Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
July 1, 1931
Place of Birth:
Boulogne-Billancourt, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], France
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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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Known For
Filmography
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | The Durrells | Countess Mavrodaki |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Lorraine Delmas |
| 1996 | The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century | Czarina Aleksandra Romanov (voice) |
| 1988 | Lenin... The Train | Nadia |
| 1984 | Master of the Game | Solange Dunas |
| 1981 | Falcon Crest | Nicole Sauguet |
| 1979 | Tales of the Unexpected | Nathalie Vareille |
| 1975 | Les Rendez-vous du dimanche | Self |
| 1974 | QB VII | Angela Kelno |
| 1972 | Le Grand Échiquier | Self |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin Show | Self |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self |
| 1956 | Cinépanorama | Self |
| 1954 | Reflets de Cannes | Self |
| 1953 | The Oscars | Self |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show | Self |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Nominee / Presenter |