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Claudette Colbert

American actress (1903–1996)

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Claudette Colbert was an American actress who had a long career in film and television from the 1920s through the 1980s. She is remembered as one of Hollywood's major stars during the Golden Age of cinema, known for her elegance and comedic talent in popular movies.

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Born: 1903-09-13
Died: 1996-07-30
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Acting · 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".…

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Complicated Women — Self (archive footage)2003
Frank Capra Jr. Remembers: 'It Happened One Night' — Self (archive footage)1999
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender — Self (archive footage)1997
That's Entertainment! III — (archive footage)1994
The Two Mrs. Grenvilles — Alice Grenville1987
Marilyn Monroe — archive footage1986

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Claudette Colbert (koʊlˈbɛər/ kohl-BAIR, September 13, 1903, Saint-Mandé, France – July 30, 1996, Speightstown, Barbados), also known as Lily Claudette Chauchoin (ʃoʃwɛ̃/ show-shwan); was a French-American stage and film actress. Colbert began her career in Broadway productions during the late 1920s and progressed to films with the advent of talking pictures. Initially associated with Paramount Pictures, and then followed a string of successes that she gradually shifted to working as a freelance actress.

With her Mid-Atlantic accent, versatility, rigid character, aristocratic demeanor, and flair for light comedy and emotional drama, Colbert became one of the popular stars of the 1930s and 1940s. In all, she was cast in more than 60 movies, in most of which she had top billing. Among her frequent co-stars were Fred MacMurray in seven films (1935–1949), and Fredric March in four (1930–1933).