Romantic

Character Role Analysis

Lise Bouvier

Lise sits smack-dab in the middle of An American in Paris's tangled love triangle. When Jerry first spots Lise, it's love at first sight. Meanwhile, Henri's been in love with Lise for years, having first grown to love her in a more chaste way while he sheltered her from the Nazis during World War II. Lise has not one, but two men interested in her, and it's her romantic predicament that propels the plot in An American in Paris.