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Leslie Caron

Leslie Caron

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

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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. 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 seco…

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) — Lorraine Delmas
  2. Chocolat (2000) — Mrs. Audel
  3. Damage (1992) — Elizabeth Prideaux
  4. An American in Paris (1951) — Lise Bouvier
  5. Gigi (1958) — Gigi
  6. Is Paris Burning? (1966) — Françoise Labé
  7. The Man Who Loved Women (1977) — Véra
  8. Father Goose (1964) — Catherine Freneau
  9. The Love Boat (1977) — Mrs. Duvall
  10. Le Divorce (2003) — Suzanne de Persand
  11. The Durrells (2016) — Countess Mavrodaki
  12. Daddy Long Legs (1955) — Julie Andre
  13. The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) — Self
  14. The Oscars (1953) — Self
  15. That's Entertainment! (1974) — (archive footage) (uncredited)
  16. Lili (1953) — Lili Daurier
  17. Falcon Crest (1981) — Nicole Sauguet
  18. Murder on the Orient Express (2001) — Miss Alvarado
  19. Funny Bones (1995) — Katie Parker
  20. Tales of the Unexpected (1979) — Nathalie Vareille
  21. Valentino (1977) — Alla Nazimova
  22. Fanny (1961) — Fanny
  23. Dangerous Moves (1984) — Henia Liebskind
  24. The L-Shaped Room (1962) — Jane Fosset
  25. That's Entertainment, Part II (1976) — (archive footage)
  26. Austerlitz (1960) — Mlle de Vaudey
  27. That's Entertainment! III (1994) — (archive footage)
  28. Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff (2010) — Fanny (archive footage)
  29. The Glass Slipper (1955) — Ella
  30. The Head of the Family (1967) — Paola
  31. The Ed Sullivan Show (1948) — Self
  32. The Story of Three Loves (1953) — Mademoiselle
  33. The Man with a Cloak (1951) — Madeline Minot
  34. The Last of the Blonde Bombshells (2000) — Madeleine
  35. Golden Globe Awards (1944) — Self - Nominee / Presenter
  36. Courage Mountain (1990) — Jane Hilary
  37. Glory Alley (1952) — Angela
  38. The Ring (1996) — Madame de Saint Marne
  39. The Four Truths (1962) — Annie (segment "Les deux pigeons")
  40. Madron (1970) — Sister Mary