Claudette Colbert
Birthday
1903/09/13
Day of death
1996/07/30 (92 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Saint-Mandé, Val-de-Marne, France
Also know as
Emilie Claudette Chauchoin, Клодетт Кольбер
Biography
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), d...Read more
Acting
(1934) It Happened One Night
as Ellie Andrews
(1931) The Smiling Lieutenant
as Franzi
(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) Without Reservations
as Kit Madden
(1933) I Cover the Waterfront
as Julie Kirk
(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) Four Frightened People
as Judy Jones
(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
(1999) Frank Capra Jr. Remembers: 'It Happened One Night'
as Self (archive footage)
(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
(1932) The Man from Yesterday
as Sylvia Suffolk
(1931) Secrets of a Secretary
as Helen Blake
(1952) The Planter's Wife
as Liz Frazer
(1930) Young Man of Manhattan
as Ann Vaughn
(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
(1927) For the Love of Mike
as Mary
(1956) Blithe Spirit
as Ruth Condomine
(1954) Daughters of Destiny
as Elizabeth Whitefield (segment "Elisabeth")
(1932) The Wiser Sex
as Margaret Hughes
(1935) The Fashion Side of Hollywood
as Self
(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)
(1940) Hollywood: Style Center of the World
as Self
(1942) Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
as Herself
(2003) Complicated Women
as Self (archive footage)
(1938) Hollywood Goes to Town
as Self
(1931) The House That Shadows Built
as (archive footage)
(1997) The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
as Self (archive footage)
(1950) The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self
(1953) General Electric Theater
as Edith Miller
(1954) Climax!
as ---
(1950) Robert Montgomery Presents
as ---
(1956) Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Lucy Bradford
(1956) The Steve Allen Show
as Self - Guest
(1950) The Jack Benny Program
as Claudette Colbert
(1956) Telephone Time
as ---
(1953) The Oscars
as Self
(1978) The Kennedy Center Honors
as Self
(1953) Letter to Loretta
as Self - Guest Host
(1987) The Two Mrs. Grenvilles
as Alice Grenville
(1956) Playhouse 90
as ---
(1956) Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Beth Brayden
(1954) Climax!
as Dr. Jane Everest
(1954) Climax!
as Sister Cecilia
(1956) The Steve Allen Show
as Self - Party Host
(1950) What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery Guest
(1957) Suspicion
as Edith Miller