Leslie Caron
Born July 01, 1931 (Age: 94)
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Boulogne-Billancourt, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], France
Biography
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.
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.
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Filmography
Il était une fois... « La règle du jeu »
2011
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as Self (actrice et amie de Jean Renoir)
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Age: 80
Mother of Normandy: The Story of Simone Renaud
2010
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as Simone Renaud (Voice)
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Age: 78
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000s
2009
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as Self
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Age: 78
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical
2009
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as Self (archive)
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Age: 77
Le Divorce
2003
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as Suzanne de Persand
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Age: 72
Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer
2002
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as Self
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Age: 71
From Russia to Hollywood: The 100-Year Odyssey of Chekhov and Shdanoff
2002
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as Self
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Age: 71
Chocolat
2000
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as Mrs. Audel
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Age: 69
The Last of the Blonde Bombshells
2000
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as Madeleine
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Age: 69
Jean-Pierre Aumont, charme et fou-rires
1999
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as Self
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Age: 67
The Ring
1996
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as Madame de Saint Marne
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Age: 65
That's Entertainment! III
1994
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as (archive footage)
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Age: 63
Normandy: The Great Crusade
1994
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as Mary-Louise Osmont (voice)
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Age: 62
Damage
1992
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as Elizabeth Prideaux
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Age: 61
Warriors and Prisoners
1990
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as Madame Yvonne
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Age: 59
Lenin: The Train
1990
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as Nedeshda Krupskaja
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Age: 58
Courage Mountain
1990
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as Jane Hilary
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Age: 58
The Man Who Lived at the Ritz
1988
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as Coco Chanel
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Age: 57
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
1988
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as Self
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Age: 56
Reel Horror
1985
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as Nicole (archive footage)
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Age: 54
Chanel Solitaire
1981
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as (uncredited)
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Age: 50
All Stars
1980
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as Lucille Berger
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Age: 48
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
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as (archive footage)
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Age: 44
That's Entertainment!
1974
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as (archive footage)
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Age: 42
Carola
1973
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as Carola
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Age: 41
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
1973
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 41
A Very Special Favor
1965
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as Dr. Lauren Boullard
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Age: 34
Father Goose
1964
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as Catherine Freneau
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Age: 33
The Four Truths
1962
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as Annie (segment "Les deux pigeons")
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Age: 31
The L-Shaped Room
1962
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as Jane Fosset
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Age: 31
Guns of Darkness
1962
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as Claire Jordan
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Age: 31
Fanny
1961
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as Fanny
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Age: 29
The Subterraneans
1960
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as Mardou Fox
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Age: 28
The Battle of Austerlitz
1960
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as Mlle de Vaudey
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Age: 28
The Man Who Understood Women
1959
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as Ann Garantier
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Age: 28
The Doctor's Dilemma
1959
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as Mrs. Dubedat
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Age: 27
Gigi
1958
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as Gilberte "Gigi"
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Age: 26
Gaby
1956
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as Gaby
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Age: 24
Daddy Long Legs
1955
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as Julie Andre
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Age: 23
The Glass Slipper
1955
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as Ella
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Age: 23
The Story of Three Loves
1953
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as Mademoiselle
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Age: 21
Lili
1953
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as Lili Daurier
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Age: 21