Claudette Colbert

Personal Info

Birthday

September 13, 1903

Day of Death

1996-07-30

(92 years old)

Place of Birth

Saint-Mandé, Val-de-Marne, France

Also Known As

Emilie Claudette Chauchoin

Клодетт Кольбер

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.

Known For

Climax!

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

The Jack Benny Program

Suspicion

It Happened One Night

General Electric Theater

The Two Mrs. Grenvilles

The Gilded Lily

Filmography

2003
Complicated Women
as Self (archive footage)
1999
Frank Capra Jr. Remembers: 'It Happened One Night'
as Self (archive footage)
1997
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
as Self (archive footage)
1994
That's Entertainment! III
as (archive footage)
1961
Parrish
as Ellen McLean
1956
Blithe Spirit
as Ruth Condomine
1955
Texas Lady
as Prudence Webb
1954
Royal Affairs in Versailles
as Mrs. de Montespan
Daughters of Destiny
as Elizabeth Whitefield (segment "Elisabeth")
1952
The Planter's Wife
as Liz Frazer
1951
Let's Make It Legal
as Miriam Halsworth
Thunder on the Hill
as Sister Mary Bonaventure
1950
The Secret Fury
as Ellen Ewing
Three Came Home
as Agnes Newton Keith
1949
Bride for Sale
as Nora Shelley
1948
Family Honeymoon
as Katie Armstrong Jordan
Sleep, My Love
as Alison Courtland
1947
The Egg and I
as Betty MacDonald
1946
The Secret Heart
as Lee Addams
Without Reservations
as Kit Madden
Tomorrow Is Forever
as Elizabeth Hamilton
1945
Guest Wife
as Mary Price
1944
Practically Yours
as Peggy Martin
Since You Went Away
as Mrs. Anne Hilton
1943
So Proudly We Hail
as Lt. Janet 'Davy' Davidson
No Time for Love
as Katherine Grant
1942
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
as Herself
The Palm Beach Story
as Geraldine 'Gerry' Jeffers
1941
Remember the Day
as Nora Trinell
Skylark
as Lydia Kenyon
1940
Arise, My Love
as Augusta Nash
Boom Town
as Betsy Bartlett
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
as Self
1939
Drums Along the Mohawk
as Lana (Magdelana)
It's a Wonderful World
as Edwina Corday
Midnight
as Eve Peabody
1938
Breakdowns of 1938
as Tatiana (archive footage) (uncredited)
Zaza
as Zaza
Hollywood Goes to Town
as Self
Bluebeard's Eighth Wife
as Nicole De Loiselle
1937
Tovarich
as Grand Duchess Tatiana Petrovna Romanov
I Met Him in Paris
as Kay Denham
Maid of Salem
as Barbara Clarke
1936
Under Two Flags
as Cigarette
1935
The Bride Comes Home
as Jeannette Desmereau
The Fashion Side of Hollywood
as Self
She Married Her Boss
as Julia Scott
Private Worlds
as Dr. Jane Everest
The Gilded Lily
as Marilyn David
1934
Imitation of Life
as Beatrice 'Bea' Pullman
Cleopatra
as Cleopatra
It Happened One Night
as Ellie Andrews
Four Frightened People
as Judy Jones
1933
Torch Singer
as Sally Trent, aka Mimi Benton
Three Cornered Moon
as Elizabeth Rimplegar
I Cover the Waterfront
as Julie Kirk
Tonight Is Ours
as Princess Nadya
1932
The Sign of the Cross
as Empress Poppaea
The Phantom President
as Felicia Hammond
Make Me a Star
as Claudette Colbert (uncredited)
The Man from Yesterday
as Sylvia Suffolk
The Misleading Lady
as Helen Steele
The Wiser Sex
as Margaret Hughes
1931
His Woman
as Sally Clark
Secrets of a Secretary
as Helen Blake
The Smiling Lieutenant
as Franzi
The House That Shadows Built
as (archive footage)
Honor Among Lovers
as Julia Traynor
1930
Manslaughter
as Lydia Thorne
The Big Pond
as Barbara Billings
Young Man of Manhattan
as Ann Vaughn
1929
The Lady Lies
as Joyce Roamer
The Hole in the Wall
as Jean Oliver
1927
For the Love of Mike
as Mary