Leslie Caron

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

97

Gender

Female

Birthday

1931-07-01 (94 years old)

Place of Birth

Boulogne-Billancourt, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], France

Leslie Caron

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.

Known For

  • Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

    Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

  • The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

  • Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

  • The Love Boat

    The Love Boat

  • Falcon Crest

    Falcon Crest

  • The Merv Griffin Show

    The Merv Griffin Show

  • The Oscars

    The Oscars

  • Tales of the Unexpected

    Tales of the Unexpected

  • Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

    Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

  • Chandler

    Chandler

  • Damage

    Damage

  • The Ed Sullivan Show

    The Ed Sullivan Show

  • Madron

    Madron

  • Goldengirl

    Goldengirl

  • Le Grand Échiquier

    Le Grand Échiquier

  • Cinépanorama

    Cinépanorama

  • Surreal Estate

    Surreal Estate

  • The Durrells

    The Durrells

  • The Story of Three Loves

    The Story of Three Loves

  • Gaby

    Gaby

  • Nicole

    Nicole

  • Daddy Long Legs

    Daddy Long Legs

  • Love, Cecil

    Love, Cecil

  • Valentino

    Valentino

  • Is Paris Burning?

    Is Paris Burning?

  • The Battle of Austerlitz

    The Battle of Austerlitz

  • Chocolat

    Chocolat

  • Passion's Way

    Passion's Way

  • The Unapproachable

    The Unapproachable

  • Promise Her Anything

    Promise Her Anything

  • The Contract

    The Contract

  • Funny Bones

    Funny Bones

  • Gigi

    Gigi

  • The Man with a Cloak

    The Man with a Cloak

  • MGM Parade

    MGM Parade

  • Reflets de Cannes

    Reflets de Cannes

  • Courage Mountain

    Courage Mountain

  • That's Entertainment! III

    That's Entertainment! III

  • Fanny

    Fanny

  • All Stars

    All Stars

  • The Last of the Blonde Bombshells

    The Last of the Blonde Bombshells

  • The Subterraneans

    The Subterraneans

  • Master of the Game

    Master of the Game

  • An American in Paris

    An American in Paris

  • Let It Be Me

    Let It Be Me

  • That's Entertainment!

    That's Entertainment!

  • The Four Truths

    The Four Truths

  • Father Goose

    Father Goose

  • The Ring

    The Ring

  • Le Divorce

    Le Divorce

  • Gershwin: The American Classic

    Gershwin: The American Classic

  • Chanel Solitaire

    Chanel Solitaire

  • Lili

    Lili

  • The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century

    The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century

  • Lenin: The Train

    Lenin: The Train

  • Guns of Darkness

    Guns of Darkness

  • QB VII

    QB VII

  • The Man Who Loved Women

    The Man Who Loved Women

  • Murder on the Orient Express

    Murder on the Orient Express

  • Lenin... The Train

    Lenin... The Train

  • Carola

    Carola

  • Quand Jean devint Renoir

    Quand Jean devint Renoir

  • Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff

    Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff

  • Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical

    Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical

  • The Glass Slipper

    The Glass Slipper

  • Normandy: The Great Crusade

    Normandy: The Great Crusade

  • The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli

    The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli

  • Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History

    Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History

  • The L-Shaped Room

    The L-Shaped Room

  • Leslie Caron: The Reluctant Star

    Leslie Caron: The Reluctant Star

  • That's Entertainment, Part II

    That's Entertainment, Part II

  • The Head of the Family

    The Head of the Family

  • A Christmas Carol

    A Christmas Carol

  • Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man

    Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man

  • Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer

    Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer

  • 'S Wonderful: Creating An American in Paris

    'S Wonderful: Creating An American in Paris

  • A Very Special Favor

    A Very Special Favor

  • The Man Who Understood Women

    The Man Who Understood Women

  • Dangerous Moves

    Dangerous Moves

  • Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical

    Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical

  • Glory Alley

    Glory Alley

  • Reel Horror

    Reel Horror

  • The Man Who Lived at the Ritz

    The Man Who Lived at the Ritz

  • Warriors and Prisoners

    Warriors and Prisoners

  • Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000s

    Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000s

  • The Doctor's Dilemma

    The Doctor's Dilemma

  • From Russia to Hollywood: The 100-Year Odyssey of Chekhov and Shdanoff

    From Russia to Hollywood: The 100-Year Odyssey of Chekhov and Shdanoff

  • Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood

    Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood

  • Imperative

    Imperative

  • Written on Water

    Written on Water

  • Mother of Normandy: The Story of Simone Renaud

    Mother of Normandy: The Story of Simone Renaud

  • James Dean: The First American Teenager

    James Dean: The First American Teenager

  • The Million Dollar Nickel

    The Million Dollar Nickel

  • Jean-Pierre Aumont, charme et fou-rires

    Jean-Pierre Aumont, charme et fou-rires

  • The Perfect Age

    The Perfect Age

  • Il était une fois... « La règle du jeu »

    Il était une fois... « La règle du jeu »

  • Thank Heaven! The Making of 'Gigi'

    Thank Heaven! The Making of 'Gigi'