Leslie Caron
Acting
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
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movieGene Kelly - An American in Hollywood
2025
Self - Interviewee (archive footage)
movieA Christmas Carol
2020
The Ghost of Christmas Past (voice)
movieWritten on Water
2020
Pauline
movieQuand Jean devint Renoir
2017
Self - Interviewee
movieThe Perfect Age
2017
Marguerite
tvThe Durrells
2016
Countess Mavrodaki
movieIl était une fois... « La règle du jeu »
2011
Self (actrice et amie de Jean Renoir)
movieMother of Normandy: The Story of Simone Renaud
2010
Simone Renaud (Voice)
movieCameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
2010
Fanny (archive footage)
movieHollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical
2009
Self (archive)
movieLe Divorce
2003
Suzanne de Persand
movieMurder on the Orient Express
2001
Miss Alvarado
movieChocolat
2000
Mrs. Audel
tvLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Lorraine Delmas
moviePassion's Way
1999
Regine De Chantelle
tvThe Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century
1996
Czarina Aleksandra Romanov (voice)
movieThe Ring
1996
Madame de Saint Marne
movieLet It Be Me
1995
Marguerite
movieFunny Bones
1995
Katie Parker
movieThat's Entertainment! III
1994
(archive footage)
movieNormandy: The Great Crusade
1994
Mary-Louise Osmont (voice)
movieDamage
1992
Elizabeth Prideaux
movieWarriors and Prisoners
1990
Madame Yvonne
movieCourage Mountain
1990
Jane Hilary
movieLenin: The Train
1988
Nedeshda Krupskaja
tvLenin... The Train
1988
Nadeschda 'Nadia' Krupskaja
movieThe Man Who Lived at the Ritz
1988
Coco Chanel
movieReel Horror
1985
Nicole (archive footage)
movieDangerous Moves
1984
Henia Liebskind
tvMaster of the Game
1984
Solange Dunas
movieImperative
1982
Mother
movieThe Contract
1982
Penelopa Wilson
tvFalcon Crest
1981
Nicole Sauguet
movieChanel Solitaire
1981
(uncredited)
movieAll Stars
1980
Lucille Berger
movieGoldengirl
1979
Dr. Sammy Lee
tvTales of the Unexpected
1979
Nathalie Vareille
tvThe Love Boat
1977
Mrs. Duvall
movieValentino
1977
Alla Nazimova
movieNicole
1976
Nicole
movieSurreal Estate
1976
Céleste
movieThat's Entertainment, Part II
1976
(archive footage)
movieThat's Entertainment!
1974
(archive footage) (uncredited)
tvQB VII
1974
Angela Kelno
movieCarola
1973
Carola
movieThe Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
1973
Self (archive footage)
movieChandler
1971
Katherine Creighton
movieMadron
1970
Sister Mary
movieIs Paris Burning?
1966
Françoise Labé
moviePromise Her Anything
1966
Michele O'Brien
movieA Very Special Favor
1965
Dr. Lauren Boullard
movieFather Goose
1964
Catherine Freneau
movieThe Four Truths
1962
Annie (segment "Les deux pigeons")
movieThe L-Shaped Room
1962
Jane Fosset
movieGuns of Darkness
1962
Claire Jordan
movieFanny
1961
Fanny
movieThe Subterraneans
1960
Mardou Fox
movieAusterlitz
1960
Mlle de Vaudey
movieThe Man Who Understood Women
1959
Ann Garantier
movieThe Doctor's Dilemma
1959
Mrs. Dubedat
movieGigi
1958
Gigi
movieGaby
1956
Gaby
tvMGM Parade
1955
self
movieDaddy Long Legs
1955
Julie Andre
movieThe Story of Three Loves
1953
Mademoiselle
tvThe Oscars
1953
Self
movieLili
1953
Lili Daurier
movieGlory Alley
1952
Angela
movieThe Man with a Cloak
1951
Madeline Minot
movieAn American in Paris
1951
Lise Bouvier
tvGolden Globe Awards
1944
Self - Nominee / Presenter