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Claudette Colbert

Claudette Colbert

Actress

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.

Born: September 13, 1903 in Saint-Mandé, Val-de-Marne, France

Died: July 30, 1996 (Age 92)

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Claudette Colbert  Movies & TV Credits

Title Rating Job Role(s) Year
Movie
5.8
ActressAnn Vaughn1930
Movie
6.9
ActressAlison Courtland1948
Movie
6.1
ActressJoyce Roamer1929
Movie
5.7
ActressLiz Frazer1952
Movie
5.9
ActressMiriam Halsworth1951
Movie
6.2
ActressDr. Jane Everest1935
Movie
6.2
ActressKit Madden1946
Movie
5.9
ActressJulie Kirk1933
Movie
7.1
ActressAgnes Newton Keith1950
Movie
5.5
ActressJean Oliver1929
Movie
6.1
ActressKatie Armstrong Jordan1948
Movie
5.5
ActressElizabeth Whitefield (segment "Elisabeth")1954
Movie
7
ActressNicole De Loiselle1938
Movie
6.3
ActressJulia Traynor1931
Movie
6.6
ActressKatherine Grant1943
Movie
6.7
Actress(archive footage)1965
Movie
7.1
ActressBetsy Bartlett1940
Movie
6.2
ActressMary Price1945
Movie
7.4
ActressGeraldine 'Gerry' Jeffers1942
Movie
6.8
ActressLana (Magdelana)1939
Movie
6
ActressLydia Kenyon1941
Movie
5.9
ActressKay Denham1937
Movie
5.4
ActressBarbara Billings1930
Movie
6.3
ActressLydia Thorne1930
Movie
7
ActressNora Trinell1941
Movie
6.1
ActressHelen Blake1931
Movie
5.7
ActressFelicia Hammond1932
Movie
6.1
ActressPrincess Nadya1933
Movie
6.3
ActressClaudette Colbert (uncredited)1932
Movie
6.2
ActressCigarette1936
Movie
7.9
ActressEve Peabody1939
Movie
7.1
ActressBetty MacDonald1947
Movie
7.3
ActressMrs. Anne Hilton1944
Movie
6.9
ActressGrand Duchess Tatiana Petrovna Romanov1937
Movie
6
ActressJudy Jones1934
Movie
6.6
ActressCleopatra1934
Movie
7.1
ActressElizabeth Hamilton1946
Movie
6.9
ActressEdwina Corday1939
Movie
7.6
ActressBeatrice 'Bea' Pullman1934
Movie
6.3
ActressJulia Scott1935
Movie
6.5
ActressSally Trent, aka Mimi Benton1933
Movie
6.6
ActressMarilyn David1935
Movie
6.2
ActressElizabeth Rimplegar1933
Movie
6.4
ActressEllen Ewing1950
Movie
6.3
ActressBarbara Clarke1937
Movie
5.9
ActressJeannette Desmereau1935
Movie
7.2
ActressLt. Janet 'Davy' Davidson1943
Movie
6.6
ActressAugusta Nash1940
Movie
5.1
ActressHelen Steele1932
Movie
5.3
ActressPrudence Webb1955
Movie
5.7
ActressSylvia Suffolk1932
Movie
6.1
ActressZaza1938
Movie
6.6
ActressSister Mary Bonaventure1951
Movie
7.1
ActressMargaret Hughes1932
Movie
8.2
ActressEllie Andrews1934
Movie
6.9
ActressFranzi1931
Movie
6.3
ActressEllen McLean1961
Movie
5.9
ActressPeggy Martin1944
Movie
6.3
ActressLee Addams1946
Movie
6
ActressNora Shelley1949
Movie
4.9
ActressMary1927
Movie
6.6
ActressEmpress Poppaea1932
Movie
5.4
ActressSally Clark1931
Movie
6.1
ActressSelf (archive footage)1997
Movie
6.6
ActressMme de Montespan1954
Movie
6.9
Actress(archive footage)1931
Movie
7.3
Actress(archive footage)1994
Movie
6.1
ActressSelf (archive footage)1999
TV Show
7.5
ActressSelf
1 Episode
1950-1955
TV Show
7.3
ActressSelf - Guest Host
1 Episode
1953-1961
TV Show
6.6
ActressEdith Miller
2 Episodes
1953-1962
TV Show
7.3
ActressBeth Brayden
1 Episode
1956-1961
TV Show
8.2
ActressSelf - Party Host
1 Episode
1956-1960
TV Show
7.6
Actress1 Episode1950-1957
TV Show
6.3
ActressSister Cecilia
1 Episode
1954-1958
TV Show
6.8
Actress1 Episode1956-1958
TV Show
8.3
ActressSelf - Mystery Guest
2 Episodes
1950-1967
TV Show
8
ActressEdith Miller
1 Episode
1957-1958
TV Show
8.4
ActressClaudette Colbert
1 Episode
1950-1965
TV Show
8.1
Actress1 Episode1956-1961
TV Show
7.7
ActressSelf (archive footage)
2 Episodes
1948-1971
TV Show
8.2
ActressSelf - Guest
2 Episodes
1956-1960
TV Show
7.3
ActressLucy Bradford
1 Episode
1956-1961
TV Show
6.3
Actress1 Episode1954-1958
TV Show
6.3
ActressDr. Jane Everest
1 Episode
1954-1958
TV Show
7
ActressSelf
1 Episode
1953
Short Film
6
ActressSelf1938
Short Film
4.6
ActressSelf1940
Short Film
5.9
ActressSelf1935
Short Film
6.9
ActressTatiana (archive footage) (uncredited)1938
Short Film
7.5
ActressSelf (archive footage)1940
Movie
7.4
ActressSelf (archive footage)2003
Movie
7.5
ActressRuth Condomine1956
Limited Series
7.3
ActressAlice Grenville
2 Episodes
1987-1987
TV Special
6.9
ActressSelf
1 Episode
2012
Title Rating Job Role(s) Year
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