Leslie Caron
Known for Acting · 98 credits
- Born
- 1931-07-01 (age 94)
- Place of birth
- Boulogne-Billancourt, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], France
- Also known as
- Лесли Карон · Leslie Claire Margaret 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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Known For
TV Shows (19)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Lorraine Delmas
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
Falcon Crest
1981
as Nicole Sauguet
The Love Boat
1977
as Mrs. Duvall
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee / Presenter
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
as Nathalie Vareille
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
as Self
The Oscars
1953
as Self
Le Grand Échiquier
1972
as Self
The Durrells
2016
as Countess Mavrodaki
Cinépanorama
1956
as Self
MGM Parade
1955
as self
Master of the Game
1984
as Solange Dunas
Reflets de Cannes
1954
as Self
QB VII
1974
as Angela Kelno
The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century
1996
as Czarina Aleksandra Romanov (voice)
Lenin... The Train
1988
as Nadeschda 'Nadia' Krupskaja
Movies (79)
Damage
1992
as Elizabeth Prideaux
Chocolat
2000
as Mrs. Audel
Gigi
1958
as Gigi
An American in Paris
1951
as Lise Bouvier
Valentino
1977
as Alla Nazimova
Le Divorce
2003
as Suzanne de Persand
Is Paris Burning?
1966
as Françoise Labé
Chanel Solitaire
1981
as (uncredited)
Chandler
1971
as Katherine Creighton
The Story of Three Loves
1953
as Mademoiselle
Father Goose
1964
as Catherine Freneau
Surreal Estate
1976
as Céleste
Goldengirl
1979
as Dr. Sammy Lee
That's Entertainment!
1974
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Murder on the Orient Express
2001
as Miss Alvarado
That's Entertainment! III
1994
as (archive footage)
The Ring
1996
as Madame de Saint Marne
The Man Who Loved Women
1977
as Véra
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History
2008
as Self
Fanny
1961
as Fanny
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
1988
as Self
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
as (archive footage)
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
2010
as Fanny (archive footage)
Lili
1953
as Lili Daurier
Funny Bones
1995
as Katie Parker
Lenin: The Train
1988
as Nedeshda Krupskaja
Reel Horror
1985
as Nicole (archive footage)
The Glass Slipper
1955
as Ella
The Battle of Austerlitz
1960
as Mlle de Vaudey
Daddy Long Legs
1955
as Julie Andre
Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer
2002
as Self
Let It Be Me
1995
as Marguerite
The Head of the Family
1967
as Paola
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000s
2009
as Self
The L-Shaped Room
1962
as Jane Fosset
The Subterraneans
1960
as Mardou Fox
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical
2009
as Self (archive)
Gaby
1956
as Gaby
Normandy: The Great Crusade
1994
as Mary-Louise Osmont (voice)
The Million Dollar Nickel
1952
as Self
A Christmas Carol
2020
as The Ghost of Christmas Past (voice)
Dangerous Moves
1984
as Henia Liebskind
The Man with a Cloak
1951
as Madeline Minot
From Russia to Hollywood: The 100-Year Odyssey of Chekhov and Shdanoff
2002
as Self
Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood
2025
as Self - Interviewee (archive footage)
Courage Mountain
1990
as Jane Hilary
Mother of Normandy: The Story of Simone Renaud
2010
as Simone Renaud (Voice)
The Doctor's Dilemma
1959
as Mrs. Dubedat
The Last of the Blonde Bombshells
2000
as Madeleine
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical
2008
as Self
Nicole
1976
as Nicole
Promise Her Anything
1966
as Michele O'Brien
A Very Special Favor
1965
as Dr. Lauren Boullard
The Man Who Understood Women
1959
as Ann Garantier
The Man Who Lived at the Ritz
1988
as Coco Chanel
Quand Jean devint Renoir
2017
as Self - Interviewee
Warriors and Prisoners
1990
as Madame Yvonne
Carola
1973
as Carola
Madron
1970
as Sister Mary
The Contract
1982
as Penelopa Wilson
Passion's Way
1999
as Regine De Chantelle
Guns of Darkness
1962
as Claire Jordan
James Dean: The First American Teenager
1975
as Self
Glory Alley
1952
as Angela
All Stars
1980
as Lucille Berger
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
1973
as Self (archive footage)
Love, Cecil
2017
as Self
Jean-Pierre Aumont, charme et fou-rires
1999
as Self
Imperative
1982
as Mother
The Four Truths
1962
as Annie (segment "Les deux pigeons")
'S Wonderful: Creating An American in Paris
2008
The Unapproachable
1982
Written on Water
2020
as Pauline
Leslie Caron: The Reluctant Star
2016
as Herself
Il était une fois... « La règle du jeu »
2011
as Self (actrice et amie de Jean Renoir)
The Perfect Age
2017
as Marguerite
Gershwin: The American Classic
2018
Thank Heaven! The Making of 'Gigi'
2008
as Herself
Private Screenings: Leslie Caron
1998
as Self
About Leslie Caron
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 Lil… With 98 credits spanning from 1944 to 2025, Leslie Caron has appeared in 79 films and 19 TV shows.
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- Damage (1992) — as Elizabeth Prideaux
- Chocolat (2000) — as Mrs. Audel
- Gigi (1958) — as Gigi
- An American in Paris (1951) — as Lise Bouvier
- Valentino (1977) — as Alla Nazimova
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