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Leslie Claire Margaret Caron 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 is one of the last surviving stars of the Golden Age of Hollywood.
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Born 1 July 1931 · Q230023
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That was Fred. He was that good.
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“In those days, a ballet dancer was a little whore. It was all organised. In the intermission, the little dancer went with her mother into the foyer and gentlemen would come and make a choice and discuss the terms.”
“That was Fred. He was that good.”
“I think he was very fond of me, but he liked the rhyme, and he was not sentimental, and he always teased me. And so I was Lester the Pester, or just plain Lester.”
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Awarded Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres (2019).
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Caron appeared in the ITV television series The Durrells (produced by her son Christopher Hall) as the Countess Mavrodaki
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Awarded Commander of the Legion of Honour (2013).
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With a motion pictures star located at 6153 Hollywood Boulevard
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Caron travelled to New York as an honoured guest at a tribute to Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe at the Paley Center for Media
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Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2007).
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Her guest appearance on Law and Order: Special Victims Unit earned her a Primetime Emmy Award
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Won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for portraying heiress and rape victim Lorraine Delmas in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
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Awarded Officer of the Legion of Honour (2004).
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Caron travelled to San Francisco to appear as the special guest star in The Songs of Alan Jay Lerner: I Remember It Well, a retrospective concert staged by San Francisco's 42nd Street Moon Company
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Awarded Officer of the National Order of Merit (1997).
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Caron's mother had committed suicide in her 60s; suffering from a lifetime of depression, Caron also considered doing so in 1995.
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Awarded Knight of the Legion of Honour (1992).
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Was a member of the jury at the 39th Berlin International Film Festival
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Caron was one of the many actresses considered for the lead role of Eglantine Price in Disney's Bedknobs and Broomsticks, losing the role to British actress Angela Lansbury
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Caron married Michael Laughlin, the producer of the film Two-Lane Blacktop; the couple divorced in 1980
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Caron was a member of the jury of the 5th Moscow International Film Festival (MIFF)
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Beatty was named as a co-respondent and was ordered by the London court to pay the costs of the case
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Won Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama for The L-Shaped Room (1964).
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Awarded BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for The L-Shaped Room (1963).
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And had two children: Christopher John Hall, a television drama producer, and Jennifer Caron Hall, a writer, painter and actress
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“the most skillful person you could imagine.”
Awarded BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for Lili (1954).
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“Unfortunately, Hollywood considers musical dancers as hoofers. Regrettable expression.”
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Born 1931-07-01.
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