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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.
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Filmography
all 90
Movies 74
self 22
TV Shows 16
Voice 1
A Christmas Carol (2020)
Written on Water (2020)
Love, Cecil (2017)
Quand Jean devint Renoir (2017)
The Perfect Age (2017)
Leslie Caron: The Reluctant Star (2016)
The Durrells (2016)
Becoming Mike Nichols (2016)
Warren Beatty - Mister Hollywood (2015)
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff (2010)
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History (2008)
'S Wonderful: Creating An American in Paris (2008)
Thank Heaven! The Making of 'Gigi' (2008)
Le Divorce (2003)
Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer (2002)
From Russia to Hollywood: The 100-Year Odyssey of Chekhov and Shdanoff (2002)
Murder on the Orient Express (2001)
Chocolat (2000)
The Last of the Blonde Bombshells (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)
Jean Renoir: Part Two - Hollywood and Beyond (1993)
Damage (1992)
The Man Who Lived at the Ritz (1991)
Warriors and Prisoners (1990)
Lenin: The Train (1990)
Courage Mountain (1990)
The Man Who Lived at the Ritz (1989)
Lenin... The Train (1988)
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man (1988)
Reel Horror (1985)
Dangerous Moves (1984)
Master of the Game (1984)
The Unapproachable (1982)
Imperative (1982)
Falcon Crest (1981)
The Contract (1980)
All Stars (1980)
Goldengirl (1979)
Tales of the Unexpected (1979)
Nicole (1978)
Valentino (1977)
The Man Who Loved Women (1977)
Surreal Estate (1976)
That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)
James Dean: The First American Teenager (1975)
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche (1975)
That's Entertainment! (1974)
QB VII (1974)
Carola (1973)
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli (1973)
Le Grand Échiquier (1972)
Chandler (1971)
Madron (1970)
The Head of the Family (1967)
Festivals 66 Cinéma 67 (1967)
Is Paris Burning? (1966)
Promise Her Anything (1966)
A Very Special Favor (1965)
Father Goose (1964)
The Four Truths (1962)
The L-Shaped Room (1962)
The Merv Griffin Show (1962)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (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)
Cinépanorama (1956)
Daddy Long Legs (1955)
The Glass Slipper (1955)
The Story of Three Loves (1953)
The Oscars (1953)
Lili (1953)
Glory Alley (1952)
The Million Dollar Nickel (1952)
The Man with a Cloak (1951)
An American in Paris (1951)
The Ed Sullivan Show (1948)
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical
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GenderFemale
Birthday1931-07-01 (92 years old)
Birth NameLeslie Claire Margaret Caron
Birth PlaceBoulogne-Billancourt, France
RelationshipsMichael Laughlin (1969-01-01 - 1980-01-01), Geordie Hormel (1951-01-01 - 1954-01-01), Peter Hall (1956-01-01 - 1965-01-01)
ChildrenJennifer Caron Hall, Christopher Hall
FatherClaude Caron
MotherMargaret Petit
CitizenshipsFrance, United States of America
Also Known AsЛесли Карон, Leslie Claire Margaret Caron
AwardsOfficer of the National Order of Merit, Commander of the Legion of Honour, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series, star on Hollywood Walk of Fame, Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres, BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role, Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama
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