Leslie Caron
1931-07-01 ( 93 years old ) in Boulogne-Billancourt, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], France

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.

Movies

Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood 2025-01-02
A Christmas Carol 2020-12-04
Written on Water 2020-12-01
Love, Cecil 2017-12-01
Quand Jean devint Renoir 2017-04-30
The Perfect Age 2017-04-22
Leslie Caron: The Reluctant Star 2016-06-28
Warren Beatty - Mister Hollywood 2015-10-04
Il était une fois... « La règle du jeu » 2011-09-09
Mother of Normandy: The Story of Simone Renaud 2010-05-15
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff 2010-05-05
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000s 2009-08-11
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical 2009-03-10
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History 2008-10-14
Thank Heaven! The Making of 'Gigi' 2008-09-16
'S Wonderful: Creating An American in Paris 2008-09-16
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical 2008-01-10
Le Divorce 2003-08-08
Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer 2002-09-24
From Russia to Hollywood: The 100-Year Odyssey of Chekhov and Shdanoff 2002-08-25
Murder on the Orient Express 2001-04-22
Chocolat 2000-12-22
The Last of the Blonde Bombshells 2000-08-26
Passion's Way 1999-07-25
The Ring 1996-10-20
Let It Be Me 1995-11-17
Funny Bones 1995-09-20
That's Entertainment! III 1994-07-01
Normandy: The Great Crusade 1994-01-01
Damage 1992-12-02
Warriors and Prisoners 1990-09-05
Lenin: The Train 1990-04-30
Courage Mountain 1990-02-14
The Man Who Lived at the Ritz 1988-11-28
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man 1988-06-05
Reel Horror 1985-10-01
Dangerous Moves 1984-04-15
The Unapproachable 1982-08-01
Imperative 1982-04-01
The Contract 1982-03-03
Chanel Solitaire 1981-01-01
All Stars 1980-01-16
Goldengirl 1979-10-06
Valentino 1977-09-07
The Man Who Loved Women 1977-04-27
Nicole 1976-12-30
Surreal Estate 1976-11-17
That's Entertainment, Part II 1976-05-16
James Dean: The First American Teenager 1975-09-30
That's Entertainment! 1974-06-21
Carola 1973-02-06
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli 1973-01-01
Chandler 1971-12-01
Madron 1970-12-01
The Head of the Family 1967-09-29
Is Paris Burning? 1966-10-26
Promise Her Anything 1966-02-22
A Very Special Favor 1965-08-02
Father Goose 1964-12-10
The Four Truths 1962-12-21
The L-Shaped Room 1962-11-20
Guns of Darkness 1962-07-19
Fanny 1961-06-28
The Subterraneans 1960-06-23
The Battle of Austerlitz 1960-06-17
The Man Who Understood Women 1959-10-02
The Doctor's Dilemma 1959-01-01
Gigi 1958-05-15
Gaby 1956-05-09
Daddy Long Legs 1955-05-05
The Glass Slipper 1955-03-24
The Story of Three Loves 1953-03-26
Lili 1953-03-10
Glory Alley 1952-06-06
The Million Dollar Nickel 1952-01-01
The Man with a Cloak 1951-11-27
An American in Paris 1951-09-26

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