Cast
Leslie Caron
Acting
Cast
Leslie Caron
Known for
Acting
Born
1931-07-01
From
Boulogne-Billancourt, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], France
Also known as ĐĐ”ŃлО ĐĐ°ŃĐŸĐœ, Leslie Claire Margaret 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 â 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.
Damage
as Elizabeth Prideaux
Chocolat
as Mrs. Audel
Valentino
as Alla Nazimova
Gigi
as Gigi
Is Paris Burning?
as Françoise Labé
That's Entertainment! III
as (archive footage)
The Story of Three Loves
as Mademoiselle
Le Divorce
as Suzanne de Persand
Chandler
as Katherine Creighton
An American in Paris
as Lise Bouvier
Funny Bones
as Katie Parker
Father Goose
as Catherine Freneau
The Subterraneans
as Mardou Fox
The Battle of Austerlitz
as Mlle de Vaudey
Chanel Solitaire
as (uncredited)
Goldengirl
as Dr. Sammy Lee
Surreal Estate
as CĂ©leste
That's Entertainment!
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
as Fanny (archive footage)
The Man Who Loved Women
as VĂ©ra
The Ring
as Madame de Saint Marne
Lili
as Lili Daurier
Murder on the Orient Express
as Miss Alvarado
Reel Horror
as Nicole (archive footage)
Fanny
as Fanny
That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History
as Self
Daddy Long Legs
as Julie Andre
Nicole
as Nicole
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000s
as Self
A Christmas Carol
as The Ghost of Christmas Past (voice)
The Head of the Family
as Paola
Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer
as Self
The Glass Slipper
as Ella
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
as Self
The L-Shaped Room
as Jane Fosset
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical
as Self (archive)
Gaby
as Gaby
Promise Her Anything
as Michele O'Brien
Let It Be Me
as Marguerite
Lenin: The Train
as Nedeshda Krupskaja
A Very Special Favor
as Dr. Lauren Boullard
Dangerous Moves
as Henia Liebskind
Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood
as Self - Interviewee (archive footage)
Madron
as Sister Mary
The Man with a Cloak
as Madeline Minot
The Doctor's Dilemma
as Mrs. Dubedat
Carola
as Carola
The Man Who Understood Women
as Ann Garantier
The Last of the Blonde Bombshells
as Madeleine
The Man Who Lived at the Ritz
as Coco Chanel
Mother of Normandy: The Story of Simone Renaud
as Simone Renaud (Voice)
Normandy: The Great Crusade
as Mary-Louise Osmont (voice)
From Russia to Hollywood: The 100-Year Odyssey of Chekhov and Shdanoff
as Self
James Dean: The First American Teenager
as Self
The Four Truths
as Annie (segment "Les deux pigeons")
Glory Alley
as Angela
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical
as Self
Jean-Pierre Aumont, charme et fou-rires
as Self
Quand Jean devint Renoir
as Self - Interviewee
Passion's Way
as Regine De Chantelle
Imperative
as Mother
The Million Dollar Nickel
as Self
The Unapproachable
The Contract
as Penelopa Wilson
Courage Mountain
as Jane Hilary
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
as Self (archive footage)
Written on Water
as Pauline
Guns of Darkness
as Claire Jordan
Warriors and Prisoners
as Madame Yvonne
Gershwin: The American Classic
All Stars
as Lucille Berger
'S Wonderful: Creating An American in Paris
Love, Cecil
as Self
Il était une fois... « La rÚgle du jeu »
as Self (actrice et amie de Jean Renoir)
Leslie Caron: The Reluctant Star
as Herself
The Perfect Age
as Marguerite
Thank Heaven! The Making of 'Gigi'
as Herself
Private Screenings: Leslie Caron
as Self