Cast

Claudette Colbert

1903 – 1996

Active years (films on this site)

1934–1942

Genres

RomanceComedyDramaWar

Schools and movements

Classical Hollywood

Directors worked with

Frank Capra1 filmErnst Lubitsch1 filmJohn Ford1 filmPreston Sturges1 film

Biography

Claudette Colbert, also known as Lily Claudette Chauchoin, was a French-American stage and film actress. She began her career in earnest on Broadway during the late 1920s and progressed to films with the advent of talking pictures. Initially associated with Paramount Pictures, Colbert had a string of successes as she gradually shifted to working as a freelance actress.

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Awards and honours

International

• Academy Award for Best Actress 1935
• Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film 1988
• Donostia Award 1990

National / local

• Ellis Island Medal of Honor
• Kennedy Center Honors
• star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

4 films on this site

1. It Happened One Night 1934 · Frank Capra · IMDb 8.1 · Cast
2. Bluebeard's Eighth Wife 1938 · Ernst Lubitsch · IMDb 7.1 · Cast
3. Drums Along the Mohawk 1939 · John Ford · IMDb 7.0 · Cast
4. The Palm Beach Story 1942 · Preston Sturges · IMDb 7.4 · Cast