Leslie Caron

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

95

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

  • Falcon Crest

    Falcon Crest

  • The Merv Griffin Show

    The Merv Griffin Show

  • 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 Oscars

    The Oscars

  • The Ed Sullivan Show

    The Ed Sullivan Show

  • Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff

    Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff

  • Cinépanorama

    Cinépanorama

  • Damage

    Damage

  • The Durrells

    The Durrells

  • Father Goose

    Father Goose

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

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

  • Reflets de Cannes

    Reflets de Cannes

  • The Battle of Austerlitz

    The Battle of Austerlitz

  • Fanny

    Fanny

  • Nicole

    Nicole

  • Surreal Estate

    Surreal Estate

  • 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

  • Chocolat

    Chocolat

  • Reel Horror

    Reel Horror

  • 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

  • The Ring

    The Ring

  • Courage Mountain

    Courage Mountain

  • Chandler

    Chandler

  • Chanel Solitaire

    Chanel Solitaire

  • Madron

    Madron

  • Goldengirl

    Goldengirl

  • Is Paris Burning?

    Is Paris Burning?

  • Gaby

    Gaby

  • Valentino

    Valentino

  • Le Divorce

    Le Divorce

  • Love, Cecil

    Love, Cecil

  • A Christmas Carol

    A Christmas Carol

  • The Man Who Loved Women

    The Man Who Loved Women

  • The Subterraneans

    The Subterraneans

  • Gigi

    Gigi

  • The Contract

    The Contract

  • Dangerous Moves

    Dangerous Moves

  • The Unapproachable

    The Unapproachable

  • All Stars

    All Stars

  • An American in Paris

    An American in Paris

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

    The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century

  • Daddy Long Legs

    Daddy Long Legs

  • Master of the Game

    Master of the Game

  • Murder on the Orient Express

    Murder on the Orient Express

  • Guns of Darkness

    Guns of Darkness

  • Funny Bones

    Funny Bones

  • Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History

    Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History

  • Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer

    Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer

  • The Doctor's Dilemma

    The Doctor's Dilemma

  • Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood

    Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood

  • The Four Truths

    The Four Truths

  • A Very Special Favor

    A Very Special Favor

  • Warriors and Prisoners

    Warriors and Prisoners

  • That's Entertainment!

    That's Entertainment!

  • Let It Be Me

    Let It Be Me

  • Gershwin: The American Classic

    Gershwin: The American Classic

  • The Story of Three Loves

    The Story of Three Loves

  • The L-Shaped Room

    The L-Shaped Room

  • Mother of Normandy: The Story of Simone Renaud

    Mother of Normandy: The Story of Simone Renaud

  • QB VII

    QB VII

  • Promise Her Anything

    Promise Her Anything

  • The Man with a Cloak

    The Man with a Cloak

  • Lenin... The Train

    Lenin... The Train

  • That's Entertainment, Part II

    That's Entertainment, Part II

  • Normandy: The Great Crusade

    Normandy: The Great Crusade

  • The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli

    The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli

  • That's Entertainment! III

    That's Entertainment! III

  • The Glass Slipper

    The Glass Slipper

  • The Man Who Understood Women

    The Man Who Understood Women

  • Passion's Way

    Passion's Way

  • The Head of the Family

    The Head of the Family

  • Lili

    Lili

  • Carola

    Carola

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

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

  • Leslie Caron: The Reluctant Star

    Leslie Caron: The Reluctant Star

  • Lenin: The Train

    Lenin: The Train

  • Glory Alley

    Glory Alley

  • The Last of the Blonde Bombshells

    The Last of the Blonde Bombshells

  • Thank Heaven! The Making of 'Gigi'

    Thank Heaven! The Making of 'Gigi'

  • The Million Dollar Nickel

    The Million Dollar Nickel

  • Quand Jean devint Renoir

    Quand Jean devint Renoir

  • James Dean: The First American Teenager

    James Dean: The First American Teenager

  • Jean-Pierre Aumont, charme et fou-rires

    Jean-Pierre Aumont, charme et fou-rires

  • The Man Who Lived at the Ritz

    The Man Who Lived at the Ritz

  • Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man

    Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man

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

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

  • Imperative

    Imperative

  • 'S Wonderful: Creating An American in Paris

    'S Wonderful: Creating An American in Paris

  • Written on Water

    Written on Water

  • The Perfect Age

    The Perfect Age