Trivia

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

One of several actresses to have danced with both Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly in the movies. Other actresses that have also done this includes Judy Garland, Cyd Charisse, Vera-Ellen, Debbie Reynolds, Rita Hayworth, and Ann Miller.

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.

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.

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.

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

She appeared in two Best Picture Academy Award winners: An American in Paris (1951) and Gigi (1958) and the Best Picture nominees Fanny (1961) and Chocolat (2000).

As of 2021 she is the earliest surviving recipient of a Best Actress Oscar nomination, after the death of Olivia de Havilland in 2020. She was nominated in 1953 for Lili (1953).

She has appeared in two films that have been selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant: An American in Paris (1951) and Gigi (1958).

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

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).

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.

Is one of 13 French actresses to have received an Academy Award nomination. The others in chronological order are: Claudette Colbert, Colette Marchand, Simone Signoret, Anouk Aimée, Isabelle Adjani, Marie-Christine Barrault, Catherine Deneuve, Juliette Binoche, Marion Cotillard, Bérénice Bejo, Emmanuelle Riva and Isabelle Huppert.

Gave birth to her 2nd child at age 27, a daughter Jennifer Caron Hall on September 21, 1958. Child's father is her 2nd ex-husband, Peter Hall.

New York City: Appeared for "An Evening of Leslie Caron" sponsored by the Film Forum Theater as part of her effort to promote her recent paperback, "Thank Heaven: A Memoir". (December 2010)

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.

Leslie Caron a 17 year old dancer was spotted in a photo audition for the ballet sequence in the film An American in Paris and given a part.

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

Currently resides between Paris, London and New York City. (September 2011)

She was 24 and had one child when she made Gigi,.

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 studied ballet in Paris at 9.

She met her 2nd husband, Peter Hall when he was 23 earning £21 a week and putting on a new play every 6 weeks at the Arts Theatre Club while she was making films. They had 2 children during their 9 years of marriage.

Her first marriage to George Hormel who was heir to a fortune lasted 6 months.

Parents are Claude and Margaret Caron. Has one elder brother, Aimery Caron.

Her 3rd marriage was to Michael Laughlin, an American producer.

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

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

Mother-in-law of Glenn Wilhide and Jane Studd.

Is one of 20 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), Ruth Negga for Loving (2016), Yalitza Aparicio for Roma (2018), Vanessa Kirby for Pieces of a Woman (2020) and Penélope Cruz for Parallel Mothers (2021).