Leslie Caron
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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
Credits
Damage (1992)
as Elizabeth Prideaux
Chocolat (2000)
as Mrs. Audel
An American in Paris (1951)
as Lise Bouvier
Is Paris Burning? (1966)
as Françoise Labé
Le Divorce (2003)
as Suzanne de Persand
Gigi (1958)
as Gigi
The Story of Three Loves (1953)
as Mademoiselle
The L-Shaped Room (1962)
as Jane Fosset
Daddy Long Legs (1955)
as Julie Andre
That's Entertainment! (1974)
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000s (2009)
as Self
Funny Bones (1995)
as Katie Parker
Father Goose (1964)
as Catherine Freneau
Austerlitz (1960)
as Mlle de Vaudey
Valentino (1977)
as Alla Nazimova
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff (2010)
as Fanny (archive footage)
The Man Who Loved Women (1977)
as Véra
That's Entertainment! III (1994)
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)
as (archive footage)
Murder on the Orient Express (2001)
as Miss Alvarado
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical (2009)
as Self (archive)
James Dean: The First American Teenager (1975)
as Self
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History (2008)
as Self
Let It Be Me (1995)
as Marguerite
The Last of the Blonde Bombshells (2000)
as Madeleine
Lili (1953)
as Lili Daurier
Courage Mountain (1990)
as Jane Hilary
Chandler (1971)
as Katherine Creighton
The Man with a Cloak (1951)
as Madeline Minot
Lenin: The Train (1988)
as Nedeshda Krupskaja
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli (1973)
as Self (archive footage)
Surreal Estate (1976)
as Céleste
A Very Special Favor (1965)
as Dr. Lauren Boullard
Promise Her Anything (1966)
as Michele O'Brien
Gene Kelly: An American in Hollywood (2025)
as Self - Interviewee (archive footage)
Normandy: The Great Crusade (1994)
as Mary-Louise Osmont (voice)
Goldengirl (1979)
as Dr. Sammy Lee
The Glass Slipper (1955)
as Ella
The Man Who Understood Women (1959)
as Ann Garantier
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man (1988)
as Self
Dangerous Moves (1984)
as Henia Liebskind
Quand Jean devint Renoir (2017)
as Self - Interviewee
'S Wonderful: Creating An American in Paris (2008)
Actor
The Four Truths (1962)
as Annie (segment "Les deux pigeons")
From Russia to Hollywood: The 100-Year Odyssey of Chekhov and Shdanoff (2002)
as Self
Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer (2002)
as Self
Jean-Pierre Aumont, charme et fou-rires (1999)
as Self
Gershwin: The American Classic (2018)
Actor
A Christmas Carol (2020)
as The Ghost of Christmas Past (voice)
Nicole (1976)
as Nicole
Chanel Solitaire (1981)
as (uncredited)
The Man Who Lived at the Ritz (1988)
as Coco Chanel
The Doctor's Dilemma (1959)
as Mrs. Dubedat
The Ring (1996)
as Madame de Saint Marne
Passion's Way (1999)
as Regine De Chantelle
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical (2008)
as Self
All Stars (1980)
as Lucille Berger
Leslie Caron: The Reluctant Star (2016)
as Herself
Reel Horror (1985)
as Nicole (archive footage)
The Head of the Family (1967)
as Paola
Fanny (1961)
as Fanny
Glory Alley (1952)
as Angela
The Million Dollar Nickel (1952)
as Self
Gaby (1956)
as Gaby
Mother of Normandy: The Story of Simone Renaud (2010)
as Simone Renaud (Voice)
The Subterraneans (1960)
as Mardou Fox
Il était une fois... « La règle du jeu » (2011)
as Self (actrice et amie de Jean Renoir)
Love, Cecil (2017)
as Self
The Unapproachable (1982)
Actor
Written on Water (2020)
as Pauline
Carola (1973)
as Carola
Guns of Darkness (1962)
as Claire Jordan
Thank Heaven! The Making of 'Gigi' (2008)
as Herself
The Contract (1982)
as Penelopa Wilson
Madron (1970)
as Sister Mary
Imperative (1982)
as Mother
Warriors and Prisoners (1990)
as Madame Yvonne
The Perfect Age (2017)
as Marguerite