Actor
Claudette Colbert
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 ...

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