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

• 2020A Christmas Carol — The Ghost of Christmas Past (voice)
• 2020Written on Water — Pauline
• 2018Gershwin: The American Classic
• 2017The Perfect Age — Marguerite
• The Durrells — Countess Mavrodaki
• 2010Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff — Fanny (archive footage)
• 2010Mother of Normandy: The Story of Simone Renaud — Simone Renaud (Voice)
• 2008'S Wonderful: Creating An American in Paris
• 2003Le Divorce — Suzanne de Persand
• 2001Murder on the Orient Express — Miss Alvarado
• 2000Chocolat — Mrs. Audel
• 2000The Last of the Blonde Bombshells — Madeleine
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — Lorraine Delmas
• 1999Passion's Way — Regine De Chantelle
• The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century — Czarina Aleksandra Romanov (voice)
• 1996The Ring — Madame de Saint Marne
• 1995Funny Bones — Katie Parker
• 1995Let It Be Me — Marguerite
• 1994Normandy: The Great Crusade — Mary-Louise Osmont (voice)
• 1994That's Entertainment! III — (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 1992Damage — Elizabeth Prideaux
• 1990Courage Mountain — Jane Hilary
• 1990Warriors and Prisoners — Madame Yvonne
• Lenin... The Train — Nadeschda 'Nadia' Krupskaja
• 1988Lenin: The Train — Nedeshda Krupskaja
• 1988The Man Who Lived at the Ritz — Coco Chanel
• 1985Reel Horror — Nicole (archive footage)
• 1984Dangerous Moves — Henia Liebskind
• Master of the Game — Solange Dunas
• 1982Imperative — Mother
• 1982The Contract — Penelopa Wilson
• 1982The Unapproachable
• 1981Chanel Solitaire — (uncredited)
• Falcon Crest — Nicole Sauguet
• 1980All Stars — Lucille Berger
• 1979Goldengirl — Dr. Sammy Lee
• Tales of the Unexpected — Nathalie Vareille
• The Love Boat — Mrs. Duvall
• 1977The Man Who Loved Women — Véra
• 1977Valentino — Alla Nazimova
• 1976Nicole — Nicole
• 1976Surreal Estate — Céleste
• 1976That's Entertainment, Part II — (archive footage)
• QB VII — Angela Kelno
• 1974That's Entertainment! — (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 1973Carola — Carola
• 1971Chandler — Katherine Creighton
• 1970Madron — Sister Mary
• 1967The Head of the Family — Paola
• 1966Is Paris Burning? — Françoise Labé
• 1966Promise Her Anything — Michele O'Brien
• 1965A Very Special Favor — Dr. Lauren Boullard
• 1964Father Goose — Catherine Freneau
• 1962Guns of Darkness — Claire Jordan
• 1962The Four Truths — Annie (segment "Les deux pigeons")
• 1962The L-Shaped Room — Jane Fosset
• 1961Fanny — Fanny
• 1960Austerlitz — Mlle de Vaudey
• 1960The Subterraneans — Mardou Fox
• 1959The Doctor's Dilemma — Mrs. Dubedat
• 1959The Man Who Understood Women — Ann Garantier
• 1958Gigi — Gigi
• 1956Gaby — Gaby
• 1955Daddy Long Legs — Julie Andre
• 1955The Glass Slipper — Ella
• 1953Lili — Lili Daurier
• 1953The Story of Three Loves — Mademoiselle
• 1952Glory Alley — Angela
• 1951An American in Paris — Lise Bouvier
• 1951The Man with a Cloak — Madeline Minot

Appearances as themselves (29)

• 2025Gene Kelly: An American in Hollywood — Self - Interviewee (archive footage)
• 2017Love, Cecil — Self
• 2017Quand Jean devint Renoir — Self - Interviewee
• 2016Leslie Caron: The Reluctant Star — Herself
• 2011Il était une fois... « La règle du jeu » — Self (actrice et amie de Jean Renoir)
• 2009Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000s — Self
• 2009Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical — Self (archive)
• 2008Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History — Self
• 2008Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical — Self
• 2008Thank Heaven! The Making of 'Gigi' — Herself
• 2002From Russia to Hollywood: The 100-Year Odyssey of Chekhov and Shdanoff — Self
• 2002Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer — Self
• 1999Jean-Pierre Aumont, charme et fou-rires — Self
• 1988Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man — Self
• Ciné regards — Self
• 1975James Dean: The First American Teenager — Self
• Les Rendez-vous du dimanche — Self
• 1973The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli — Self (archive footage)
• Le Grand Échiquier — Self
• Pour le plaisir — Self
• The Merv Griffin Show — Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson — Self
• Cinépanorama — Self
• MGM Parade — self
• Reflets de Cannes — Self
• The Oscars — Self
• 1952The Million Dollar Nickel — Self
• The Ed Sullivan Show — Self
• Golden Globe Awards — Self - Nominee / Presenter