Leslie Caron

Infobox actor


imagesize = 200px
birthname = Leslie Claire Margaret Caron
birthdate = birth date and age|1931|07|01|df=y
birthplace = Boulogne-sur-Seine, Seine, France
othername = Carly Jane
spouse = Geordie Hormel (1951-1954)
Peter Hall (1956-1965)
Michael Laughlin (1969-1980)
Paul Magwood (divorced)
baftaawards = Best Actress in a Leading Role
1953 "Lili"
1962 "The L-Shaped Room"
goldenglobeawards = Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama
1963 "The L-Shaped Room"
emmyawards =Outstanding Guest Actress - Drama Series
2007 ""

Leslie Claire Margaret Caron (IPA2|lɛsli kaʁɔ̃) (born 1 July 1931) is a two-time Academy Award-nominated French film actress and dancer. She was one of the most famous Hollywood musical stars in the 1950s. Caron is best known for the musical films "Gigi", "Lili", "An American in Paris", and "Daddy Long Legs", and for the non-musical films "The L-Shaped Room", "Father Goose", and "Fanny".

Early years

Caron was born in Boulogne-sur-Seine, Seine (now Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine), France, to Claude Caron, a French chemist, and Margaret Petit, an American dancer. [cite news |work=New York Times |last=Kisselgoff |first=Anna |title=DANCE; The Ballerina In Leslie Caron The Actress |date=1995-03-12 |url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990CE0DA1531F931A25750C0A963958260] Caron was prepared for a performing career from childhood by her mother.

Career

Caron started her career as a ballet dancer. But eventually Gene Kelly discovered her, and cast her to appear opposite him in the classic musical "An American in Paris" (1951), a role initially to be danced by Cyd Charisse, who was pregnant. This led to a long-term MGM contract and a string of films, which included the musical "The Glass Slipper" (1955) and the drama "Gaby" (1956).

She also starred in the hit musicals "Daddy Long Legs" (1955) with Fred Astaire, "Gigi" (1958) with Louis Jourdan and Maurice Chevalier, and "Lili" (1953) with Mel Ferrer.

In 1953, Caron was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for her starring role in "Lili". In 1963, she was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in the British drama "The L-Shaped Room".

In the 1960s and thereafter, Caron worked in European films as well. Caron once said of herself: "I'm not a ballerina. I'm a hoofer." [ [http://www.basicquotations.com/index.php?cid=160 Famous Dance Quotes - Famous Quotes about Dancing] ]

Her later film assignments included Cary Grant's "Father Goose" (1964); Ken Russell's "Valentino" (1977), in the role of silent-screen legend Alla Nazimova; and Louis Malle's "Damage" (1992).

She continues to act, appearing in the acclaimed film "Chocolat" (2000). She is one of the few leading ladies (or actors of any type for that matter) from the classic era of MGM musicals who was still active in film. (another is Mickey Rooney). Her recent films include "Funny Bones" (1995) with Jerry Lewis and Oliver Platt, "The Last of the Blonde Bombshells" (2000) with Judi Dench and Cleo Laine, and "Le Divorce" (2003) with Kate Hudson and Naomi Watts.

Most recently, Caron's guest appearance on "" earned her a 2007 Primetime Emmy Award.

Personal life

Caron married George Hormel II, a grandson of the founder of Hormel (a meat-packing company) in September 1951. They divorced in 1954. ["Mill on the Willow: A History of Mower County, Minnesota" by various authors. Library of Congress No. 84-062356] Her second husband was Peter Hall, British theatre and film director. They wed in 1956 and had two children, Christopher John Hall (TV producer) in 1957 and Jennifer Caron Hall (actress) in 1962. Caron had an affair with Warren Beatty (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." [cite news |work=TIME |title=Warren Beatty Strikes Again |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,946022,00.html |first=Frank |last=Rich |date=1978-07-03] In 1969, Caron married film producer Michael Laughlin. They were divorced in 1980.

Caron was also romantically linked to Dutch television actor Robert Wolders from 1994 to 1995, and was married to film crew member, Paul Magwood, wiht whom she lived Wisconsin, live since 2003. [http://www.hollywood.com/celebrity/Leslie_Caron/199101 Leslie Caron at Hollywood.com] ] . [cite web |url=http://www.geocities.com/glass_slipper_pics/cast.html |work=Glass Slipper Pics |title=Cast]

In semi-retirement from films, she owns and operates an affordable bed and breakfast, "Auberge La Lucarne aux Chouettes" (The Owls' Nest Inn), located in Villeneuve-sur-Yonne, located about 100 km (70 miles) south of Paris. [cite news |work=Los Angeles Times |url=http://www.latimes.com/news/columnists/la-tr-spano15oct15,0,3801422,full.column?coll=la-news-columns |title=French inn: Her latest stage |date=2006-10-15]

Filmography

Film

* "An American in Paris" (1951)
* "The Man with a Cloak" (1951)
* "The Million Dollar Nickel" (1952) (short subject)
* "Glory Alley" (1952)
* "The Story of Three Loves" (1953)
* "Lili" (1953)
* "The Glass Slipper" (1955)
* "Daddy Long Legs" (1955)
* "Gaby" (1956)
* "Gigi" (1958)
* "The Doctor's Dilemma" (1958)
* "The Man Who Understood Women" (1959)
* "The Subterraneans" (1960)
* "Austerlitz" (1960)
* "Fanny" (1961)
* "Three Fables of Love" (1962)
* "Guns of Darkness" (1962)
* "The L-Shaped Room" (1962)
* "Father Goose" (1964)
* "A Very Special Favor" (1965)
* "Promise Her Anything" (1965)
* "Is Paris Burning?" (1966)
* "The Head of the Family" (1969)
* "Madron" (1970)
* "Chandler" (1971)
* "Purple Night" (1972)
* "Surreal Estate" (1976)
* "The Man Who Loved Women" (1977)
* "Valentino" (1977)
* "Nicole" (1978)
* "Goldengirl" (1979)
* "The Contract" (1980)
* "All Stars" (1980)
* "Chanel Solitaire" (1981)
* "Imperative" (1982)
* "Dangerous Moves" (1984)
* "Courage Mountain" (1990)
* "Damage" (1992)
* "The Genius" (1993)
* "Warriors and Prisoners" (1994)
* "A Hundred and One Nights of Simon Cinema" (1995) (scenes deleted)
* "Funny Bones" (1995)
* "The Reef" (1999)
* "From Russia to Hollywood: The 100-Year Odyssey of Chekhov and Shdanoff" (1999) (documentary)
* "Chocolat" (2000)
* "Le Divorce" (2003)

Television

*"Carola" (1973)
*"The Unapproachable" (1982)
*"Falcon Crest" (1987)
*"The Man Who Lived at the Ritz" (1988)
*"Lenin: The Train" (1990)
*"The Ring" (1996)
*"The Last of the Blonde Bombshells" (2000)
*"Murder on the Orient Express" (2001)
*Caron guest-starred in "" episode: "Recall" (2006)
*Presenter, Primetime Emmy Awards (2007)

References

External links

* [http://www.lesliecaron-auberge.com/ Leslie Caron's hotel in Burgundy, France]
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* [http://www.nndb.com/people/300/000083051/ Leslie Caron] at the Notable Names Database
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1964
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1953
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1962
before=Dora Bryan
for "A Taste of Honey"
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for "This Sporting Life"

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DATE OF BIRTH= July 1, 1931
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