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Claudette Colbert

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  • 1903 - 1996

Biography

Claudette Colbert was born in Saint-Mandé, Val-de-Marne, France on September 13, 1903 and was brought to the United States as a child three years later. Born Emilie 'Lily' Claudette Chauchoin, she went to high school in New York. She was studying at the Art Students League when, in 1923, she took the name Claudette Colbert for her first Broadway role in "The Wild Westcotts". Her most noteworthy stage vehicle was the "The Barker" in 1927. Her first film was a silent For the Love of Mike (1927), directed by Frank Capra. Made on a shoestring, the movie was a flop, and she vowed that it would be her last film role: "I only left Broadway when the crash came. The Depression killed the theater, and the pictures were manna from heaven". She had her first film success the next year, however, in The Lady Lies (1929). Her early notable films were all box-office hits and included Cleopatra (1934), in which she played the title role enticingly. She had her greatest triumph playing a runaway heiress, with enormous charm, opposite Clark Gable in Capra's comedy It Happened One Night (1934), for which she won the Academy Award as Best Actress. By 1938 her keen ability in business made her the highest paid star in Hollywood. By 1950, though, her star had begun to wane. She returned to the stage in 1956 when she replaced Margaret Sullavan during the spring and summer in the comedy "Janus". Appearances in other Broadway productions followed, including "The Marriage-Go-Round". Besides the stage, she did TV specials and had a supporting role in a notable TV movie, The Two Mrs. Grenvilles (1987), for which she received a Golden Globe award. In 1989 she was presented with a Life Achievement award from the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. She married actor Norman Foster in 1928, although they never lived together and were divorced after seven years. She married surgeon Dr. Joel Pressman soon after and remained married until his death in 1968. In latter years she divided her time between an apartment in New York and a 200-year-old plantation house in Speightstown, Barbados, where she entertained such guests as Frank Sinatra and Ronald Reagan. She remained on Barbados Island after her stroke. On July 30, 1996, Claudette died in Speightstown, Barbados. She was 92.

Birthday: 1903-09-13

Born At: Saint-Mandé, Seine

Casted In:

It Happened One Night
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Let's Make It Legal
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I Cover the Waterfront
27990
Parrish
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The Smiling Lieutenant
31409
Midnight
31993
Bluebeard's Eighth Wife
31996
No Time for Love
32120
The Palm Beach Story
32255
Without Reservations
33077
The Lady Lies
39047
The Egg and I
42342
Since You Went Away
42401
Cleopatra
43902
Tomorrow Is Forever
44100
It's a Wonderful World
47156
Imitation of Life
47921
The Sign of the Cross
50070
The Gilded Lily
54773
Boom Town
55604
Maid of Salem
56557
Remember the Day
56558
Under Two Flags
56559
Tovarich
61046
Four Frightened People
61392
The Love Goddesses
67363
Si Versailles m'était conté
67540
Drums Along the Mohawk
73194
The Secret Fury
74437
Sleep, My Love
74525
Thunder on the Hill
77066
That's Entertainment! III
77448
She Married Her Boss
80305
Torch Singer
82178
Three-Cornered Moon
83767
Family Honeymoon
95504
Skylark
96175
Three Came Home
96255
Private Worlds
107876
The Big Pond
111754
The Bride Comes Home
120497
The Hole in the Wall
120834
Guest Wife
130374
Arise, My Love
131770
I Met Him in Paris
132506
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
135787
Honor Among Lovers
136106
So Proudly We Hail
150778
His Woman
156431
The Phantom President
158964
Make Me a Star
159798
Manslaughter
162957
Tonight Is Ours
164828
Texas Lady
169776
The Planter's Wife
176089
The Misleading Lady
184935
Secrets of a Secretary
188665
The Man from Yesterday
188700
Young Man of Manhattan
198227
Complicated Women
202136
Practically Yours
204252
Zaza
242683
Breakdowns of 1938
254394
Hollywood Goes to Town
254524
The Secret Heart
263013
The House That Shadows Built
277691
Bride for Sale
286499
Hollywood Without Make-Up
294409
For the Love of Mike
306029
Blithe Spirit
333831
Destinées
348455
The Fashion Side of Hollywood
424282
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