Leslie Caron
Acting
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.
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Date of Birth:
1931-07-01
Country:
Boulogne-Billancourt, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], France
Media of
Leslie Caron
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Filmography of
Leslie Caron
Self - Interviewee (archive footage)
... 2025
The Ghost of Christmas Past (voice)
... 2020
Pauline
... 2020
... 2018
Self
... 2017
Self - Interviewee
... 2017
Marguerite
... 2017
Herself
... 2016
Self (actrice et amie de Jean Renoir)
... 2011
Simone Renaud (Voice)
... 2010
Fanny (archive footage)
... 2010
... 2009
... 2008
... 2008
... 2008
Suzanne de Persand
... 2003
... 2002
Miss Alvarado
... 2001
Mrs. Audel
... 2000
Madeleine
... 2000
Regine De Chantelle
... 1999
... 1999
... 1998
Madame de Saint Marne
... 1996
Marguerite
... 1995
Katie Parker
... 1995
(archive footage)
... 1994
Mary-Louise Osmont (voice)
... 1994
Elizabeth Prideaux
... 1992
Madame Yvonne
... 1990
Jane Hilary
... 1990
Nedeshda Krupskaja
... 1988
Coco Chanel
... 1988
... 1988
Nicole (archive footage)
... 1985
Henia Liebskind
... 1984
... 1982
Mother
... 1982
Penelopa Wilson
... 1982
(uncredited)
... 1981
Lucille Berger
... 1980
Dr. Sammy Lee
... 1979
Alla Nazimova
... 1977
... 1977
Nicole
... 1976
Céleste
... 1976
(archive footage)
... 1976
... 1975
(archive footage) (uncredited)
... 1974
Carola
... 1973
Self (archive footage)
... 1973
Katherine Creighton
... 1971
Sister Mary
... 1970
Paola
... 1967
Françoise Labé
... 1966
Michele O'Brien
... 1966
Dr. Lauren Boullard
... 1965
Catherine Freneau
... 1964
Annie (segment "Les deux pigeons")
... 1962
Jane Fosset
... 1962
Claire Jordan
... 1962
Fanny
... 1961
Mardou Fox
... 1960
Mlle de Vaudey
... 1960
Ann Garantier
... 1959
Mrs. Dubedat
... 1959
Gigi
... 1958
Gaby
... 1956
Julie Andre
... 1955
Ella
... 1955
Mademoiselle
... 1953
Lili Daurier
... 1953
Angela
... 1952
... 1952
Madeline Minot
... 1951
Lise Bouvier
... 1951