 2010
The Man in the Gray Flannel SuitMovie • 1956
Mr. SkeffingtonMovie • 1944
My Foolish HeartMovie • 1950
Has Anybody Seen My Gal?Movie • 1952
There's Always TomorrowMovie • 1956
To Each His OwnMovie • 1946