Leslie Caron
French and American actress and dancer (born 1931)
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Leslie Caron is a French and American actress and dancer born in 1931 who became a notable figure in film and performance. She is significant for her work spanning both European and American cinema during a major era of filmmaking in the 20th century.
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Leslie Caron (born July 1, 1931) is an Academy Award-nominated, Golden Globe-winning film actress and dancer. Caron has said of herself: "I'm not a ballerina. I'm a hoofer". She was born Leslie Claire Margaret Caron in Boulogne-Billancourt, France to Claude Caron (French chemist) and Margaret Petit (American dancer). Caron was prepared for a performing career from childhood by her mother. Caron's mother briefly made it to Broadway, but gave up her career for marriage, and eventually took her ow
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- Leslie Claire Margaret Caron , ( 1931-07-01 ) 1 July 1931 (age 94) , Boulogne-sur-Seine , Paris, France
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- France United States
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- Actress dancer
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- 1951–2020
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Leslie Claire Margaret Caron ( French: [lɛsli kaʁɔ̃]; born 1 July 1931) is a French and American former actress and dancer. She is the recipient of a Golden Globe Award, two BAFTA Awards and a 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 (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 (also 1953), which earned her the BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actress and garnered nominations for an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award.
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