Leslie Caron - Details

Biography

A Best Actress Academy Award nominee for 1953's "Lili," Caron has appeared in numerous film classics, including "An American in Paris," "Daddy Long Legs," "Gigi," "The L-Shaped Room" and "Father Goose." Among the directors she has worked with are Vincente Minnelli, Ken Russell, Jean Negulesco, Francois Truffaut and Louis Malle.

Caron recently starred with Judi Dench, Olympia Dukakis and Sir Ian Holm in HBO's "The Last of the Blonde Bombshells." Her recent film credits include "The Reef" based on Edith Wharton's novel and starring Timothy Dalton, "Let It Be Me" with Campbell Scott and Peter Chesholm's "Funny Bones." She now owns and run as inn located at Villeneuve sur Yonne in the Burgundy region of France.