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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Leslie Caron, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Damage

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Falcon Crest

The Love Boat

Golden Globe Awards

The Merv Griffin Show

Tales of the Unexpected

All Movies (79)

• Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood2025 · as Self - Interviewee (archive footage)
• A Christmas Carol2020 · as The Ghost of Christmas Past (voice)
• Written on Water2020 · as Pauline
• Gershwin: The American Classic2018
• Love, Cecil2017 · as Self
• Quand Jean devint Renoir2017 · as Self - Interviewee
• The Perfect Age2017 · as Marguerite
• Leslie Caron: The Reluctant Star2016 · as Herself
• Il était une fois... « La règle du jeu »2011 · as Self (actrice et amie de Jean Renoir)
• Mother of Normandy: The Story of Simone Renaud2010 · as Simone Renaud (Voice)
• Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff2010 · as Fanny (archive footage)
• Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000s2009 · as Self
• Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical2009 · as Self (archive)
• Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History2008 · as Self
• Thank Heaven! The Making of 'Gigi'2008 · as Herself
• 'S Wonderful: Creating An American in Paris2008
• Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical2008 · as Self
• Le Divorce2003 · as Suzanne de Persand
• Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer2002 · as Self
• From Russia to Hollywood: The 100-Year Odyssey of Chekhov and Shdanoff2002 · as Self
• Murder on the Orient Express2001 · as Miss Alvarado
• Chocolat2000 · as Mrs. Audel
• The Last of the Blonde Bombshells2000 · as Madeleine
• Passion's Way1999 · as Regine De Chantelle
• Jean-Pierre Aumont, charme et fou-rires1999 · as Self
• Private Screenings: Leslie Caron1998 · as Self
• The Ring1996 · as Madame de Saint Marne
• Let It Be Me1995 · as Marguerite
• Funny Bones1995 · as Katie Parker
• That's Entertainment! III1994 · as (archive footage)
• Normandy: The Great Crusade1994 · as Mary-Louise Osmont (voice)
• Damage1992 · as Elizabeth Prideaux
• Warriors and Prisoners1990 · as Madame Yvonne
• Courage Mountain1990 · as Jane Hilary
• Lenin: The Train1988 · as Nedeshda Krupskaja
• The Man Who Lived at the Ritz1988 · as Coco Chanel
• Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man1988 · as Self
• Reel Horror1985 · as Nicole (archive footage)
• Dangerous Moves1984 · as Henia Liebskind
• The Unapproachable1982
• Imperative1982 · as Mother
• The Contract1982 · as Penelopa Wilson
• Chanel Solitaire1981 · as (uncredited)
• All Stars1980 · as Lucille Berger
• Goldengirl1979 · as Dr. Sammy Lee
• Valentino1977 · as Alla Nazimova
• The Man Who Loved Women1977 · as Véra
• Nicole1976 · as Nicole
• Surreal Estate1976 · as Céleste
• That's Entertainment, Part II1976 · as (archive footage)
• James Dean: The First American Teenager1975 · as Self
• That's Entertainment!1974 · as (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Carola1973 · as Carola
• The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli1973 · as Self (archive footage)
• Chandler1971 · as Katherine Creighton
• Madron1970 · as Sister Mary
• The Head of the Family1967 · as Paola
• Is Paris Burning?1966 · as Françoise Labé
• Promise Her Anything1966 · as Michele O'Brien
• A Very Special Favor1965 · as Dr. Lauren Boullard
• Father Goose1964 · as Catherine Freneau
• The Four Truths1962 · as Annie (segment "Les deux pigeons")
• The L-Shaped Room1962 · as Jane Fosset
• Guns of Darkness1962 · as Claire Jordan
• Fanny1961 · as Fanny
• The Subterraneans1960 · as Mardou Fox
• The Battle of Austerlitz1960 · as Mlle de Vaudey
• The Man Who Understood Women1959 · as Ann Garantier
• The Doctor's Dilemma1959 · as Mrs. Dubedat
• Gigi1958 · as Gigi
• Gaby1956 · as Gaby
• Daddy Long Legs1955 · as Julie Andre
• The Glass Slipper1955 · as Ella
• The Story of Three Loves1953 · as Mademoiselle
• Lili1953 · as Lili Daurier
• Glory Alley1952 · as Angela
• The Million Dollar Nickel1952 · as Self
• The Man with a Cloak1951 · as Madeline Minot
• An American in Paris1951 · as Lise Bouvier

All TV Shows (19)

• The Durrells2016 · as Countess Mavrodaki
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit1999 · as Lorraine Delmas
• The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century1996 · as Czarina Aleksandra Romanov (voice)
• Lenin... The Train1988 · as Nadeschda 'Nadia' Krupskaja
• Master of the Game1984 · as Solange Dunas
• Falcon Crest1981 · as Nicole Sauguet
• Tales of the Unexpected1979 · as Nathalie Vareille
• The Love Boat1977 · as Mrs. Duvall
• Les Rendez-vous du dimanche1975 · as Self
• QB VII1974 · as Angela Kelno
• Le Grand Échiquier1972 · as Self
• The Merv Griffin Show1962 · as Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1962 · as Self
• Cinépanorama1956 · as Self
• MGM Parade1955 · as self
• Reflets de Cannes1954 · as Self
• The Oscars1953 · as Self
• The Ed Sullivan Show1948 · as Self
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Nominee / Presenter