Leslie Caron

Born: 1931-07-01

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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Damage

as Elizabeth Prideaux
Released: 1992-12-02

The life of a respected British politician at the height of his career crumbles when he becomes...

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Gigi

as Gilberte "Gigi"
Released: 1958-05-15

A home, a motorcar, servants, the latest fashions: the most eligible and most finicky bachelor...

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Chocolat

as Mrs. Audel
Released: 2000-12-22

A mother and daughter move to a small French town where they open a chocolate shop. The town,...

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An American in Paris

as Lise Bouvier
Released: 1951-09-26

Jerry Mulligan is an exuberant American expatriate in Paris trying to make a reputation as a...

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Daddy Long Legs

as Julie Andre
Released: 1955-05-05

Wealthy American, Jervis Pendleton has a chance encounter at a French orphanage with a cheerful...

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Le Divorce

as Suzanne de Persand
Released: 2003-08-08

While visiting her sister in Paris, a young woman finds romance and learns her brother-in-law is...

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Father Goose

as Catherine Freneau
Released: 1964-12-10

During World War II, South Sea beachcomber Walter Eckland is persuaded to spy on planes passing...

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Lili

as Lili Daurier
Released: 1953-03-10

Members of a circus troupe "adopt" Lili Daurier when she finds herself stranded in a strange...

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Is Paris Burning?

as Françoise Labé
Released: 1966-10-26

Near the end of World War II, Gen. Dietrich von Choltitz receives orders to burn down Paris if...

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That's Entertainment!

as (archive footage)
Released: 1974-06-21

Various MGM stars from yesterday present their favorite musical moments from the studio's 50...

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The Battle of Austerlitz

as Mlle de Vaudey
Released: 1960-06-17

Napoleon Bonaparte crowns himself emperor and fights the English, Austrians and Russians in 1802.

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The Man Who Loved Women

as Véra
Released: 1977-04-27

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Murder on the Orient Express

as Miss Alvarado
Released: 2001-04-22

Agatha Christie's classic whodunit speeds into the twenty-first century. World-famous sleuth...

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The L-Shaped Room

as Jane Fosset
Released: 1962-11-20

Jane is young, French, pregnant and unmarried. Bucking convention, she is uninterested in...

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Valentino

as Alla Nazimova
Released: 1977-09-07

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The Glass Slipper

as Ella
Released: 1955-03-24

Musical adaptation of the story of Cinderella and her magical trip to the prince's ball.

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Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man

as Self
Released: 1988-06-05

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Funny Bones

as Katie Parker
Released: 1995-09-20

Tommy Fawkes wants to be a successful comedian. After his Las Vegas debut is a failure, he...

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as Self
Released: 2002-08-25

From Czarist Russia's Moscow Art Theatre to Hollywood's biggest film, narrator Gregory Peck...

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Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer

as Self
Released: 2002-09-24

American Masters Series. Documentary on Gene Kelly that gives insight into his dancing, how he...

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as Nedeshda Krupskaja
Released: 1990-04-30

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The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 1973-01-01

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Fanny

as Fanny
Released: 1961-06-28

Almost 19-year-old Marius feels himself in a rut in Marseille, his life planned for him by his...

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Passion's Way

as Regine De Chantelle
Released: 1999-07-25

Set in early 1900s France, a widow renews a former romantic interest until it is discovered that...

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Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff

as Fanny (archive footage)
Released: 2010-05-05

In 2001 Jack Cardiff (1914-2009) became the first director of photography in the history of the...

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The Head of the Family

as Paola
Released: 1967-09-29

A man is delighted to hear that his wife is pregnant and he begins to prepare for the wonders of...

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That's Entertainment, Part II

as (archive footage)
Released: 1976-05-16

Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire present more golden moments from the MGM film library, this time...

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Dangerous Moves

as Henia Liebskind
Released: 1984-04-15

World Chess Champion Akiva Liebskind (Michel Piccoli) faces his former pupil Pavius Fromm...

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The Man Who Lived at the Ritz

as Coco Chanel
Released: 1988-11-28

In this drama, an American art student is trapped amidst the political turmoil of war-torn...

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A Christmas Carol

as The Ghost of Christmas Past (voice)
Released: 2020-12-04

The radical new take on Dickens’ classic seeks both to exhume the original story’s gritty...

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The Story of Three Loves

as Mademoiselle
Released: 1953-03-26

Passengers on an ocean liner recall their greatest loves.

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Gaby

as Gaby
Released: 1956-05-09

A ballerina resorts to prostitution when her fiance is reported killed in World War II.

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All Stars

as Lucille Berger
Released: 1980-01-16

Three music students decide to create a science-fiction musical.

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The Ring

as Madame de Saint Marne
Released: 1996-10-20

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The Last of the Blonde Bombshells

as Madeleine
Released: 2000-08-26

After Elizabeth's husband dies, she begins to play her tenor saxophone again, and remembers when...

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Let It Be Me

as Marguerite
Released: 1995-11-17

Right after getting engaged, a man starts taking dance lessons.

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Warriors and Prisoners

as Madame Yvonne
Released: 1990-09-05

Patagonia, Argentina, 1880s. During the Conquest of the Desert, Marguerite, the French wife of...

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Promise Her Anything

as Michele O'Brien
Released: 1966-02-22

A widowed mother decides to go after the child psychologist she works for because she thinks...

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The Doctor's Dilemma

as Mrs. Dubedat
Released: 1959-01-01

Four doctors face a serious dilemma when the beautiful wife of a TB-stricken artist begs one of...

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The Contract

as Penelopa Wilson, bratowa Adama, matka Patrycji
Released: 1980-11-17

Bearing traces of the old Anton Chekhov play The Wedding, The Contract is set during an...

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The Subterraneans

as Mardou Fox
Released: 1960-06-23

A disillusioned writer explores the subterranean depths of San Francisco's North Beach district.

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A Very Special Favor

as Dr. Lauren Boullard
Released: 1965-08-02

The long-lost father of a frigid, uptight Freudian psychologist contracts a wealthy American...

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The Man Who Understood Women

as Ann Garantier
Released: 1959-10-02

A film director turns his actress wife into a star, leading to marital problems.

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That's Entertainment! III

as (archive footage)
Released: 1994-07-01

Some of MGM'S musical stars review the studios history of musicals. From The Hollywood Revue of...

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Madron

as Sister Mary
Released: 1970-12-01

A nun, the only survivor of an Indian massacre of a wagon train, is taken in by a cantankerous...

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Goldengirl

as Dr. Sammy Lee
Released: 1979-10-06

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Guns of Darkness

as Claire Jordan
Released: 1962-07-19

Committed pacifist Tom Jordan's decision to help former President Rivera escape a military coup...

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Imperative

as Mother
Released: 1982-04-01

Polish director Krzysztof Zanussi once more explores the dilemma of intellectualism at the...

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

as Self (archive)
Released: 2009-03-10

During the 1950s, musical masterpieces that have yet to be equaled were produced in Cinemascope...

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The Four Truths

as Annie (segment "Les deux pigeons")
Released: 1962-12-21

"Les quatre vérités" aka "The Four Truths" is a movie anthology that consists of four segments,...

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Warren Beatty - Mister Hollywood

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2015-10-04

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The Man with a Cloak

as Madeline Minot
Released: 1951-11-27

Set in 19th-century New York, this mystery begins when a Frenchwoman shows up at the home of one...

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Glory Alley

as Angela
Released: 1952-06-06

A New Orleans boxer backs out of a bout and leaves his girlfriend for Korea.

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Reel Horror

as Nicole (archive footage)
Released: 1985-10-01

Evil spirits that emerge from cans of old movie film terrorize a neighborhood.

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Nicole

as Nicole
Released: 1978-09-10

Nicole is a beautiful, rich and neurotic woman who lives in a mansion alone with her maids and...

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Chandler

as Katherine Creighton
Released: 1971-12-01

A private eye is hired to follow a mobster's former mistress.

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The Million Dollar Nickel

as Herself
Released: 1952-01-01

Short subject anti-communist 'documentary' in which foreign-born movie stars such as Leslie...

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Courage Mountain

as Jane Hilary
Released: 1990-02-14

At the beginning of World War I, a young Swiss girl is sent off to boarding school.

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Love, Cecil

as Self
Released: 2017-12-01

A documentary about Academy Award-winning costume designer Cecil Beaton. A respected...

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Normandy: The Great Crusade

as Mary-Louise Osmont (voice)
Released: 1994-01-01

Documentary on the World War II invasion of Normandy by the Allies on June 6, 1944 utilizing...

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Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History

as Self
Released: 2008-10-14

The history of Hollywood musical movies, from the very beginning until the 21st century, hosted...

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Quand Jean devint Renoir

as Self - Interviewee
Released: 2017-04-30

The fascinating story of a man destined to be only a son of and who sought all his life to...

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Leslie Caron: The Reluctant Star

as Herself
Released: 2016-06-28

Leslie Caron, beloved star of Gigi and An American in Paris, is one of the last witnesses to the...

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The Unapproachable

as uncredited
Released: 1982-08-01

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

as Self
Released: 2008-01-10

The 1920s was a time of great change in Hollywood. This program tells the story of the advent of...

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

as Self (actrice et amie de Jean Renoir)
Released: 2011-09-09

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Carola

as Carola
Released: 1973-02-06

Norman Lloyd directed this televised production of Jean Renoir's World War II-era play. Taking...

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Surreal Estate

as Céleste
Released: 1976-11-17

An English novelist is lured, with disconcerting and disorienting results, into purchasing a...

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James Dean: The First American Teenager

as Self
Released: 1975-09-30

Stacy Keach narrates this documentary that chronicles the abbreviated life and career of iconic...

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Written on Water

as Pauline
Released: 2020-12-01

A choreographer must face an unresolved romantic encounter from her past as she creates a new...

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

as Self
Released: 2009-08-11

In the 1980s we got our MTV but seemed to have lost much of the musical film in the process. But...

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The Perfect Age

as Marguerite
Released: 2017-04-22

One night, a little boy is forced to spend the evening at his grandmother's, an eighty-year-old...

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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as Lorraine Delmas
First aired: 1999-09-20

In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In...

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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Self
First aired: 1962-10-01

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight...

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Falcon Crest

as Nicole Sauguet
First aired: 1981-12-04

Falcon Crest is an American primetime television soap opera which aired on the CBS network for...

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Cinépanorama

as Self
First aired: 1956-02-04

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Le Grand Échiquier

as Self
First aired: 1972-01-12

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The Merv Griffin Show

as Self
First aired: 1962-10-01

The Merv Griffin Show is an American television talk show, starring Merv Griffin. The series ran...

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Tales of the Unexpected

as Nathalie Vareille
First aired: 1979-03-24

A British television anthology of stories, often with sinister and wryly comedic undertones, and...

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The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self (archive footage)
First aired: 1948-06-20

The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June...

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The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self
First aired: 1948-06-20

The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June...

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Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

as Self
First aired: 1975-01-12

A talk show presented by Michel Drucker

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The Durrells

as Countess Mavrodaki
First aired: 2016-04-03

In 1935, financially strapped widow Louisa Durrell, whose life has fallen apart, decides to move...

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The Oscars

as Self
First aired: 1953-03-19

An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The...

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QB VII

as Angela Kelno
First aired: 1974-04-29

A physician sues a novelist for publishing statements implicating the doctor in Nazi war crimes.

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The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century

as Czarina Aleksandra Romanov (voice)
First aired: 1996-11-10

The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century is a 1996 documentary series that aired on...

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Master of the Game

as Solange Dunas
First aired: 1984-02-19

Elderly Kate Blackwell looks back at her family's life beginning with her Scottish father Jamie...

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Reflets de Cannes

as Self
First aired: 1954-03-25

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Lenin... The Train

as Nadia
First aired: 1988-11-30

In March 1917, amidst World War I, a sealed train carries Russian revolutionaries, led by Lenin,...

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