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Leslie Caron

Actress / Film Actress / Ballet Dancer | * 07/01/1931 (91) | Boulogne-Billancourt, Seine
Leslie Claire Margaret Caron (French: [lɛsli kaʁɔ̃]; born 1 July 1931) is a French and American actress and dancer. She is the recipient of a Golden Globe Award, two BAFTA Awards and a Primetime Emmy Award, in addition to nominations for two Academy Awards. She is one of the last surviving stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood cinema. Caron began 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 her role of 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 starred in films such as The Glass Slipper ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Romance / Love | Documentaries

Known for these Movies & Shows

Jerry Mulligan is an exuberant American expatriate in Paris trying to make a reputation as a painter. His friend Adam is a struggling concert pianist who's a long time associate of a famous French sin ...

An American in Paris

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1951 | 3.5/5 | 1h 53min
Comedy, Music, Romance / Love
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A mother and daughter move to a small French town where they open a chocolate shop. The town, religious and morally strict, is against them, as they represent free-thinking and indulgence. When a grou ...

Chocolat

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2000 | 3.5/5 | 2h 1min
Comedy, Drama, Romance / Love
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Members of a circus troupe "adopt" Lili Daurier when she finds herself stranded in a strange town. The magician who first comes to her rescue already has romantic entanglements and thinks of her as a ...

Lili

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1953 | 3.5/5 | 1h 21min
Drama, Kids & Family, Music, Romance / Love
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A home, a motorcar, servants, the latest fashions: the most eligible and most finicky bachelor in Paris offers them all to Gigi. But she, who's gone from girlish gawkishness to cultured glamour before ...

Gigi

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1958 | 3.1/5 | 1h 56min
Comedy, Romance / Love
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Awards & Nominations for Leslie Caron

Officer of The National Order of Merit Commandeur Des Arts Et Des Lettres‎ Knight of The Legion of Honour Officer of The Legion of Honour Commander of The Legion of Honour Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series Star On Hollywood Walk of Fame Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama 2x BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role 2x Academy Award for Best Actress
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Movies with Leslie Caron as Actress(68)

as The Ghost of Christmas Past (voice)2020 A Christmas Carol
as Pauline2020 Written on Water
as herself2017 Love, Cecil
as Self - Interviewee2017 Quand Jean devint Renoir
as Marguerite2017 The Perfect Age
as herself2016 Leslie Caron: The Reluctant Star
as Self (archive footage)2015 Warren Beatty - Mister Hollywood
as Fanny (archive footage)2010 Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
2008 'S Wonderful: Creating An American in Paris
as herself2008 Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History
as herself2008 Thank Heaven! The Making of 'Gigi'
as Suzanne de Persand2003 Le Divorce
as herself2002 From Russia to Hollywood: The 100-Year Odyssey of Chekhov and Shdanoff
as herself2002 Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer
as Miss Alvaeado2001 Murder on the Orient Express
as Madeleine2000 The Last of the Blonde Bombshells
as Mrs. Audel2000 Chocolat
1999 Passion's Way
as Madame de Saint Marne1996 The Ring
as Marguerite1995 Let It Be Me
as Katie Parker1995 Funny Bones
as (archive footage)1994 That's Entertainment! III
as Elizabeth Prideaux1992 Damage
as Nedeshda Krupskaja1990 Lenin: The Train
as Madame Yvonne1990 Warriors and Prisoners
as Jane Hilary1990 Courage Mountain
as Coco Chanel1989 The Man Who Lived at the Ritz
as herself1988 Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
as Nicole (archive footage)1985 Reel Horror
as Henia Liebskind1984 Dangerous Moves
1982 The Unapproachable
as Mother1982 Imperative
as Penelopa Wilson, bratowa Adama, matka Patrycji1980 The Contract
as Lucille Berger1980 All Stars
as Dr. Sammy Lee1979 Goldengirl
as Nicole1978 Nicole
as Véra1977 The Man Who Loved Women
as Alla Nazimova1977 Valentino
as (archive footage)1976 That's Entertainment, Part II
as Céleste1976 Surreal Estate
as herself1975 James Dean: The First American Teenager
as (archive footage)1974 That's Entertainment!
as Self (archive footage)1973 The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
as Katherine Creighton1971 Chandler
as Sister Mary1970 Madron
as Paola1967 The Head Of The Family
as Françoise Labé1966 Is Paris Burning?
as Michele O'Brien1966 Promise Her Anything
as Dr. Lauren Boullard1965 A Very Special Favor
as Catherine Freneau1964 Father Goose
as Jane Fosset1962 The L-Shaped Room
as Annie (segment "Les deux pigeons")1962 3 Fables of Love
as Claire Jordan1962 Guns of Darkness
as Fanny1961 Fanny
as Mlle de Vaudey1960 The Battle of Austerlitz
as Mardou Fox1960 The Subterraneans
as Ann Garantier1959 The Man Who Understood Women
as Mrs. Dubedat1959 The Doctor's Dilemma
as Gilberte "Gigi"1958 Gigi
as Gaby1956 Gaby
as Julie Andre1955 Daddy Long Legs
as Ella1955 The Glass Slipper
as Lili Daurier1953 Lili
as Mademoiselle1953 The Story of Three Loves
as herself1952 The Million Dollar Nickel
as Angela1952 Glory Alley
as Madeline Minot1951 The Man with a Cloak
as Lise Bouvier1951 An American in Paris

TV Shows/Series with Leslie Caron as Actress(13)

as Countess Mavrodaki2016 The Durrells
as Lorraine Delmas1999 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Czarina Aleksandra Romanov (voice)1996 The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century
as Solange Dunas1984 Master of the Game
1981 Falcon Crest
as Nathalie Vareille1979 Tales of the Unexpected
as herself1975 Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
as Angela Kelno1974 QB VII
as herself1972 Le grand échiquier
as herself1962 The Merv Griffin Show
as herself1956 Cinépanorama
as Self (archive footage)1948 The Ed Sullivan Show
as herself1948 The Ed Sullivan Show

Born: Wednesday, 07/01 1931 (July) in Boulogne-Billancourt, Seine (current age: 91 years + 271 days)
Zodiac sign: Cancer (Chinese zodiac sign: Goat)
Languages: English (EN, native language), French (FR, native language)
Spouses (current/former): Michael Laughlin, Geordie Hormel, Peter Hall
Children: Jennifer Caron Hall, Christopher Hall
Father: Claude Caron
Mother: Margaret Petit
Other names for Leslie Caron (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Лесли Карон"
"Leslie Claire Margaret Caron"
Leslie Caron frequently works together with these people:
Debbie Reynolds (11x, Actress)
Gene Kelly (8x, Actor)
Charlton Heston (7x, Actor)
Jackie Gleason (7x, Actor)
Mariska Hargitay (6x, Actress)
Jerry Lewis (6x, Actor)
Anthony Quinn (6x, Actor)
Fred Astaire (6x, Actor)
Harry Belafonte (6x, Actor)
Art Carney (6x, Actor)
Terry Serpico (6x, Actor)
Sergio Franchi (6x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:3564, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 03/26/2023