Leslie Caron
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Leslie Caron (IPA: [lɛsli kaʁɔ̃]) (born July 1, 1931) is an Oscar-nominated, Golden Globe-winning, and Emmy-nominated motion picture actress and dancer. Caron has said of herself: "I'm not a ballerina. I'm a hoofer."[1]
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Career
She was born Leslie Claire Margaret Caron in Boulogne-Billancourt, France, to Claude Caron, a French chemist, and Margaret Petit, an American dancer. Caron was prepared for a performing career from childhood by her mother.[2]
She was discovered by Gene Kelly while dancing with a ballet troupe. The famed dancer chose her to appear opposite him in the classic musical An American in Paris (1951). This led to a long-term MGM contract and a string of films: The Glass Slipper (1955), Gaby (1956).
She went on to star in Daddy Long Legs (1955) with Fred Astaire, Gigi (1958) with Louis Jourdan and Maurice Chevalier, and Lili.
In 1953, she 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 L-Shaped Room. She made numerous Hollywood musicals, and also worked often in European films.
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 is still active in film. Her recent films include Funny Bones (1995) with Jerry Lewis and Oliver Platt and Le Divorce (2003) with Kate Hudson and Naomi Watts.
Most recently, Caron's guest appearance on Law and Order: Special Victims Unit earned her a 2007 Emmy nomination.
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.[3]
Her second husband was Peter Hall, British theatre and film director. They wed in 1956 and had two children, Christopher (TV producer) in 1957 and Jennifer (actress) in 1962. For Hall's 30th birthday, her present was a Rolls Royce. When they divorced in 1965, Warren Beatty was named as a co-respondent, and was ordered by the London court to pay "the costs of the case." Caron had an affair with Beatty (1961).
In 1969, she married film producer Michael Laughlin. They were divorced in 1980.
In addition, these people were her boyfriends: Peter Lawford (early 1960s), Frank Sinatra (mid-1960s), Jean-Pierre Petrolacci (screenwriter, 1980s), Robert Wolders[4] (ex-husband of Merle Oberon and ex-lover of Audrey Hepburn, mid-1990s)[5]
She was married to Paul Magwood (backstage film worker, cohabited since 2003), but marriage ended.[6] They lived in Wisconsin, United States.
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.[7]
Filmography
- 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 (film version) (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 Work
- 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 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit episode Recall (2006).
References
- ^ Leslie Caron Quotes and Trivia at FilmSpot
- ^ Leslie Caron at the Notable Names Database
- ^ "Mill on the Willow: A History of Mower County, Minnesota" by various authors. Library of Congress No. 84-062356
- ^ Who's Dated Leslie Caron?
- ^ Leslie Caron at the Notable Names Database
- ^ Leslie Caron at Hollywood.com
- ^ Leslie Caron's hotel in Burgundy, France
External links
- Leslie Caron at the Internet Movie Database
- Leslie Caron at the Notable Names Database
- Leslie Caron's hotel in Burgundy, France
References
- ^ Leslie Caron Quotes and Trivia at FilmSpot
- ^ Leslie Caron at the Notable Names Database
- ^ "Mill on the Willow: A History of Mower County, Minnesota" by various authors. Library of Congress No. 84-062356
- ^ Who's Dated Leslie Caron?
- ^ Leslie Caron at the Notable Names Database
- ^ Leslie Caron at Hollywood.com
- ^ Leslie Caron's hotel in Burgundy, France
- Adapted from the Wikipedia article, "Leslie_Caron" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslie_Caron, used under the GNU Free Documentation License
