Leslie Caron

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

94

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 Merv Griffin Show

    The Merv Griffin Show

  • Falcon Crest

    Falcon Crest

  • Tales of the Unexpected

    Tales of the Unexpected

  • Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

    Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

  • Le Grand Échiquier

    Le Grand Échiquier

  • The Ed Sullivan Show

    The Ed Sullivan Show

  • The Oscars

    The Oscars

  • The Durrells

    The Durrells

  • Cinépanorama

    Cinépanorama

  • The Man Who Loved Women

    The Man Who Loved Women

  • The Doctor's Dilemma

    The Doctor's Dilemma

  • Damage

    Damage

  • Mother of Normandy: The Story of Simone Renaud

    Mother of Normandy: The Story of Simone Renaud

  • An American in Paris

    An American in Paris

  • Warriors and Prisoners

    Warriors and Prisoners

  • Lenin: The Train

    Lenin: The Train

  • Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History

    Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History

  • Reflets de Cannes

    Reflets de Cannes

  • Chocolat

    Chocolat

  • Courage Mountain

    Courage Mountain

  • Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood

    Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood

  • Guns of Darkness

    Guns of Darkness

  • Is Paris Burning?

    Is Paris Burning?

  • Chandler

    Chandler

  • The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli

    The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli

  • 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

  • Chanel Solitaire

    Chanel Solitaire

  • A Christmas Carol

    A Christmas Carol

  • The Ring

    The Ring

  • Lili

    Lili

  • Father Goose

    Father Goose

  • Surreal Estate

    Surreal Estate

  • All Stars

    All Stars

  • A Very Special Favor

    A Very Special Favor

  • The Contract

    The Contract

  • Murder on the Orient Express

    Murder on the Orient Express

  • The Battle of Austerlitz

    The Battle of Austerlitz

  • Master of the Game

    Master of the Game

  • The L-Shaped Room

    The L-Shaped Room

  • Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer

    Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer

  • Daddy Long Legs

    Daddy Long Legs

  • Reel Horror

    Reel Horror

  • The Four Truths

    The Four Truths

  • Let It Be Me

    Let It Be Me

  • Passion's Way

    Passion's Way

  • The Subterraneans

    The Subterraneans

  • Promise Her Anything

    Promise Her Anything

  • Glory Alley

    Glory Alley

  • Goldengirl

    Goldengirl

  • Valentino

    Valentino

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

    The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century

  • Gaby

    Gaby

  • Gigi

    Gigi

  • Thank Heaven! The Making of 'Gigi'

    Thank Heaven! The Making of 'Gigi'

  • Madron

    Madron

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

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

  • QB VII

    QB VII

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

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

  • 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

  • Lenin... The Train

    Lenin... The Train

  • Fanny

    Fanny

  • Normandy: The Great Crusade

    Normandy: The Great Crusade

  • That's Entertainment, Part II

    That's Entertainment, Part II

  • Funny Bones

    Funny Bones

  • Le Divorce

    Le Divorce

  • Dangerous Moves

    Dangerous Moves

  • That's Entertainment!

    That's Entertainment!

  • Nicole

    Nicole

  • Quand Jean devint Renoir

    Quand Jean devint Renoir

  • The Glass Slipper

    The Glass Slipper

  • Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff

    Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff

  • The Unapproachable

    The Unapproachable

  • The Head of the Family

    The Head of the Family

  • Love, Cecil

    Love, Cecil

  • The Last of the Blonde Bombshells

    The Last of the Blonde Bombshells

  • The Man with a Cloak

    The Man with a Cloak

  • That's Entertainment! III

    That's Entertainment! III

  • The Story of Three Loves

    The Story of Three Loves

  • The Man Who Understood Women

    The Man Who Understood Women

  • Jean-Pierre Aumont, charme et fou-rires

    Jean-Pierre Aumont, charme et fou-rires

  • The Million Dollar Nickel

    The Million Dollar Nickel

  • Written on Water

    Written on Water

  • The Man Who Lived at the Ritz

    The Man Who Lived at the Ritz

  • Leslie Caron: The Reluctant Star

    Leslie Caron: The Reluctant Star

  • Imperative

    Imperative

  • James Dean: The First American Teenager

    James Dean: The First American Teenager

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

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

  • Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man

    Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man

  • Carola

    Carola

  • 'S Wonderful: Creating An American in Paris

    'S Wonderful: Creating An American in Paris

  • The Perfect Age

    The Perfect Age