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Leslie Caron

Born 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.

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Filmography 95

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