Actress Leslie Caron, who delighted audiences throughout the 1950s in lush film musicals, was born on July 1, 1931, in Boulogne-Billaincourt, France. Groomed by her dancer mother for a ballet career, Caron debuted with the famed Ballet de Champs Elysses at age 16. Three years later, Gene Kelly discovered Caron and cast her in the 1951 classic An American in Paris.The gamine beauty sang and danced her way through the decade in many celebrated musicals, including Lili (for which she was nominated for Best Actress), Daddy Long Legs, Gaby and Gigi. In 1963, she scored a second Oscar nomination for her role as an unmarried pregnant woman in the drama The L-Shaped Room and had another hit the next year with Father Goose, opposite Cary Grant.
Her later roles include Valentino, Damage, Chocolat and Le Divorce, as well as an Emmy-winning guest spot on "Law and Order: Special Victims Unit" in 2007.
GigiLeslie Caron stars as Gigi, an avant-garde French waif being groomed as the fille de joie of affluent and handsome Gaston (Louis Jourdan). Soon Gigi metamorphoses into a stunning beauty, and the head-over-heels Gaston asks for her hand. But Gigi's courtesan grandmother is aghast: No one in... Read More
An American in ParisOnce a struggling painter, opportunistic American artist Jerry Mulligan (Gene Kelly) now lives in the City of Light, enjoying the patronage of a well-heeled, amorous American gallery owner (Nina Foch) -- and swiftly falling for a willowy French street urchin (Leslie Caron). Trouble is, the object of... Read More
Father GooseCary Grant stars as Walter, a boozy beachcomber during World War II who monitors the radio in the South Pacific in exchange for shipments of alcohol -- which he does alone, until lovely schoolmarm Catherine (Leslie Caron) crashes on the island. With several of her pupils in tow, Catherine begins an... Read More
The Last of the Blonde BombshellsWhile grieving after the loss of her husband, a widow (Judi Dench) finds comfort in an old friend: her saxophone. A chance meeting with a man from her past (Ian Holm) prompts her to reunite her all-girl bandmates -- who played all over England during World War II. As she tracks down each one for one... Read More
Daddy Long LegsWhile visiting France, an American millionaire meets a striking young woman who was orphaned during World War II. Vowing to take care of her for the rest of her life, he anonymously funds her travel to the United States, where she attends college. Read More
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Chris & Don: A Love Story (2007) | NR | |
Le Divorce (2003) | PG-13 | |
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Carola (2002) | NR | |
Murder on the Orient Express (2001) | NR | |
Chocolat (2000) | PG-13 | |
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From Russia to Hollywood (1999) From Russia To Hollywood: The 100-Year Odyssey of Chekhov and Shdanoff | NR | |
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Danielle Steel's The Ring (1996) | NR | |
Funny Bones (1995) | R | |
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Courage Mountain (1990) | PG | |
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Master of the Game (1984) | NR | |
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QB VII (1974) | NR | |
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Promise Her Anything (1965) | NR | |
Father Goose (1964) | NR | |
The L-Shaped Room (1963) | UR | |
Fanny (1961) | NR | |
Gigi (1958) | G | |
Daddy Long Legs (1955) | NR | |
Lili (1953) | G | |
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An American in Paris (1951) | NR | |
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