Leslie 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 – 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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Personal info
Gender
Female
Birthday
1931-07-01
Place of birth
Boulogne-Billancourt, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], France
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Cast
Chocolat
2000
6.96
The Man Who Loved Women
1977
7.10
An American in Paris
1951
7.01
Lenin: The Train
1990
6.20
Is Paris Burning?
1966
7.20
Damage
1992
6.60
Father Goose
1964
7.03
Murder on the Orient Express
2001
6.10
Le Divorce
2003
4.99
Daddy Long Legs
1955
6.33
Funny Bones
1995
6.53
Valentino
1977
5.90
Lili
1953
6.70
Dangerous Moves
1984
5.90
Gigi
1958
6.20
The Battle of Austerlitz
1960
6.50
The Ring
1996
5.70
Nicole
1976
2.80
The Man with a Cloak
1951
6.90
Fanny
1961
6.80
The L-Shaped Room
1962
6.80
The Contract
1982
5.30
Surreal Estate
1976
4.60
Chandler
1971
4.50
Promise Her Anything
1966
3.70
Gaby
1956
7.00
A Very Special Favor
1965
5.70
The Story of Three Loves
1953
5.60
The Four Truths
1962
4.20
The Glass Slipper
1955
6.30
The Doctor's Dilemma
1959
6.10
Passion's Way
1999
4.00
The Head of the Family
1967
6.70
Reel Horror
1985
2.40
Glory Alley
1952
5.83
The Subterraneans
1960
4.80
The Man Who Understood Women
1959
3.30
Madron
1970
5.10
Guns of Darkness
1962
6.00
The Man Who Lived at the Ritz
1988
4.00
The Unapproachable
1982
0.00
All Stars
1980
0.00
That's Entertainment!
1974
7.30
Imperative
1982
5.50
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
6.90
Goldengirl
1979
4.80
Let It Be Me
1995
5.60
Leslie Caron: The Reluctant Star
2016
7.70
Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer
2002
7.70
That's Entertainment! III
1994
7.00
Courage Mountain
1990
6.50
Love, Cecil
2017
6.40
Carola
1973
6.00
The Million Dollar Nickel
1952
4.00
A Christmas Carol
2020
7.40
Warriors and Prisoners
1990
1.00
Warren Beatty - Mister Hollywood
2015
5.40
Normandy: The Great Crusade
1994
10.00
The Perfect Age
2017
0.00
Quand Jean devint Renoir
2017
10.00
Written on Water
2020
5.00
Chanel Solitaire
1981
4.71