Leslie Caron
Biography
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.
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Movies (44)
Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood
as Self - Interviewee (archive footage)
2025
A Christmas Carol
as The Ghost of Christmas Past (voice)
2020
Written on Water
as Pauline
2020
Gershwin: The American Classic
2018
Love, Cecil
as Self
2017
Quand Jean devint Renoir
as Self - Interviewee
2017
The Perfect Age
as Marguerite
2017
Leslie Caron: The Reluctant Star
as Herself
2016
Il était une fois... « La règle du jeu »
as Self (actrice et amie de Jean Renoir)
2011
Mother of Normandy: The Story of Simone Renaud
as Simone Renaud (Voice)
2010
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
as Fanny (archive footage)
2010
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000s
as Self
2009
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical
as Self (archive)
2009
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History
as Self
2008
Thank Heaven! The Making of 'Gigi'
as Herself
2008
'S Wonderful: Creating An American in Paris
2008
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical
as Self
2008
Le Divorce
as Suzanne de Persand
2003
Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer
as Self
2002
From Russia to Hollywood: The 100-Year Odyssey of Chekhov and Shdanoff
as Self
2002
Murder on the Orient Express
as Miss Alvarado
2001
Chocolat
as Mrs. Audel
2000
The Last of the Blonde Bombshells
as Madeleine
2000
Passion's Way
as Regine De Chantelle
1999
Jean-Pierre Aumont, charme et fou-rires
as Self
1999
The Ring
as Madame de Saint Marne
1996
Let It Be Me
as Marguerite
1995
Funny Bones
as Katie Parker
1995
That's Entertainment! III
as (archive footage)
1994
Normandy: The Great Crusade
as Mary-Louise Osmont (voice)
1994
Damage
as Elizabeth Prideaux
1992
Warriors and Prisoners
as Madame Yvonne
1990
Lenin: The Train
as Nedeshda Krupskaja
1990
Courage Mountain
as Jane Hilary
1990
The Man Who Lived at the Ritz
as Coco Chanel
1988
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
as Self
1988
Reel Horror
as Nicole (archive footage)
1985
Dangerous Moves
as Henia Liebskind
1984
The Unapproachable
1982
Imperative
as Mother
1982
The Contract
as Penelopa Wilson
1982
Chanel Solitaire
as (uncredited)
1981
All Stars
as Lucille Berger
1980
Goldengirl
as Dr. Sammy Lee
1979
TV Shows (6)
The Durrells
as Countess Mavrodaki
2016
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Lorraine Delmas
1999
The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century
as Czarina Aleksandra Romanov (voice)
1996
Lenin... The Train
as Nadeschda 'Nadia' Krupskaja
1988
Master of the Game
as Solange Dunas
1984
Falcon Crest
as Nicole Sauguet
1981