Leslie Caron
Known for: Acting
Born: July 1, 1931
Place of birth: Boulogne-Billancourt, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], France
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.
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Filmography
79 movies · 21 TV shows, newest first
6.5
Gene Kelly: An American in Hollywood
2025
7.5
A Christmas Carol
2020
4.0
Written on Water
2020
NR
Gershwin: The American Classic
2018
6.4
Love, Cecil
2017
10.0
Quand Jean devint Renoir
2017
NR
The Perfect Age
2017
7.5
Leslie Caron: The Reluctant Star
2016
7.5
The Durrells
2016
NR
Il était une fois... « La règle du jeu »
2011
NR
Mother of Normandy: The Story of Simone Renaud
2010
6.6
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
2010
NR
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000s
2009
NR
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical
2009
8.0
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History
20087.0
Thank Heaven! The Making of 'Gigi'
2008
6.5
'S Wonderful: Creating An American in Paris
2008
NR
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical
2008
5.0
Le Divorce
2003
7.8
Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer
2002
8.0
From Russia to Hollywood: The 100-Year Odyssey of Chekhov and Shdanoff
2002
6.1
Murder on the Orient Express
2001
7.0
Chocolat
2000
6.9
The Last of the Blonde Bombshells
2000
8.0
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
5.0
Passion's Way
1999
9.0
Jean-Pierre Aumont, charme et fou-rires
1999NR
Private Screenings: Leslie Caron
1998
8.4
The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century
1996
5.8
The Ring
1996
5.4
Let It Be Me
1995
6.6
Funny Bones
1995
7.1
That's Entertainment! III
1994
10.0
Normandy: The Great Crusade
1994
6.6
Damage
1992
3.7
Warriors and Prisoners
1990
5.9
Courage Mountain
1990
6.4
Lenin: The Train
1988
6.0
Lenin... The Train
1988
4.3
The Man Who Lived at the Ritz
1988
7.0
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
1988
3.2
Reel Horror
1985
5.9
Dangerous Moves
1984
6.2
Master of the Game
1984
8.0
The Unapproachable
1982
6.2
Imperative
1982
5.5
The Contract
1982
5.5
Falcon Crest
1981
5.0
Chanel Solitaire
1981
8.0
All Stars
1980
5.4
Goldengirl
1979
6.8
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
5.0
Ciné regards
1978
6.3
The Love Boat
1977
5.8
Valentino
1977
7.1
The Man Who Loved Women
1977
3.8
Nicole
1976
4.9
Surreal Estate
1976
7.0
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
7.5
James Dean: The First American Teenager
1975
6.0
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
7.4
That's Entertainment!
1974
7.7
QB VII
1974
7.0
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
1973
6.5
Carola
1973
8.0
Le Grand Échiquier
1972
4.6
Chandler
1971
4.9
Madron
1970
6.7
The Head of the Family
1967
7.2
Is Paris Burning?
1966
4.1
Promise Her Anything
1966
5.8
A Very Special Favor
1965
7.0
Father Goose
1964
NR
Pour le plaisir
1964
4.2
The Four Truths
1962
6.8
The L-Shaped Room
1962
6.8
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
6.2
Guns of Darkness
1962
6.7
Fanny
1961
5.1
The Subterraneans
1960
6.6
Austerlitz
1960
3.9
The Man Who Understood Women
1959
6.5
The Doctor's Dilemma
1959
6.2
Gigi
1958
7.3
Gaby
1956
8.7
Cinépanorama
1956
7.5
MGM Parade
1955
6.4
Daddy Long Legs
1955
6.3
The Glass Slipper
1955
5.0
Reflets de Cannes
1954
6.0
The Story of Three Loves
1953
7.0
The Oscars
1953
6.8
Lili
1953
5.9
Glory Alley
1952
6.0
The Million Dollar Nickel
1952
6.8
The Man with a Cloak
1951
7.0
An American in Paris
1951
6.8
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
7.0
Golden Globe Awards
1944