Acting · Boulogne-Billancourt, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], France · Born July 1, 1931
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.
MovieGene Kelly - An American in Hollywood
2025
as Self - Interviewee (archive footage)
MovieA Christmas Carol
2020
as The Ghost of Christmas Past (voice)
MovieWritten on Water
2020
as Pauline
MovieGershwin: The American Classic
2018
MovieLove, Cecil
2017
as Self
MovieQuand Jean devint Renoir
2017
as Self - Interviewee
MovieThe Perfect Age
2017
as Marguerite
MovieLeslie Caron: The Reluctant Star
2016
as Herself
TVThe Durrells
2016
as Countess Mavrodaki
MovieIl était une fois... « La règle du jeu »
2011
as Self (actrice et amie de Jean Renoir)
MovieMother of Normandy: The Story of Simone Renaud
2010
as Simone Renaud (Voice)
MovieCameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
2010
as Fanny (archive footage)
MovieHollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000s
2009
as Self
MovieHollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical
2009
as Self (archive)
MovieHollywood 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
MovieHollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical
2008
as Self
MovieLe Divorce
2003
as Suzanne de Persand
MovieGene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer
2002
as Self
MovieFrom Russia to Hollywood: The 100-Year Odyssey of Chekhov and Shdanoff
2002
as Self
MovieMurder on the Orient Express
2001
as Miss Alvarado
MovieChocolat
2000
as Mrs. Audel
MovieThe Last of the Blonde Bombshells
2000
as Madeleine
TVLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Lorraine Delmas
MoviePassion's Way
1999
as Regine De Chantelle
MovieJean-Pierre Aumont, charme et fou-rires
1999
as Self
Private Screenings: Leslie Caron
1998
as Self
TVThe Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century
1996
as Czarina Aleksandra Romanov (voice)
MovieThe Ring
1996
as Madame de Saint Marne
MovieLet It Be Me
1995
as Marguerite
MovieFunny Bones
1995
as Katie Parker
MovieThat's Entertainment! III
1994
as (archive footage)
MovieNormandy: The Great Crusade
1994
as Mary-Louise Osmont (voice)
MovieDamage
1992
as Elizabeth Prideaux
MovieWarriors and Prisoners
1990
as Madame Yvonne
MovieCourage Mountain
1990
as Jane Hilary
MovieLenin: The Train
1988
as Nedeshda Krupskaja
TVLenin... The Train
1988
as Nadeschda 'Nadia' Krupskaja
MovieThe Man Who Lived at the Ritz
1988
as Coco Chanel
MovieCary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
1988
as Self
MovieReel Horror
1985
as Nicole (archive footage)
MovieDangerous Moves
1984
as Henia Liebskind
TVMaster of the Game
1984
as Solange Dunas
MovieThe Unapproachable
1982
MovieImperative
1982
as Mother
MovieThe Contract
1982
as Penelopa Wilson
TVFalcon Crest
1981
as Nicole Sauguet
MovieChanel Solitaire
1981
as (uncredited)
MovieAll Stars
1980
as Lucille Berger
MovieGoldengirl
1979
as Dr. Sammy Lee
TVTales of the Unexpected
1979
as Nathalie Vareille
TVCiné regards
1978
as Self
TVThe Love Boat
1977
as Mrs. Duvall
MovieValentino
1977
as Alla Nazimova
MovieThe Man Who Loved Women
1977
as Véra
MovieNicole
1976
as Nicole
MovieSurreal Estate
1976
as Céleste
MovieThat's Entertainment, Part II
1976
as (archive footage)
MovieJames Dean: The First American Teenager
1975
as Self
TVLes Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
as Self
MovieThat's Entertainment!
1974
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
TVQB VII
1974
as Angela Kelno
MovieCarola
1973
as Carola
MovieThe Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
1973
as Self (archive footage)
TVLe Grand Échiquier
1972
as Self
MovieChandler
1971
as Katherine Creighton
MovieMadron
1970
as Sister Mary
MovieThe Head of the Family
1967
as Paola
MovieIs Paris Burning?
1966
as Françoise Labé
MoviePromise Her Anything
1966
as Michele O'Brien
MovieA Very Special Favor
1965
as Dr. Lauren Boullard
MovieFather Goose
1964
as Catherine Freneau
TVPour le plaisir
1964
as Self
MovieThe Four Truths
1962
as Annie (segment "Les deux pigeons")
MovieThe L-Shaped Room
1962
as Jane Fosset
TVThe Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
TVThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
MovieGuns of Darkness
1962
as Claire Jordan
MovieFanny
1961
as Fanny
MovieThe Subterraneans
1960
as Mardou Fox
MovieAusterlitz
1960
as Mlle de Vaudey
MovieThe Man Who Understood Women
1959
as Ann Garantier
MovieThe Doctor's Dilemma
1959
as Mrs. Dubedat
MovieGigi
1958
as Gigi
MovieGaby
1956
as Gaby
TVCinépanorama
1956
as Self
TVMGM Parade
1955
as self
MovieDaddy Long Legs
1955
as Julie Andre
MovieThe Glass Slipper
1955
as Ella
TVReflets de Cannes
1954
as Self
MovieThe Story of Three Loves
1953
as Mademoiselle
TVThe Oscars
1953
as Self
MovieLili
1953
as Lili Daurier
MovieGlory Alley
1952
as Angela
MovieThe Million Dollar Nickel
1952
as Self
MovieThe Man with a Cloak
1951
as Madeline Minot
MovieAn American in Paris
1951
as Lise Bouvier
TVThe Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
TVGolden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee / Presenter
