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