Leslie Caron
Acting
- Born:
- 1931-07-01
- Place of birth:
- Boulogne-Billancourt, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], France
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
Filmography
Gene Kelly: An American in Hollywood
A Christmas Carol
Written on Water
Gershwin: The American Classic
Love, Cecil
Quand Jean devint Renoir
The Perfect Age
Leslie Caron: The Reluctant Star
The Durrells
Il était une fois... « La règle du jeu »
Mother of Normandy: The Story of Simone Renaud
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000s
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History
Thank Heaven! The Making of 'Gigi'
'S Wonderful: Creating An American in Paris
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical
Le Divorce
Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer
From Russia to Hollywood: The 100-Year Odyssey of Chekhov and Shdanoff
Murder on the Orient Express
Chocolat
The Last of the Blonde Bombshells
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Passion's Way
Jean-Pierre Aumont, charme et fou-rires
The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century
The Ring
Let It Be Me
Funny Bones
That's Entertainment! III
Normandy: The Great Crusade
Damage
Warriors and Prisoners
Courage Mountain
Lenin: The Train
Lenin... The Train
The Man Who Lived at the Ritz
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
Reel Horror
Dangerous Moves
Master of the Game
The Unapproachable
Imperative
The Contract
Falcon Crest
Chanel Solitaire
All Stars
Goldengirl
Tales of the Unexpected
Ciné regards
The Love Boat
Valentino
The Man Who Loved Women
Nicole
Surreal Estate
That's Entertainment, Part II
James Dean: The First American Teenager
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
That's Entertainment!
QB VII
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
Carola
Le Grand Échiquier
Chandler
Madron
The Head of the Family
Is Paris Burning?
Promise Her Anything
A Very Special Favor
Father Goose
Pour le plaisir
The Four Truths
The L-Shaped Room
The Merv Griffin Show
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Guns of Darkness
Fanny
The Subterraneans
Austerlitz
The Man Who Understood Women
The Doctor's Dilemma
Gigi
Gaby
Cinépanorama
MGM Parade
Daddy Long Legs
The Glass Slipper
Reflets de Cannes
The Story of Three Loves
The Oscars
Lili
Glory Alley
The Million Dollar Nickel
The Man with a Cloak
An American in Paris
The Ed Sullivan Show
Golden Globe Awards