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