Claudette Colbert

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1903-09-13 (93 years old)

Deathday

1996-07-30

Place of Birth

Saint-Mandé, Val-de-Marne, France

Claudette Colbert

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 l...

Acting

1934

It Happened One Night

as Ellie Andrews

1951

Let's Make It Legal

as Miriam Halsworth

1938

Bluebeard's Eighth Wife

as Nicole De Loiselle

1939

Midnight

as Eve Peabody

1943

No Time for Love

as Katherine Grant

1942

The Palm Beach Story

as Geraldine 'Gerry' Jeffers

1946

1933

1961

Parrish

as Ellen McLean

1947

The Egg and I

as Betty MacDonald

1944

Since You Went Away

as Mrs. Anne Hilton

1937

Tovarich

as Grand Duchess Tatiana Petrovna Romanov

1934

1934

Cleopatra

as Cleopatra

1946

Tomorrow Is Forever

as Elizabeth Hamilton

1929

The Lady Lies

as Joyce Roamer

1939

It's a Wonderful World

as Edwina Corday

1934

Imitation of Life

as Beatrice 'Bea' Pullman

1954

Royal Affairs in Versailles

as Mrs. de Montespan

1935

She Married Her Boss

as Julia Scott

1932

The Sign of the Cross

as Empress Poppaea

1933

Torch Singer

as Sally Trent, aka Mimi Benton

1939

Drums Along the Mohawk

as Lana (Magdelana)

1933

Three Cornered Moon

as Elizabeth Rimplegar

1935

The Gilded Lily

as Marilyn David

1950

The Secret Fury

as Ellen Ewing

1948

Sleep, My Love

as Alison Courtland

1940

Boom Town

as Betsy Bartlett

1936

Under Two Flags

as Cigarette

1937

Maid of Salem

as Barbara Clarke

1941

Remember the Day

as Nora Trinell

1951

Thunder on the Hill

as Sister Mary Bonaventure

1941

Skylark

as Lydia Kenyon

1950

Three Came Home

as Agnes Newton Keith

1948

Family Honeymoon

as Katie Armstrong Jordan

1929

The Hole in the Wall

as Jean Oliver

1935

Private Worlds

as Dr. Jane Everest

1935

The Bride Comes Home

as Jeannette Desmereau

1943

So Proudly We Hail

as Lt. Janet 'Davy' Davidson

1940

Arise, My Love

as Augusta Nash

1945

Guest Wife

as Mary Price

1937

I Met Him in Paris

as Kay Denham

1931

Honor Among Lovers

as Julia Traynor

1932

Make Me a Star

as Claudette Colbert (uncredited)

1930

Manslaughter

as Lydia Thorne

1932

The Phantom President

as Felicia Hammond

1933

Tonight Is Ours

as Princess Nadya

1955

Texas Lady

as Prudence Webb

1932

The Misleading Lady

as Helen Steele

1944

Practically Yours

as Peggy Martin

1931

1932

The Man from Yesterday

as Sylvia Suffolk

1952

The Planter's Wife

as Liz Frazer

1930

1938

Zaza

as Zaza

1930

The Big Pond

as Barbara Billings

1931

His Woman

as Sally Clark

1946

The Secret Heart

as Lee Addams

1949

Bride for Sale

as Nora Shelley

1956

Blithe Spirit

as Ruth Condomine

1954

Daughters of Destiny

as Elizabeth Whitefield (segment "Elisabeth")

1932

The Wiser Sex

as Margaret Hughes

1994

That's Entertainment! III

as (archive footage)

1938

Breakdowns of 1938

as Tatiana (archive footage) (uncredited)

1940

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

as Self (archive footage)

2003

Complicated Women

as Self (archive footage)

1931

The House That Shadows Built

as (archive footage)

1997

The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender

as Self (archive footage)

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