Λέσλι Καρόν

Η Λέσλι Καρόν (Leslie Claire Margaret Caron ; 1 Ιουλίου 1931) είναι Αμερικανίδα ηθοποιός και χορεύτρια γαλλικής καταγωγής, που εμφανίστηκε σε 45 ταινίες από το 1951 έως το 2003. Η αυτοβιογραφία της, Thank Heaven, κυκλοφόρησε το 2010 στο Ηνωμένο Βασίλειο και τις ΗΠΑ ενώ το 2011 μεταφράστηκε στα γαλλικά. Ο βετεράνος δημοσιογράφος Larry Weinstein δημιούργησε το ντοκιμαντέρ Leslie Caron: The Reluctant Star που έκανε πρεμιέρα στο Διεθνές Φεστιβάλ Κινηματογράφου του Τορόντο στις 28 Ιουνίου 2016.

Η Καρόν είναι περισσότερο γνωστή για τα μιούζικαλ An American in Paris (1951), Lili (1953), Daddy Long Legs (1955) και Gigi (1958) και για τις ταινίες Fanny (1961), The L-Shaped Room (1962) και Father Goose (1964). Έλαβε δυο υποψηφιότητες Όσκαρ Α' Γυναικείου Ρόλου. Το 2006, η ερμηνεία της στο Law & Order: Special Victims Unit τής χάρισε ένα βραβείο Έμμυ για γκεστ ρόλο σε δραματική σειρά. Γνωρίζει άπταιστα τα αγγλικά, τα γαλλικά και τα ιταλικά. Είναι μια από τις ελάχιστες χορεύτριες ή ηθοποιούς που χόρεψαν με τους Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire, Mikhail Baryshnikov και Rudolf Nureyev.

Βραβεύσεις
 British Academy Film Award 1954: Award for Best Leading Actress for Lili
 Academy Award Nomination 1954:  Best Actress in a film for Lili
 Laurel Awards 1959: Golden Laurel for Best Leading Actress in a musical film for Gigi
 British Academy Film Award 1963: Award for Best Leading Actress for The L-Shaped Room
 Golden Globes 1964: Golden Globes for Best Leading Actress in a dramatic film for The L-Shaped Room
 Laurel Awards 1964: Golden Laurel for Best Leading Actress in a dramatic film for The L-Shaped Room
 Academy Award Nomination 1964: Best Actress in a film for The L-Shaped Room
 Women in Film Crystal + Lucy Awards 1989: Lifetime Achievement Award
 School of American Ballet 1996: Life Achievement Award
 Palm Springs International Film Festival 1996: Life Achievement Award
 Sarasota Film Festival 2005: Life Achievement Award
 Emmy Award 2007: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for Law and Order SVU (episode Recall #8005, 2006, NBC)
 8 December 2009: Hollywood Walk of Fame motion pictures star at 6153 Hollywood Boulevard, between Gene Kelly and Louis Jourdan
 Honorary Degree 2009: the American University of Paris

Honors
 Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur by President François Mitterrand in June 1993
 Ordre National du Mérite, by Catherine Trautmann, Minister of Culture, in February 1998
 Officier de la Légion d'Honneur, given by Prime Minister Jean Pierre Raffarin in June 2004
 Medaille D'Or De La Ville De Paris in 2012
 Commandeur de la Légion d'honneur in March 2013
 J F Kennedy Gold Medal in the Arts in 2015

Φιλμογραφία

Θέατρο 
 1955: Orvet, by Jean Renoir, director Jean Renoir, Théâtre de la Renaissance, Paris
 1955: Gigi, by Anita Loos, director Sir Peter Hall, New Theatre, London
 1961: La sauvage, by Jean Anouilh, BBC (live), London
 1961: Ondine, by Jean Giraudoux, director Sir Peter Hall, Aldwych Theatre, London
 1965: Carola, by Jean Renoir, director Norman Lloyd, PBS TV, Los Angeles
 1975–1981: 13, rue de l'amour (Monsieur Chasse), by Georges Feydeau, director Basil Langton, US and Australia
 1978: Can-Can, musical by Cole Porter & Abe Burrows, director John Bishop, US and Canadian tour
 1983: The rehearsal by Jean Anouilh, director Gillian Lynne, English tour
 1984: On your toes by Rodgers and Hart, director George Abbott, US tour
 1985: One for the Tango (Apprends-moi Céline) by Maria Pacôme, director Pierre Epstein, US tour
 1985: L'inaccessible, author and director Krzysztof Zanussi, Théâtre du Petit Odéon of Paris and Spoletto Festival, Italy
 1991: Grand hotel, adaptation from the novel of Vicki Baum, director Tommy Tune, Berlin
 1991: Le martyre de Saint Sebastien by Claude Debussy and Gabriele d'Annunzio, narration, directed by Michael Tilson Thomas, London Symphony Orchestra
 1995: Georges Sand et Chopin, author Bruno Villien, Greenwich Festival, Great Britain
 1997: Nocturne for lovers, adaptation Gavin Lambert, director Kado Kostzer, Chichester Festival Theatre, Great Britain
 1997: The story of Babar, by Jean de Brunhoff, narration, music from Francis Poulenc, Chichester Festival, Great Britain
 1998: Apprends-moi Céline, by Maria Pacôme, director Raymond Acquaviva, French tour
 1999: Readings from Colette, director Roger Hodgeman, Melbourne Festival, Australia
 1999: Nocturne for lovers, director Roger Hodgeman, Melbourne Festival, Australia
 2009: Thank Heaven  – 'platform' at the Théâtre National of London
 2009: A Little Night Music by Stephen Sondheim, director Lee Blakeley, Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris
 2014: Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks by Richard Alfieri, director Michael Arabian, Laguna Playhouse, Laguna Beach, California

Ηχογραφήσεις 
 The Lover (l'Amant) by Marguerite Duras on cassettes
 First World War for the radio
 Le Martyre de Saint Sébastien by Claude Debussy and Gabriele d'Annunzio, with the London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas
 Gigi by Colette in English on cassettes recorded in public at Merkin Concert Hall at Abraham Goodman House in New York City, 1996
 Narrated "Carnival of the Animals" music by Camille St Saëns with the Nash Ensemble – Wigmore Hall, 1999
 The Plutocrats play for the BBC dir. Bill Bryden, written by Michael Hastings, from the novel by Booth Tarkington, January 1999

Δημοσιεύσεις 
Books by Leslie Caron
 Vengeance (short stories) – Doubleday US – 1982 – Weisdenfeld & Nicholas UK
 Thank Heaven (autobiography) J.R. 2011 UK – Viking US UNE FRANCAISE A HOLLYWOOD – Baker Street FR
Articles by Leslie Caron
 Interview with J. Fieschi and B. Villien, in Cinématographe (Paris), October 1980
 "Polonaises", in Cinématographe (Paris), April 1982
 "Enfin Star!", in Cinématographe (Paris), November 1983
 "Un ami : Truffaut", in Cinématographe (Paris), December 1984

Articles by Leslie Caron
 Current Biography 1954, New York, 1954
 Film Dope (London), March 1982
 Stars (Mariembourg), Spring 1994

Παραπομπές

Πηγές 
 Springer, John, All Talking, All Singing, All Dancing, New York, 1966
 Kobal, John, Gotta Sing, Gotta Dance, New York, 1970
 Knox, Donald, The Magic Factory, New York, 1973

Περαιτέρω μελέτη 
 Leslie Caron, Vengeance, published by Doubleday (US), Weidenfeld & Nicolson (UK), André Balland (France), 1982, 
 Leslie Caron, Thank Heaven, published by Viking Penguin (US), JR Books Ltd (UK), 2009, 
  Leslie Caron, Une Française à Hollywood (Mémoires), (translation : Anne-Marie Hussein) published by Baker Street (US), 2011,

Εξωτερικοί σύνδεσμοι 

 
 Leslie Caron's hotel in Burgundy, France
 Cinema Retro covers A.M.P.A.S. tribute to Leslie Caron
 Photographs and literature
 Photo gallery: Leslie Caron on set of Law & Order: SVU
 March 2011 : She'll always have Paris, article Vanity Fair Issue 607, from David Kamp, photography from Bruce Weber

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