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Claudette Colbert

Claudette Colbert

Oyuncu · 1903 – 1996 · Saint-Mandé, Val-de-Marne, France

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.

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  • Film7.8

    It Happened One Night

    Bir Gecede Oldu

    1934 · 1.5K votes

  • Film6.4

    The Sign of the Cross

    1932 · 54 votes

  • Film6.6

    Since You Went Away

    1944 · 56 votes

  • Film6.5

    Drums Along the Mohawk

    1939 · 133 votes

  • Film7.0

    The Palm Beach Story

    Palmiye Kumsalı Öyküsü

    1942 · 214 votes

  • Film6.5

    It's a Wonderful World

    1939 · 50 votes

  • Film7.0

    Bluebeard's 8th Wife

    1938 · 113 votes

  • Film5.9

    So Proudly We Hail

    1943 · 26 votes

  • Film5.6

    Let's Make It Legal

    1951 · 27 votes

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  • Film6.1

    Cleopatra

    1934 · 102 votes

  • Film6.3

    Without Reservations

    1946 · 21 votes

  • Film7.0

    The Egg and I

    1947 · 50 votes

  • Film7.0

    Imitation of Life

    1934 · 88 votes

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  • Film6.2

    Guest Wife

    1945 · 13 votes

  • Film8.0
  • Film6.7

    Si Versailles m'était conté

    Royal Affairs in Versailles

    1953 · 32 votes

  • Film6.4

    Thunder on the Hill

    1951 · 33 votes

  • Film9.0

    The Comedian

    1957 · 1 votes

  • Film6.2

    Family Honeymoon

    1948 · 4 votes

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  • Film7.0

    No Time for Love

    1943 · 22 votes

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  • Dizi7.0

    What's My Line?

    1950 · 29 votes

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  • Dizi3.8

    Climax!

    1954 · 12 votes

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  • Dizi6.2

    The Steve Allen Show

    1956 · 6 votes

  • Dizi6.9

    The Colgate Comedy Hour

    1950 · 13 votes

  • Dizi7.8

    The Jack Benny Program

    1950 · 17 votes

  • Dizi7.1

    The Oscars

    1953 · 85 votes

  • Dizi7.5

    Playhouse 90

    1956 · 10 votes

  • Dizi6.5

    Telephone Time

    1956 · 4 votes

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  • Dizi6.2

    Suspicion

    1957 · 9 votes

  • Dizi6.6

    Letter to Loretta

    1953 · 7 votes

  • Dizi6.8
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