Acting credits
95
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Leslie Caron
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 76Series: 19
TMDB ID: 5320
IMDb ID: nm0001989
Known for: Acting
Born: July 1, 1931
Age: 94
Place of birth: Boulogne-Billancourt, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], France
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1944 - 2025
Years active: 82
Average TMDB rating: 6.62
Wikidata: Q230023
Also known as
Лесли Карон • Leslie Claire Margaret Caron
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.
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Movies
Movie credits linked with Leslie Caron.
6.5
Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood
as Self - Interviewee (archive footage)
2025 Movie
7.5
A Christmas Carol
as The Ghost of Christmas Past (voice)
2020 Movie
4.0
Written on Water
as Pauline
2020 Movie
Gershwin: The American Classic
2018 Movie
6.4
Love, Cecil
as Self
2017 Movie
10.0
Quand Jean devint Renoir
as Self - Interviewee
2017 Movie
The Perfect Age
as Marguerite
2017 Movie
7.7
Leslie Caron: The Reluctant Star
as Herself
2016 Movie
Il était une fois... « La règle du jeu »
as Self (actrice et amie de Jean Renoir)
2011 Movie
Mother of Normandy: The Story of Simone Renaud
as Simone Renaud (Voice)
2010 Movie
6.6
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
as Fanny (archive footage)
2010 Movie
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000s
as Self
2009 Movie
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical
as Self (archive)
2009 Movie
8.0
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History
as Self
2008 Movie
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical
as Self
2008 Movie
4.9
Le Divorce
as Suzanne de Persand
2003 Movie
7.6
Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer
as Self
2002 Movie
7.0
From Russia to Hollywood: The 100-Year Odyssey of Chekhov and Shdanoff
as Self
2002 Movie
6.1
Murder on the Orient Express
as Miss Alvarado
2001 Movie
7.0
Chocolat
as Mrs. Audel
2000 Movie
6.7
The Last of the Blonde Bombshells
as Madeleine
2000 Movie
4.0
Passion's Way
as Regine De Chantelle
1999 Movie
Jean-Pierre Aumont, charme et fou-rires
as Self
1999 Movie
5.6
The Ring
as Madame de Saint Marne
1996 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Leslie Caron.
7.4
The Durrells
as Countess Mavrodaki • 6 eps
2016 Series
7.9
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Lorraine Delmas • 1 eps
1999 Series
8.2
The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century
as Czarina Aleksandra Romanov (voice) • 1 eps
1996 Series
6.0
Lenin... The Train
as Nadeschda 'Nadia' Krupskaja • 2 eps
1988 Series
5.9
Master of the Game
as Solange Dunas • 9 eps
1984 Series
5.5
Falcon Crest
as Nicole Sauguet • 3 eps
1981 Series
6.7
Tales of the Unexpected
as Nathalie Vareille • 1 eps
1979 Series
6.3
The Love Boat
as Mrs. Duvall • 1 eps
1977 Series
6.0
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
as Self • 2 eps
1975 Series
7.7
QB VII
as Angela Kelno • 2 eps
1974 Series
8.0
Le Grand Échiquier
as Self • 1 eps
1972 Series
7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self • 1 eps
1962 Series
6.2
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self • 2 eps
1962 Series
8.0
Cinépanorama
as Self • 1 eps
1956 Series
MGM Parade
as self • 2 eps
1955 Series
2.0
Reflets de Cannes
as Self • 1 eps
1954 Series
7.1
The Oscars
as Self • 2 eps
1953 Series
6.8
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self • 1 eps
1948 Series
7.2
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee / Presenter • 1 eps
1944 Series