1931-07-01 Boulogne-Billancourt, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], France
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.
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Gene Kelly mène la danse | Self - Interviewee (archive footage) | 2025-01-02 |
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Written on Water | Pauline | 2020-12-01 |
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A Christmas Carol | The Ghost of Christmas Past (voice) | 2020-12-04 |
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Quand Jean devint Renoir | Self - Interviewee | 2017-04-30 |
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The Perfect Age | Marguerite | 2017-04-22 |
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Love, Cecil | Self | 2017-12-01 |
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Leslie Caron: The Reluctant Star | Herself | 2016-06-28 |
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Warren Beatty, une obsession hollywoodienne | Self (archive footage) | 2015-10-04 |
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Il était une fois... « La règle du jeu » | Self (actrice et amie de Jean Renoir) | 2011-09-09 |
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Mother of Normandy: The Story of Simone Renaud | Simone Renaud (Voice) | 2010-05-15 |
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Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff | Fanny (archive footage) | 2010-05-05 |
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Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000s | Self | 2009-08-11 |
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Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical | Self (archive) | 2009-03-10 |
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'S Wonderful: Creating An American in Paris | 2008-09-16 | |
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Thank Heaven! The Making of 'Gigi' | Herself | 2008-09-16 |
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Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History | Self | 2008-10-14 |
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Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical | Self | 2008-01-10 |
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Le Divorce | Suzanne de Persand | 2003-08-08 |
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Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer | Self | 2002-09-24 |
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From Russia to Hollywood: The 100-Year Odyssey of Chekhov and Shdanoff | Self | 2002-08-25 |
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Murder on the Orient Express | Miss Alvarado | 2001-04-22 |
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Chocolat | Mrs. Audel | 2000-12-22 |
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The Last of the Blonde Bombshells | Madeleine | 2000-08-26 |
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Passion's Way | Regine De Chantelle | 1999-07-25 |
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The Ring | Madame de Saint Marne | 1996-10-20 |
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Funny Bones | Katie Parker | 1995-09-20 |
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Let It Be Me | Marguerite | 1995-11-17 |
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Normandy: The Great Crusade | Mary-Louise Osmont (voice) | 1994-01-01 |
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That's Entertainment! III | (archive footage) | 1994-07-01 |
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Damage | Elizabeth Prideaux | 1992-12-02 |
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Courage Mountain | Jane Hilary | 1990-02-14 |
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Lenin: The Train | Nedeshda Krupskaja | 1990-04-30 |
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Guerriers et Captives | Madame Yvonne | 1990-09-05 |
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The Man Who Lived at the Ritz | Coco Chanel | 1988-11-28 |
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Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man | Self | 1988-06-05 |
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Reel Horror | Nicole (archive footage) | 1985-10-01 |
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La Diagonale du fou | Henia Liebskind | 1984-04-15 |
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Imperativ | Mother | 1982-04-01 |
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Kontrakt | Penelopa Wilson, bratowa Adama, matka Patrycji | 1982-03-03 |
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Die Unerreichbare | 1982-08-01 | |
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Chanel Solitaire | 1981-01-01 | |
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Tous vedettes ! | Lucille Berger | 1980-01-16 |
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Goldengirl | Dr. Sammy Lee | 1979-10-06 |
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L'Homme qui aimait les femmes | Véra | 1977-04-27 |
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Valentino | Alla Nazimova | 1977-09-07 |
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That's Entertainment, Part II | (archive footage) | 1976-05-16 |
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Sérail | Céleste | 1976-11-17 |
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Nicole | Nicole | 1976-12-30 |
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James Dean: The First American Teenager | Self | 1975-09-30 |
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That's Entertainment! | (archive footage) | 1974-06-21 |
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The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli | Self (archive footage) | 1973-01-01 |
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Carola | Carola | 1973-02-06 |
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Chandler | Katherine Creighton | 1971-12-01 |
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Madron | Sister Mary | 1970-12-01 |
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Il padre di famiglia | Paola | 1967-09-29 |
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Paris brûle-t-il? | Françoise Labé | 1966-10-26 |
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Promise Her Anything | Michele O'Brien | 1966-02-22 |
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A Very Special Favor | Dr. Lauren Boullard | 1965-08-02 |
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Father Goose | Catherine Freneau | 1964-12-10 |
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Guns of Darkness | Claire Jordan | 1962-07-19 |
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Les Quatre Vérités | Annie (segment "Les deux pigeons") | 1962-12-21 |
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The L-Shaped Room | Jane Fosset | 1962-11-20 |
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Fanny | Fanny | 1961-06-28 |
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The Subterraneans | Mardou Fox | 1960-06-23 |
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Austerlitz | Mlle de Vaudey | 1960-06-17 |
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The Doctor's Dilemma | Mrs. Dubedat | 1959-01-01 |
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The Man Who Understood Women | Ann Garantier | 1959-10-02 |
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Gigi | Gilberte "Gigi" | 1958-05-15 |
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Gaby | Gaby | 1956-05-09 |
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The Glass Slipper | Ella | 1955-03-24 |
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Daddy Long Legs | Julie Andre | 1955-05-05 |
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Lili | Lili Daurier | 1953-03-10 |
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The Story of Three Loves | Mademoiselle | 1953-03-26 |
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Glory Alley | Angela | 1952-06-06 |
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The Million Dollar Nickel | Herself | 1952-01-01 |
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An American in Paris | Lise Bouvier | 1951-09-26 |
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The Man with a Cloak | Madeline Minot | 1951-11-27 |