Leslie Caron

Actor Jul 1 (age 94) Boulogne-Billancourt, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], France 1944–2025 (81 year career)

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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…

Known For

Film

Chocolat

Mrs. Audel

Film

An American in Paris

Lise Bouvier

Film

Damage

Elizabeth Prideaux

Film

Is Paris Burning?

Françoise Labé

Film

The Man Who Loved Women

Véra

Film

Father Goose

Catherine Freneau

Film

Gigi

Gilberte "Gigi"

Film

That's Entertainment!

(archive footage)

Filmography

Acting (96)

Movies (78)

Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood

2025

as Self - Interviewee (archive footage)

Written on Water

as Pauline

A Christmas Carol

as The Ghost of Christmas Past (voice)

7.5

Gershwin: The American Classic

2018

Quand Jean devint Renoir

2017

as Self - Interviewee

Love, Cecil

as Self

The Perfect Age

as Marguerite

Leslie Caron: The Reluctant Star

2016

as Herself

7.7

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

2011

as Self (actrice et amie de Jean Renoir)

Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff

2010

as Fanny (archive footage)

6.6

Mother of Normandy: The Story of Simone Renaud

2010

as Simone Renaud (Voice)

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

2009

as Self

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

2009

as Self (archive)

'S Wonderful: Creating An American in Paris

2008

6.5

Thank Heaven! The Making of 'Gigi'

2008

as Herself

7.0

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

2008

as Self

Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History

2008

as Self

8.0

Le Divorce

2003

as Suzanne de Persand

4.9

Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer

2002

as Self

7.6

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

2002

as Self

7.0

Murder on the Orient Express

as Miss Alvarado

Chocolat

as Mrs. Audel

The Last of the Blonde Bombshells

2000

as Madeleine

6.7

Passion's Way

1999

as Regine De Chantelle

4.0

Jean-Pierre Aumont, charme et fou-rires

1999

as Self

The Ring

1996

as Madame de Saint Marne

Funny Bones

as Katie Parker

Let It Be Me

as Marguerite

That's Entertainment! III

1994

as (archive footage)

7.0

Normandy: The Great Crusade

1994

as Mary-Louise Osmont (voice)

10.0

Damage

1992

as Elizabeth Prideaux

6.6

Warriors and Prisoners

as Madame Yvonne

Courage Mountain

as Jane Hilary

Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man

1988

as Self

7.0

Lenin: The Train

1988

as Nedeshda Krupskaja

6.2

The Man Who Lived at the Ritz

1988

as Coco Chanel

3.3

Reel Horror

1985

as Nicole (archive footage)

Dangerous Moves

as Henia Liebskind

The Contract

as Penelopa Wilson

The Unapproachable

Imperative

as Mother

Chanel Solitaire

as (uncredited)

All Stars

as Lucille Berger

Goldengirl

as Dr. Sammy Lee

Valentino

as Alla Nazimova

The Man Who Loved Women

as Véra

Surreal Estate

as Céleste

Nicole

as Nicole

That's Entertainment, Part II

1976

as (archive footage)

6.9

James Dean: The First American Teenager

1975

as Self

6.0

That's Entertainment!

as (archive footage)

Carola

as Carola

The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli

1973

as Self (archive footage)

Chandler

1971

as Katherine Creighton

4.3

Madron

1970

as Sister Mary

5.1

The Head of the Family

as Paola

Is Paris Burning?

as Françoise Labé

Promise Her Anything

as Michele O'Brien

A Very Special Favor

as Dr. Lauren Boullard

Father Goose

as Catherine Freneau

The L-Shaped Room

as Jane Fosset

The Four Truths

as Annie (segment "Les deux pigeons")

Guns of Darkness

as Claire Jordan

Fanny

as Fanny

The Battle of Austerlitz

as Mlle de Vaudey

The Subterraneans

as Mardou Fox

The Doctor's Dilemma

as Mrs. Dubedat

The Man Who Understood Women

as Ann Garantier

Gigi

as Gilberte "Gigi"

Gaby

as Gaby

Daddy Long Legs

as Julie Andre

The Glass Slipper

as Ella

Lili

as Lili Daurier

The Story of Three Loves

as Mademoiselle

Glory Alley

as Angela

The Million Dollar Nickel

as Herself

An American in Paris

as Lise Bouvier

The Man with a Cloak

as Madeline Minot

Television (18)

The Durrells

2016

as Countess Mavrodaki

7.4

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999

as Lorraine Delmas

7.9

The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century

1996

as Czarina Aleksandra Romanov (voice)

8.2

Lenin... The Train

1988

as Nadeschda 'Nadia' Krupskaja

Master of the Game

as Solange Dunas

Falcon Crest

as Nicole Sauguet

Tales of the Unexpected

as Nathalie Vareille

The Love Boat

as Mrs. Duvall

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

as Self

QB VII

as Angela Kelno

Le Grand Échiquier

as Self

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

as Self

7.5

The Merv Griffin Show

as Self

Cinépanorama

as Self

Reflets de Cannes

as Self

The Oscars

as Self

The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self

Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Nominee / Presenter

7.2