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Claudette Colbert (1903–1996)

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Screenwriter Allan Scott was one of Claudette Colbert's biggest fans after working with her on Skylark and So Proudly We Hail!. When she had trouble with one of his scenes she never said, "I can't play this scene"; her attitude was, "I think I'm missing something here", he recalled decades later when writing about Colbert's deep understanding as a friend... See full bio »

Born:

Emilie Claudette Chauchoin
in Saint-Mandé, Val-de-Marne, France

Died:

(age 92) in Speightstown, Barbados
Claudette Colbert and Edna Shotwell Claudette Colbert circa 1935 Still of Claudette Colbert and Warren William in Cleopatra Claudette Colbert circa 1942
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1987 The Two Mrs. Grenvilles (TV movie)
Alice Grenville
 
1961 Parrish
Ellen McLean
 
1957-1960 Zane Grey Theater (TV series)
Beth Brayden / Lucy Horncuff
– So Young the Savage Land (1960) … Beth Brayden
– Blood in the Dust (1957) … Lucy Horncuff
 
1959 The Bells of St. Mary's (TV movie)
Sister Benedict
 
1958 Colgate Theatre (TV series)
Elizabeth Harper
– Welcome to Washington (1958) … Elizabeth Harper
 
1958 G.E. True Theater (TV series)
Edith Miller
– The Last Town Car, Part 2 (1958) … Edith Miller
– The Last Town Car, Part 1 (1958) … Edith Miller
 
1958 Suspicion (TV series)
Mrs. Edith Miller
– The Last Town Car (1958) … Mrs. Edith Miller
 
1957 Telephone Time (TV series)
Mary Roberts Rinehart
– Novel Appeal (1957) … Mary Roberts Rinehart
 
1957 Playhouse 90 (TV series)
Betsy Gregg
– One Coat of White (1957) … Betsy Gregg
 
1956 Robert Montgomery Presents (TV series)
– After All These Years (1956)
 
1956 Blithe Spirit (TV movie)
Ruth Condomine
 
1956 Ford Star Jubilee (TV series)
Ruth Condomine
– Blithe Spirit (1956) … Ruth Condomine
 
1955 The Loretta Young Show (TV series)
Guest Hostess
– A Pattern of Deceit (1955) … Guest Hostess
 
1955 Texas Lady
Prudence Webb
 
1955 Climax! (TV series)
Dr. Jane Everest / Sister Cecilia
– The Deliverance of Sister Cecilia (1955) … Sister Cecilia
– Private Worlds (1955) … Dr. Jane Everest
 
1955 The Ford Television Theatre (TV series)
Elizabeth Hopkins / Lorna Gilbert
– While We're Young (1955) … Elizabeth Hopkins
– Magic Formula (1955) … Lorna Gilbert
 
1954-1955 The Best of Broadway (TV series)
Actress / Julie Cavendish
– The Guardsman (1955) … Actress
– The Royal Family (1954) … Julie Cavendish
 
1954 Royal Affairs in Versailles
Madame de Montespan
 
1954 Daughters of Destiny
Elizabeth Whitefield (segment "Elisabeth")
 
1952 Outpost in Malaya
Liz Frazer
 
1951 Let's Make It Legal
Miriam Halsworth
 
1951 Thunder on the Hill
Sister Mary Bonaventure
 
1950 The Secret Fury
Ellen R. 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
 
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 The Palm Beach Story
Gerry Jeffers
 
1941 Remember the Day
Nora Trinell
 
1941 Skylark
Lydia Kenyon
 
1940 Arise, My Love
Augusta Nash
 
1940 Boom Town
Betsy Bartlett
 
1939 Drums Along the Mohawk
Lana (Magdelana)
 
1939 It's a Wonderful World
Edwina Corday
 
1939 Midnight
Eve Peabody aka Baroness Czerny
 
1938 Zaza
Zaza
 
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 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
 
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
Poppaea
 
1932 The Phantom President
Felicia Hammond
 
1932 The Man from Yesterday
Sylvia Suffolk
 
1932 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 Honor Among Lovers
Julia Traynor
 
1930 L'énigmatique Monsieur Parkes
Lucy Stavrin
 
1930 La grande mare
Barbara Billings
 
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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1944 Since You Went Away (music: "Kaiser-Walzer Emperor Waltz op.437" 1889 - uncredited / performer: "Together" 1928 - uncredited, "Kaiser-Walzer Emperor Waltz op.437" 1889 - uncredited, "Happy Birthday to You" 1893 - uncredited)
 
1940 Arise, My Love (performer: "Dream Lover" 1929 - uncredited)
 
1940 Boom Town (performer: "Polly Wolly Doodle" - uncredited)
 
1937 Tovarich (performer: "Chto Mnie Gore" - uncredited)
 
1936 Under Two Flags (performer: "One-Two-Three-Four-Hey!" 1936 - uncredited)
 
1933 Torch Singer (performer: "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Love" 1933, "Don't Be a Cry Baby" 1933, "It's a Long Dark Night" 1933, "The Slumber Boat" 1898 / "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Love" 1933, "It's a Long Dark Night" 1933)
 
1931 The Smiling Lieutenant (performer: "While Hearts Are Singing" 1931, "Breakfast Table Love" 1931, "Jazz Up Your Lingerie" 1931)
 
Show ShowSelf (23 titles)
1989 The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (TV special)
Herself - Honoree
 
1988 Cinema 3 (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 21 September 1988 (1988) … Herself
 
1985 All-Star Party for 'Dutch' Reagan (TV movie)
Herself
 
1983 The Moviemakers (TV series)
– The Films of Frank Capra (uncredited)
 
1982 The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (TV special)
Herself
 
1982 AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Frank Capra (TV special documentary)
Herself
 
1959 The Jack Paar Tonight Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #3.17 (1959) … Herself
 
1956-1959 What's My Line? (TV series)
Herself - Mystery Guest
– Episode dated 20 September 1959 (1959) … Herself - Mystery Guest
– Episode dated 30 September 1956 (1956) … Herself - Mystery Guest
 
1959 The 13th Annual Tony Awards (TV special)
Herself - Presenter
 
1956-1958 The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (TV series)
Herself - Guest / Herself - Party Host
– Episode #4.11 (1958) … Herself - Party Host
– Episode #3.31 (1958) … Herself - Guest
– Episode #2.3 (1956) … Herself - Guest
 
1957 General Motors 50th Anniversary Show (TV movie)
Herself
 
1956 The 28th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Co-Host: New York & Presenter: Best Foreign Language Film
 
1955 The Colgate Comedy Hour (TV series)
Herself - Awards Presenter
– Episode #6.9 (1955) … Herself - Awards Presenter
 
1951 The Jack Benny Program (TV series)
Herself
– The Claudette Colbert and Basil Rathbone Show (1951) … Herself
 
1944 Garabatos Claudette Colbert
Herself
 
1942 Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 6 (documentary short)
Herself
 
1938 Hollywood Goes to Town (documentary short)
Herself
 
1938 Breakdowns of 1938 (short)
Herself (Tovarich outtakes) (uncredited)
 
1935 The Fashion Side of Hollywood (documentary short)
Herself
 
1934 Hollywood on Parade No. B-8 (short)
Herself
 
1934 The Hollywood You Never See (documentary short)
Herself
 
1933 Hollywood on Parade No. A-9 (short)
Herself (uncredited)
 
1932 Make Me a Star
Herself - Cameo appearance (uncredited)
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (26 titles)
2012 Hitchcock
Lee Addams in The Secret Heart (uncredited)
 
2009 The Many Faces of Cleopatra (video documentary)
Cleopatra
 
2007 Cámara negra. Teatro Victoria Eugenia (TV documentary short)
Herself
 
2007 City Confidential (TV series documentary)
 
2006 Premio Donostia a Matt Dillon (TV movie)
Herself
 
2006 Premio Donostia a Max Von Sydow (TV movie)
Herself
 
2005-2006 The Naked Archaeologist (TV series)
 
2005 Premio Donostia a Willem Dafoe (TV movie)
Herself
 
2003 Complicated Women (TV documentary)
Herself (uncredited)
 
1997 The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender (documentary)
 
1997 The 69th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Memorial Tribute
 
1995 50 Years of Funny Females (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1995 The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1994 That's Entertainment! III (documentary)
Performer in Clip from 'Boom Town' (uncredited)
 
1992 Fonda on Fonda (TV documentary)
Lana Martin
 
1976 America at the Movies (documentary)
Ellie Andrews
 
1965 The Love Goddesses (documentary)
Herself
 
1963 Hollywood Without Make-Up (documentary)
Herself
 
1959 Frontier Justice (TV series)
 
1955 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
 
1948 Screen Snapshots: Photoplay Gold Medal Awards (short)
Herself
 
1947 Brute Force
(uncredited)
 
1940 Hollywood: Style Center of the World (documentary short)
Herself
 
1940 Cavalcade of the Academy Awards (documentary short)
 
1939 Land of Liberty
 
1931 The House That Shadows Built (documentary)
 

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Personal Details

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(1923) Stage: Appeared (as "Sybil Blake") in "The Wild Westcotts" on Broadway (1923). Comedy. Written by Anne Morrison Chapin [credited as Anne Morrison]. Frazee Theatre: 24 Dec 1923-Jan 1924 (closing date unknown/24 performances). Cast: Leslie Adams, Helen Broderick (as "Mrs. Taylor")... See more »

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Height:

5' 4½" (1.64 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

[on Clark Gable] I was so happy to be within two feet of him. See more »

Trivia:

Was nominated for Broadway's 1959 Tony Award as Best Actress (Dramatic) for "The Marriage-Go-Round." See more »

Nickname:

Lily See more »

Star Sign:

Virgo