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Leslie Caron
Born · July 1, 1931 (93 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Boulogne-Billancourt, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], France
Bio
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.
Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood
Self - Interviewee (archive footage)
6.8
2025
A Christmas Carol
The Ghost of Christmas Past (voice)
7.4
2020
Written on Water
Pauline
5.0
2020
Love, Cecil
Self
6.4
2017
Quand Jean devint Renoir
Self - Interviewee
10.0
2017
The Perfect Age
Marguerite
0.0
2017
Leslie Caron: The Reluctant Star
Herself
7.7
2016
The Durrells
Countess Mavrodaki · (6 episodes)
7.5
2016
Warren Beatty - Mister Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
5.4
2015
Il était une fois... « La règle du jeu »
Self (actrice et amie de Jean Renoir)
0.0
2011
Mother of Normandy: The Story of Simone Renaud
Simone Renaud (Voice)
0.0
2010
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
Fanny (archive footage)
6.7
2010
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000s
Self
0.0
2009
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical
Self (archive)
0.0
2009
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History
Self
8.0
2008
Thank Heaven! The Making of 'Gigi'
Herself
7.0
2008
'S Wonderful: Creating An American in Paris
7.0
2008
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical
Self
0.0
2008
Le Divorce
Suzanne de Persand
5.0
2003
Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer
Self
7.7
2002
From Russia to Hollywood: The 100-Year Odyssey of Chekhov and Shdanoff
Self
7.0
2002
Murder on the Orient Express
Miss Alvarado
6.1
2001
Chocolat
Mrs. Audel
7.0
2000
The Last of the Blonde Bombshells
Madeleine
6.7
2000
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Lorraine Delmas · (1 episode)
7.9
1999
Passion's Way
Regine De Chantelle
4.0
1999
The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century
Czarina Aleksandra Romanov (voice) · (1 episode)
8.3
1996
The Ring
Madame de Saint Marne
5.7
1996
Let It Be Me
Marguerite
5.6
1995
Funny Bones
Katie Parker
6.5
1995
That's Entertainment! III
(archive footage)
7.0
1994
Normandy: The Great Crusade
Mary-Louise Osmont (voice)
10.0
1994
Damage
Elizabeth Prideaux
6.6
1992
Warriors and Prisoners
Madame Yvonne
1.0
1990
Lenin: The Train
Nedeshda Krupskaja
6.2
1990
Courage Mountain
Jane Hilary
6.5
1990
Lenin... The Train
Nadia · (2 episodes)
6.0
1988
The Man Who Lived at the Ritz
Coco Chanel
4.0
1988
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
Self
7.0
1988
Reel Horror
Nicole (archive footage)
2.4
1985
Dangerous Moves
Henia Liebskind
5.9
1984
Master of the Game
Solange Dunas · (9 episodes)
5.9
1984
The Unapproachable
0.0
1982
Imperative
Mother
5.5
1982
The Contract
Penelopa Wilson, bratowa Adama, matka Patrycji
5.3
1982
Falcon Crest
Nicole Sauguet · (3 episodes)
5.5
1981
All Stars
Lucille Berger
0.0
1980
Goldengirl
Dr. Sammy Lee
4.8
1979
Tales of the Unexpected
Nathalie Vareille · (1 episode)
6.7
1979
Valentino
Alla Nazimova
5.9
1977
The Man Who Loved Women
Véra
7.1
1977
Nicole
Nicole
2.8
1976
Surreal Estate
Céleste
4.6
1976
That's Entertainment, Part II
(archive footage)
6.9
1976
James Dean: The First American Teenager
Self
6.0
1975
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self · (2 episodes)
6.0
1975
That's Entertainment!
(archive footage)
7.3
1974
QB VII
Angela Kelno · (2 episodes)
7.7
1974
Carola
Carola
6.0
1973
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
Self (archive footage)
0.0
1973
Le Grand Échiquier
Self · (1 episode)
8.0
1972
Chandler
Katherine Creighton
4.5
1971
Madron
Sister Mary
5.1
1970
The Head of the Family
Paola
6.7
1967
Is Paris Burning?
Françoise Labé
7.2
1966
Promise Her Anything
Michele O'Brien
3.7
1966
Best of The Dean Martin Variety Show
(1 episode)
0.0
1966
A Very Special Favor
Dr. Lauren Boullard
5.7
1965
Father Goose
Catherine Freneau
7.0
1964
The Four Truths
Annie (segment "Les deux pigeons")
4.2
1962
The L-Shaped Room
Jane Fosset
6.8
1962
The Merv Griffin Show
Self · (2 episodes)
5.6
1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self · (1 episode)
7.4
1962
Guns of Darkness
Claire Jordan
6.0
1962
Fanny
Fanny
6.8
1961
The Subterraneans
Mardou Fox
4.8
1960
The Battle of Austerlitz
Mlle de Vaudey
6.5
1960
The Man Who Understood Women
Ann Garantier
3.3
1959
The Doctor's Dilemma
Mrs. Dubedat
6.1
1959
Gigi
Gilberte "Gigi"
6.2
1958
Gaby
Gaby
7.0
1956
Cinépanorama
Self · (1 episode)
8.0
1956
Daddy Long Legs
Julie Andre
6.3
1955
The Glass Slipper
Ella
6.3
1955
Reflets de Cannes
Self · (1 episode)
2.0
1954
The Story of Three Loves
Mademoiselle
5.6
1953
The Oscars
Self · (2 episodes)
6.9
1953
Lili
Lili Daurier
6.7
1953
Glory Alley
Angela
5.8
1952
The Million Dollar Nickel
Herself
4.0
1952
The Man with a Cloak
Madeline Minot
6.9
1951
An American in Paris
Lise Bouvier
7.0
1951
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self · (1 episode)
6.6
1948