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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Leslie Caron, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Most Known For

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as Lorraine Delmas

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Self

The Love Boat

as Mrs. Duvall

Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Nominee / Presenter

Falcon Crest

as Nicole Sauguet

The Merv Griffin Show

as Self

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

as Self

The Oscars

as Self

Tales of the Unexpected

as Nathalie Vareille

The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self

The Durrells

as Countess Mavrodaki

Le Grand Échiquier

as Self

Cinépanorama

as Self

MGM Parade

as self

Chocolat

as Mrs. Audel

The Battle of Austerlitz

as Mlle de Vaudey

Valentino

as Alla Nazimova

Gigi

as Gilberte "Gigi"

Funny Bones

as Katie Parker

Reflets de Cannes

as Self