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10.0
Normandy: The Great Crusade
1994
as Mary-Louise Osmont (voice)
Leslie Caron
Acting
Born:July 1, 1931(age 95)
Birthplace:Boulogne-Billancourt, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], France
Nationality:France
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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.
Filmography (74 movies)
10.0
10.0
Quand Jean devint Renoir
2017
as Self - Interviewee
8.0
8.0
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History
2008
as Self
7.7
7.7
Leslie Caron: The Reluctant Star
2016
as Herself
7.7
7.7
Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer
2002
as Self
7.3
7.3
A Christmas Carol
2020
as The Ghost of Christmas Past (voice)
7.3
7.3
That's Entertainment!
1974
as (archive footage)
7.2
7.2
Is Paris Burning?
1966
as Françoise Labé
7.1
7.1
The Man Who Loved Women
1977
as Véra
7.0
7.0
An American in Paris
1951
as Lise Bouvier
7.0
7.0
Father Goose
1964
as Catherine Freneau
7.0
7.0
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
1988
as Self
7.0
7.0
'S Wonderful: Creating An American in Paris
2008
7.0
7.0
Thank Heaven! The Making of 'Gigi'
2008
as Herself
7.0
7.0
Gaby
1956
as Gaby
7.0
7.0
That's Entertainment! III
1994
as (archive footage)
7.0
7.0
From Russia to Hollywood: The 100-Year Odyssey of Chekhov and Shdanoff
2002
as Self
7.0
7.0
Chocolat
2000
as Mrs. Audel
6.9
6.9
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
as (archive footage)
6.9
6.9
The Man with a Cloak
1951
as Madeline Minot
6.8
6.8
The L-Shaped Room
1962
as Jane Fosset
6.7
6.7
Fanny
1961
as Fanny
6.7
6.7
The Last of the Blonde Bombshells
2000
as Madeleine
6.6
6.6
Lili
1953
as Lili Daurier
6.6
6.6
The Battle of Austerlitz
1960
as Mlle de Vaudey
6.6
6.6
Damage
1992
as Elizabeth Prideaux
6.5
6.5
Funny Bones
1995
as Katie Parker
6.5
6.5
The Head of the Family
1967
as Paola
6.4
6.4
Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood
2025
as Self - Interviewee (archive footage)
6.4
6.4
Love, Cecil
2017
as Self
6.4
6.4
Daddy Long Legs
1955
as Julie Andre
6.2
6.2
Gigi
1958
as Gilberte "Gigi"
6.2
6.2
Lenin: The Train
1990
as Nedeshda Krupskaja
6.1
6.1
The Glass Slipper
1955
as Ella
6.1
6.1
The Doctor's Dilemma
1959
as Mrs. Dubedat
6.1
6.1
Murder on the Orient Express
2001
as Miss Alvarado
6.0
6.0
Carola
1973
as Carola
6.0
6.0
Guns of Darkness
1962
as Claire Jordan
6.0
6.0
James Dean: The First American Teenager
1975
as Self
5.8
5.8
The Story of Three Loves
1953
as Mademoiselle
5.8
5.8
Dangerous Moves
1984
as Henia Liebskind
5.7
5.7
Courage Mountain
1990
as Jane Hilary
5.7
5.7
Valentino
1977
as Alla Nazimova
5.7
5.7
A Very Special Favor
1965
as Dr. Lauren Boullard
5.5
5.5
Glory Alley
1952
as Angela
5.5
5.5
Imperative
1982
as Mother
5.2
5.2
The Ring
1996
as Madame de Saint Marne
5.1
5.1
Madron
1970
as Sister Mary
5.0
5.0
Let It Be Me
1995
as Marguerite
5.0
5.0
The Contract
1982
as Penelopa Wilson
4.9
4.9
Le Divorce
2003
as Suzanne de Persand
4.8
4.8
The Subterraneans
1960
as Mardou Fox
4.8
4.8
Goldengirl
1979
as Dr. Sammy Lee
4.3
4.3
Chandler
1971
as Katherine Creighton
4.0
4.0
Surreal Estate
1976
as Céleste
4.0
4.0
Passion's Way
1999
as Regine De Chantelle
4.0
4.0
The Million Dollar Nickel
1952
as Herself
4.0
4.0
Written on Water
2020
as Pauline
3.9
3.9
The Four Truths
1962
as Annie (segment "Les deux pigeons")
3.5
3.5
Promise Her Anything
1966
as Michele O'Brien
3.3
3.3
The Man Who Lived at the Ritz
1988
as Coco Chanel
3.0
3.0
The Man Who Understood Women
1959
as Ann Garantier
2.8
2.8
Nicole
1976
as Nicole
2.4
2.4
Reel Horror
1985
as Nicole (archive footage)
1.0
1.0
Warriors and Prisoners
1990
as Madame Yvonne
Il était une fois... « La règle du jeu »
2011
as Self (actrice et amie de Jean Renoir)
The Unapproachable
1982
Mother of Normandy: The Story of Simone Renaud
2010
as Simone Renaud (Voice)
All Stars
1980
as Lucille Berger
The Perfect Age
2017
as Marguerite
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical
2008
as Self
Jean-Pierre Aumont, charme et fou-rires
1999
as Self
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical
2009
as Self (archive)
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000s
2009
as Self
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