Claudette Colbert (I) (1903–1996)

Actress | Soundtrack

One of the brightest film stars to grace the screen was born Emilie Claudette Chauchoin on ...

Born: September 13, 1903
Died: July 30, 1996 (age 92)

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Filmography

Known For

It Happened One Night Ellie Andrews (1934)
So Proudly We Hail! Lt. Janet 'Davy' Davidson (1943)
Bluebeard's Eighth Wife Nicole De Loiselle (1938)
Known For

Since You Went Away Anne Hilton (1944)
Actress

The Two Mrs. Grenvilles Alice Grenville (1987)
Parrish Ellen McLean (1961)
Zane Grey Theatre Beth Brayden (1957-1960)
The Bells of St. Mary's Sister Benedict (1959)
Suspicion (1958)
Colgate Theatre Elizabeth Harper (1958)
General Electric Theater Edith Miller (1958)
Telephone Time Mary Roberts Rinehart (1957)
Playhouse 90 Betsy Gregg (1957)
Robert Montgomery Presents (1956)
Ford Star Jubilee Ruth Condomine (1956)
Blithe Spirit Ruth Condomine (1956)
Texas Lady Prudence Webb (1955)
Climax! Sister Cecilia (1955)
The Ford Television Theatre Elizabeth Hopkins (1955)
The Best of Broadway Actress (1954-1955)
Royal Affairs in Versailles Madame de Montespan (1954)
Daughters of Destiny Elizabeth Whitefield (segment "Elisabeth") (1954)
Outpost in Malaya Liz Frazer (1952)
Let's Make It Legal Miriam Halsworth (1951)
Thunder on the Hill Sister Mary Bonaventure (1951)
The Secret Fury Ellen Ewing (1950)
Three Came Home Agnes Newton Keith (1950)
Bride for Sale Nora Shelley (1949)
Family Honeymoon Katie Armstrong Jordan (1948)
Sleep, My Love Alison Courtland (1948)
The Egg and I Betty (1947)
The Secret Heart Lee Addams (1946)
Without Reservations Kit Madden (1946)
Tomorrow Is Forever Elizabeth Hamilton (1946)
Guest Wife Mary Price (1945)
Practically Yours Peggy Martin (1944)
Since You Went Away Anne Hilton (1944)
So Proudly We Hail! Lt. Janet 'Davy' Davidson (1943)
No Time for Love Katherine Grant (1943)
The Palm Beach Story Gerry Jeffers (1942)
Remember the Day Nora Trinell (1941)
Skylark Lydia Kenyon (1941)
Arise, My Love Augusta Nash (1940)
Boom Town Betsy Bartlett (1940)
Drums Along the Mohawk Lana (Magdelana) (1939)
It's a Wonderful World Edwina Corday (1939)
Midnight Eve Peabody (1939)
Zaza Zaza (1938)
Bluebeard's Eighth Wife Nicole De Loiselle (1938)
Tovarich Grand Duchess Tatiana Petrovna Romanov (1937)
I Met Him in Paris Kay Denham (1937)
Maid of Salem Barbara Clarke (1937)
Under Two Flags Cigarette (1936)
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 (1935)
Imitation of Life Beatrice Pullman (1934)
Cleopatra Cleopatra (1934)
It Happened One Night Ellie Andrews (1934)
Four Frightened People Judy Jones (1934)
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 (1933)
The Sign of the Cross Empress Poppaea (1932)
The Phantom President Felicia Hammond (1932)
Make Me a Star Claudette Colbert (1932)
The Man from Yesterday Sylvia Suffolk (1932)
The Misleading Lady Helen Steele (1932)
The Wiser Sex Margaret Hughes (1932)
His Woman Sally Clark (1931)
Secrets of a Secretary Helen Blake (1931)
The Smiling Lieutenant Franzi (1931)
Honor Among Lovers Julia Traynor (1931)
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 (1930)
The Lady Lies Joyce Roamer (1929)
The Hole in the Wall Jean Oliver (1929)
Actress

For the Love of Mike Mary (1927)
Soundtrack

Since You Went Away (1944)
Arise, My Love (1940)
Boom Town (1940)
Tovarich (1937)
Under Two Flags (1936)
Torch Singer (1933)
Soundtrack

The Smiling Lieutenant (1931)
Archive footage

Azzedine Alaïa: Un couturier français (2022)
Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies (2020)
Compression (2016)
Back to the Present (2015)
Stars of the Silver Screen (2015)
Discovering Film (2015)
Welcome to the Basement (2015)
Dai nostri inviati: La Rai racconta la Mostra del cinema di Venezia 1980-1989 (2013)
Hitchcock (2012)
American Horror Story (2012)
Dai nostri inviati: La Rai e l'Istituto Luce raccontano la Mostra del cinema di Venezia 1932-1953 (2012)
Extraordinary Women (2011)
The Many Faces of Cleopatra (2009)
Hollywood contra Franco (2008)
Cámara negra. Teatro Victoria Eugenia (2007)
City Confidential (2007)
Premio Donostia a Matt Dillon (2006)
Premio Donostia a Max Von Sydow (2006)
The Naked Archaeologist (2005-2006)
Premio Donostia a Willem Dafoe (2005)
Complicated Women (2003)
Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel (2001)
The Lady with the Torch (1999)
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender (1997)
The 69th Annual Academy Awards (1997)
At the Movies (1996)
50 Years of Funny Females (1995)
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies (1995)
100 Years at the Movies (1994)
That's Entertainment! III (1994)
The Moviemakers (1984)
Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter (1982)
AFI Life Achievement Award (1980)
America at the Movies (1976)
The Dick Cavett Show (1972)
The Love Goddesses (1965)
Hollywood and the Stars (1964)
Hollywood Without Make-Up (1963)
Hollywood: The Great Stars (1963)
Frontier Justice (1959)
Film Time (1955)
The Ed Sullivan Show (1955)
History Brought to Life (1950)
Screen Snapshots: Photoplay Gold Medal Awards (1948)
Hollywood: Style Center of the World (1940)
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards (1940)
Land of Liberty (1939)
I'll Tell the World (1939)
The Fashion Side of Hollywood (1935)
Hollywood on Parade No. B-1 (1934)
Archive footage

The House That Shadows Built (1931)
Hollywood Remembers (2000)

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Did You Know

Trivia

After she secretly married Norman Foster in 1928, they announced that they would maintain separate residences so that "love would never die". Evidently it did, as the couple divorced in 1935.

When I grew a little older, my nose began to grow out of proportion. My mother used to say, "Claudette, don't you want to be pretty when you grow up?" And I would make a naughty face at her and say, "No, I don't."