Leslie Caron
61 movies · 9 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jul 1, 1931 (age 95)
- Place of birth
- Boulogne-Billancourt, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], France
- Also known as
- Лесли Карон · Leslie Claire Margaret 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.
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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.
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Known for
Leslie Caron: movies and TV shows
Acting (70)
- 2020 A Christmas Carol
as The Ghost of Christmas Past (voice)
- 2020 Written on Water
as Pauline
- 2018
- 2017 The Perfect Age
as Marguerite
- 2016
- 2010 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)
- 2008
- 2003 Le Divorce
as Suzanne de Persand
- 2001 Murder on the Orient Express
as Miss Alvarado
- 2000 Chocolat
as Mrs. Audel
- 2000 The Last of the Blonde Bombshells
as Madeleine
- 1999
- 1999 Passion's Way
as Regine De Chantelle
- 1996 The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century · TV
as Czarina Aleksandra Romanov (voice) · 1 episode
- 1996 The Ring
as Madame de Saint Marne
- 1995 Let It Be Me
as Marguerite
- 1995 Funny Bones
as Katie Parker
- 1994 That's Entertainment! III
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1994 Normandy: The Great Crusade
as Mary-Louise Osmont (voice)
- 1992 Damage
as Elizabeth Prideaux
- 1990 Warriors and Prisoners
as Madame Yvonne
- 1990 Courage Mountain
as Jane Hilary
- 1988 Lenin: The Train
as Nedeshda Krupskaja
- 1988
- 1988 The Man Who Lived at the Ritz
as Coco Chanel
- 1985 Reel Horror
as Nicole (archive footage)
- 1984 Dangerous Moves
as Henia Liebskind
- 1984
- 1982
- 1982 Imperative
as Mother
- 1982 The Contract
as Penelopa Wilson
- 1981
- 1981 Chanel Solitaire
as (uncredited)
- 1980 All Stars
as Lucille Berger
- 1979 Goldengirl
as Dr. Sammy Lee
- 1979
- 1977
- 1977 Valentino
as Alla Nazimova
- 1977 The Man Who Loved Women
as Véra
- 1976 Nicole
as Nicole
- 1976 Surreal Estate
as Céleste
- 1976 That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
- 1974 That's Entertainment!
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1974
- 1973 Carola
as Carola
- 1971 Chandler
as Katherine Creighton
- 1970 Madron
as Sister Mary
- 1967 The Head of the Family
as Paola
- 1966 Is Paris Burning?
as Françoise Labé
- 1966 Promise Her Anything
as Michele O'Brien
- 1965 A Very Special Favor
as Dr. Lauren Boullard
- 1964 Father Goose
as Catherine Freneau
- 1962 The Four Truths
as Annie (segment "Les deux pigeons")
- 1962 The L-Shaped Room
as Jane Fosset
- 1962 Guns of Darkness
as Claire Jordan
- 1961 Fanny
as Fanny
- 1960 The Subterraneans
as Mardou Fox
- 1960 Austerlitz
as Mlle de Vaudey
- 1959 The Man Who Understood Women
as Ann Garantier
- 1959 The Doctor's Dilemma
as Mrs. Dubedat
- 1958 Gigi
as Gigi
- 1956 Gaby
as Gaby
- 1955 Daddy Long Legs
as Julie Andre
- 1955 The Glass Slipper
as Ella
- 1953 The Story of Three Loves
as Mademoiselle
- 1953 Lili
as Lili Daurier
- 1952 Glory Alley
as Angela
- 1951 The Man with a Cloak
as Madeline Minot
- 1951 An American in Paris
as Lise Bouvier
Talk shows and appearances (29)
- 2025
- 2017
- 2017
- 2016
- 2011
- 2009
- 2009
- 2008
- 2008
- 2008
- 2002
- 2002
- 1999
- 1988
- 1978 Ciné regards
2 episodes
- 1975
- 1975 Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
2 episodes
- 1973
- 1972 Le Grand Échiquier
1 episode
- 1964 Pour le plaisir
2 episodes
- 1962 The Merv Griffin Show
2 episodes
- 1962 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1 episode
- 1956 Cinépanorama
1 episode
- 1955 MGM Parade
2 episodes
- 1954 Reflets de Cannes
1 episode
- 1953 The Oscars
2 episodes
- 1952
- 1948 The Ed Sullivan Show
1 episode
- 1944 Golden Globe Awards
1 episode