Editing Leslie Caron

{{Short description|French and American actress and dancer (born 1931)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name          = Leslie Caron
| image         = LeslieCaronDec09 (cropped).jpg
| caption       = Caron in 2009
| birth_name    = Leslie Claire Margaret Caron
| birth_date    = {{birth date and age|1931|07|01|df=y}}
| birth_place   = [[Boulogne-Billancourt|Boulogne-sur-Seine]], [[Paris]], France
| years_active  = 1951–2020
| citizenship   = {{hlist|France|United States}}
| occupation    = {{hlist|Actress|dancer}}
| spouse        = {{plainlist|
* {{marriage|[[Geordie Hormel]]|1951|1954|end=divorced}}
* {{marriage|[[Peter Hall (director)|Peter Hall]]|1956|1965|end=divorced}}
* {{marriage|[[Michael Laughlin]]|1969|1980|end=divorced}}
}}
| children      = [[Christopher Hall (producer)|Christopher Hall]]<br />[[Jennifer Caron Hall]]
}}

'''Leslie Claire Margaret Caron''' ({{IPA|fr|lɛsli kaʁɔ̃|lang}}; born 1 July 1931) is a French and American actress and dancer. She is the recipient of a [[Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globe Award]], two [[British Academy Film Awards|BAFTA Awards]] and a [[Primetime Emmy Awards|Primetime Emmy Award]], in addition to nominations for two [[Academy Awards]].

Caron began her career as a ballerina. She made her film debut in the musical ''[[An American in Paris (film)|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 her role of an orphan in ''[[Lili (1953 film)|Lili]]'' (also 1953), which earned her the [[BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role|BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actress]] and garnered nominations for an [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]] and a [[Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globe Award]].

As a leading lady, Caron starred in films such as ''[[The Glass Slipper (film)|The Glass Slipper]]'' (1955), ''[[Daddy Long Legs (1955 film)|Daddy Long Legs]]'' (1955), ''[[Gigi (1958 film)|Gigi]]'' (1958), ''[[Fanny (1961 film)|Fanny]]'' (1961), both of which earned her Golden Globe nominations, ''[[Guns of Darkness]]'' (1962), ''[[The L-Shaped Room]]'' (1962), ''[[Father Goose (film)|Father Goose]]'' (1964) and ''[[A Very Special Favor]]'' (1965). For her role as 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? (film)|Is Paris Burning?]]'' (1966), ''[[The Man Who Loved Women (1977 film)|The Man Who Loved Women]]'' (1977), ''[[Valentino (1977 film)|Valentino]]'' (1977), ''[[Damage (1992 film)|Damage]]'' (1992), ''[[Funny Bones]]'' (1995), ''[[Chocolat (2000 film)|Chocolat]]'' (2000) and ''[[Le Divorce]]'' (2003). In 2007, she won the [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series]] for portraying heiress and rape victim, Lorraine Delmas, in ''[[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit]]''.

== Early life and family ==
[[File:Margaret Petit.png|thumb|left|Caron's mother, the ballet dancer Margaret Petit, on the front cover of ''Theatre Magazine'' in October 1921.]]
[[File:An American in Paris (1951) trailer 1.jpg|thumb|left|Leslie Caron and [[Gene Kelly]] in ''[[An American in Paris (film)|An American in Paris]]'' (1951).]]
Caron was born in [[Boulogne-sur-Seine]], [[Seine (department)|Seine]] (now [[Boulogne-Billancourt]], Hauts-de-Seine), the daughter of Margaret (née Petit), a Franco-American dancer on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]], and Claude Caron, a French chemist, pharmacist, perfumer and boutique owner.<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |last=Kisselgoff |first=Anna |title=DANCE; The Ballerina in Leslie Caron The Actress |date=March 12, 1995 |url-access=subscription |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990CE0DA1531F931A25750C0A963958260}}</ref> Claude Caron was the founder of the artisanal perfumier Guermantes.<ref>[https://www.perfumeintelligence.co.uk/library/perfume/g/g5/g5p6.htm "Guermantes"], ''Perfume Intelligence''. Retrieved March 27, 2022.</ref> While her older brother, Aimery Caron, became a chemist like their father, Leslie was prepared for a performing career from childhood by her mother.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fandango.com/people/leslie-caron-108323| title=Leslie Caron Biography| website=Fandango| access-date=February 1, 2019}}</ref> The family lost its wealth during World War II and could not provide a [[dowry]] for Caron. "My mother said: 'There's only one profession that leads you to marrying money and becoming a princess or duchess, and that's ballet.' ... My grandfather whispered heavily: 'Margaret, you want your daughter to be a whore?' I heard it. This has always followed me".
{{r|hattenstone20210621}}

Of the lost fortune, Caron recalled, "My mother died of it". Her mother, who had grown up in poverty, could not cope with their reduced circumstances. She became depressed and an alcoholic and, at age 67, killed herself.{{r|hattenstone20210621}}

==Career==
Caron was initially a ballerina. Gene Kelly discovered her in the [[Roland Petit]] company "Ballet des Champs Elysées" and cast her to appear opposite him in the musical ''[[An American in Paris (film)|An American in Paris]]'' (1951), a role for which a pregnant [[Cyd Charisse]] was originally cast. The prosperity, sunshine and abundance of California was a cultural shock to Caron. She had lived in Paris during the [[Paris in World War II|German occupation]], which left her [[Malnutrition|malnourished]] and [[Anemia|anemic]]. She later remarked how nice people were in comparison to wartime Paris, in which poverty and deprivation had caused people to be bitter and violent. She had a friendly relationship with Kelly, who nicknamed her "Lester the Pester"<ref>{{cite episode| title=Leslie Caron: Dancing From WWII Paris To Hollywood| url=https://www.npr.org/2012/11/29/166022200/leslie-caron-dancing-from-wwii-paris-to-hollywood| access-date=March 27, 2022| date=November 29, 2012| first=Susan| last=Stamberg| series=[[Morning Edition]]| network=[[NPR]]| language=en}}</ref> and "kid". Kelly helped the inexperienced Caron—who had never spoken on stage—adjust to filmmaking.{{r|hattenstone20210621}}.

Her role led to a seven-year [[MGM]] contract.{{r|hattenstone20210621}} The films which followed included the musical ''[[The Glass Slipper (film)|The Glass Slipper]]'' (1955) and the drama ''[[The Man with a Cloak]]'' (1951), with [[Joseph Cotten]] and [[Barbara Stanwyck]]. Still, Caron has said of herself: "Unfortunately, Hollywood considers musical dancers as hoofers. Regrettable expression."{{Citation needed |date=May 2021}} She also starred in the musicals ''[[Lili (1953 film)|Lili]]'' (1953, receiving an [[Academy Award for Best Actress]] nomination), with [[Mel Ferrer]]; ''[[Daddy Long Legs (1955 film)|Daddy Long Legs]]'' (1955), with [[Fred Astaire]]; and ''[[Gigi (1958 film)|Gigi]]'' (1958) with [[Louis Jourdan]] and [[Maurice Chevalier]].

[[File:Eiganotomo-lesliecaron-dec1953.jpg|thumb|Caron in 1953]]

Dissatisfied with her career despite her success ("I thought musicals were futile and silly", she said in 2021; "I appreciate them better now"), Caron studied the [[Stanislavski method]].<ref name="hattenstone20210621">{{cite news |last=Hattenstone |first=Simon |date=June 21, 2021 |title='I am very shy. It's amazing I became a movie star': Leslie Caron at 90 on love, art and addiction |language=en |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |location=[[London]] |url=http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2021/jun/21/i-am-very-shy-its-amazing-i-became-a-movie-star-leslie-caron-at-90-on-love-art-and-addiction |access-date=June 22, 2021}}</ref> In the 1960s and thereafter, Caron worked in European films as well. For her performance in the British drama ''[[The L-Shaped Room]]'' (1962), she won the [[BAFTA Award for Best British Actress]] and the [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama|Golden Globe]], and was nominated for the Best Actress Oscar.<ref>[[Matthew Kennedy (author)|Kennedy, Matthew]] (February 2010). [http://brightlightsfilm.com/67/67bookscaron.php ''Thank Heaven: A Memoir,'' by Leslie Caron] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130616112222/http://brightlightsfilm.com/67/67bookscaron.php |date=June 16, 2013}}. ''[[Bright Lights Film Journal]]'' Issue 67.</ref> Her other film assignments in this period included ''[[Father Goose (film)|Father Goose]]'' (1964) with [[Cary Grant]]; [[Ken Russell]]'s ''[[Valentino (1977 film)|Valentino]]'' (1977), in the role of silent-screen legend [[Alla Nazimova]]; and [[Louis Malle]]'s ''[[Damage (1992 film)|Damage]]'' (1992). Sometime in 1970, Caron was one of the many actresses considered for the lead role of Eglantine Price in Disney's ''[[Bedknobs and Broomsticks]]'', losing the role to British actress [[Angela Lansbury]].

In 1967, she was a member of the jury of the [[5th Moscow International Film Festival]] (MIFF).<ref name="Moscow1967">{{cite web |url=http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=1967 |title=5th Moscow International Film Festival (1967) |access-date=December 9, 2012 |website=[[Moscow International Film Festival|MIFF]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116194759/http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=1967 |archive-date=January 16, 2013 }}</ref> In 1989, she was a member of the jury at the [[39th Berlin International Film Festival]].<ref name="Berlinale">{{cite web |url=http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1989/04_jury_1989/04_Jury_1989.html |title=Berlinale: 1989 Juries |access-date=March 9, 2011 |website=[[Berlinale]]}}</ref>

Caron returned to France in the early 1970s, which she later said was a mistake. "They adore someone who's really British or really American", Caron said, "but somebody who's French and has made it in Hollywood – and I was the only one who had really made it in a big way – they can't forgive".{{r|hattenstone20210621}} During the 1980s, she appeared in several episodes of the soap opera ''[[Falcon Crest]]'' as Nicole Sauguet. Caron is one of the few actresses from the classic era of MGM musicals who are still active{{when?|date=December 2023}} in film — a group that includes [[Rita Moreno]], [[Margaret O'Brien]] and [[June Lockhart]]. Caron's later credits include ''[[Funny Bones]]'' (1995) with [[Jerry Lewis]] and [[Oliver Platt]]; ''[[The Last of the Blonde Bombshells]]'' (2000) with [[Judi Dench]] and [[Cleo Laine]]; ''[[Chocolat (2000 film)|Chocolat]]'' (2000) and ''[[Le Divorce]]'' (2003), directed by [[James Ivory]], with [[Kate Hudson]] and [[Naomi Watts]].

On June 30, 2003, Caron travelled to San Francisco to appear as the special guest star in ''The Songs of Alan Jay Lerner: I Remember It Well'', a retrospective concert staged by San Francisco's [[42nd Street Moon Company]]. In 2007, her guest appearance on ''[[Law and Order: Special Victims Unit]]'' earned her a [[Primetime Emmy Award]]. On April 27, 2009, Caron travelled to New York as an honoured guest at a tribute to [[Alan Jay Lerner]] and [[Frederick Loewe]] at [[the Paley Center for Media]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.paleycenter.org/the-musicals-of-lerner-and-loewe-an-evening-of-song-and-television/ |title=The Musicals of Lerner & Loewe: An Evening of Song and Television |date=April 27, 2009 |website=The Paley Center for Media |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090628233257/http://www.paleycenter.org/the-musicals-of-lerner-and-loewe-an-evening-of-song-and-television |archive-date=June 28, 2009 }}</ref>

For her contributions to the film industry, Caron was inducted into the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] on December 8, 2009, with a [[List of actors with Hollywood Walk of Fame motion picture stars|motion pictures star]] located at 6153 [[Hollywood Boulevard]].<ref name=hwof>{{cite web |url=http://www.walkoffame.com/leslie-caron |website=Hollywood Walk of Fame |title=Leslie Caron |access-date=February 11, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160403095749/http://www.walkoffame.com/leslie-caron |archive-date=April 3, 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In February 2010, she played Madame Armfeldt in ''[[A Little Night Music]]'' at the [[Théâtre du Châtelet]] in Paris, which also featured [[Greta Scacchi]] and [[Lambert Wilson]].<ref name=cbs2>{{cite news |work=[[KCAL-TV|KCAL News]] |title=Leslie Caron Receives Walk of Fame Star |date=December 8, 2009 |url=http://cbs2.com/local/Leslie.Caron.Receives.2.1357706.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091211064019/http://cbs2.com/local/Leslie.Caron.Receives.2.1357706.html |archive-date=December 11, 2009}}</ref>

In 2016, Caron appeared in the [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] television series ''[[The Durrells]]'' (produced by her son Christopher Hall) as the Countess Mavrodaki.

Veteran documentarian Larry Weinstein's ''Leslie Caron: The Reluctant Star'' premiered at the [[Toronto International Film Festival]] (TIFF) on June 28, 2016.<ref>{{citation |title=Leslie Caron: The Reluctant Star |date=June 28, 2016 |url=http://tiff.net/summer2016-cinematheque/tiff-cinematheque-special-screenings-summer-2016/leslie-caron-the-reluctant-star |website=TIFF Cinematheque Special Screenings: Summer 2016 |access-date=May 31, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160619043522/http://tiff.net/summer2016-cinematheque/tiff-cinematheque-special-screenings-summer-2016/leslie-caron-the-reluctant-star |archive-date=June 19, 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Personal life==
[[File:Leslie Caron - Maruice Chevalier - 1957.jpg|thumb|Caron with her son [[Christopher Hall (producer)|Christopher]] and [[Maurice Chevalier]] on the set of ''[[Gigi (1958 film)|Gigi]]'' (1958)]]

In September 1951, Caron married American [[Geordie Hormel|George Hormel II]], a grandson of [[George A. Hormel]], the founder of the [[Hormel]] meat-packing company. They divorced in 1954.<ref>{{cite book| title=Mill on the Willow: A History of Mower County, Minnesota| year=1984| author=Mower County History Committee| publisher=Graphic Pub. Co.| location=Lake Mills, Iowa| page=295| url=http://lyle.mn/content/mill-willow-history-mower-county-minnesota}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| title=Hormel Son and French Dancer Wed| url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98541071/the-minneapolis-star/| newspaper=[[Star Tribune|Minneapolis Star]]| date=September 24, 1951| page=2| access-date=March 27, 2022}}</ref> During that period, while under contract to MGM, she lived in [[Laurel Canyon, Los Angeles| Laurel Canyon]] in a Normandie style 1927 mansion near the country store on Laurel Canyon Blvd. One bedroom was all mirrored for her dancing rehearsals.{{Citation needed |date=April 2024}} 

Her second husband was British theatre director [[Peter Hall (director)|Peter Hall]]. They married in 1956 and had two children: [[Christopher Hall (producer)|Christopher John Hall]], a television drama producer, and [[Jennifer Caron Hall]], a writer, painter and actress. Her son-in-law, married to Jennifer, is [[Glenn Wilhide]], a producer and screenwriter.{{Citation needed |date=April 2024}} 

Caron had an affair with [[Warren Beatty]] in 1961. When she and Hall divorced in 1965, Beatty was named as a [[co-respondent]] and was ordered by the London court to pay the costs of the case.<ref>{{cite news |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |title=Warren Beatty Strikes Again |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,946022,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071114112813/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,946022,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 14, 2007 |first=Frank |last=Rich |date=July 3, 1978}}</ref> In 1969, Caron married [[Michael Laughlin]], the producer of the film ''[[Two-Lane Blacktop]];'' the couple divorced in 1980.{{Citation needed |date=April 2024}} 

Caron was also romantically linked to Dutch television actor [[Robert Wolders]] from 1994 to 1995.<ref name="tcmdb">{{cite web |url=http://www.tcmdb.com/participant.jsp?participantId=29278 |title=Biography for Leslie Caron |website=[[Turner Classic Movies]] |access-date=November 11, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090226012022/http://www.tcmdb.com/participant.jsp?participantId=29278 |archive-date=February 26, 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

From 1981, she rented and lived for a few years in a mill (the "Moulin Neuf") in the French village of [[Chaumot, Yonne]], which had belonged to [[Prince Francis Xavier of Saxony]] in the late 18th century and which depended on his princely castle.<ref>Jim Serre Djouhri, "De Hollywood au Moulin Neuf, dans les pas de l'actrice Leslie Caron", Bulletin des ''Etudes Villeneuviennes'' n °57, Société Historique, Archéologique, Artistique et Culturelle des Amis du Vieux Villeneuve-sur-Yonne, [[Villeneuve-sur-Yonne]], 2022.</ref> From June 1993 until September 2009, Caron owned and operated the hotel and restaurant ''Auberge la Lucarne aux Chouettes'' (The Owls' Nest), in [[Villeneuve-sur-Yonne]], about {{convert|130|km|mi|abbr=on|sigfig=1}} south of Paris.<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |url=http://www.latimes.com/news/columnists/la-tr-spano15oct15,0,3801422,full.column?coll=la-news-columns |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071106025632/http://www.latimes.com/news/columnists/la-tr-spano15oct15,0,3801422,full.column?coll=la-news-columns |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 6, 2007 |title=French inn: Her latest stage |date=October 15, 2006 |first=Susan |last=Spano}}</ref> Caron's mother had committed suicide in her 60s; suffering from a lifetime of depression, Caron also considered doing so in 1995. She was hospitalized for a month and began attending [[Alcoholics Anonymous]].{{r|hattenstone20210621}} Unhappy with the lack of acting opportunities in France, she returned to England in 2013.

In her autobiography, ''Thank Heaven'', she states that she obtained American citizenship in time to vote for [[Barack Obama]] for president.<ref>{{cite book |title=Thank Heaven: A Memoir |url=https://archive.org/details/thankheavenmemoi00caro_0 |url-access=registration |first=Leslie |last=Caron |date=November 25, 2009 |publisher=[[Viking Adult]] |location=New York|isbn=978-0-6700-2134-5}}</ref>

In October 2021, she was chosen to receive the Oldie of the Year Award by [[The Oldie]] magazine.<ref>{{cite news |title=Leslie Caron, the Oldie of the Year |work=The Oldie |url=https://www.theoldie.co.uk/blog/leslie-caron-the-oldie-of-the-year-hugo-vickers |first=Hugo |last=Vickers |date=October 19, 2021}}</ref> It had been initially offered to Queen [[Elizabeth II]], who had declined it on the grounds that she did not meet the criteria, even though she was five years older than Caron.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/oct/19/queen-declines-oldie-of-the-year-award| title='You are as old as you feel': Queen declines Oldie of the Year award| first=Caroline| last=Davies| date=October 19, 2021| newspaper=The Guardian| location=London| access-date=March 27, 2022}}</ref>

== Filmography ==
[[File:Leslie Caron dans A Little Night Music.jpg|thumb|Leslie Caron, ''[[A Little Night Music]]'' by [[Stephen Sondheim]], [[théâtre du Châtelet]], 2010]]
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Film
|-
! Year

! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| rowspan=2 | 1951
| ''{{sortname|An|American in Paris|An American in Paris (film)}}''
| Lise Bouvier
|
|-
| ''{{sortname|The|Man with a Cloak}}''
| Madeline Minot
|
|-
| 1952
| ''[[Glory Alley]]''
| Angela Evans
|
|-
| rowspan=2 | 1953
| ''{{sortname|The|Story of Three Loves}}''
| Mademoiselle
| Segment: "Mademoiselle"
|-
| ''[[Lili (1953 film)|Lili]]''
| Lili Daurier
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role|BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actress]]<br />Nominated–[[Academy Award for Best Actress]]
|-
| rowspan=2 | 1955
| ''{{sortname|The|Glass Slipper|dab=film}}''
| Ella
|
|-
| ''[[Daddy Long Legs (1955 film)|Daddy Long Legs]]''
| Julie Andre
|
|-
| 1956
| ''[[Gaby (film)|Gaby]]''
| Gaby
|
|-
| rowspan=2 | 1958
| ''[[Gigi (1958 film)|Gigi]]''
| Gigi
| [[Laurel Award]] for Top Female Musical Performance<br />Nominated–[[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical]]
|-
| ''{{sortname|The|Doctor's Dilemma|The Doctor's Dilemma (film)}}''
| Mrs. Dubedat
|
|-
| 1959
| ''{{sortname|The|Man Who Understood Women}}''
| Ann Garantier
|
|-
| rowspan=2 | 1960
| ''[[Austerlitz (1960 film)|Austerlitz]]''
| Mlle de Vaudey
|
|-
|''{{sortname|The|Subterraneans|The Subterraneans (film)}}''
|Mardou Fox
|
|-
| 1961
| ''[[Fanny (1961 film)|Fanny]]''
| Fanny
| [[Laurel Award]] for Top Female Dramatic Performance (5th place)<br />Nominated–[[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama]]
|-
| rowspan=3 | 1962
| ''[[Guns of Darkness]]''
| Claire Jordan
|
|-
| ''{{sortname|The|L-Shaped Room}}''
| Jane Fosset
| [[BAFTA Award for Best British Actress]]<br />[[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama]]<br /> [[Laurel Award]] for Top Female Dramatic Performance (3rd place)<br />[[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress]] (2nd place)<br />Nominated–[[Academy Award for Best Actress]]
|-
| ''[[Three Fables of Love]]''
| Annie
| Segment: "Les deux pigeons"
|-
| 1964
| ''[[Father Goose (film)|Father Goose]]''
| Catherine
|
|-
| rowspan=2 | 1965
| ''{{sortname|A|Very Special Favor}}''
| Dr. Lauren Boullard
|
|-
| ''[[Promise Her Anything]]''
| Michele O'Brien
|
|-
| 1966
| ''[[Is Paris Burning? (film)|Is Paris Burning?]]''
| Françoise Labé
|
|-
| 1967
| ''[[The Head of the Family (1967 film)|The Head of the Family]]''
| Paola, Marco's wife
|
|-
| 1970
| ''[[Madron (film)|Madron]]''
| Sister Mary
|
|-
| 1971
| ''[[Chandler (film)|Chandler]]''
| Katherine Creighton
|
|-
| 1976
| ''[[Surreal Estate]]''
| Céleste
|
|-
| rowspan=2 | 1977
| ''{{sortname|The|Man Who Loved Women|The Man Who Loved Women (1977 film)}}''
| Véra
|
|-
| ''[[Valentino (1977 film)|Valentino]]''
| [[Alla Nazimova]]
|
|-
| 1978
| ''[[Nicole (1978 film)|Crazed]]''
| Nicole
|
|-
| 1979
| ''[[Goldengirl]]''
| Dr. Sammy Lee
|
|-
| 1980
| ''All Stars''
| Lucille Berger
|
|-
| 1981
| ''[[Chanel Solitaire]]''
|
| uncredited
|-
| 1982
| ''[[Imperative (film)|Imperative]]''
| Mother
|
|-
| 1984
| ''[[Dangerous Moves]]''
| Henia Liebskind
|
|-
| rowspan=2 | 1990
| ''[[Courage Mountain]]''
| Jane Hillary
|
|-
| ''[[Guns (film)|Guns]]''
| Waitress
|
|-
| 1992
| ''[[Damage (1992 film)|Damage]]''
| Elizabeth Prideaux
|
|-
| rowspan=2 | 1995
| ''[[Funny Bones]]''
| Katie Parker
|
|-
| ''[[Let It Be Me (1995 film)|Let It Be Me]]''
| Marguerite
|
|-
| 1999
| ''{{sortname|The|Reef|The Reef (1999 film)}}''
| Regine De Chantelle
|
|-
| 2000
| ''[[Chocolat (2000 film)|Chocolat]]''
| Madame Audel
| Nominated–[[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture]]
|-
| 2003
| ''[[Le Divorce]]''
| Suzanne de Persand
|
|-
| 2017
|''The Perfect Age''
|Marguerite
|short movie
|-
| 2020
| ''[[A Christmas Carol (2020 film)|A Christmas Carol]]''
| The [[Ghost of Christmas Past]] (voice)
|
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Television
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 1959
| ''[[ITV Play of the Week]]''
| Thérèse Tarde
| Episode: "The Wild Bird"
|-
| 1968
| ''[[Off to See the Wizard]]''
| Ella
| Episode: "Cinderella's Glass Slipper: Part 1"
|-
| 1973
| ''Carola''
| Carola Janssen
| TV film
|-
| 1974
|''[[QB VII (miniseries)|QB VII]]''
| Angela Kelno
| Miniseries
|-
| 1978
| ''Docteur Erika Werner''
| Erika Werner
| TV series
|-
| 1980
| ''[[Kontrakt]]''
| Penelope
| TV film
|-
| 1981
| ''Mon meilleur Noël''
| La Nuit
| Episode: "L'oiseau bleu"
|-
| 1982
| ''[[Tales of the Unexpected (TV series)|Tales of the Unexpected]]''
| Nathalie Vareille
| Episode: "Run, Rabbit, Run"
|-
| 1982
| ''{{Ill|The Unapproachable|pl|3=Niedostępna|lt=The Unapproachable}}''
| Klaudia
| TV film
|-
| 1983
| ''Cinéma 16''
| Alice
| Episode: "Le château faible"
|-
| 1984
| ''[[Master of the Game (miniseries)|Master of the Game]]''
| Solange Dunas
|
|-
| 1986
| ''{{sortname|The|Love Boat}}''
| Mrs. Duvall
| Episode: "The Christmas Cruise"
|-
| 1987
| ''[[Falcon Crest]]''
| Nicole Sauget
| 3 episodes
|-
| 1988
| ''[[Lenin...The Train|Lenin: The Train]]''
| Nadia
| TV film
|-
| 1988
| ''[[The Man Who Lived at the Ritz]]''
| [[Coco Chanel]]
| TV film
|-
| 1994
| ''Normandy: The Great Crusade''
| Osmont, Mary-Louise (voice)
|
|-
| 1996
| ''{{sortname|The|Ring|The Ring (1996 film)}}''
| Madame de Saint Marne
|
|-
| 1996
| ''{{sortname|The|Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century}}''
| Czarina [[Alexandra Feodorovna (Alix of Hesse)|Aleksandra Romanov]] (voice)
| 3 episodes
|-
| 2000
| ''{{sortname|The|Last of the Blonde Bombshells}}''
| Madeleine
| TV film
|-
| 2001
| ''[[Murder on the Orient Express (2001 film)|Murder on the Orient Express]]''
| Sra. Alvarado
|
|-
| 2006
| ''[[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit]]''
| Lorraine Delmas
| Episode: "Recall"<br />[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series]]
|-
| 2013
| ''[[Jo (TV series)|Jo]]''
| Josette Lenoir
| Episode: "Le Marais"
|-
| 2016–2018
| ''[[The Durrells]]''
| Countess Mavrodaki
| 6 episodes
|-
|2020
|''Written on the Water''
|Pauline
|TV film
|}

==Theatre==
* 1955: '''''Orvet''''', by Jean Renoir, director [[Jean Renoir]], [[Théâtre de la Renaissance]], Paris
* 1955: '''''Gigi''''', by [[Anita Loos]], director [[Peter Hall (director)|Sir Peter Hall]], New Theatre, London
* 1961: '''''Ondine''''', by [[Jean Giraudoux]], director <!-- Not knighted until 1977. -->[[Peter Hall (director)|Peter Hall]], [[Aldwych Theatre]], London. The second act of this [[Royal Shakespeare Company]] production was broadcast on BBC Television on April 11, 1961.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/ade74259edb24343a55f3c80595419ff|title=Ondine|website=BBC Genome|access-date=June 21, 2021}}</ref>
* 1965: '''''Carola''''', by [[Jean Renoir]], director [[Norman Lloyd]], [[PBS]], Los Angeles
* 1975–1981: '''''13, rue de l'amour (Monsieur Chasse)''''', by [[Georges Feydeau]], director [[Basil Langton]], US and Australia
* 1978: '''''Can-Can''''', musical by [[Cole Porter]] & [[Abe Burrows]], director [[John Bishop (screenwriter)|John Bishop]], US and Canadian tour
* 1983: '''''The rehearsal''''' by [[Jean Anouilh]], director [[Gillian Lynne]], English tour
* 1984: '''''On your toes''''' by [[Rodgers and Hart]], director [[George Abbott]], US tour
* 1985: '''''One for the Tango (Apprends-moi Céline)''''' by [[Maria Pacôme]], director Pierre Epstein, US tour
* 1985: '''''L'inaccessible''''', author and director [[Krzysztof Zanussi]], Théâtre du Petit Odéon of Paris and [[Festival dei Due Mondi|Spoleto Festival]], Italy
* 1991: '''''Grand hotel''''', adaptation from the novel of [[Vicki Baum]], director [[Tommy Tune]], Berlin
* 1991: '''''Le martyre de Saint Sebastien''''' by [[Claude Debussy]] and [[Gabriele d'Annunzio]], narration, directed by [[Michael Tilson Thomas]], London Symphony Orchestra
* 1995: '''''George Sand et Chopin''''', author Bruno Villien, Greenwich Festival, Great Britain
* 1997: '''''Nocturne for lovers''''', adaptation [[Gavin Lambert]], director Kado Kostzer, [[Chichester Festival Theatre]], Great Britain
* 1997: '''''The story of Babar''''', by [[Jean de Brunhoff]], narration, music from [[Francis Poulenc]], Chichester Festival, Great Britain
* 1998: '''''Apprends-moi Céline''''', by [[Maria Pacôme]], director Raymond Acquaviva, French tour
* 1999: '''''Readings from Colette''''', director Roger Hodgeman, [[Melbourne International Arts Festival|Melbourne Festival]], Australia
* 1999: '''''Nocturne for lovers''''', director Roger Hodgeman, Melbourne Festival, Australia
* 2006: '''''I Remember It Well''''' Special Guest Artist in a retrospective tribute to Lyricist Alan Jay Lerner (and his music), 42nd Street Moon Theatre Company, [[Herbst Theatre]], [[San Francisco]]
* 2009: '''''Thank Heaven''''' – 'platform' at the [[Royal National Theatre|Théâtre National]] of London
* 2009: '''''[[A Little Night Music]]''''' by [[Stephen Sondheim]], director [[Lee Blakeley]], [[Théâtre du Châtelet]], Paris
* 2014: '''''[[Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks]]''''' by [[Richard Alfieri]], director Michael Arabian, [[Laguna Playhouse]], [[Laguna Beach, California]]

== Recordings ==
* The Lover (l'Amant) by Marguerite Duras on cassettes
* First World War for the radio
* ''[[Le Martyre de Saint Sébastien]]'' by [[Claude Debussy]] and [[Gabriele d'Annunzio]], with the [[London Symphony Orchestra]], conducted by [[Michael Tilson Thomas]]
* ''[[Gigi (novella)|Gigi]]'' by [[Colette]] in English on cassettes recorded in public at [[Merkin Concert Hall]] at Abraham Goodman House in New York City, 1996
* Narrated "Carnival of the Animals" music by [[Camille Saint-Saëns]] with the [[Nash Ensemble]] – [[Wigmore Hall]], 1999
* ''The Plutocrats'' play for the BBC dir. Bill Bryden, written by [[Michael Hastings (playwright)|Michael Hastings]], from the novel by [[Booth Tarkington]], January 1999

== Bibliography ==
* Caron, Leslie: ''Vengeance''. [[Doubleday (publisher)|Doubleday]], 1982. {{ISBN|978-0-3851-7896-9}} 
* Caron, Leslie: ''Thank Heaven: A Memoir''. [[Viking Adult]], 2009. {{ISBN|978-0-6700-2134-5}}

==Honors==
* Chevalier de la [[Légion d'honneur]] by [[President of France|President]] [[François Mitterrand]] in June 1993
* [[Ordre National du Mérite]], by [[Catherine Trautmann]], [[Ministry of Culture (France)|Minister of Culture]], in February 1998
* Officier de la Légion d'Honneur, given by [[Prime Minister of France|Prime Minister]] [[Jean Pierre Raffarin]] in June 2004
* Medaille D'Or De La Ville De Paris in 2012
* Commandeur de la Légion d'honneur in March 2013
* John F Kennedy Center Gold Medal in the Arts in 2015
* The Oldie of the Year (TOOTY) in 2021
* Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series in 2007

==See also==
* [[List of dancers]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==

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