Leslie Caron
Acting
Born: July 1, 1931 (age 95) · Boulogne-Billancourt, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], France
Highest Rated
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.
Known for
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Chocolat
2000
Damage
1992
An American in Paris
1951
Gigi
1958
Is Paris Burning?
1966
The Man Who Loved Women
1977
Father Goose
1964
The Love Boat
1977
Le Divorce
2003
The Durrells
2016
Daddy Long Legs
1955
Photos (5)
Movies (60)
Damage
Elizabeth Prideaux
Chocolat
Mrs. Audel
An American in Paris
Lise Bouvier
Is Paris Burning?
Françoise Labé
Gigi
Gigi
Le Divorce
Suzanne de Persand
Father Goose
Catherine Freneau
Austerlitz
Mlle de Vaudey
Funny Bones
Katie Parker
That's Entertainment! III
(archive footage) (uncredited)
The Story of Three Loves
Mademoiselle
That's Entertainment!
(archive footage) (uncredited)
Daddy Long Legs
Julie Andre
Chanel Solitaire
(uncredited)
Valentino
Alla Nazimova
The Man Who Loved Women
Véra
Lili
Lili Daurier
The L-Shaped Room
Jane Fosset
Murder on the Orient Express
Miss Alvarado
A Christmas Carol
The Ghost of Christmas Past (voice)
Courage Mountain
Jane Hilary
Guns of Darkness
Claire Jordan
Lenin: The Train
Nedeshda Krupskaja
That's Entertainment, Part II
(archive footage)
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
Fanny (archive footage)
The Ring
Madame de Saint Marne
Surreal Estate
Céleste
Let It Be Me
Marguerite
Glory Alley
Angela
Passion's Way
Regine De Chantelle
The Subterraneans
Mardou Fox
The Head of the Family
Paola
The Last of the Blonde Bombshells
Madeleine
Goldengirl
Dr. Sammy Lee
The Four Truths
Annie (segment "Les deux pigeons")
Warriors and Prisoners
Madame Yvonne
Promise Her Anything
Michele O'Brien
All Stars
Lucille Berger
The Glass Slipper
Ella
Fanny
Fanny
The Man with a Cloak
Madeline Minot
Reel Horror
Nicole (archive footage)
The Doctor's Dilemma
Mrs. Dubedat
Chandler
Katherine Creighton
A Very Special Favor
Dr. Lauren Boullard
Written on Water
Pauline
The Man Who Lived at the Ritz
Coco Chanel
Nicole
Nicole
Dangerous Moves
Henia Liebskind
Mother of Normandy: The Story of Simone Renaud
Simone Renaud (Voice)
Gaby
Gaby
Madron
Sister Mary
Normandy: The Great Crusade
Mary-Louise Osmont (voice)
The Unapproachable
1982
The Man Who Understood Women
Ann Garantier
Carola
Carola
Imperative
Mother
Gershwin: The American Classic
2018
The Perfect Age
Marguerite
The Contract
Penelopa Wilson
TV Shows (9)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Lorraine Delmas · 1 eps
The Love Boat
Mrs. Duvall · 1 eps
Falcon Crest
Nicole Sauguet · 3 eps
Tales of the Unexpected
Nathalie Vareille · 1 eps
The Durrells
Countess Mavrodaki · 6 eps
Master of the Game
Solange Dunas · 9 eps
The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century
Czarina Aleksandra Romanov (voice) · 1 eps
Lenin... The Train
Nadeschda 'Nadia' Krupskaja · 2 eps
QB VII
Angela Kelno · 2 eps
Self / Appearances (28)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self · 1 eps
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee / Presenter · 1 eps
Ciné regards
Self · 2 eps
The Merv Griffin Show
Self · 2 eps
The Oscars
Self · 2 eps
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self · 2 eps
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self · 1 eps
Le Grand Échiquier
Self · 1 eps
MGM Parade
self · 2 eps
Cinépanorama
Self · 1 eps
Reflets de Cannes
Self · 1 eps
Pour le plaisir
Self · 2 eps
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History
Self
Quand Jean devint Renoir
Self - Interviewee
Gene Kelly: An American in Hollywood
Self - Interviewee (archive footage)
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical
Self (archive)
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
Self
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000s
Self
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
Self (archive footage)
James Dean: The First American Teenager
Self
Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer
Self
Jean-Pierre Aumont, charme et fou-rires
Self
Leslie Caron: The Reluctant Star
Herself
Love, Cecil
Self
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical
Self
Il était une fois... « La règle du jeu »
Self (actrice et amie de Jean Renoir)
From Russia to Hollywood: The 100-Year Odyssey of Chekhov and Shdanoff
Self
The Million Dollar Nickel
Self