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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Leslie Caron, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Credits
- 2020 · A Christmas Carol as The Ghost of Christmas Past (voice)
- 2020 · Written on Water as Pauline
- 2017 · Love, Cecil as Self
- 2017 · Quand Jean devint Renoir as Self - Interviewee
- 2017 · The Perfect Age as Marguerite
- 2016 · Leslie Caron: The Reluctant Star as Herself
- 2016 · The Durrells as Countess Mavrodaki
- 2015 · Warren Beatty - Mister Hollywood as Self (archive footage)
- 2011 · Il était une fois... « La règle du jeu » as Self (actrice et amie de Jean Renoir)
- 2010 · Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff as Fanny (archive footage)
- 2009 · Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000s as Self
- 2009 · Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical as Self (archive)
- 2008 · Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History as Self
- 2008 · Thank Heaven! The Making of 'Gigi' as Herself
- 2008 · 'S Wonderful: Creating An American in Paris as
- 2008 · Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical as Self
- 2003 · Le Divorce as Suzanne de Persand
- 2002 · Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer as Self
- 2002 · From Russia to Hollywood: The 100-Year Odyssey of Chekhov and Shdanoff as Self
- 2001 · Murder on the Orient Express as Miss Alvarado
- 2000 · Chocolat as Mrs. Audel
- 2000 · The Last of the Blonde Bombshells as Madeleine
- 1999 · Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Lorraine Delmas
- 1999 · Passion's Way as Regine De Chantelle
- 1996 · The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century as Czarina Aleksandra Romanov (voice)
- 1996 · The Ring as Madame de Saint Marne
- 1995 · Let It Be Me as Marguerite
- 1995 · Funny Bones as Katie Parker
- 1994 · That's Entertainment! III as (archive footage)
- 1994 · Normandy: The Great Crusade as Mary-Louise Osmont (voice)
- 1992 · Damage as Elizabeth Prideaux
- 1990 · Warriors and Prisoners as Madame Yvonne
- 1990 · Lenin: The Train as Nedeshda Krupskaja
- 1990 · Courage Mountain as Jane Hilary
- 1988 · Lenin... The Train as Nadia
- 1988 · The Man Who Lived at the Ritz as Coco Chanel
- 1988 · Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man as Self
- 1985 · Reel Horror as Nicole (archive footage)
- 1984 · Dangerous Moves as Henia Liebskind
- 1984 · Master of the Game as Solange Dunas
- 1982 · The Unapproachable as
- 1982 · Imperative as Mother
- 1981 · Falcon Crest as Nicole Sauguet
- 1980 · The Contract as Penelopa Wilson, bratowa Adama, matka Patrycji
- 1980 · All Stars as Lucille Berger
- 1979 · Goldengirl as Dr. Sammy Lee
- 1979 · Tales of the Unexpected as Nathalie Vareille
- 1978 · Nicole as Nicole
- 1977 · Valentino as Alla Nazimova
- 1977 · The Man Who Loved Women as Véra
- 1976 · Surreal Estate as Céleste
- 1976 · That's Entertainment, Part II as (archive footage)
- 1975 · James Dean: The First American Teenager as Self
- 1975 · Les Rendez-vous du dimanche as Self
- 1974 · That's Entertainment! as (archive footage)
- 1974 · QB VII as Angela Kelno
- 1973 · Carola as Carola
- 1973 · The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli as Self (archive footage)
- 1972 · Le Grand Échiquier as Self
- 1971 · Chandler as Katherine Creighton
- 1970 · Madron as Sister Mary
- 1967 · The Head of the Family as Paola
- 1966 · Is Paris Burning? as Françoise Labé
- 1966 · Promise Her Anything as Michele O'Brien
- 1965 · A Very Special Favor as Dr. Lauren Boullard
- 1964 · Father Goose as Catherine Freneau
- 1962 · The Four Truths as Annie (segment "Les deux pigeons")
- 1962 · The L-Shaped Room as Jane Fosset
- 1962 · The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- 1962 · The Merv Griffin Show as Self
- 1962 · Guns of Darkness as Claire Jordan
- 1961 · Fanny as Fanny
- 1960 · The Subterraneans as Mardou Fox
- 1960 · The Battle of Austerlitz as Mlle de Vaudey
- 1959 · The Man Who Understood Women as Ann Garantier
- 1959 · The Doctor's Dilemma as Mrs. Dubedat
- 1958 · Gigi as Gilberte "Gigi"
- 1956 · Gaby as Gaby
- 1956 · Cinépanorama as Self
- 1955 · Daddy Long Legs as Julie Andre
- 1955 · The Glass Slipper as Ella
- 1954 · Reflets de Cannes as Self
- 1953 · The Story of Three Loves as Mademoiselle
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- 1953 · Lili as Lili Daurier
- 1952 · Glory Alley as Angela
- 1952 · The Million Dollar Nickel as Herself
- 1951 · The Man with a Cloak as Madeline Minot
- 1951 · An American in Paris as Lise Bouvier
- 1948 · The Ed Sullivan Show as Self (archive footage)
- 1948 · The Ed Sullivan Show as Self