Leslie 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: Acting

Born: Boulogne-Billancourt, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], France, 1931-07-01

Died: null

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1951	An American in Paris	Lise Bouvier	70
2	1951	The Man with a Cloak	Madeline Minot	69
3	1952	The Million Dollar Nickel	Herself	40
4	1952	Glory Alley	Angela	58
5	1953	Lili	Lili Daurier	67
6	1953	The Story of Three Loves	Mademoiselle	56
7	1955	The Glass Slipper	Ella	63
8	1955	Daddy Long Legs	Julie Andre	63
9	1956	Gaby	Gaby	70
10	1958	Gigi	Gilberte "Gigi"	62
11	1959	The Doctor's Dilemma	Mrs. Dubedat	61
12	1959	The Man Who Understood Women	Ann Garantier	33
13	1960	The Battle of Austerlitz	Mlle de Vaudey	66
14	1960	The Subterraneans	Mardou Fox	48
15	1961	Fanny	Fanny	68
16	1962	Guns of Darkness	Claire Jordan	60
17	1962	The L-Shaped Room	Jane Fosset	68
18	1962	The Four Truths	Annie (segment "Les deux pigeons")	42
19	1964	Father Goose	Catherine Freneau	70
20	1965	A Very Special Favor	Dr. Lauren Boullard	57
21	1966	Promise Her Anything	Michele O'Brien	37
22	1966	Is Paris Burning?	Françoise Labé	72
23	1967	The Head of the Family	Paola	67
24	1970	Madron	Sister Mary	51
25	1971	Chandler	Katherine Creighton	45
26	1973	The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli	Self (archive footage)	0
27	1973	Carola	Carola	60
28	1974	That's Entertainment!	(archive footage)	73
29	1975	James Dean: The First American Teenager	Self	60
30	1976	That's Entertainment, Part II	(archive footage)	69
31	1976	Surreal Estate	Céleste	46
32	1976	Nicole	Nicole	28
33	1977	The Man Who Loved Women	Véra	72
34	1977	Valentino	Alla Nazimova	59
35	1979	Goldengirl	Dr. Sammy Lee	48
36	1980	All Stars	Lucille Berger	0
37	1981	Chanel Solitaire	(uncredited)	47
38	1982	The Contract	Penelopa Wilson	53
39	1982	Imperative	Mother	55
40	1982	The Unapproachable		0
41	1984	Dangerous Moves	Henia Liebskind	59
42	1985	Reel Horror	Nicole (archive footage)	24
43	1988	Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man	Self	70
44	1988	The Man Who Lived at the Ritz	Coco Chanel	40
45	1990	Courage Mountain	Jane Hilary	60
46	1990	Lenin: The Train	Nedeshda Krupskaja	62
47	1990	Warriors and Prisoners	Madame Yvonne	10
48	1992	Damage	Elizabeth Prideaux	66
49	1994	Normandy: The Great Crusade	Mary-Louise Osmont (voice)	100
50	1994	That's Entertainment! III	(archive footage)	70
51	1995	Funny Bones	Katie Parker	65
52	1995	Let It Be Me	Marguerite	50
53	1996	The Ring	Madame de Saint Marne	52
54	1999	Jean-Pierre Aumont, charm and laughter		0
55	1999	Passion's Way	Regine De Chantelle	40
56	2000	The Last of the Blonde Bombshells	Madeleine	67
57	2000	Chocolat	Mrs. Audel	70
58	2001	Murder on the Orient Express	Miss Alvarado	61
59	2002	From Russia to Hollywood: The 100-Year Odyssey of Chekhov and Shdanoff	Self	70
60	2002	Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer	Self	77
61	2003	Le Divorce	Suzanne de Persand	50
62	2008	Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical	Self	0
63	2008	Thank Heaven! The Making of 'Gigi'	Herself	70
64	2008	'S Wonderful: Creating An American in Paris		70
65	2008	Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History	Self	80
66	2009	Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical	Self (archive)	0
67	2009	Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000s	Self	0
68	2010	Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff	Fanny (archive footage)	67
69	2010	Mother of Normandy: The Story of Simone Renaud	Simone Renaud (Voice)	0
70	2011	Il était une fois... « La règle du jeu »	Self (actrice et amie de Jean Renoir)	0
71	2015	Warren Beatty - Mister Hollywood	Self (archive footage)	54
72	2016	Leslie Caron: The Reluctant Star	Herself	77
73	2017	The Perfect Age	Marguerite	0
74	2017	Quand Jean devint Renoir	Self - Interviewee	100
75	2017	Love, Cecil	Self	64
76	2020	Written on Water	Pauline	50
77	2020	A Christmas Carol	The Ghost of Christmas Past (voice)	74
78	2025	Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood	Self - Interviewee (archive footage)	64

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1944	Golden Globe Awards	Self - Nominee / Presenter	72
2	1948	The Ed Sullivan Show	Self	68
3	1953	The Oscars	Self	71
4	1954	Reflets de Cannes	Self	20
5	1956	Cinépanorama	Self	80
6	1962	The Merv Griffin Show	Self	58
7	1962	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	Self	75
8	1972	Le Grand Échiquier	Self	80
9	1974	QB VII	Angela Kelno	77
10	1975	Les Rendez-vous du dimanche	Self	60
11	1979	Tales of the Unexpected	Nathalie Vareille	67
12	1981	Falcon Crest	Nicole Sauguet	55
13	1984	Master of the Game	Solange Dunas	59
14	1988	Lenin... The Train	Nadia	60
15	1996	The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century	Czarina Aleksandra Romanov (voice)	83
16	1999	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Lorraine Delmas	79
17	2016	The Durrells	Countess Mavrodaki	75

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