Leslie Caron
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 1, 1931 (age 95)
- Birthplace
- Boulogne-Billancourt, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], France
Biography
Leslie Claire Margaret Caron (born 1 July 1931) is a French-American actress, dancer and writer. She is the recipient of various accolades, including a Golden Globe Award, two BAFTA Awards, and a Primetime Emmy Award, in addition to nominations for two Academy Awards. Caron started her career as a ballerina. She made her film debut in the musical An American in Paris (1951), followed by roles in The Man with a Cloak (1951), Glory Alley (1952) and The Story of Three Loves (1953), before receving critical acclaim for her role as an orphan in Lili (also 1953), which earned her the BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actress and garnered nominations for an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award. As a leading lady, Caron went on to star in films such as The Glass Slipper, Daddy Long Legs (both 1955), Gigi (1958), Fanny (1961), both of which earned her Golden Globe nominations, Guns of Darkness (1962), The L-Shaped Room (both 1962), Father Goose (1964) and A Very Special Favor (1965). For her role of a single pregnant woman in The L-Shaped Room, Caron, in addition to receiving a second Academy Award nomination, won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama and a second BAFTA Award. Caron's other roles include Is Paris Burning? (1966), That's Entertainment! (1974), The Man Who Loved Women, Valentino (both 1977), Damage (1992), Funny Bones (1995), Chocolat (2000) and Le Divorce (2003). In 2007, she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for her performance of a child molestation victim in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. Description above from the Wikipedia article Leslie Caron, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
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Filmography
Gene Kelly: An American in Hollywood
Movie · as Self - Interviewee (archive footage)
A Christmas Carol
Movie · as The Ghost of Christmas Past (voice)
Written on Water
Movie · as Pauline
Gershwin: The American Classic
Movie
Love, Cecil
Movie · as Self
The Perfect Age
Movie · as Marguerite
Quand Jean devint Renoir
Movie · as Self - Interviewee
Leslie Caron: The Reluctant Star
Movie · as Herself
The Durrells
TV · as Countess Mavrodaki · 6 eps
Il était une fois... « La règle du jeu »
Movie · as Self (actrice et amie de Jean Renoir)
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
Movie · as Fanny (archive footage)
Mother of Normandy: The Story of Simone Renaud
Movie · as Simone Renaud (Voice)
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical
Movie · as Self (archive)
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000s
Movie · as Self
Thank Heaven! The Making of 'Gigi'
Movie · as Herself
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History
Movie · as Self
'S Wonderful: Creating An American in Paris
Movie
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical
Movie · as Self
Le Divorce
Movie · as Suzanne de Persand
From Russia to Hollywood: The 100-Year Odyssey of Chekhov and Shdanoff
Movie · as Self
Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer
Movie · as Self
Murder on the Orient Express
Movie · as Miss Alvarado
Chocolat
Movie · as Mrs. Audel
The Last of the Blonde Bombshells
Movie · as Madeleine
Passion's Way
Movie · as Regine De Chantelle
Jean-Pierre Aumont, charme et fou-rires
Movie · as Self
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV · as Lorraine Delmas · 1 ep
The Ring
Movie · as Madame de Saint Marne
The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century
TV · as Czarina Aleksandra Romanov (voice) · 1 ep
Funny Bones
Movie · as Katie Parker
Let It Be Me
Movie · as Marguerite
That's Entertainment! III
Movie · as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Normandy: The Great Crusade
Movie · as Mary-Louise Osmont (voice)
Damage
Movie · as Elizabeth Prideaux
Courage Mountain
Movie · as Jane Hilary
Warriors and Prisoners
Movie · as Madame Yvonne
Lenin: The Train
Movie · as Nedeshda Krupskaja
The Man Who Lived at the Ritz
Movie · as Coco Chanel
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
Movie · as Self
Lenin... The Train
TV · as Nadeschda 'Nadia' Krupskaja · 2 eps
Reel Horror
Movie · as Nicole (archive footage)
Dangerous Moves
Movie · as Henia Liebskind
Master of the Game
TV · as Solange Dunas · 9 eps
The Contract
Movie · as Penelopa Wilson
The Unapproachable
Movie
Imperative
Movie · as Mother
Chanel Solitaire
Movie · as (uncredited)
Falcon Crest
TV · as Nicole Sauguet · 3 eps
All Stars
Movie · as Lucille Berger
Goldengirl
Movie · as Dr. Sammy Lee
Tales of the Unexpected
TV · as Nathalie Vareille · 1 ep
Ciné regards
TV · as Self · 2 eps
The Man Who Loved Women
Movie · as Véra
Valentino
Movie · as Alla Nazimova
The Love Boat
TV · as Mrs. Duvall · 1 ep
Nicole
Movie · as Nicole
Surreal Estate
Movie · as Céleste
That's Entertainment, Part II
Movie · as (archive footage)
James Dean: The First American Teenager
Movie · as Self
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
TV · as Self · 2 eps
That's Entertainment!
Movie · as (archive footage) (uncredited)
QB VII
TV · as Angela Kelno · 2 eps
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Carola
Movie · as Carola
Le Grand Échiquier
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Chandler
Movie · as Katherine Creighton
Madron
Movie · as Sister Mary
The Head of the Family
Movie · as Paola
Is Paris Burning?
Movie · as Françoise Labé
Promise Her Anything
Movie · as Michele O'Brien
A Very Special Favor
Movie · as Dr. Lauren Boullard
Father Goose
Movie · as Catherine Freneau
Pour le plaisir
TV · as Self · 2 eps
The L-Shaped Room
Movie · as Jane Fosset
The Four Truths
Movie · as Annie (segment "Les deux pigeons")
Guns of Darkness
Movie · as Claire Jordan
The Merv Griffin Show
TV · as Self · 2 eps
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Fanny
Movie · as Fanny
Austerlitz
Movie · as Mlle de Vaudey
The Subterraneans
Movie · as Mardou Fox
The Doctor's Dilemma
Movie · as Mrs. Dubedat
The Man Who Understood Women
Movie · as Ann Garantier
Gigi
Movie · as Gigi
Gaby
Movie · as Gaby
Cinépanorama
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Daddy Long Legs
Movie · as Julie Andre
The Glass Slipper
Movie · as Ella
MGM Parade
TV · as self · 2 eps
Reflets de Cannes
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Lili
Movie · as Lili Daurier
The Story of Three Loves
Movie · as Mademoiselle
The Oscars
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Glory Alley
Movie · as Angela
The Million Dollar Nickel
Movie · as Self
An American in Paris
Movie · as Lise Bouvier
The Man with a Cloak
Movie · as Madeline Minot
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Golden Globe Awards
TV · as Self - Nominee / Presenter · 1 ep