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Claudette Colbert
Inimitably charming, witty and sophisticated star of American films from the start of talkies till the mid-1950s, and later a most welcome presence on the stage and in occasional TV. Born in Paris, Claudette Colbert moved to New York when her banker father encountered financial setbacks. Initially intending to become a commercial artist, she studied with speech teacher Alice Rossetter to overcome a slight lisp. Rossetter encouraged Colbert to audition for a play she had just written, "The Widow's Veil" (1919), and so one of the most durable careers in show business began with an appearance as an Irish bride (complete with red wig and brogue).
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Claudette Colbert
Filmography
Movies
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Lubitsch Musicals | Unknown (Character) | - | 2008 |
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Parrish | Ellen McLean (Character) | - | 1961 |
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Texas Lady | Prudence Webb (Character) | - | 1956 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Royal Affairs in Versailles | Madame de Montespan (Character) | - | 1954 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Outpost in Malaya | Liz Frazer (Character) | - | 1952 |
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Let's Make It Legal | Miriam Halsworth (Character) | - | 1951 |
| 83% |
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Thunder on the Hill | Sister Mary Bonaventure (Character) | - | 1951 |
| 100% |
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Three Came Home | Agnes Newton Keith (Character) | - | 1950 |
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The Secret Fury | Ellen R. Ewing (Character) | - | 1950 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bride for Sale | Nora Shelley (Character) | - | 1949 |
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Sleep, My Love | Alison Courtland (Character) | - | 1948 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Family Honeymoon | Katie Armstrong Jordan (Character) | - | 1948 |
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The Egg and I | Betty MacDonald (Character) | - | 1947 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Secret Heart | Lee Addams (Character) | - | 1946 |
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Without Reservations | Kit (Character) | - | 1946 |
| 60% |
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Tomorrow Is Forever | Elizabeth Hamilton (Character) | - | 1946 |
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Guest Wife | Mary Price (Character) | - | 1945 |
| 77% |
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Since You Went Away | Mrs. Anne Hilton (Character) | - | 1944 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Practically Yours | Peggy Martin (Character) | - | 1944 |
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No Time for Love | Katherine Grant (Character) | - | 1943 |
| 100% |
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So Proudly We Hail | Lt. Janet "Davy" Davidson (Character) | - | 1943 |
| 97% |
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The Palm Beach Story | Geraldine "Gerry" Jeffers (Character) | - | 1942 |
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Skylark | Lydia Kenyon (Character) | - | 1941 |
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Remember the Day | Nora Trinell (Character) | - | 1941 |
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Boom Town | Betsy Bartlett (Character) | - | 1940 |
| 71% |
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Arise, My Love | Augusta Nash (Character) | - | 1940 |
| 93% |
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Midnight | Eve Peabody aka Baroness Czerny (Character) | - | 1939 |
| 82% |
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Drums Along the Mohawk | 'Lana' Magdelana (Character) | - | 1939 |
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It's a Wonderful World | Edwina Corday (Character) | - | 1939 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Zaza | Zaza (Character) | - | 1939 |
| 45% |
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Bluebeard's Eighth Wife | Nicole de Loiselle (Character) | - | 1938 |
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I Met Him in Paris | Kay Denham (Character) | - | 1937 |
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Maid of Salem | Barbara Clarke (Character) | - | 1937 |
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Tovarich | Grand Duchess Tatiana Petrovna Romanov (Character) | - | 1937 |
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Under Two Flags | Cigarette (Character) | - | 1936 |
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The Gilded Lily | Marilyn David (Character) | - | 1935 |
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She Married Her Boss | Julia Scott (Character) | - | 1935 |
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Private Worlds | Unknown (Character) | - | 1935 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Bride Comes Home | Jeannette Desmereau (Character) | - | 1935 |
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Four Frightened People | Judy Jones (Character) | - | 1934 |
| 83% |
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Cleopatra | Cleopatra (Character) | - | 1934 |
| 98% |
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It Happened One Night | Ellie Andrews (Character) | - | 1934 |
| 88% |
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Imitation of Life | Beatrice "Bea" Pullman (Character) | - | 1934 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Torch Singer |
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- | 1933 |
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Broadway Singer | Sally Trent (Character) | - | 1933 |
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I Cover the Waterfront | Julie Kirk (Character) | - | 1933 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tonight Is Ours | Princess Nadya (Character) | - | 1933 |
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Three Cornered Moon | Elizabeth Rimplegar (Character) | - | 1933 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Man From Yesterday | Sylvia Suffolk (Character) | - | 1932 |
| 50% |
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The Sign of the Cross | Poppea (Character) | - | 1932 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Wiser Sex | Margaret Hughes (Character) | - | 1932 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Phantom President | Felicia Hammond (Character) | - | 1932 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Misleading Lady | Helen Steele (Character) | - | 1932 |
| 88% |
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The Smiling Lieutenant | Franzi (Character) | - | 1931 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Honor Among Lovers | Julia Traynor (Character) | - | 1931 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | His Woman | Sally Clark (Character) | - | 1931 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Secrets of a Secretary | Helen Blake (Character) | - | 1931 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Manslaughter | Lydia Thorne (Character) | - | 1930 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Young Man of Manhattan | Ann Vaughn (Character) | - | 1930 |
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The Big Pond | Barbara Billings (Character) | - | 1930 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hole in the Wall | Jean Oliver (Character) | - | 1929 |
TV
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| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Zane Grey Theatre | Unknown (Character) | 1957 1960 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | What's My Line? | Guest | 1956 1959 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Climax! | Unknown (Character) | 1954-1955 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Jack Benny Program: The Lost Episodes | Guest | 1951 |