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