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.
Filmography
all 99
Movies 82
self 31
TV Shows 17
Voice 1

A Christmas Carol (2020)

Written on Water (2020)

Love, Cecil (2017)

Quand Jean devint Renoir (2017)

The Perfect Age (2017)

The Durrells (2016)

Il était une fois... « La règle du jeu » (2011)

Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff (2010)

Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing (2009)

Le Divorce (2003)

Murder on the Orient Express (2001)

Chocolat (2000)

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)

Passion's Way (1999)

The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century (1996)

The Ring (1996)

Let It Be Me (1995)

Funny Bones (1995)

That's Entertainment! III (1994)

Normandy: The Great Crusade (1994)

Damage (1992)

The Man Who Lived at the Ritz (1991)

Warriors and Prisoners (1990)

Courage Mountain (1990)

The Man Who Lived at the Ritz (1988)

Reel Horror (1985)

Dangerous Moves (1984)

Master of the Game (1984)

Imperative (1982)

Falcon Crest (1981)

The Contract (1980)

All Stars (1980)

Goldengirl (1979)

Tales of the Unexpected (1979)

Nicole (1978)

Valentino (1977)

Surreal Estate (1976)

That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)

That's Entertainment! (1974)

QB VII (1974)

Carola (1973)

The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli (1973)

Chandler (1971)

Madron (1970)

Is Paris Burning? (1966)

Promise Her Anything (1966)

A Very Special Favor (1965)

Father Goose (1964)

The Four Truths (1962)

Guns of Darkness (1962)

Fanny (1961)

The Subterraneans (1960)

The Battle of Austerlitz (1960)

The Man Who Understood Women (1959)

The Doctor's Dilemma (1959)

Gigi (1958)

Gaby (1956)

Daddy Long Legs (1955)

The Story of Three Loves (1953)

Lili (1953)

Glory Alley (1952)

The Man with a Cloak (1951)

An American in Paris (1951)
Gallery







Information
Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1931-07-01 (93 years old)
Birth NameLeslie Claire Margaret Caron
Birth PlaceBoulogne-Billancourt, France
RelationshipsMichael Laughlin (1969 - 1980), Geordie Hormel (1951 - 1954), Peter Hall (1956 - 1965)
ChildrenJennifer Caron Hall, Christopher Hall
FatherClaude Caron
MotherMargaret Petit
CitizenshipsFrance, United States
Also Known AsЛесли Карон, Leslie Claire Margaret Caron
Awardsstar on Hollywood Walk of Fame, Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres, Officer of the National Order of Merit, Commander of the Legion of Honour, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series, BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role, Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama
This article uses material from Wikipedia.
Last updated:
- Leslie Caron
- Filmography
- Information
- Related Persons