Claudette Colbert
Known for Acting · 95 credits
- Born
- 1903-09-13
- Died
- 1996-07-30
- Place of birth
- Saint-Mandé, Val-de-Marne, France
- Also known as
- Emilie Claudette Chauchoin · Клодетт Кольбер
Biography
Claudette Colbert (September 13, 1903 — July 30, 1996) was an American actress. Born Emilie Claudette Chauchoin in Saint-Mandé, Val-de-Marne, France, she was brought to the United States as a child three years later and went to high school in New York. While 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.
Known For
TV Shows (15)
Climax!
1954
as Dr. Jane Everest / Sister Cecilia
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
What's My Line?
1950
as Self - Mystery Guest
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Lucy Bradford / Beth Brayden
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
as Self
The Steve Allen Show
1956
as Self / Self - Party Host
The Oscars
1953
as Self
The Jack Benny Program
1950
as Claudette Colbert
Playhouse 90
1956
Telephone Time
1956
The Kennedy Center Honors
1978
as Self
Suspicion
1957
as Edith Miller
Letter to Loretta
1953
as Self - Guest Host
General Electric Theater
1953
as Edith Miller
The Two Mrs. Grenvilles
1987
as Alice Grenville
Movies (80)
It Happened One Night
1934
as Ellie Andrews
Bluebeard's 8th Wife
1938
as Nicole De Loiselle
Complicated Women
2003
as Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment! III
1994
as (archive footage)
The Sign of the Cross
1932
as Empress Poppaea
Since You Went Away
1944
as Mrs. Anne Hilton
Without Reservations
1946
as Kit Madden
Imitation of Life
1934
as Beatrice 'Bea' Pullman
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
1997
as Self (archive footage)
Cleopatra
1934
as Cleopatra
Remember the Day
1941
as Nora Trinell
Tovarich
1937
as Grand Duchess Tatiana Petrovna Romanov
Tomorrow Is Forever
1946
as Elizabeth Hamilton
The Comedian
1957
as Self (intro)
Drums Along the Mohawk
1939
as Lana (Magdelana)
Texas Lady
1955
as Prudence Webb
Boom Town
1940
as Betsy Bartlett
Manslaughter
1930
as Lydia Thorne
Parrish
1961
as Ellen McLean
The Palm Beach Story
1942
as Geraldine 'Gerry' Jeffers
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940
as Self (archive footage)
Royal Affairs in Versailles
1953
as Mrs. de Montespan
Midnight
1939
as Eve Peabody
The Gilded Lily
1935
as Marilyn David
No Time for Love
1943
as Katherine Grant
The Secret Heart
1946
as Lee Addams
Family Honeymoon
1948
as Katie Armstrong Jordan
I Met Him in Paris
1937
as Kay Denham
Torch Singer
1933
as Sally Trent, aka Mimi Benton
So Proudly We Hail
1943
as Lt. Janet 'Davy' Davidson
The Egg and I
1947
as Betty MacDonald
Breakdowns of 1938
1938
as Tatiana (archive footage) (uncredited)
Sleep, My Love
1948
as Alison Courtland
It's a Wonderful World
1939
as Edwina Corday
Skylark
1941
as Lydia Kenyon
Three Came Home
1950
as Agnes Newton Keith
Maid of Salem
1937
as Barbara Clarke
Three Cornered Moon
1933
as Elizabeth Rimplegar
Private Worlds
1935
as Dr. Jane Everest
Let's Make It Legal
1951
as Miriam Halsworth
Thunder on the Hill
1951
as Sister Mary Bonaventure
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
1940
as Self
The Secret Fury
1950
as Ellen Ewing
His Woman
1931
as Sally Clark
She Married Her Boss
1935
as Julia Scott
The Planter's Wife
1952
as Liz Frazer
Arise, My Love
1940
as Augusta Nash
The Big Pond
1930
as Barbara Billings
Under Two Flags
1936
as Cigarette
The Fashion Side of Hollywood
1935
as Self
Frank Capra Jr. Remembers: 'It Happened One Night'
1999
as Self (archive footage)
Secrets of a Secretary
1931
as Helen Blake
The House That Shadows Built
1931
as (archive footage)
Daughters of Destiny
1954
as Elizabeth Whitefield (segment "Elisabeth")
Hollywood Goes to Town
1938
as Self
I Cover the Waterfront
1933
as Julie Kirk
Four Frightened People
1934
as Judy Jones
Zaza
1939
as Zaza
Tonight Is Ours
1933
as Princess Nadya
Guest Wife
1945
as Mary Price
Marilyn Monroe
1986
as archive footage
Practically Yours
1944
as Peggy Martin
Honor Among Lovers
1931
as Julia Traynor
The Hole in the Wall
1929
as Jean Oliver
The Misleading Lady
1932
as Helen Steele
The Lady Lies
1929
as Joyce Roamer
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
1942
as Herself
Bride for Sale
1949
as Nora Shelley
Blithe Spirit
1956
as Ruth Condomine
The Bride Comes Home
1935
as Jeannette Desmereau
The Man from Yesterday
1932
as Sylvia Suffolk
Make Me a Star
1932
as Claudette Colbert (uncredited)
Mysterious Mr. Parkes
1930
as Lucy Stavrin
The Smiling Lieutenant
1931
as Franzi
The Phantom President
1932
as Felicia Hammond
The Wiser Sex
1932
as Margaret Hughes
For the Love of Mike
1927
as Mary
Young Man of Manhattan
1930
as Ann Vaughn
Hollywood on Parade No. B-10
1934
as Self
One Coat of White
1957
as Betsy Gregg
About Claudette Colbert
Claudette Colbert (September 13, 1903 — July 30, 1996) was an American actress. Born Emilie Claudette Chauchoin in Saint-Mandé, Val-de-Marne, France, she was brought to the United States as a child three years later and went to high school in New York. While 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… With 95 credits spanning from 1927 to 2003, Claudette Colbert has appeared in 80 films and 15 TV shows.
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- It Happened One Night (1934) — as Ellie Andrews
- Bluebeard's 8th Wife (1938) — as Nicole De Loiselle
- Complicated Women (2003) — as Self (archive footage)
- That's Entertainment! III (1994) — as (archive footage)
- The Sign of the Cross (1932) — as Empress Poppaea
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