Cast & creator
Leslie Caron
Best known for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, The Merv Griffin Show
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.
Also known as: Лесли Карон, Leslie Claire Margaret Caron
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film credits
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television credits
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1944–2025 · acting roles
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Filmography (99)
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Lorraine Delmas
1999
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
1962
The Love Boat
Mrs. Duvall
1977
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee / Presenter
1944
Falcon Crest
Nicole Sauguet
1981
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self
1975
Tales of the Unexpected
Nathalie Vareille
1979
Le Grand Échiquier
Self
1972
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948
The Oscars
Self
1953
The Durrells
Countess Mavrodaki
2016
Cinépanorama
Self
1956
MGM Parade
self
1955
Ciné regards
Self
1978
Reflets de Cannes
Self
1954
Chocolat
Mrs. Audel
2000
Damage
Elizabeth Prideaux
1992
Master of the Game
Solange Dunas
1984
An American in Paris
Lise Bouvier
1951
Pour le plaisir
Self
1964
Is Paris Burning?
Françoise Labé
1966
The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century
Czarina Aleksandra Romanov (voice)
1996
QB VII
Angela Kelno
1974
Lenin... The Train
Nadeschda 'Nadia' Krupskaja
1988
Le Divorce
Suzanne de Persand
2003
The Story of Three Loves
Mademoiselle
1953
Gigi
Gigi
1958
Daddy Long Legs
Julie Andre
1955
Austerlitz
Mlle de Vaudey
1960
Funny Bones
Katie Parker
1995
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000s
Self
2009
Father Goose
Catherine Freneau
1964
That's Entertainment, Part II
(archive footage)
1976
Let It Be Me
Marguerite
1995
The L-Shaped Room
Jane Fosset
1962
That's Entertainment! III
(archive footage) (uncredited)
1994
Valentino
Alla Nazimova
1977
The Man Who Loved Women
Véra
1977
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
Fanny (archive footage)
2010
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
Self (archive footage)
1973
That's Entertainment!
(archive footage) (uncredited)
1974
Lili
Lili Daurier
1953
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
Self
1988
Lenin: The Train
Nedeshda Krupskaja
1988
Murder on the Orient Express
Miss Alvarado
2001
The Last of the Blonde Bombshells
Madeleine
2000
Courage Mountain
Jane Hilary
1990
A Very Special Favor
Dr. Lauren Boullard
1965
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History
Self
2008
James Dean: The First American Teenager
Self
1975
Chandler
Katherine Creighton
1971
The Man with a Cloak
Madeline Minot
1951
Goldengirl
Dr. Sammy Lee
1979
Surreal Estate
Céleste
1976
The Glass Slipper
Ella
1955
Nicole
Nicole
1976
The Four Truths
Annie (segment "Les deux pigeons")
1962
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical
Self (archive)
2009
Quand Jean devint Renoir
Self - Interviewee
2017
Normandy: The Great Crusade
Mary-Louise Osmont (voice)
1994
Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer
Self
2002
Dangerous Moves
Henia Liebskind
1984
'S Wonderful: Creating An American in Paris
2008
Gene Kelly: An American in Hollywood
Self - Interviewee (archive footage)
2025
Promise Her Anything
Michele O'Brien
1966
From Russia to Hollywood: The 100-Year Odyssey of Chekhov and Shdanoff
Self
2002
Jean-Pierre Aumont, charme et fou-rires
Self
1999
The Man Who Understood Women
Ann Garantier
1959
Glory Alley
Angela
1952
Passion's Way
Regine De Chantelle
1999
The Ring
Madame de Saint Marne
1996
The Doctor's Dilemma
Mrs. Dubedat
1959
The Subterraneans
Mardou Fox
1960
Reel Horror
Nicole (archive footage)
1985
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical
Self
2008
All Stars
Lucille Berger
1980
Gershwin: The American Classic
2018
Fanny
Fanny
1961
Leslie Caron: The Reluctant Star
Herself
2016
The Head of the Family
Paola
1967
Chanel Solitaire
(uncredited)
1981
The Man Who Lived at the Ritz
Coco Chanel
1988
The Million Dollar Nickel
Self
1952
A Christmas Carol
The Ghost of Christmas Past (voice)
2020
Gaby
Gaby
1956
Mother of Normandy: The Story of Simone Renaud
Simone Renaud (Voice)
2010
Love, Cecil
Self
2017
The Unapproachable
1982
Guns of Darkness
Claire Jordan
1962
Il était une fois... « La règle du jeu »
Self (actrice et amie de Jean Renoir)
2011
Carola
Carola
1973
Written on Water
Pauline
2020Thank Heaven! The Making of 'Gigi'
Herself
2008
The Contract
Penelopa Wilson
1982
Warriors and Prisoners
Madame Yvonne
1990
Madron
Sister Mary
1970
The Perfect Age
Marguerite
2017
Imperative
Mother
1982