What is Leslie Caron?
[[File:LeslieCaronDec09.jpg|thumb|right|Leslie Caron in 2009]] [[File:Leslie Caron in Fanny trailer.jpg|thumb|right|Leslie Caron in 1961]] '''Leslie Caron''' (born 1 July 1931) is a [[France|French]]-American [[dancer]] and [[actress]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Leslie Caron {{!}} French actress|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Leslie-Caron|access-date=2020-10-19|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|language=en}}</ref> ==Early life== Caron was born in [[Boulogne-Billancourt]], [[France]] to a French father and an American mother. She began taking ballet lessons at age 10 and joined Roland Petit's Ballet des Champs-Elysée in 1947 and quickly became one of the lead dancers of the company. == Career == Noticed by [[Gene Kelly]], she went to [[Hollywood]] to appear with him in the film ''An American in Paris'' (1951), which introduced her to the American public. She went on to appear in other musical films such as ''Lili'' (1953), for which she won a [[BAFTA]] Award for best actress, ''The Glass Slipper'' (1955), ''Daddy Long Legs'' (1955), opposite [[Fred Astaire]], ''Gaby'' (1956) and ''Gigi'' (1958), to considerable acclaim. In the 1960s, she turned to more dramatic roles in ''Fanny'' (1961), ''[[The L-Shaped Room]]'' (1962), which earned her a [[Golden Globe Award]] and a second BAFTA for best actress. She returned to romantic-comedy with ''[[Father Goose]]'' (1964), opposite [[Cary Grant]]. She also appeared in the war-thriller ''[[Is Paris Burning?]]'' (1966). She has continued to work in films and on television in the [[United States]] and France: ''Carola'' (1973), ''QB VII'' (1974), ''The Man Who Loved Women'' (1977), ''[[Valentino (1977 movie)|Valentino]]'' (1977), ''Chocolat'' (2000), and ''Law and Order'' (2006), for which she won an [[Emmy Award]]. She was married to British stage director [[Peter Hall (director)|Peter Hall]] from 1956 until 1965, with whom she had two children, Christopher (b. 1957) and Jennifer (b. 1958). From 1994 to 1995, she was partners with [[Robert Wolders]]. In 2008, C