Leslie Caron
Gender: Female
Born: 1st July 1931 (currently 80 years old)
Nationality: United States of America, France
TV programs: QB VII, The 100 Greatest Musicals, Murder on the Orient Express
Movies: An American in Paris, Daddy Long Legs, Fanny, Father Goose, Gigi, Le Divorce, Lili, Valentino, Funny Bones, Gaby, The Glass Slipper, The L-Shaped Room, The Last of the Blonde Bombshells, Nicole, Murder on the Orient Express, QB VII, Chris & Don: A Love Story, Guns of Darkness, The Man with a Cloak, The Man Who Understood Women, Promise Her Anything, The Doctor's Dilemma, The Story of Three Loves, Chocolat, Kontrakt, The Man Who Loved Women, Danielle Steel's The Ring, Damage, Is Paris Burning?, Passion's Way, Three Fables of Love, A Very Special Favor, Courage Mountain, Carola, La diagonale du fou, From Russia to Hollywood, James Dean: The First American Teenager, Austerlitz, Glory Alley
Leslie Claire Margaret Caron (French pronunciation: [lɛzli kaʁɔ̃]; born 1 July 1931) is a French film actress and dancer, who appeared in 45 films between 1951 and 2003. In 2006, her performance in Law and Order: Special Victims Unit won her an Emmy for guest actress in a drama series. Her autobiography Thank Heaven, was published in 2010 in the UK and US, and in 2011 in a French version.
Caron is best known for the musical films An American in Paris (1951), Lili (1953), Daddy Long Legs (1955), Gigi (1958), and for the non-musical films Fanny (1961), The L-Shaped Room (1962), and Father Goose (1964). She received two Academy Award nominations for Best Actress. She speaks French, English, and Italian. She is one of the few dancers or actresses who has danced with Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire, Mikhail Baryshnikov, and Rudolf Nureyev.
Caron was born in Boulogne-sur-Seine, Seine (now Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine), France, the daughter of Margaret (née Petit), an American dancer on Broadway, and Claude Caron, a French chemist. Caron was prepared for a performing career from childhood by her mother.
Caron started her career as a ballerina. Gene Kelly discovered her in Roland Petit
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