Leslie Claire Margaret Caron (born 1 July 1931) is a French-American actress and dancer.
Caron is best known for the musical films An American in Paris (1951), Lili (1953), Daddy Long Legs (1955), and Gigi (1958), and for the nonmusical films Fanny (1961), The L-Shaped Room (1962), and Father Goose (1964). She received two Academy Award nominations for Best Actress. In 2006, she won a Primetime Emmy Award for her performance in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.
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