Leslie Caron

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.
    Known for
    Acting
    Place of birth
    Boulogne-Billancourt, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], France
    Birthday
    7/1/1931
Lili
Lili
6.692
Gigi
Gigi
6.237
Nicole
Nicole
2.8
Fanny
Fanny
6.7
The L-Shaped Room
The L-Shaped Room
6.7
Surreal Estate
Surreal Estate
4.8
Gaby
Gaby
7
3 Fables of Love
3 Fables of Love
4.1
The Glass Slipper
The Glass Slipper
6.4
The Subterraneans
The Subterraneans
4.7
The Man Who Understood Women
The Man Who Understood Women
3.6
Guns of Darkness
Guns of Darkness
5.9
Thank Heaven! The Making of 'Gigi'
7
The Unapproachable
The Unapproachable
0
All Stars
All Stars
0
Leslie Caron: The Reluctant Star
Leslie Caron: The Reluctant Star
8
Carola
Carola
6
Normandy: The Great Crusade
Normandy: The Great Crusade
10
The Perfect Age
The Perfect Age
0
An American in Paris
An American in Paris
7.036
Father Goose
Father Goose
7.007
Daddy Long Legs
Daddy Long Legs
6.348
Valentino
Valentino
5.9
Chandler
Chandler
4.143
Promise Her Anything
Promise Her Anything
3
A Very Special Favor
A Very Special Favor
5.7
The Doctor's Dilemma
The Doctor's Dilemma
6.1
The Head of the Family
The Head of the Family
6.9
Glory Alley
Glory Alley
6.4
Madron
Madron
5.333
The Million Dollar Nickel
The Million Dollar Nickel
4
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
7
Lenin: The Train
Lenin: The Train
6.8
Is Paris Burning?
Is Paris Burning?
7.167
The Story of Three Loves
The Story of Three Loves
5.357
Warriors and Prisoners
Warriors and Prisoners
0
Quand Jean devint Renoir
Quand Jean devint Renoir
10
Murder on the Orient Express
Murder on the Orient Express
6.224
Funny Bones
Funny Bones
6.478
Dangerous Moves
Dangerous Moves
6
The Battle of Austerlitz
The Battle of Austerlitz
7
The Man with a Cloak
The Man with a Cloak
6.906
The Man Who Lived at the Ritz
The Man Who Lived at the Ritz
4
Goldengirl
Goldengirl
4.6
Love, Cecil
Love, Cecil
6.4
Chocolat
Chocolat
6.962
The Man Who Loved Women
The Man Who Loved Women
7.2
Let It Be Me
Let It Be Me
5.6
Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer
Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer
7.7
James Dean: The First American Teenager
James Dean: The First American Teenager
6
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History
8
Warren Beatty - Mister Hollywood
Warren Beatty - Mister Hollywood
5.2
Passion's Way
Passion's Way
3.5
Imperative
Imperative
5.5
Written on Water
Written on Water
6
From Russia to Hollywood: The 100-Year Odyssey of Chekhov and Shdanoff
From Russia to Hollywood: The 100-Year Odyssey of Chekhov and Shdanoff
7
The Last of the Blonde Bombshells
The Last of the Blonde Bombshells
6.5
A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol
6.8
Reel Horror
Reel Horror
2.7
Courage Mountain
Courage Mountain
6.675
Damage
Damage
6.593
The Ring
The Ring
5.7
'S Wonderful: Creating An American in Paris
7
That's Entertainment, Part II
That's Entertainment, Part II
6.797
The Contract
The Contract
5.3
Le Divorce
Le Divorce
4.913
That's Entertainment! III
That's Entertainment! III
7
That's Entertainment!
That's Entertainment!
7.25
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
0
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
6.938
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