Leslie Caron
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1931-07-01 (93 years old)
Place of Birth
Boulogne-Billancourt, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], France
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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Acting
(2025)
Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood
as Self - Interviewee (archive footage)
(2020)
A Christmas Carol
as The Ghost of Christmas Past (voice)
(2020)
Written on Water
as Pauline
(2017)
Love, Cecil
as Self
(2017)
Quand Jean devint Renoir
as Self - Interviewee
(2017)
The Perfect Age
as Marguerite
(2016)
Leslie Caron: The Reluctant Star
as Herself
(2015)
Warren Beatty - Mister Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
(2011)
Il était une fois... « La règle du jeu »
as Self (actrice et amie de Jean Renoir)
(2010)
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
as Fanny (archive footage)
(2010)
Mother of Normandy: The Story of Simone Renaud
as Simone Renaud (Voice)
(2009)
(2009)
(2008)
(2008)
(2008)
(2008)
Thank Heaven! The Making of 'Gigi'
as Herself
(2003)
Le Divorce
as Suzanne de Persand
(2002)
(2002)
(2001)
Murder on the Orient Express
as Miss Alvarado
(2000)
Chocolat
as Mrs. Audel
(2000)
The Last of the Blonde Bombshells
as Madeleine
(1999)
Passion's Way
as Regine De Chantelle
(1996)
The Ring
as Madame de Saint Marne
(1995)
Funny Bones
as Katie Parker
(1995)
Let It Be Me
as Marguerite
(1994)
That's Entertainment! III
as (archive footage)
(1994)
Normandy: The Great Crusade
as Mary-Louise Osmont (voice)
(1992)
Damage
as Elizabeth Prideaux
(1990)
Courage Mountain
as Jane Hilary
(1990)
Lenin: The Train
as Nedeshda Krupskaja
(1990)
Warriors and Prisoners
as Madame Yvonne
(1988)
(1988)
The Man Who Lived at the Ritz
as Coco Chanel
(1985)
Reel Horror
as Nicole (archive footage)
(1984)
Dangerous Moves
as Henia Liebskind
(1982)
The Contract
as Penelopa Wilson
(1982)
Imperative
as Mother
(1982)
(1981)
Chanel Solitaire
as (uncredited)
(1980)
All Stars
as Lucille Berger
(1979)
Goldengirl
as Dr. Sammy Lee
(1977)
Valentino
as Alla Nazimova
(1977)
The Man Who Loved Women
as Véra
(1976)
That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
(1976)
Nicole
as Nicole
(1976)
Surreal Estate
as Céleste
(1975)
(1974)
That's Entertainment!
as (archive footage)
(1973)
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
as Self (archive footage)
(1973)
Carola
as Carola
(1971)
Chandler
as Katherine Creighton
(1970)
Madron
as Sister Mary
(1967)
The Head of the Family
as Paola
(1966)
Is Paris Burning?
as Françoise Labé
(1966)
Promise Her Anything
as Michele O'Brien
(1965)
A Very Special Favor
as Dr. Lauren Boullard
(1964)
Father Goose
as Catherine Freneau
(1962)
The L-Shaped Room
as Jane Fosset
(1962)
The Four Truths
as Annie (segment "Les deux pigeons")
(1962)
Guns of Darkness
as Claire Jordan
(1961)
Fanny
as Fanny
(1960)
The Battle of Austerlitz
as Mlle de Vaudey
(1960)
The Subterraneans
as Mardou Fox
(1959)
The Man Who Understood Women
as Ann Garantier
(1959)
The Doctor's Dilemma
as Mrs. Dubedat
(1958)
Gigi
as Gilberte "Gigi"
(1956)
Gaby
as Gaby
(1955)
Daddy Long Legs
as Julie Andre
(1955)
The Glass Slipper
as Ella
(1953)
Lili
as Lili Daurier
(1953)
The Story of Three Loves
as Mademoiselle
(1952)
Glory Alley
as Angela
(1952)
The Million Dollar Nickel
as Herself
(1951)
An American in Paris
as Lise Bouvier
(1951)
The Man with a Cloak
as Madeline Minot