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
Daddy Long Legs (1955)
as Julie Andre
Is Paris Burning? (1966)
as Françoise Labé
Gigi (1958)
as Gigi
That's Entertainment! (1974)
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
An American in Paris (1951)
as Lise Bouvier
Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood (2025)
as Self - Interviewee (archive footage)
The Story of Three Loves (1953)
as Mademoiselle
Surreal Estate (1976)
as Céleste
Austerlitz (1960)
as Mlle de Vaudey
Valentino (1977)
as Alla Nazimova
Funny Bones (1995)
as Katie Parker
The Doctor's Dilemma (1959)
as Mrs. Dubedat
Chandler (1971)
as Katherine Creighton
Le Divorce (2003)
as Suzanne de Persand
That's Entertainment! III (1994)
as (archive footage)
Lenin: The Train (1988)
as Nedeshda Krupskaja
All Stars (1980)
as Lucille Berger
The Four Truths (1962)
as Annie (segment "Les deux pigeons")
Nicole (1976)
as Nicole
The L-Shaped Room (1962)
as Jane Fosset
The Man with a Cloak (1951)
as Madeline Minot
That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)
as (archive footage)
A Very Special Favor (1965)
as Dr. Lauren Boullard
Murder on the Orient Express (2001)
as Miss Alvarado
Quand Jean devint Renoir (2017)
as Self - Interviewee
The Man Who Loved Women (1977)
as Véra
Lili (1953)
as Lili Daurier
Goldengirl (1979)
as Dr. Sammy Lee
The Ring (1996)
as Madame de Saint Marne
The Unapproachable (1982)
Actor
The Glass Slipper (1955)
as Ella
Fanny (1961)
as Fanny
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History (2008)
as Self
Promise Her Anything (1966)
as Michele O'Brien
Carola (1973)
as Carola
Chanel Solitaire (1981)
as (uncredited)
A Christmas Carol (2020)
as The Ghost of Christmas Past (voice)
The Last of the Blonde Bombshells (2000)
as Madeleine
Father Goose (1964)
as Catherine Freneau
Gershwin: The American Classic (2018)
Actor
Leslie Caron: The Reluctant Star (2016)
as Herself
Courage Mountain (1990)
as Jane Hilary
Written on Water (2020)
as Pauline
Passion's Way (1999)
as Regine De Chantelle
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff (2010)
as Fanny (archive footage)
Dangerous Moves (1984)
as Henia Liebskind
Madron (1970)
as Sister Mary
The Subterraneans (1960)
as Mardou Fox
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000s (2009)
as Self
Guns of Darkness (1962)
as Claire Jordan
Gaby (1956)
as Gaby
The Head of the Family (1967)
as Paola
The Man Who Lived at the Ritz (1988)
as Coco Chanel
The Perfect Age (2017)
as Marguerite
Private Screenings: Leslie Caron (1998)
as Self
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man (1988)
as Self
Let It Be Me (1995)
as Marguerite
The Man Who Understood Women (1959)
as Ann Garantier
Normandy: The Great Crusade (1994)
as Mary-Louise Osmont (voice)
Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer (2002)
as Self
Glory Alley (1952)
as Angela
From Russia to Hollywood: The 100-Year Odyssey of Chekhov and Shdanoff (2002)
as Self
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical (2009)
as Self (archive)
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical (2008)
as Self
The Million Dollar Nickel (1952)
as Self
Imperative (1982)
as Mother
Jean-Pierre Aumont, charme et fou-rires (1999)
as Self
James Dean: The First American Teenager (1975)
as Self
Reel Horror (1985)
as Nicole (archive footage)
Warriors and Prisoners (1990)
as Madame Yvonne
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli (1973)
as Self (archive footage)
Il était une fois... « La règle du jeu » (2011)
as Self (actrice et amie de Jean Renoir)
Mother of Normandy: The Story of Simone Renaud (2010)
as Simone Renaud (Voice)
'S Wonderful: Creating An American in Paris (2008)
Actor
The Contract (1982)
as Penelopa Wilson
Love, Cecil (2017)
as Self
Thank Heaven! The Making of 'Gigi' (2008)
as Herself