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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.

Personal information

Birthday

1931-07-01

Birth Place

Boulogne-Billancourt, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], France

Movies and TV shows :

'S Wonderful: Creating An American in Paris

'S Wonderful: Creating An American in Paris

2008

7.0

Movie
A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol

2020

7.4

Movie
A Very Special Favor

A Very Special Favor

1965

5.7

Movie
All Stars

All Stars

1980

0.0

Movie
An American in Paris

An American in Paris

1951

7.0

Movie
poster

Best of The Dean Martin Variety Show

1966

0.0

TV
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff

Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff

2010

6.9

Movie
Carola

Carola

1973

6.0

Movie
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man

Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man

1988

7.0

Movie
Chandler

Chandler

1971

4.5

Movie
Chocolat

Chocolat

2000

7.0

Movie
poster

Cinépanorama

1956

8.0

TV
Courage Mountain

Courage Mountain

1990

6.5

Movie
Daddy Long Legs

Daddy Long Legs

1955

6.3

Movie
Damage

Damage

1992

6.6

Movie
Dangerous Moves

Dangerous Moves

1984

5.8

Movie
poster

Falcon Crest

1981

5.6

TV
Fanny

Fanny

1961

6.8

Movie
Father Goose

Father Goose

1964

7.0

Movie
From Russia to Hollywood: The 100-Year Odyssey of Chekhov and Shdanoff

From Russia to Hollywood: The 100-Year Odyssey of Chekhov and Shdanoff

2002

7.0

Movie
Funny Bones

Funny Bones

1995

6.5

Movie
Gaby

Gaby

1956

7.0

Movie
Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer

Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer

2002

7.7

Movie
Gigi

Gigi

1958

6.2

Movie
Glory Alley

Glory Alley

1952

5.9

Movie
Goldengirl

Goldengirl

1979

4.8

Movie
Guns of Darkness

Guns of Darkness

1962

6.0

Movie
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000s

Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000s

2009

0.0

Movie
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History

Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History

2008

7.0

Movie
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical

Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical

2008

0.0

Movie
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical

Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical

2009

0.0

Movie
Il était une fois... « La règle du jeu »

Il était une fois... « La règle du jeu »

2011

0.0

Movie
Imperative

Imperative

1982

5.5

Movie
Is Paris Burning?

Is Paris Burning?

1966

7.2

Movie
James Dean: The First American Teenager

James Dean: The First American Teenager

1975

6.0

Movie
poster

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999

7.9

TV
Le Divorce

Le Divorce

2003

5.0

Movie
poster

Le Grand Échiquier

1972

8.0

TV
Lenin: The Train

Lenin: The Train

1990

6.1

Movie
poster

Lenin... The Train

1988

6.0

TV
poster

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

1975

6.0

TV
Leslie Caron: The Reluctant Star

Leslie Caron: The Reluctant Star

2016

7.7

Movie
Let It Be Me

Let It Be Me

1995

5.6

Movie
Lili

Lili

1953

6.7

Movie
Love, Cecil

Love, Cecil

2017

6.4

Movie
Madron

Madron

1970

5.1

Movie
poster

Master of the Game

1984

5.9

TV
Murder on the Orient Express

Murder on the Orient Express

2001

6.1

Movie
Nicole

Nicole

1978

2.8

Movie
Normandy: The Great Crusade

Normandy: The Great Crusade

1994

10.0

Movie
Passion's Way

Passion's Way

1999

4.0

Movie
Promise Her Anything

Promise Her Anything

1966

3.3

Movie
poster

QB VII

1974

7.7

TV
Quand Jean devint Renoir

Quand Jean devint Renoir

2017

10.0

Movie
Reel Horror

Reel Horror

1985

2.4

Movie
poster

Reflets de Cannes

1954

0.0

TV
Surreal Estate

Surreal Estate

1976

4.6

Movie
poster

Tales of the Unexpected

1979

6.7

TV
Thank Heaven! The Making of 'Gigi'

Thank Heaven! The Making of 'Gigi'

2008

7.0

Movie
That's Entertainment, Part II

That's Entertainment, Part II

1976

6.8

Movie
That's Entertainment!

That's Entertainment!

1974

7.2

Movie
That's Entertainment! III

That's Entertainment! III

1994

6.9

Movie
The Battle of Austerlitz

The Battle of Austerlitz

1960

6.5

Movie
The Contract

The Contract

1980

5.3

Movie
The Doctor's Dilemma

The Doctor's Dilemma

1959

6.1

Movie
poster

The Durrells

2016

7.5

TV
poster

The Ed Sullivan Show

1948

6.6

TV
The Four Truths

The Four Truths

1962

4.2

Movie
The Glass Slipper

The Glass Slipper

1955

6.3

Movie
poster

The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century

1996

8.3

TV
The Head of the Family

The Head of the Family

1967

6.7

Movie
The L-Shaped Room

The L-Shaped Room

1962

6.7

Movie
The Last of the Blonde Bombshells

The Last of the Blonde Bombshells

2000

6.7

Movie
The Man Who Lived at the Ritz

The Man Who Lived at the Ritz

1988

4.0

Movie
The Man Who Loved Women

The Man Who Loved Women

1977

7.2

Movie
The Man Who Understood Women

The Man Who Understood Women

1959

3.6

Movie
The Man with a Cloak

The Man with a Cloak

1951

6.9

Movie
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli

The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli

1973

0.0

Movie
poster

The Merv Griffin Show

1962

5.6

TV
The Million Dollar Nickel

The Million Dollar Nickel

1952

4.0

Movie
poster

The Oscars

1953

7.0

TV
The Perfect Age

The Perfect Age

2017

0.0

Movie
The Ring

The Ring

1996

5.7

Movie
The Story of Three Loves

The Story of Three Loves

1953

5.5

Movie
The Subterraneans

The Subterraneans

1960

4.8

Movie
poster

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

7.4

TV
The Unapproachable

The Unapproachable

1982

0.0

Movie
Valentino

Valentino

1977

5.9

Movie
Warren Beatty - Mister Hollywood

Warren Beatty - Mister Hollywood

2015

5.4

Movie
Warriors and Prisoners

Warriors and Prisoners

1990

1.0

Movie
Written on Water

Written on Water

2020

5.0

Movie