Leslie Caron
Acting
Born July 1, 1931 · Boulogne-Billancourt, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], France
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.
Films (78)
Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood
2025
A Christmas Carol
2020
Written on Water
2020
Gershwin: The American Classic
2018
Love, Cecil
2017
Quand Jean devint Renoir
2017
The Perfect Age
2017
Leslie Caron: The Reluctant Star
2016
Il était une fois... « La règle du jeu »
2011
Mother of Normandy: The Story of Simone Renaud
2010
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
2010
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000s
2009
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical
2009
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History
2008
Thank Heaven! The Making of 'Gigi'
2008
'S Wonderful: Creating An American in Paris
2008
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical
2008
Le Divorce
2003
Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer
2002
From Russia to Hollywood: The 100-Year Odyssey of Chekhov and Shdanoff
2002
Murder on the Orient Express
2001
Chocolat
2000
The Last of the Blonde Bombshells
2000
Passion's Way
1999
Jean-Pierre Aumont, charme et fou-rires
1999
The Ring
1996
Let It Be Me
1995
Funny Bones
1995
That's Entertainment! III
1994
Normandy: The Great Crusade
1994
Damage
1992
Warriors and Prisoners
1990
Lenin: The Train
1990
Courage Mountain
1990
The Man Who Lived at the Ritz
1988
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
1988
Reel Horror
1985
Dangerous Moves
1984
The Unapproachable
1982
Imperative
1982
The Contract
1982
Chanel Solitaire
1981
All Stars
1980
Goldengirl
1979
Valentino
1977
The Man Who Loved Women
1977
Nicole
1976
Surreal Estate
1976
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
James Dean: The First American Teenager
1975
That's Entertainment!
1974
Carola
1973
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
1973
Chandler
1971
Madron
1970
The Head of the Family
1967
Is Paris Burning?
1966
Promise Her Anything
1966
A Very Special Favor
1965
Father Goose
1964
The Four Truths
1962
The L-Shaped Room
1962
Guns of Darkness
1962
Fanny
1961
The Subterraneans
1960
The Battle of Austerlitz
1960
The Man Who Understood Women
1959
The Doctor's Dilemma
1959
Gigi
1958
Gaby
1956
Daddy Long Legs
1955
The Glass Slipper
1955
The Story of Three Loves
1953
Lili
1953
Glory Alley
1952
The Million Dollar Nickel
1952
The Man with a Cloak
1951
An American in Paris
1951