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 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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Acted in
Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood
2025
as Self - Interviewee (archive footage)
A Christmas Carol
2020
as The Ghost of Christmas Past (voice)
Written on Water
2020
as Pauline
Love, Cecil
2017
as Self
Quand Jean devint Renoir
2017
as Self - Interviewee
The Perfect Age
2017
as Marguerite
Leslie Caron: The Reluctant Star
2016
as Herself
The Durrells
2016
as Countess Mavrodaki
Warren Beatty - Mister Hollywood
2015
as Self (archive footage)
Il était une fois... « La règle du jeu »
2011
as Self (actrice et amie de Jean Renoir)
Mother of Normandy: The Story of Simone Renaud
2010
as Simone Renaud (Voice)
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
2010
as Fanny (archive footage)
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000s
2009
as Self
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical
2009
as Self (archive)
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History
2008
as Self
Thank Heaven! The Making of 'Gigi'
2008
as Herself
'S Wonderful: Creating An American in Paris
2008
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical
2008
as Self
Le Divorce
2003
as Suzanne de Persand
Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer
2002
as Self
From Russia to Hollywood: The 100-Year Odyssey of Chekhov and Shdanoff
2002
as Self
Murder on the Orient Express
2001
as Miss Alvarado
Chocolat
2000
as Mrs. Audel
The Last of the Blonde Bombshells
2000
as Madeleine
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Lorraine Delmas
Passion's Way
1999
as Regine De Chantelle
The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century
1996
as Czarina Aleksandra Romanov (voice)
The Ring
1996
as Madame de Saint Marne
Let It Be Me
1995
as Marguerite
Funny Bones
1995
as Katie Parker
That's Entertainment! III
1994
as (archive footage)
Normandy: The Great Crusade
1994
as Mary-Louise Osmont (voice)
Damage
1992
as Elizabeth Prideaux
Warriors and Prisoners
1990
as Madame Yvonne
Lenin: The Train
1990
as Nedeshda Krupskaja
Courage Mountain
1990
as Jane Hilary
Lenin... The Train
1988
as Nadia
The Man Who Lived at the Ritz
1988
as Coco Chanel
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
1988
as Self
Reel Horror
1985
as Nicole (archive footage)
Dangerous Moves
1984
as Henia Liebskind
Master of the Game
1984
as Solange Dunas
The Unapproachable
1982
Imperative
1982
as Mother
Falcon Crest
1981
as Nicole Sauguet
The Contract
1980
as Penelopa Wilson, bratowa Adama, matka Patrycji
All Stars
1980
as Lucille Berger
Goldengirl
1979
as Dr. Sammy Lee
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
as Nathalie Vareille
Nicole
1978
as Nicole
Valentino
1977
as Alla Nazimova
The Man Who Loved Women
1977
as Véra
Surreal Estate
1976
as Céleste
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
as (archive footage)
James Dean: The First American Teenager
1975
as Self
That's Entertainment!
1974
as (archive footage)
QB VII
1974
as Angela Kelno
Carola
1973
as Carola
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
1973
as Self (archive footage)
Le Grand Échiquier
1972
as Self
Chandler
1971
as Katherine Creighton
Madron
1970
as Sister Mary
The Head of the Family
1967
as Paola
Is Paris Burning?
1966
as Françoise Labé
Promise Her Anything
1966
as Michele O'Brien
Best of The Dean Martin Variety Show
1966
A Very Special Favor
1965
as Dr. Lauren Boullard
Father Goose
1964
as Catherine Freneau
The Four Truths
1962
as Annie (segment "Les deux pigeons")
The L-Shaped Room
1962
as Jane Fosset
Guns of Darkness
1962
as Claire Jordan
Fanny
1961
as Fanny
The Subterraneans
1960
as Mardou Fox
The Battle of Austerlitz
1960
as Mlle de Vaudey
The Man Who Understood Women
1959
as Ann Garantier
The Doctor's Dilemma
1959
as Mrs. Dubedat
Gigi
1958
as Gilberte "Gigi"
Gaby
1956
as Gaby
Daddy Long Legs
1955
as Julie Andre
The Glass Slipper
1955
as Ella
Reflets de Cannes
1954
as Self
The Story of Three Loves
1953
as Mademoiselle
The Oscars
1953
as Self
Lili
1953
as Lili Daurier
Glory Alley
1952
as Angela
The Million Dollar Nickel
1952
as Herself
The Man with a Cloak
1951
as Madeline Minot
An American in Paris
1951
as Lise Bouvier