Acting
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Leslie Caron, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
Gene Kelly: An American in Hollywood
Film · 2025
A Christmas Carol
Film · 2020
Written on Water
Film · 2020
Gershwin: The American Classic
Film · 2018
Love, Cecil
Film · 2017
The Perfect Age
Film · 2017
Quand Jean devint Renoir
Film · 2017
Leslie Caron: The Reluctant Star
Film · 2016
The Durrells
Series · 2016
Il était une fois... « La règle du jeu »
Film · 2011
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
Film · 2010
Mother of Normandy: The Story of Simone Renaud
Film · 2010
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical
Film · 2009
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000s
Film · 2009
Thank Heaven! The Making of 'Gigi'
Film · 2008
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History
Film · 2008
'S Wonderful: Creating An American in Paris
Film · 2008
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical
Film · 2008
Le Divorce
Film · 2003
From Russia to Hollywood: The 100-Year Odyssey of Chekhov and Shdanoff
Film · 2002
Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer
Film · 2002
Murder on the Orient Express
Film · 2001
Chocolat
Film · 2000
The Last of the Blonde Bombshells
Film · 2000
Passion's Way
Film · 1999
Jean-Pierre Aumont, charme et fou-rires
Film · 1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Series · 1999
The Ring
Film · 1996
The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century
Series · 1996
Funny Bones
Film · 1995
Let It Be Me
Film · 1995
That's Entertainment! III
Film · 1994
Normandy: The Great Crusade
Film · 1994
Damage
Film · 1992
Courage Mountain
Film · 1990
Warriors and Prisoners
Film · 1990
Lenin: The Train
Film · 1988
The Man Who Lived at the Ritz
Film · 1988
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
Film · 1988
Lenin... The Train
Series · 1988
Reel Horror
Film · 1985
Dangerous Moves
Film · 1984
Master of the Game
Series · 1984
The Contract
Film · 1982
The Unapproachable
Film · 1982
Imperative
Film · 1982
Chanel Solitaire
Film · 1981
Falcon Crest
Series · 1981
All Stars
Film · 1980
Goldengirl
Film · 1979
Tales of the Unexpected
Series · 1979
Ciné regards
Series · 1978
The Man Who Loved Women
Film · 1977
Valentino
Film · 1977
The Love Boat
Series · 1977
Nicole
Film · 1976
Surreal Estate
Film · 1976
That's Entertainment, Part II
Film · 1976
James Dean: The First American Teenager
Film · 1975
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Series · 1975
That's Entertainment!
Film · 1974
QB VII
Series · 1974
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
Film · 1973
Carola
Film · 1973
Le Grand Échiquier
Series · 1972
Chandler
Film · 1971
Madron
Film · 1970
The Head of the Family
Film · 1967
Is Paris Burning?
Film · 1966
Promise Her Anything
Film · 1966
A Very Special Favor
Film · 1965
Father Goose
Film · 1964
Pour le plaisir
Series · 1964
The L-Shaped Room
Film · 1962
The Four Truths
Film · 1962
Guns of Darkness
Film · 1962
The Merv Griffin Show
Series · 1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Series · 1962
Fanny
Film · 1961
Austerlitz
Film · 1960
The Subterraneans
Film · 1960
The Doctor's Dilemma
Film · 1959
The Man Who Understood Women
Film · 1959
Gigi
Film · 1958
Gaby
Film · 1956
Cinépanorama
Series · 1956
Daddy Long Legs
Film · 1955
The Glass Slipper
Film · 1955
MGM Parade
Series · 1955
Reflets de Cannes
Series · 1954
Lili
Film · 1953
The Story of Three Loves
Film · 1953
The Oscars
Series · 1953
Glory Alley
Film · 1952
The Million Dollar Nickel
Film · 1952
An American in Paris
Film · 1951
The Man with a Cloak
Film · 1951
The Ed Sullivan Show
Series · 1948
Golden Globe Awards
Series · 1944