Person Details

Birthday: 1931-07-01 20:11:39

Aliases: Лесли Карон

Gender: Female

Place of birth: Boulogne-Billancourt, Seine

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Movie Involvements: 53

TV Involvements: 8


Most Famous Work

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 Famous Work

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
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8

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

(1999) Lorraine Delmas
Tales of the Unexpected
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7

Tales of the Unexpected

(1979) Nathalie Vareille
Le Grand Échiquier
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8

Le Grand Échiquier

(1972) Self
The Oscars
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7

The Oscars

(1953) Self
Damage
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7

Damage

(1992) Elizabeth Prideaux
Is Paris Burning?
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7

Is Paris Burning?

(1966) Françoise Labé
Daddy Long Legs
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6

Daddy Long Legs

(1955) Julie Andre
Le Divorce
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5

Le Divorce

(2003) Suzanne de Persand

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2020 The Ghost of Christmas Past (voice)
Pauline
2017 Self
Self - Interviewee
Marguerite
2016 Herself
Countess Mavrodaki
2015 Self (archive footage)
2010 Fanny (archive footage)
2008 Self
N/A
Herself
2003 Suzanne de Persand
2002 Self
Self
2001 Miss Alvarado
2000 Mrs. Audel
Madeleine
1999 Lorraine Delmas
Regine De Chantelle
1996 Czarina Aleksandra Romanov (voice)
Madame de Saint Marne
1995 Marguerite
Katie Parker
1994 (archive footage)
Mary-Louise Osmont (voice)
1992 Elizabeth Prideaux
1990 Madame Yvonne
Nedeshda Krupskaja
Jane Hilary
1989 Coco Chanel
1988 Nadia
Self
1985 Nicole (archive footage)
1984 Henia Liebskind
Solange Dunas
1982 N/A
Mother
1981 N/A
1980 Penelopa Wilson, bratowa Adama, matka Patrycji
Lucille Berger
1979 Dr. Sammy Lee
Nathalie Vareille
1978 Nicole
1977 Alla Nazimova
Véra
1976 Céleste
(archive footage)
1975 Self
Self
1974 (archive footage)
Angela Kelno
1973 Carola
Self (archive footage)
1972 Self
1971 Katherine Creighton
1970 Sister Mary
1967 Paola
1966 Françoise Labé
Michele O'Brien
1965 Dr. Lauren Boullard
1964 Catherine Freneau
1962 Annie (segment "Les deux pigeons")
Jane Fosset
Self
Self
Claire Jordan
1961 Fanny
1960 Mardou Fox
Mlle de Vaudey
1959 Ann Garantier
Mrs. Dubedat
1958 Gilberte "Gigi"
1956 Gaby
Self
1955 Julie Andre
Ella
1953 Mademoiselle
Self
Lili Daurier
1952 Angela
Herself
1951 Madeline Minot
Lise Bouvier
1948 Self
Self (archive footage)
Year Character Movie/Tv

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