Leslie Caron

For Peter Hall's 30th birthday, her present was - simply - a Rolls Royce.

Her talent as a dancer had been already noticed in 1948 by Gene Kelly and his wife Betsy Blair in a Roland Petit's ballet on the theme of Oedipus, but they could not meet her at the end of the show, because she went home like a good girl.

Born in the suburbs of Paris, France, Leslie Caron is an actress and dancer. Gene Kelly got her into the movies for the film An American in Paris (1951).

Got a world-wide reputation for her roles in Lili (1953) and Gigi (1958).

When she told Fred Astaire that she wanted to create her own costumes for Daddy Long Legs (1955), he responded: "Okay, but no feathers, please." Astaire recalled the exasperation he had with one of Ginger Rogers' elaborate gowns in a dance scene in Top Hat (1935). Some ostrich feathers broke loose from Ginger Rogers' gown and mischievously floated in mid air around Astaire's face. The shedding dress episode was recreated to hilarious effect in a scene from Easter Parade (1948) in which Fred Astaire danced with a clumsy, comical dancer played by Judy Garland.

Gave birth to her 1st child at age 25, a son Christopher Hall on March 30, 1957. Child's father is her 2nd ex-husband, Peter Hall.

Returned to work three months after giving birth to her son Christopher Hall to begin filming Gigi (1958).

Is one of 17 actresses to have received a Best Actress Oscar nomination for a performance where they acted out a labor and/or birth; hers being for The L-Shaped Room (1962). The others in chronological order are Luise Rainer for The Good Earth (1937), Jane Wyman for Johnny Belinda (1948), Eleanor Parker for Caged (1950), Elizabeth Taylor for Raintree County (1957), Shirley MacLaine for Irma la Douce (1963), Vanessa Redgrave for Isadora (1968), Geneviève Bujold for Anne of the Thousand Days (1969), Marsha Mason for Cinderella Liberty (1973), Ann-Margret for Tommy (1975), Ellen Burstyn for Same Time, Next Year (1978), Jessica Lange for Sweet Dreams (1985), Meryl Streep for A Cry in the Dark (1988), Samantha Morton for In America (2002), Elliot Page for Juno (2007), Gabourey Sidibe for Precious (2009), and Ruth Negga for Loving (2016).

Her first marriage to musician, composer and meat-packing planet heir (Hormel Foods) Geordie Hormel ended after three years. Her second marriage to famed stage director Peter Hall also ended in divorce, with his naming Warren Beatty, her co-star in Promise Her Anything (1966), as co-respondent. The London court ordered Beatty to pay court costs.

She was nominated for a 1975 Joseph Jefferson Award for Best Guest Artist for her performance in the play, "13 Rue De L'Amour", at the Arlington Park Theatre in Chicago, Illinois.

She and her daughter, Jennifer Caron Hall, co-starred on the The Love Boat (1977) episodes, The Love Boat: The Christmas Cruise: Part 1 (1986) and The Love Boat: The Christmas Cruise: Part 2 (1986), in the roles of mother and daughter, both con artists, engaged in fleecing millionaires.

Was a member of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 1980.

Grandmother of Stephanie Clive (b. 1985), Freddie Hall and Ben Hall.

Was president of the jury at the "Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin" in 1989.

Once romantically linked (1995-1996) to handsome "Laredo" actor Robert Wolders who married older actress Merle Oberon and was the companion of older actress Audrey Hepburn until her death in 1993. Leslie is five years older than Wolders.

Received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6153 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on December 8, 2009.

Owned and operated an inn located at "Villeneuve-sur-Yonne", about 100km South of Paris. The name of the inn is "La Lucarne aux Chouettes", which loosely translates to "The Owl's Nest". The hotel was sold in 2010 (1997).

Currently resides between Paris, London and New York City. [September 2011]

As of 2016 she is the 2nd earliest surviving recipient of a Best Actress Oscar nomination, behind only Olivia de Havilland. She was nominated in 1953 for Lili (1953).