Leslie Caron
Acting • Born 1931-07-01
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 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.
Filmography
97 credits
Chocolat
Movie • 2000
Mrs. Audel
The Man Who Loved Women
Movie • 1977
Véra
An American in Paris
Movie • 1951
Lise Bouvier
Lenin: The Train
Movie • 1990
Nedeshda Krupskaja
Is Paris Burning?
Movie • 1966
Françoise Labé
Damage
Movie • 1992
Elizabeth Prideaux
Father Goose
Movie • 1964
Catherine Freneau
Murder on the Orient Express
Movie • 2001
Miss Alvarado
Le Divorce
Movie • 2003
Suzanne de Persand
Daddy Long Legs
Movie • 1955
Julie Andre
Funny Bones
Movie • 1995
Katie Parker
Valentino
Movie • 1977
Alla Nazimova
Lili
Movie • 1953
Lili Daurier
Dangerous Moves
Movie • 1984
Henia Liebskind
Gigi
Movie • 1958
Gilberte "Gigi"
The Battle of Austerlitz
Movie • 1960
Mlle de Vaudey
The Ring
Movie • 1996
Madame de Saint Marne
Nicole
Movie • 1976
Nicole
The Man with a Cloak
Movie • 1951
Madeline Minot
Fanny
Movie • 1961
Fanny
The L-Shaped Room
Movie • 1962
Jane Fosset
The Contract
Movie • 1982
Penelopa Wilson
Surreal Estate
Movie • 1976
Céleste
Chandler
Movie • 1971
Katherine Creighton
Promise Her Anything
Movie • 1966
Michele O'Brien
Gaby
Movie • 1956
Gaby
A Very Special Favor
Movie • 1965
Dr. Lauren Boullard
The Story of Three Loves
Movie • 1953
Mademoiselle
The Four Truths
Movie • 1962
Annie (segment "Les deux pigeons")
The Glass Slipper
Movie • 1955
Ella
The Doctor's Dilemma
Movie • 1959
Mrs. Dubedat
Passion's Way
Movie • 1999
Regine De Chantelle
The Head of the Family
Movie • 1967
Paola
Reel Horror
Movie • 1985
Nicole (archive footage)
From Russia to Hollywood: The 100-Year Odyssey of Chekhov and Shdanoff
Movie • 2002
Self
Glory Alley
Movie • 1952
Angela
The Subterraneans
Movie • 1960
Mardou Fox
The Man Who Understood Women
Movie • 1959
Ann Garantier
Madron
Movie • 1970
Sister Mary
Guns of Darkness
Movie • 1962
Claire Jordan
Thank Heaven! The Making of 'Gigi'
Movie • 2008
Herself
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
Movie • 1973
Self (archive footage)
The Last of the Blonde Bombshells
Movie • 2000
Madeleine
The Man Who Lived at the Ritz
Movie • 1988
Coco Chanel
The Unapproachable
Movie • 1982
All Stars
Movie • 1980
Lucille Berger
That's Entertainment!
Movie • 1974
(archive footage)
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
Movie • 1988
Self
Imperative
Movie • 1982
Mother
That's Entertainment, Part II
Movie • 1976
(archive footage)
Goldengirl
Movie • 1979
Dr. Sammy Lee
Let It Be Me
Movie • 1995
Marguerite
Leslie Caron: The Reluctant Star
Movie • 2016
Herself
Il était une fois... « La règle du jeu »
Movie • 2011
Self (actrice et amie de Jean Renoir)
Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer
Movie • 2002
Self
That's Entertainment! III
Movie • 1994
(archive footage)
Courage Mountain
Movie • 1990
Jane Hilary
Love, Cecil
Movie • 2017
Self
James Dean: The First American Teenager
Movie • 1975
Self
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History
Movie • 2008
Self
Carola
Movie • 1973
Carola
The Million Dollar Nickel
Movie • 1952
Herself
A Christmas Carol
Movie • 2020
The Ghost of Christmas Past (voice)
Warriors and Prisoners
Movie • 1990
Madame Yvonne
The Perfect Age
Movie • 2017
Marguerite
Normandy: The Great Crusade
Movie • 1994
Mary-Louise Osmont (voice)
'S Wonderful: Creating An American in Paris
Movie • 2008
Quand Jean devint Renoir
Movie • 2017
Self - Interviewee
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
Movie • 2010
Fanny (archive footage)
Written on Water
Movie • 2020
Pauline
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical
Movie • 2008
Self
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical
Movie • 2009
Self (archive)
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000s
Movie • 2009
Self
Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood
Movie • 2025
Self - Interviewee (archive footage)
Mother of Normandy: The Story of Simone Renaud
Movie • 2010
Simone Renaud (Voice)
Chanel Solitaire
Movie • 1981
(uncredited)
Jean-Pierre Aumont, charme et fou-rires
Movie • 1999
Self
Gershwin: The American Classic
Movie • 2018
Falcon Crest
TV • 1981
Nicole Sauguet
Tales of the Unexpected
TV • 1979
Nathalie Vareille
The Merv Griffin Show
TV • 1962
Self
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV • 1999
Lorraine Delmas
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self
QB VII
TV • 1974
Angela Kelno
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV • 1962
Self
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV • 1948
Self
Lenin... The Train
TV • 1988
Nadeschda 'Nadia' Krupskaja
Master of the Game
TV • 1984
Solange Dunas
Le Grand Échiquier
TV • 1972
Self
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
TV • 1975
Self
Cinépanorama
TV • 1956
Self
The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century
TV • 1996
Czarina Aleksandra Romanov (voice)
The Durrells
TV • 2016
Countess Mavrodaki
Reflets de Cannes
TV • 1954
Self
Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self - Nominee / Presenter
The Love Boat
TV • 1977
Mrs. Duvall
MGM Parade
TV • 1955
self