Acting
Leslie Caron
FR, EN, PL, IT cinema · 78 credits
Born
1 July 1931 (age 95)
Birthplace
Boulogne-Billancourt, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], France
Also known as Лесли Карон · Leslie Claire Margaret Caron
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
Filmography
Gene Kelly: An American in Hollywood
as Self - Interviewee (archive footage)
A Christmas Carol
as The Ghost of Christmas Past (voice)
Written on Water
as Pauline
Love, Cecil
as Self
The Perfect Age
as Marguerite
Quand Jean devint Renoir
as Self - Interviewee
Il était une fois... « La règle du jeu »
as Self (actrice et amie de Jean Renoir)
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
as Fanny (archive footage)
Mother of Normandy: The Story of Simone Renaud
as Simone Renaud (Voice)
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical
as Self (archive)
Le Divorce
as Suzanne de Persand
Murder on the Orient Express
as Miss Alvarado
Chocolat
as Mrs. Audel
The Last of the Blonde Bombshells
as Madeleine
Passion's Way
as Regine De Chantelle
The Ring
as Madame de Saint Marne
Funny Bones
as Katie Parker
Let It Be Me
as Marguerite
That's Entertainment! III
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Normandy: The Great Crusade
as Mary-Louise Osmont (voice)
Damage
as Elizabeth Prideaux
Courage Mountain
as Jane Hilary
Warriors and Prisoners
as Madame Yvonne
Lenin: The Train
as Nedeshda Krupskaja
The Man Who Lived at the Ritz
as Coco Chanel
Reel Horror
as Nicole (archive footage)
Dangerous Moves
as Henia Liebskind
The Contract
as Penelopa Wilson
Imperative
as Mother
Chanel Solitaire
as (uncredited)
All Stars
as Lucille Berger
Goldengirl
as Dr. Sammy Lee
Valentino
as Alla Nazimova
Nicole
as Nicole
Surreal Estate
as Céleste
That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
That's Entertainment!
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
as Self (archive footage)
Carola
as Carola
Chandler
as Katherine Creighton
Madron
as Sister Mary
Is Paris Burning?
as Françoise Labé
Promise Her Anything
as Michele O'Brien
A Very Special Favor
as Dr. Lauren Boullard
Father Goose
as Catherine Freneau
The L-Shaped Room
as Jane Fosset
The Four Truths
as Annie (segment "Les deux pigeons")
Guns of Darkness
as Claire Jordan
Fanny
as Fanny
Austerlitz
as Mlle de Vaudey
The Subterraneans
as Mardou Fox
The Doctor's Dilemma
as Mrs. Dubedat
The Man Who Understood Women
as Ann Garantier
Gigi
as Gigi
Gaby
as Gaby
Daddy Long Legs
as Julie Andre
Lili
as Lili Daurier
The Story of Three Loves
as Mademoiselle
Glory Alley
as Angela
An American in Paris
as Lise Bouvier
The Man with a Cloak
as Madeline Minot