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Leslie Caron
Actor
Born July 1, 1931 (91 years)
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.
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Filmography
| 2020 | A Christmas Carol · as The Ghost of Christmas Past (voice) |
| 2016 | The Durrells (TV Series) · as Countess Mavrodaki |
| 2015 | Everything Is Copy · as Julie Andre |
| 2013 | Jo (TV Series) · as Josette Lenoir |
| 2010 | Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff · as Fanny (archive footage) |
| 2003 | The Divorce · as Suzanne de Persand |
| 2001 | Murder on the Orient Express · as Miss Alvaeado |
| 2000 | Chocolat · as Mrs. Audel |
| 2000 | The Last of the Blonde Bombshells · as Madeleine |
| 1999 | Passion's Way · as Unknown |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series) · as Lorraine Delmas |
| 1996 | The Ring · as Madame de Saint Marne |
| 1996 | The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century (TV Series) · as Czarina Aleksandra Romanov (voice) |
| 1995 | Funny Bones · as Katie Parker |
| 1995 | Let It Be Me · as Marguerite |
| 1994 | That's Entertainment! III · as (archive footage) |
| 1992 | Damage · as Elizabeth Prideaux |
| 1990 | Courage Mountain · as Jane Hilary |
| 1990 | Guerriers et captives · as Unknown |
| 1989 | The Man Who Lived at the Ritz · as Coco Chanel |
| 1988 | Lenin: The Train (TV Series) · as Nadia |
| 1985 | Reel Horror · as Nicole (archive footage) |
| 1984 | Dangerous Moves · as Henia Liebskind |
| 1984 | Master of the game (TV Series) · as Solange Dunas |
| 1981 | Chanel Solitaire · as actor |
| 1981 | Falcon Crest (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1980 | All Stars · as Lucille Berger |
| 1980 | The Contract · as Penelopa Wilson, bratowa Adama, matka Patrycji |
| 1979 | Goldengirl · as Dr. Sammy Lee |
| 1979 | Tales of the Unexpected (TV Series) · as Nathalie Vareille |
| 1977 | Valentino · as Alla Nazimova |
| 1977 | The Man Who Loved Women · as Véra |
| 1977 | The Love Boat (TV Series) · as Mrs. Duvall |
| 1976 | Nicole · as Nicole |
| 1976 | That's Entertainment, Part II · as (archive footage) |
| 1976 | Surreal Estate · as Céleste |
| 1974 | That's Entertainment! · as (archive footage) |
| 1974 | QB VII (TV Series) · as Angela Kelno |
| 1973 | Carola · as Carola Janssen |
| 1970 | Madron · as Sister Mary |
| 1967 | Il padre di famiglia · as Paola |
| 1967 | Off to See the Wizard (TV Series) · as Ella |
| 1966 | Promise Her Anything · as Michele O'Brien |
| 1966 | Is Paris Burning? · as Françoise Labé |
| 1964 | Father Goose · as Catherine Freneau |
| 1962 | The L-Shaped Room · as Jane Fosset |
| 1962 | Three Fables of Love · as Annie (segment "Les deux pigeons") |
| 1961 | |
| 1960 | The Battle of Austerlitz · as Mlle de Vaudey |
| 1960 | The Subterraneans · as Mardou Fox |
| 1959 | The Man Who Understood Women · as Ann Garantier |
| 1958 | Gigi · as Gilberte "Gigi" |
| 1958 | The Doctor's Dilemma · as Mrs. Dubedat |
| 1955 | Daddy Long Legs · as Julie Andre |
| 1955 | The Glass Slipper · as Ella |
| 1953 | Lili · as Lili Daurier |
| 1951 | An American in Paris · as Lise Bouvier |